Bridget (Story) Jackson (abt. 1592 - bef. 1631)

Born about 4 May 1592 in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England

Wife of Edmund Jackson — married 9 Feb 1615 (to 1631) in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England

Descendants

Died before 4 Apr 1631 before about age 38 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England

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Biography

Bridget Story was baptized on 4 June 1592 in Chesterton, Cambridgeshire, England. Her parents were Robert and Elizabeth (Forman) Story.^[1][2]

Bridget married Edmund Jackson on 9 February 1614/5 in Fen Ditton, Cambridgeshire, England.^[2][3] Edmund was of Boston, Lincolnshire, England at the time of the marriage, and Bridget and Edmund spent the rest of their lives there.

Bridget and Edmund had children, all born in Boston:^[2][4]

1. Nathaniel (bp.13 May 1616, buried 16 May 1616)
2. Elizabeth (bp. 4 May 1617)
3. Marye (bp.28 November 1618), emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, married Nathaniel Woodward
4. Sarah (bp.26 March 1619/20), died young
5. Samuel (bp.15 March 1620/1), died testate between 7 August 1642 and 21 November 1646
6. Nathaniel (bp. 28 November 1622)
7. Elisha (bp. 6 November 1623)
8. Israel (bp. 21 October 1624)
9. Sarah (bp. 8 January 1623/6)
10. Joshua (bp. 1 July 1627)
11. Hannah (bp. 18 December 1628; buried 2 May 1629)
12. Susanna (bp. 22 November 1629, buried 2 August 1630)

In the records of the births and deaths of his children Edmund was styled "mercer" in 1616, 1617, and 1621; as "gent." in 1619 and 1628, as "mayor"in 1629, and as "alderman" in 1630, 1631, and 1637. He was evidently much involved in the management of town affairs of Boston.^[2][4]

Bridgett (Story) Jackson was buried on 4 April 1631^[2][4], no doubt worn out by birthing 12 children in 14 years.

Edmund married, second, Faith (Unknown), about 1633, in Boston. They had children:^[2][4]

1. Mary (bp. 29 May 1634)
2. Joseph (bp. 5 March 1634/5)

Edmund died, intestate, and was buried on 8 March 1637/8.^[2][4] His widow Faith administered his estate, which was probated in the Consistory Count of Lincoln (viewable with restricted access on FHL 0199325).

Bridget's son Samuel died unmarried at an early age, and he left a will dated 7 August 1642. In it he mentions his father Edmund and siblings Nathaniel, Sarah, Elisha, and both sisters Mary.^[2] Not mentioned are siblings Elizabeth, Israel, Joshua, and half-sibling Joseph, suggesting that they had all died prior to the will date.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch(https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQXV-3P2 : 4 February 2023), Brigett Story, 1592.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} "The Ancestry of Mary (Jackson) Woodward", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. v.158 pp.213-217 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018.) NEHGS member site
3. ↑ England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850, Cambridgeshire FindMyPast
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} The parish registers of Boston in the County of Lincoln, Besant, Frank and Foster, C.W. compilers, v.2 pp.70-198 (1915) InternetArchive

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