Three mysterious Francis JACKSONs.

Starting in the Elizabethan era, dozens of JACKSON families from England and Scotland started settling in Ireland and putting down lasting roots with more frequency than they had done previously. By the mid-1600s, members of their families had settled in nearly every county in Ireland. Many of these far flung families may have been related, but the early paper trails were not unlike the breadcrumbs in Hansel and Gretel. As the saying goes: There they were, gone.

To make up for all these lost breadcrumbs, we need to get inventive. Sometimes, tracking the images of signatures and family seals can help. SEE: JACKSON Crests. 

The crests used by JACKSONs included many variations: three mullets (stars), suns, pheons (a conventional heraldic representation of the head of a javelin, dart, or arrow pointed downward with two long barbs engrailed on the inner edge), an arm holding a battle axe, greyhounds, goats, bucks, horses, bears, lions, jackdaws, magpies, eagles, cocks (the bird version), falcons, Cornish choughs, and cormorants. The ones that are of most interest to me recently have been the ones which had included birds, specifically variations on ducks, and more specifically sheldrakes.

The above seals on a 1685 lease – which included the image of a duck - involved three Francis JACKSONs (one deceased). Its purpose was to transfer the rights to Moghan, Parish Donaghmore, Barony Dungannon Middle, Co. Tyrone from one Francis to another:

1.      Francis JACKSON, deceased before 1685, father of the Francis JACKSON, the elder.

2.      Francis JACKSON, the elder. His signature is quite shaky, so I suspect that he was infirm, possibly quite elderly in 1685. He was not described as a father of Francis JACKSON the younger.

3.      Francis JACKSON, the younger. He was likely related to Francis JACKSON the elder – but not a son of his (or else he would have been described as such). He was most likely a cousin or a nephew.

It may be a clue that Francis JACKSON the elder used double “ff” at the start of Ffrancis and an “f” in lieu of an “s” in his version of Jackfon while Francis JACKSON the younger did not.

Since this lease concerned lands of Barony Dungannon Middle, Co. Tyrone, it also makes sense to track the Yorkshire JACKSONs who had family/business connections to CHICHESTERs. Sir Arthur Chichester had close connections to some of the JACKSONs of Edderthorpe and had been one of the adventurers who had been awarded in Tyrone – including Dungannon Middle - and to act as undertakers, on the understanding that they would undertake the risk of developing the land, by planting English-friendly settlements. Their tactics included dislodging the previous Irish landlords, in this case the Gaelic O’NEILs, by burning crops on the lands which they had long leased to locals, and killing the eldest sons of their tenant farmers, tactics intended to break down family and community cohesion.

In spite of these brutal tactics, some of the local Irish remained, and later even intermarried with the newcomers. A century later, one of the descendants of the Gaelic O’NEILs, Anne O’NEIL (1737-1781) of Shane’s Castle, married Richard JACKSON (abt 1730-1739), one of the Coleraine JACKSONs. Some of the descendants of the earliest CHICHESTERs also married into these early O’NEILs. By the mid-1800s there was even a William CHICHESTER who changed his name to O’NEIL in order to succeed to the estates of his cousin John Bruce Richard O'Neill, 3rd Viscount O'Neill,. SEE: WIKI: Baron William O’NEIL.

Irish history is nothing if not complicated.

The  JACKSONs of Edderthorpe were likely related (somehow) to the JACKSONs of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland and Coleraine, Londonderry. Both have ducks in their seals and both had used similar naming patterns for their children’s forenames.  I have yet to conclude which of the Francis JACKSONs mentioned in the 1685 lease belonged to which family tree, but the following resources have shed at least some light NOTE: Seals that were used by another dominant Ulster JACKSON family - the Jacksons of Co. Down - included three mullets (ie. stars), not ducks.:

·         Family Trees

·         Irish Court Records

·         London Guilds

·         Probates

·         Early maps – including the Down Survey

·         Hearth Money Rolls

CONCLUSION. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. [Leonard Cohen]. While exploring all sorts of cracks and crannies, I sometimes felt a bit like “doubting Thomas”, the believer who needed to poke his finger in - deeply -before he could totally cast out doubt. The consequences of my own finger-poking is - of course - much less important than his, but it has helped me to get to the limits of what I can believe, which is that I strongly suspect that the three Francis JACKSONs in this lease were related – somehow - to one or both of the JACKSONs of Edderthorpe and the JACKSONs of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland and Coleraine, Londonderry. Although I am leaning towards both, I must leave it to my readers to judge.

