From the Ferris site: "Some confusion exists concerning the exact identities of this John Ferris and his son. Info this writing is based on available data and is subject to change."
John took an oath of allegiance to English King in 1698 per MJPGrundy. Her source: Scofield, "The Ferris Family", 7.
John was unmarried.
Elizabeth was unmarried.
39. Martha Mott-9533
It is noted that Martha was insane.
O. B. Robbins' book states that John II (Jr.) settled in Jerusalem.
John Henry Jones' book on the Jones Family states "The 2d Col. John Jackson had a large family; his will, dated Feby 27, 1738, names his children, including his dau. Phoebe Jones (Lib. 15, p. 76, NYCity)"
The obituary of the above John Henry Jones lists his ancestors and their wives. The obit says the 2nd Col. John Jackson, father of Phebe, was from Jamestown, Long Island. The obit is in John Henry Jones' Notes.
Earlier I had taken 1692 as the birth date of the second Col. John Jackson from a rootsweb chart. But this is now questionable as he was mentioned in a deed which I believe was dated 1683:
From "The Jones Family of Long Island" by John H. Jones, pg 352: "Mary [Jackson Ferris] was not named in her father's will, but is named in a deed from him [Robert Jackson] to his son John, and the latter's two sons, John and James, under date 5 May, 1653, conveying 'all his lands in Hempstead, etc., excepting that which I have already given my daughter, Mary Ferris, of Westchester Co.' (See Vol. 7, p. 32 of Deeds, Secy. of State Office, Albany, N.Y.)"I have not researched the Long Island real estate records, but on reflection about this deed, I've come to believe that this is a misprint of the date of the above deed. My guess is that it should read 1683 not 1653. This would be a few weeks before Robert signed his will, as he was perhaps winding up his affairs. Also by this date his daughter Mary would have been married and his son John sired two sons. None of this could have happened by 1653. If anyone has access to records of the actual deed, I would appreciate knowing if this 1683 assumption is correct.
Elizabeth Hallet was a daughter of Samuel Hallett of Hallet's Cove and grand daughter of William Hallet of Dorsetshire, England who moved to Greenwich, Conn.
David A. Wells' rootsweb chart has that she was born in Flushing, Long Island, New York in 1680.
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=daw744Rod Davis' rootsweb chart has that she was born in Newtown, Queens Co., New York with no date.
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dav4is
A. Maitland gives alt birthdate of 1666 but the article in the New York Genealogical & Biographical Society "Doughty Family of Long Island" says she died January 1758, aged nearly ninety years and so gives her birth date 'about' 1668.
Note as of 6/30/06: Record of the marriage of Elizabeth Jackson, daughter of Col. John, to Isaac Doty has been found in an old 1897 book about the Dotys. But the dates of Isaac's children being born during about the same time period as Charles' children and the fact that Charles was still living, make this a major conflict of data. This is discussed in detail with sources: see Table of Contents/Conflicting Data.
From: http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/nyflush.html
O'Callaghan, E. B., The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. 1, (Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., Public Printers, 1850) pp. 432-437.An Exact List of all Ye Inhabitants Names within Ye Towne of fflushing and P'cincts of Old and Young ffreemen and Servants White & Blacke &c. 1698:
Charles Doughty and Elizabeth his wife
John and Charles
Sarah and Elizabeth
1 negro black boy.
From: http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/nyflush.html
O'Callaghan, E. B., The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. 1, (Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., Public Printers, 1850) pp. 432-437.
An Exact List of all Ye Inhabitants Names wthin Ye Towne of fflushing and P'cincts of Old and Young ffreemen and Servants White & Blacke &c. 1698:
Charles Doughty and Elizabeth his wife
John and Charles
Sarah and Elizabeth
1 negro black boy
The article in The Record says that Charles had no children.
From: http://www.genealogy-quest.com/collections/nyflush.html
O'Callaghan, E. B., The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. 1, (Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., Public Printers, 1850) pp. 432-437.