FAMILY TREES: Since I have 47 Francis JACKSONs connected to Ireland in the early days of English/Sottish settlements, starting with families with crests or seals that included ducks seemed to be a good way to winnow down the options.

JACKSONs of Edderthorpe. This family tree includes JACKSONs with familial ties to Sir Arthur Chichester (1563-1625). Since he had no surviving male issue, his lands and titles were passed to a nephew and eventually inherited by Arthur Chichester, 2nd Earl of Donegall (?-1678) the eldest son of Lady Mary JONES and Lieutenant Colonel John CHICHESTER (1609–1647), of Dungannon, County Tyrone. Their family crest includes three sheldrakes, the same kind of bird that appears in the crests of Francis JACKSON the elder and Francis JACKSON the younger. There is a Francis JACKSON (1610-1668), of Hooton-Paynell, Co. York, England, included in this tree, and he could be a fit with the Francis JACKSON deceased in the lease. He seems to have had no surviving male children, and if this is so, then his assets would likely have passed to a near relation, likely another Francis JACKSON. The pertinent details of the various JACKSON-CHICHESTER connections include: ·         Lady Lucy TINDALL (1609-) née JACKSON, daughter of Sir John JACKSON (1570-1623) and Elizabeth SAVILLE (1576-1610) was a sister of the Francis JACKSON (1610-1668) of Co. York. She had two children: Lady Lucy TINDALL (?-bef 1693) and Bradwardine TINDALL. ·         Her daughter Lady Lucy TINDALL (?-bef 1693) married 1stly Sir John JACKSON (abt 1631- aft 1673) of Hickleton (grandson of JACKSON-SAVILLE), and their only son was Sir Bradwardine JACKSON (abt 1670-btw 1727-1739) [although this Sir John also had several children (at least two of them died young) with his 1st wife Katherine BOOTHE]. ·         Lady Lucy TINDALL (?-bef 1693) married 2ndly Sir William JOPSON and their daughter Countess of Londonderry Lucy JOPSON (1665-1724) was therefore a half sister of Sir Bradwardine JACKSON. ·         In 1686 Countess of Londonderry Lucy JOPSON (1665-1724) married Sir Robert RIDGEWAY,(1656-1713) Earl of Londonderry, and they had a daughter Lucy RIDGEWAY (aft 1686-1736) who married Arthur CHICHESTER (1695-1757) in 1686. NOTE: These relationships – distant as they appear - were close enough that Bradwardine JACKSON became party to several CHICHESTER leases in Ulster. It is also worth noting that Bradwardine JACKSON also held lands in Co. Donegal in the same Barony as Beresford JACKSON (one of the Coleraine JACKSONs). SEE: Jackson holdings in Co. Donegal. There is a reference to Sir John JACKSON of Edderthorpe in: Students Admitted to the Upper Chamber 1571-1625.

Sticking with families whose crests include three sheldrakes, the JACKSONs of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland and Coleraine, Londonderry - who also used three sheldrakes - had settled in Coleraine in the mid-1600s. Given this geographic proximity of Ulster land grants to JACKSONs, here are two possibilities for the Francis JACKSONs who may have signed and sealed this lease:

·         Francis JACKSON (abt 1607-aft 1634), son of William JACKSON (1575-1626) of Kirkby Lonsdale and Mary SLATER. NOTE: He was born close to the same time as Francis JACKSON (1610-1668), of Hooton-Paynell, Co. York, England, so if it is one of them, it cannot be the other. ·         Rev Francis JACKSON (1632-1670), son of Richard JACKSON (1602-1688). He died before this lease was signed and since he had only just married in 1665, any children that he had would have been too young to be the Francis JACKSON the elder, although he might have been Francis JACKSON deceased. Seemingly, he had no children.

IRISH COURT RECORDS: Mentions of Francis JACKSON in Indexes to Irish Court Records. The following records are the most pertinent. NOTE: Just as in the 1685 lease, two of them refer to Francis JACKSON the elder (or the senior) & Francis JACKSON the younger. The Francis JACKSON who married Dorcas GREEN is a possibility for the Francis JACKSON the younger, and the social class seems similar.

·         Index to Chancery Pleadings 1665-1659 o   p130a ffrancis JACKSON Gent v Sir Arthur CHICHESTER and James DOWDALL. Bill 13 Nov 1663 both on 26 Mar 1664 [?] 12 May 1664. ·         Index to Chancery Pleadings 1677-1682. o   206a Sarah SHORTE v Francis JACKSON & Dorcas his wife Bill 23 Dec 1680 no ans. NOTE: Francis JACKSON & Dorcas GREEN married 12 February 1676.  Betham Abstracts: Francis JACKSON of City of Dublin Gent & Dora [Dorcas] GREENE of the same widow dated 12 February 1676. He died abt 1680. Betham Abstracts:. Francis JACKSON of St. Patricks Close Gent 10 Dec 1680 18 June 1686 Wife Dorcas [GREENE] Daughter Jeane Son Nicholas. SEE: ROD: 2-44-250 Jan 11, 1708 are somehow connected to this family. Dorcas GREEN married Francis JACKSON in 1676, and the will of Francis JACKSON, a clothier, was probated in 1696. SOURCE: NA Ireland. Green Mss/III/I/p43. Doc # 27960. I suspect that Francis JACKSON (?-abt 1696) was related to Michael JACKSON the clothier of nearby Pimlico. The land was described as: all those houses tanyards, backside gardens, backhouses, stables & Appurtenances held by George BLACKHALL on the south side of the Upper Comb in the Liberties of Thomas Court & Donore, Dublin,  containing breadth in the front 93 ft or thereabouts, in the rere.. and in depth to Mutton Lane of 312 ft… during natural lives of Dorcus JACKSON, wife of the late Francis JACKSON & Jane her daughter, wife of the said George [BLACKHALL] & Mary JACKSON grand daughter to the said Francis JACKSON. A map drawn in 1749 shows a portion of that parcel owned by a person named Vicars, possibly a son (William VICARS) of the Joyce JACKSON, daughter of Robert & Joyce, who married Jeremiah VICARS. None of the land is still held by JACKSONs. SEE: JACKSONs of Crooked Staff. ·         Index Exchequer Bills 1634-76 o   200b Francis JACKSON v Robert HAMILTON & John HAMILTON Bill 6 Dec 1675 ans 7 Feb 1675 o   233a James RICHARDSON v Francis JACKSON, Robert HAMILTON John HAMILTON & Robert Mother Bill 15 Feb 1675 sevl ans etc. ·         Index Exchequer Bills 1676-80 o   115a  John HAMILTON v Francis JACKSON senior & Francis JACKSON junior Bill May 1678 Rep 20 Nov 1678 o   Index Exchequer Bills 1684-85 o   186b  Francis JACKSON the elder & Francis JACKSON the younger v Edward JONES Thomas PARLER & James MOORE Bill 17 Aug 1685 No Ans ·         Index Exchequer Bills 1684-85. o   61b  Robert HAMILTON & John HAMILTON gents v Francis JACKSON, James RICHARDSON, John READ & Robert MADDER. Bill 3 Nov 1684 No Ans.

 

LONDON GUILDS: London Rolls. These are the most pertinent ones from the London Guilds.

·         1627 -Jackson, Francis. Event Details-Master: William GORE. Bond Value: Mary Jackson and Richard Jackson of same £300. Father: William JACKSON, deceased, mercer - Kirby Lonsdale, Westm, Westmorland. Apprentice: Francis JACKSON. o   NOTE: William JACKSON (1575-1626) was the father of both Rev. Richard JACKSON (1602-1681) and Francis JACKSON. (1607-aft 1634) SEE: JACKSONs of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland and Coleraine, Londonderry-Drapers' -Apprenticeship -New apprentice. This Francis JACKSON is a possibility for the Francis JACKSON deceased in the 1685 lease. ·         1634 -Jackson, Francis (Male). Occupation not stated, Location unknown. Event Details-Master: William GEERE, silkman - Cheapside; Westmorland, Notes: unclear if same as person ID 580 NOTE: likely GORE? New Freeman: Francis JACKSON. Father: William JACKSON, deceased, mercer - Kirby Lonsdale, Westm, Westmorland-Drapers' -Freedom -New freeman -Co Draper. o   NOTE: He is a possibility for Francis JACKSON deceased in the lease. ·         1655 -Jackson, Francis. Event Details-Master: Richard FALLOWFIELD. Father: Francis JACKSON, deceased, Leeds, Yorks, Yorkshire. Notes: Alderman.  Apprentice: Francis JACKSON. Drapers apprentice. o   NOTE: Francis sr.’s daughter Elizabeth married Dr. George NEALE. George, the father, was M.D. of Leeds, and married Eliz., daughter of Francis Jackson, alderman of Leeds. The son seems to have followed his father's steps and practised medicine at Doncaster for 50 years. SOURCE: Biographical Register of Christ’s College. It is possible that Francis sr. was a brother of Rev. Richard JACKSON of Kirkby Lonsdale. It is also possible that he was one of the Edderthorpe family. ·         1656 -Jackson, Francis Event Details-Master:  Francis JACKSON. Father: Francis JACKSON, Citizen and  Co Goldsmith, London. Apprentice: Robert JACKSON-Goldsmiths' -Apprenticeship -Father of apprentice -Citizen and Co Goldsmith