An Exact List of all Ye Inhabitants Names wthin Ye Towne of fflushing and P'cincts of Old and Young ffreemen and Servants White & Blacke &c. 1698:
Charles Doughty and Elizabeth his wife
John and Charles
Sarah and Elizabeth
1 negro black boyFrom the July 1912 issue of The Record published by NYG&BS: Elizabeth married the widower of her sister Hannah. Elizabeth had no children.
20. James Jackson-8
From Jackson Ledger (HCPD): "James seems to have been a useful citizen, for in addition to being the father of twenty children, he was a man generally looked to for advice and was chosen together with Col. Isaac Hicks as referee in a dispute between Massachusetts and Rhode Island relative to the boundary line between them. The Colony of Rhode Island was so well pleased with their conduct and endeavor to reconcile the people of the two governments that it voted each of them a silver tankard of 50 pounds value with the arms of the Colony handsomely engraved thereon".
James Jackson is named as one of the executors of his father-in-law, William Hallett's 1727 Will. See William's Notes.
James' will dated Sept. 27, 1735 is recorded in Surrogate's Office, NYC, Libr 12, p 362 and a transcription is on the Jackson site http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pages/WillJamesJackson.htm.
Birthdate from Kurt Cook, Legacy website.
Rockaway records website states that James "the third son and eighth child....settled in Rock Hill, Flushing, Long Island....His sons carried the name of Jackson into NJ, NY, PA, VA, GA, OH, KY & TN."
From Robbins' book: "While his principal place of residence is given as Rocky Hill, Flushing, yet he appears several times in later years in connection with the affairs of Hempstead as though still a resident. This was probably due to his being still a land owner in the older town."
Note concerning Bunker's record: It appears to me (Janie) that Bunker's dates for James & Rebecca are both death dates, not birth dates.
From the Book, Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte:
James' son, Robert Jackson is the possessor of a "History of the Quakers, 1415-1717," printed some time in the eighteenth century, which contains an interesting record of the Jackson family. We excerpt a page from this book-probably the oldest one in private hands in Canada today-containing the dates of the births of the children of James and Rebecca Jackson, of Flushing, in Queens County, Long Island to wit: Thomas Jackson, born 1694; Mary, 1696, Sarah, 1697; Rebecca, 1699; John, 1701; Charity, 1702; Elizabeth, 1703; James, 1704; William, 1705; Hanah, 1706; William (2), 1707; Martha, 1708; Joseph, 1710, Richard, 1711; Phoebe, 1712; Robert , 1713; Jemima, 1714; Samuel, 1715; Stephen, 1717, and Benjamin, 1719.From Bill Jackson, descendant and researcher:
"At least three sons of James left New England for North Carolina long before the (Rev) war. Benjamin settled in Anson County in the Pee Dee region with Stephen and John, the Jackson who sold the forge in New Jersey. Deeds show Benjamin with several hundred acres of land granted by the North Carolina governor."In 1764, the three brothers found themselves in another state – without moving. Redrawing of North Carolina’s border put the Pee Dee in South Carolina, in the Cheraws District that later became Chesterfield County.
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The book A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and her People, state that his children migrated to New Jersey settling ner Rockaway and Morristown, where they undoubtedly became farmers.
Note concerning Bunker's record: It appears to me that Bunker's dates for James & Rebecca are both death dates, not birth dates.
Rebecca Jackson is mentioned in her father's 1727 Will. See William Hallett's Notes.
Text: mentioned in father's will, James Jackson, [d.1735] as Hannah Hicks.
Mentioned in father-in-law's will, James Jackson [d.1735] as Executor.
Maitland (616) says that Mary Townsend and John Wright had 3 children, but does not name them.
Martha and Mary were twins according to Jackson Ledger.