In a 2015 blog post - The Twenty Children of Rev Richard JACKSON, I commented on their Guild associations:

There is one more intriguing aspect to their success which I still have to nail down. This is their connection to John Jackson, a goldsmith who was Oliver Cromwell’s Treasurer (goldsmiths were the precursors to banks, and wars could not be fought without their support). We do know that at least one of Rev Richard’s sons, also a John Jackson, was apprenticed as a goldsmith, but he was too young to be that goldsmith. Also, the father of that John Jackson was – you guessed it – another John Jackson. … I can’t help but note that when you consider all the toweling, sheeting, canvas, and straw mattresses that Cromwell was requisitioning for hospitals in Ireland, let alone all the cloth needed to kit out the men in his Model Army, it is no wonder that the Jacksons of the Clothworkers Guild would have benefitted from their association with the Jacksons in the Goldsmiths Guild.

One aspect of the London Guilds worth bearing in mind is that it wasn’t just anyone who could earn the right to sign up for an apprenticeship. Most of the time, the backing of a father, brother, or uncle was needed. This increases the likelihood that the success of the Jackson sons and daughters who settled in Ireland rested, at least in part, on a close family connection to Oliver Cromwell’s Treasurer.

So far, I have been unable to find documents proving that John JACKSON was treasurer other than some intriguing references in :  The Politics of the Army: 1647-1660 by Derek B. Massarella,1977. The chosen excerpt is lengthy because I have a hunch that the inclusion of the names of several men -known in Ireland in this era - might be useful to others.

The field officers around Saffron Walden had been instructed to attend the meeting, and on 21 and 22 March they met with the commissioners. The convention was well attended with forty- five officers, including Fairfax present on the first day and fifty- two on the second. The officers decided not to commit themselves one way or the other to the commissioners about the Irish service but said that, whether they engaged or not personally: “they shall in their severall places be ready to further and advance it amongst those under their respective commands." There were four questions about which they were uneasy and which they wanted to have resolved : who was to command the Irish expedition, details of the forces that were to remain in England, so that those not staying in England would not be withheld from engaging for Ireland by expect- ing to stay in England, what arrangements had been made for pay and maintenance for those going to Ireland, and what was to be done about pay arrears and about indemnity for actions committed during the war. A group of officers dissented from these votes. Colonel Harley# Colonel Fortescue, Colonel Butler, Lt. Col. Jackson, Major Fincher, Captain Farre and Captain Nevill from the first and the same group together with Colonel Rich, Major Duckett, Captain O'Hara, Captain Audley and Captain Young from the second. With the exception of Colonel Rich, a future adherent of the Fifth Monarchists and opponent of the Protectorate, and Captain Lewis Audley, the future elected officer of Fairfax’s foot regiment, these officers adhered to the group willing to serve in Ireland on parliament's terms. Thus the first split in the officer corps in 1647 was between those willing to serve on parliament's terms, "undertakers” and those with varying degrees of reservations. … Captain Levis Audley continued to favour the Irish service until at least April 1647 when it is alleged that Audley had said "such and such ingaged for Ireland's affairs were not worthy to wipe his horse's tayle".  p13-14 o   NOTE: This Lt. Col. Jackson was Thomas JACKSON. SOURCE; Fairfax’s army. SEE: 1680 Thomas JACKSON’s will (on my website – mentions his brother John JACKSON) ) and Thomas and Samuel JACKSON-pewterers (one of my blog-posts). For more background see my JACKSONs of Derbyshire family tree – a tree which includes a Francis JACKSON b: 21 Nov 1609. This family tree also includes the JACKSONs of Santry, Co. Dublin.

Indeed, during the whole period of the interim Council army officers were very active in government administration, much more than they had ever been before. For example, on 30 April Colonels Thomlinson and Grosvenor, Lt. Colonels Francis White and Salmon together with Maximillian Beard, Sir John Wollaston and John Greensmith were instructed by the Council of State to consider a committee to examine the whole question of public accountability for the nation's finances, a long-standing grievance of both army and Levellers. On 11 May Colonel Goffe and Lt. Colonel Kelsey, Major Haynes, Captains Blackwell and Deane, Richard Hutchinson and John Jackson were appointed to report on public finance. Colonel John Reynolds, (a politically active figure in 1647-1648) and Colonel John Clarke were requested to advise Lambert and other Council members about Ireland. Other officers had already been appointed to the committee for Irish and Scottish affairs. The administrative activity of the officers during these months covered a wide spectrum of government business, ranging from such important matters as public finance and questions of law and order to such relatively minor matters as the transporting of Deane's body to London, a task entrusted to the hands of Richt Salmon and Kelsey. Deane was killed on 2 June in a sea battle against the Dutch. However the key step, of securing the financial future of the army, was not left to the Council of State but was made by an order in the name of the Captain General and his Council of Officers for the continuance of the monthly assessment, a case of the piper calling the tune. The army may have found itself landed with a hot potato on 20 April, one which it was anxious to pass on to some other authority as quickly as possible, but the officers showed no reluctance to play a full and diligent part in government between May and July. Such administrative activity besides helping to give an appearance that the army was actually doing something about reforms, in contrast with the Rump could prove a chastening experience. It could illustrate to the officers the practical difficulties in the way of introducing reform, as opposed to the luxury of just sitting back and demanding them. It could also keep them busy with less time to think only about politics. p 321

Obviously, there were John JACKSONs serving on both sides of the political divide of the day. SEE: Queens College Cambridge records:  John Jackson, M.A. Ejected in 1650.

·         NOTE: During the 1640s and 1650s, Parliament purged universities that supported King Charles I. Fellows and Presidents at both Queens' (Cambridge) and Queen's (Oxford) were jailed or ejected from their posts for refusing to swear allegiance to Parliament or backing the Royalist cause (e.g., funding the King's war chest by melting down college silver).]

With the push and pull of JACKSONs in opposing directions, it is hard to say how much the outcomes of the mid-1600s political turmoil were shaped by JACKSONs, and also what the impact of all this disruption might have had on their families. While systems tend to shape the individual, individuals also shape institutions. The latter kinds of impacts can be more subtle to track, while the impacts on families can be even harder to track.

PROBATES: JACKSON Probates held at the UK National Archives. 

·         See also my Blog Post: Goldsmiths, Jacksons, London, Ireland & some ongoing mysteries for how some of the London Guild members may connect.

·          #10 & #12 are of special interest with respect to the 1685 lease:

·         Clothworkers of St. Swithins and also surnames – POINTZ, PHIPPS, CROFTON, RICHARD - names found in Ireland in the 1600s - are worth sticking a pin in.