Copied from Jim Rubins site: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/b/James-David-Rubins-CA/GENE11-0003.html
Will: October 18, 1753, proved February 5, 1754 (Source: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 4:477, "Whereas, I, Peter Titus, of the Town of Hempstead, being in perfect mind." I leave to my wife Martha all my bedding and household goods, and four of my best cows, and my roan horse, and a negro woman and a negro man. I leave to my grand son, James, son of my eldest son, James Titus, 5 shillings. I leave to my sons, Peter and Robert, a certain tract of land lying at South, called Great Neck, bounded south by an Indian path, "north by the Card," west by a swamp, "and east by the Card," being 16 acres. I leave to my sons, Richard, Peter, and Robert all my right of lands, divided and undivided. I leave to my son Robert a piece of land that I had of Daniel Wright, lying at the north west corner of said Wright's land. And my son Robert is to provide a good comfortable maintainance for his mother, Martha Titus, during her life. All the rest of my negroes and stock to my children, Peter, Robert, Richard, and Elizabeth Townsend. I make my sons executors. Witnesses, Charles Peters, John Treadwell, Benjamin Smith. [NOTE: the word "Card" in the will, means the map of the original survey of the lands, and is frequently so called in old deeds. --- W.S. Pellatreau].)
Her father's will dated Aug. 1724 stated that Mary was deceased and that she had four daughters.
Jeckomiah (also Jackomiah) was Justice of the Peace a number of years according to History of Southampton.
Copied from Jim Rubins site: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/b/James-David-Rubins-CA/GENE11-0003.html
"Captain Jeckomiah Scott was the son of Captain John Scott, who figures so extensively in the early history of the Long Island towns. His mother was Deborah Raynor, daughter of Thurston Raynor. John Scott eventually deserted his wife and left the country. The Governor appointed her brother, Joseph Raynor, and Richard Howell, to collect what they could of his property, for the benefit of his wife and family. There is on record in one of the books of deeds in the Town Clerk's office, Southampton, a copy of a letter written by John Scott to his son Jeckomiah, who was probably an only child.
"Jeckomiah Scott married Mary, daughter of Colonel John Jackson, of Queens County; another daughter, Patience, married Joshua Barnes, of Southampton. Captain Jeckomiah Scott purchased the homestead of his brother in law, Joshua Barnes, in Southampton, March 22, 1706, and was living there at the time of his death. This is now the homestead of William S. Pelletreau. The tombstone of Captain Jeckomiah Scott, in the burying ground at Southampton, states that he died March 9, 1749, aged 86. His son Lazarus went to Greenwich, Conn. His daughter Deborah married Joseph Hildreth; Sarah probably married Richard Howell. Thomas Scott lived at Seponack, on the homestead of the late Captain Elias White, and of his father, Captain Edward White, before him.--William S. Pelletreau] [from: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 326.]"
Thomas Scott lived at Seponack, on the homestead of the late Captain Elias White, and of his father, Captain Edward White, before him.--William S. Pelletreau] [from: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 326.]
June 16, 1763 is the date Joshua Barnes' will was proved. Apparently Sarah had died after Joshua did (according to his will) but before his will was proved.
From http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/b/James-David-Rubins-CA/GENE11-0027.html "Descendants of Captain John Seaman according to Mary Thomas Seaman, 1928:
"Joshua and Sarah (Jackson) Barnes, were early settlers of Southampton, Long Island."Will:
In the name of God, Amen, September 30, 1756. I, JOSHUA BARNES, of the town of Rye, Westchester County, being in good health. I direct all debts to be paid and the charge of settling my estate.I leave to my wife Sarah the use of one of my houses where I live, at her choice, and 1/2 of my barn, and a negro girl, while she remains my widow, or during her life, and then to my son Richard. I leave to my wife all household goods and movables indoors, and after debts and legacies are paid I leave her the rest of movables and 1/3 of the profits of all my lands.
I leave to my eldest son John 5 shillings, over and above what I have given him by deed dated March 7, 1749, in full bar of any claim as heir at law.