1.      1574 October 31 The will of Francis JACKSON, a goldsmith in London. NAMES: Francis JACKSON & wife Anne; Richard JACKSON; John JACKSON; John WILIS[?]; Robert JACKSON; Barthomew ?; Mr. BURTON; Nicholas LAYFIELD. Robert COOP. PLACES: St. Foster's parish; Burton in Kendal; NOTE: Burton-in-Kendal is a village and civil parish on the extreme southern edge of Cumbria, England. Historically within the county of Westmorland, 2.      1601 Will of Richard Jackson, Merchant Tailor of Saint Thomas the Apostle, City of London. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Woodhall Quire Numbers: 39 - 89. Will of Richard Jackson, Merchant Tailor of Saint Thomas the Apostle, City of London. NOTE: Includes mention of brother Francis JACKSON. 3.      1626 Apr 20 Will of William JACKSON of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland. This William JACKSON was the father of Rev. Richard JACKSON (1602-1681) of Kirkby Lonsdale. This son gave this William at least 20 grandchildren, many of whom settled in Ireland. NAMES: William JACKSON; Frances or Francis JACKSON (?); Nicholas BORRETT; Jane BORRETT née WILSON; Mary JACKSON née SLATER; Francis JACKSON; Christopher GRIDDARD (or GILDARD); John JACKSON; Henry RICCI[?]GY; Wilson?; Agnes JACKSON;  Thomazen TINDALL (?);  Christopher GOUGH; Edward WILSON; William [BERKERS? HERBERT?]; John SPENCER; John [JAXON?]; James SMYTH; Anne TRAYNER(?); PLACES: Kirkby Lonsdale; Underly Hall; Nether Levens Hall; SEE: JACKSONs of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland and Coleraine, Londonderry. 4.      1655 Will of William Jackson, Woollen Draper of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire . Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Aylett Quire Numbers: 426 - 475. Will of William Jackson, Woollen Draper of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Has a son Francis JACKSON. 5.      1658 Will of Francis Jackson of Warley in Holderness, Yorkshire Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Wootton Quire Numbers: 524 - 574. Will of Francis Jackson of Warley in Holderness, Yorkshire. 6.      1663 Will of Nicholas Jackson. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Juxon Quire Numbers: 1 - 51. Will of Nicholas Jackson. Mother: Anne JACKSON. After her decease to Francis JACKSON 7.      1665 Will of Andrew Jackson, Merchant of London. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Hyde Quire Numbers: 108 - 162. Will of Andrew Jackson, Merchant of London.  Merchant of London but also from Collingway, Branton, Co. Northamptonshire. Francis JACKSON her children 8.      1672 January 17 Will of Agnes JACKSON widow of Rev. Francis JACKSON NAMES: Agnes JACKSON née WHITTRIGGE; Rev. Francis JACKSON (deceased); Alan PRICKITT aka Alan PRICKETT; John HADWEN; Stephen WHITTRIGGE; Henry WASHINGTON; Elizabeth PRICKETT née WHITTRIGGE; Christopher BATEMAN; Mrs. DUCKETT; Richard DUCKETT; George (?)AFE; Robert BANNISTER.. PLACES: Kirkby Kendal; Warton; Watland; Hutton; Kirkby Lonsdale. SEE: JACKSONs of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland and Coleraine, Londonderry. 9.      1675 Will of Bartholomew Jackson, Yeoman of Tatsfield, Surrey. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Dycer Quire Numbers: 52 - 105. Will of Bartholomew Jackson, Yeoman of Tatsfield, Surrey. Youngest son Richard JACKSON. Daughter Anne JACKSON. Daughter Sarah JACKSON. Sons John & Bartholomew JACKSON joint executors. NOTE: In 1616 a Bartholomew JACKSON held a lease in Co. Cavan See: JACKSONs of Co. Cavan and Version 2. The name Bartholomew JACKSON is infrequent, so it may be of interest that a Bartholomew JACKSON was baptised at St. John’s Dublin in August 24, 1648, a son of Francis JACKSON and Elizabeth HARRISON. 10.  Will of Christian Jackson, Widow of London. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Box Quire Numbers: 225 - 265. Will of Christian Jackson, Widow of London. Cousin Mary LAND daughter of Walter LAND. Her brother John LAND. Cousin Sarah POINTZ widow. Mary ELY wife of Richard ELY. Luke WHITE who was formerly an apprentice to my late husband. Cousin Katherine, wife of Francis JACKSON the younger Citizen and Clothworker of London NOTE: His father was likely Francis JACKSON of Sweethins Lane, London, Citizen & Clothworker. SOURCE: London Rolls. 11.  Will of Thomas Jackson of Duddington, Northamptonshire Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Irby Quire Numbers: 85 - 124. Will of Thomas Jackson of Duddington, Northamptonshire. Son Christopher JACKSON. Son Jeremiah JACKSON (under age); Son John JACKSON (under age 16); Daughter Mary JACKSON; Son Francis JACKSON; Land in Duddington, Northampton; Son Francis JACKSON executor. Will dated 3 Feb 1692. SEE: JACKSONs of Duddington and and Fanningstown, Co. Limerick 12.  1697 Will of Francis Jackson, Clothworker of Saint Swithin, City of London. Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers. Name of Register: Pyne Quire Numbers: 45 - 88. Will of Francis Jackson, Clothworker of Saint Swithin, City of London. 1693 Feb 20 Francis JACKSON the elder, brother George JACKSON of Co. York. Son Francis JACKSON was willed the St. Swithin’s house. Daughters Mary DUGDALE, Martha PHIPPS (may be a grand-daughter), Sarah VIRGIN & Elizabeth CROFTON. Daughter-in-law Rebecca JACKSON widow of his late son David JACKSON. Grandchildren: Joshua JACKSON, Martha PHIPPS, Elizabeth RICHARD, Mary CROFTON (Highlighted names of interest with respect to connections to Ireland.)