I leave to my son Samuel all that parcel of land whereon he has built and improved, and where he now lives, in Harrison's Purchase, bounded east by the main road, north by land of Walter Fields, being 80 acres, also a cow.
I leave to my youngest son Richard all my farm or tract of land whereon I dwell in Harrison's Purchase, in Rye, bounded west by the main road, south and east by John Thomas, north by Nathan Field, containing 90 acres, with house and buildings, Also 20 acres of land, being a part of my lot on the Oblong, No. 19.
I leave to my two grandsons Joshua and Samuel, sons of my son, Joshua Barnes, deceased, all that my lot of land in the Oblong No. 19, except 20 acres, To be divided between them when Joshua is of age, and Samuel is to have his choice, "and Richard after them."
If both of my grandsons should die, then I leave the same to my sons, John, Samuel, and Richard. When my grandson Joshua is 21 he shall pay to his sister Patience, wife of Absalom Gedney, œ12. and Samuel shall pay to his sister Mary œ12.
I leave to my son Richard all my right of lands, divided and undivided, on the Island of Nassau, in New York (Long Island).
I leave to my daughters, Elizabeth, wife of Hicks Seaman, Patience, wife of Daniel Halstead, Sarah, wife of Joshua Hatfield, and Mary, wife of Isaac Birdsell, each 20 shillings, and with what they have already received to be in full of all claims.
I make my wife Sarah and my sons Samuel and Richard executors.
The following Codicil to this Will was copied from Jim Rubin's site:
To all, etc., "Know ye that I, Joshua Barnes, being at present unwell, have heard the annexed will read to me this day, being the 16 day of June, 1760, and do make this alteration: My granddaughters Mary and Patience shall have 40 acres out of my lot on the Oblong No. 19. Whereas my grandson Joshua is now come of age and gone to Sea. If he die without issue, his sisters are to have 1/2 of his share and his brother Samuel the other half."Joshua had to have died sometime after the date on the codicil (16 Jun 1760) and before the date the will was proved
(26 May 1763).
I am aware that many charts list Patience's husband as David Halstead. But in Joshua Barnes' Will, her husband is mentioned as Daniel Halstead. Perhaps the transcription of the Will is wrong or other charts are wrong. I don't have a record of the marriage so I can't say which is right, just that I took the name Daniel from a transcription of Joshua's Will.
O. B. Robbins' book states that Samuel inherited "the Homestead, which was situated at Jerusalem in the Town of Hempstead".
See Table of Contents, this site, for Samuel's 1728 Will which mentions his four sons and four daughters and second wife Abigail, but it gives no clue as to which of his children might have been born to his first wife.
Determining which of his children were from Samuel's first wife Ruth and which were from his second wife Abigail has not been easy and may not be correct even now. I need to find the birth dates of these children to help determine who was their mother.
Mary Powell Bunker's book "Long Island Genealogies" says that only Samuel and Richard belonged to Abigail (2nd wife) and the rest were Ruth's children. But if Thomas' 1723 birth year is correct, and Abigail's marriage date by 1722 is correct, then Ms. Bunker was in error saying Thomas was Ruth's child.
Seaman records by Mary Thomas Seaman quoted in O. B. Robbins book, pg 9 lists all eight children but does not indicate the children's mother.
Samuel's 1728 Will divides his property among his four sons but also says "To each of my sons WHEN OF AGE, 2 horses, oxen, and cows. So could they have all been minors when they inherited this property? If Thomas' birth date is correct, he was only 5 years old when his father died.
Jim Rubins, Quaker researcher, contacted March 2006, has not determined which children belonged to which mother.