MAPS:  JACKSONs in the Down Survey. SEE: Trinity site. NOTE: In a screenshot of an image that I could no longer find on the site, but which I had uploaded in 2023 to Updates to my Memorials of Deeds Pages:

… two William PUREFOYs – cousins of each other – had held leases bracketing land in Clonad in Kings Co. (aka Offaly), land which had been granted to a Francis JACKSON in 1667. Decades later, other JACKSONs lived nearby. … Why did Francis JACKSON stop leasing that land?

·         Co. Mayo Francis JACKSON.  This is the Francis JACKSON who died in 1678 at Enniscoe, Co. Mayo. His family tree is on my site at JACKSONs of Enniscoe & Mayo. Ironically, some of the lands that were forfeited came from the BROWNE side of my family. Francis JACKSON came into his lands in Ireland as a result of serving as a Captain of Dragoons in Cromwell's army, and purchasing extensive landed property in the Barony of Tyrrawley and county of Mayo. He still had it shortly after the Restoration, confirmed to him and his heirs by patent of Charles II. He built a large fortified house at Enniscoe, on the banks of Lough Conn. He d. in 1678, leaving by Elizabeth his wife, a son. SOURCE: Genealogical and Heraldic History of Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. ·         NOTE: In 1667 a Francis JACKSON was granted the townland of Clonad in Kings Co. This townland was bordered by holdings of two William PUREFOYs. The two William PUREFOYs were cousins. This grant was unusual for a few reasons. Francis JACKSON’s grant was smack in the middle of a cluster of townlands awarded to Col William PUREFOY (1584-1659), and there was no future mention of Francis JACKSON connected to this area. Was there a connection between the two men or their families? MORE work needed.

MISCELLANEOUS BITS:

·         Addenda to Dublin Grant Index. Marriage Licence: 1674: Francis JACKSON to Anne ARUNDELL

·         1669 Hearth Money Rolls for Antrim Ffranc aka Francis JACKSON Ballymoney Town

·         1622 Commission Certificates (Tyrone) [Plantation Survey]

o   ‘Dungannon borough: The names of the English, Scottish and Welsh inhabitants of the said borough’, certified and signed by Provost Francis Caporne, John Meeke and John Perkins, n.d. [12 Aug. 1622],
And first of the provost and brethren, vizt:
Provost: Mr Francis Caporne; 12 burgesses: Captain John Perkins, esq.; John Meek, esq.; John Cornwall, gent.; Joseph Rogers, gent.; Jenkin Griffin, gent.; Edward Barnett, gent.; John Walker, gent.; Thomas Taylor, gent.; Francis Jackson, gent.; George Smith, gent.; Henry Torie, gent.; Patrick Kergan, gent.

·         1670 Hearth Money Roll, Donaghmore Parish

o   396.Edward FOSTER, Patrick HAMILTON, William JACKSON-lisnamonaghan -Iisnamonaghan [Lisnamonaghan, Parish Donaghmore, Barony Dungannon Middle, Co. Tyrone – on the outskirts of Castle Caulfield.

·         Townlands in Tyrone list of lands held in lease by Thomas JACKSON 1743 July 25 Thomas JACKSON Esq., of City of Dublin. Based on the inclusion of Richard GORGES (1708-1778) Esq. of Kilbrew, Co. Meath in this lease, this is probably Thomas JACKSON (1680-1750),  son of William JACKSON and Susan BERESFORD. In 1715, he married Margaret BERESFORD, and they had three children. In 1727, he held a seat in the Irish House of Commons for Coleraine. His sister-in-law, Elizabeth GORGES (d.1747), who married his older brother, William JACKSON, was of Kilbrew, Co. Meath. NOTE: There are three holdings in Dungannon Middle in this lease, including one at Aghnagar [Aghnagar, Parish Donaghmore, Barony Dungannon Middle, Co. Tyrone] Later in Griffiths, since continuity may shed light, there is mention of a James JACKSON at Agharan, Parish Donaghmore, Barony Dungannon Middle which suggests some continuity of the family holdings.