Therefore, which of Samuel's wives were the mother of which of his children is unknown for positive. Some may be from Samuel's first wife, Ruth, and some or all could be from his second wife, Abigail. I note that Samuel's son, Thomas, named even the Batty half-siblings as brothers and/or sisters. So Thomas' will is not helpful in determining the mothers. In the abstract of Isaac's Will, he treats only the Batty children as half-siblings; all of Samuel's children he calls brothers and sisters and Abigail his mother. From The Jones Family of Long Island, pg 357: "Isaac's [Samuel's son] will dated 4 Dec., 1750; prob 24 Dec., 1750; Liber 17, p. 291, N.Y.City, reciting legatees as follows: Wife Mary, dau of Thos. Cornell; sisters, Ruth Smith and Abigail Mott; cousin, Mary Jackson, the daughter of my brother Thomas; mother, Abigail Batty; father-in-law, (? step-father?) David Batty, half-brother, John Batty; half sisters, Elizabeth and Abigail Batty; brothers-in-law, Abel Smith and Jac. Mott. Cousins, Samuel, Morris, Sarah and Jennie Smith, children of my sister, Ruth Smith. Cousins, Joseph, Isaac, Miriam, Ruth and Jerusha Mott, children of my sister, Abigail Mott."
It's possible that Abigail is not Isaac's biological mother but that she raised him and was the only 'mother' he ever knew.
(From Rubins' website: "Other genealogies [William Jackson Record and J. Percy Crayon Record] have the children of Abigail Seaman and Samuel Jackson listed differently than Mary Thomas Seaman's record: Richard, Townsend, Ruth, Thomas, Jamimah m. James Hewlett, Letitia m. Solomon Pool, Mary m. John Pratt, Martha m. Samuel Birdsall." According to Bunker's record these are children of a different Samuel Jackson and his wife Mary Townsend.)
Birth date of 3 Feb 1689 from R. G. Clarke.
Jack Springston states that in 1698, Ruth was still living with her parents.
25 Jul 2007: Stuart Price has pointed out a dilemma with the info on Ruth Smith. I had that she was a daughter of Jeremiah Smith and Hannah Carman, but Stuart points out that Jeremiah's 1725 will names his daughter Ruth Wiltsie. Ruth Smith and her husband Cornelius Witsie had children baptized in Jamaica from 1713 - 1732. It is unlikely that Jeremiah's daughter Ruth could have been the Ruth Smith married to Samuel Jackson about this same time period. I've been bothered with the seeming impossibility of confirming Ruth's children and now with the question of her parents also, I have to hope that someone will do an in depth study on Samuel's wives and children.
114. Isaac Jackson-595
Isaac and his wife Mary, had no children of their own.
From The Jones Family of Long Island, pg 357: "Isaac's will dated 4 Dec., 1750; probated 24 Dec., 1750; Liber 17, p. 291, N.Y.City, reciting legatees as follows: Wife Mary, dau of Thos. Cornell; sisters, Ruth Smith and Abigail Mott; cousin, Mary Jackson, the daughter of my brother Thomas; mother, Abigail Batty; father-in-law, (? step-father?) David Batty, half-brother, John Batty; half sisters, Elizabeth and Abigail Batty; brothers-in-law, Abel Smith and Jac. Mott. Cousins, Samuel, Morris, Sarah and Jennie Smith, children of my sister, Ruth Smith. Cousins, Joseph, Isaac, Miriam, Ruth and Jerusha Mott, children of my sister, Abigail Mott."
14 NOV 1722 mentioned in will of her father, Thomas Seaman, of Hempstead, as wife of Samuel Jackson.
22 APR 1728 mentioned in husband's will, Samuel Jackson of Hempstead in Queens Co., NY.Jack Springston says that in 1698, Abigail was still living with her parents Thomas and Mary Seaman.
Who the mother of Samuel's children was is unknown for positive. Some may be from Samuel's first wife, Ruth, and some or all could be from his second wife, Abigail.
The following is worth noting: From The Jones Family of Long Island, pg 357: "Isaac's [Samuel's son] will dated 4 Dec., 1750; prob 24 Dec., 1750; Liber 17, p. 291, N.Y.City, reciting legatees as follows: Wife Mary, dau of Thos. Cornell; sisters, Ruth Smith and Abigail Mott; cousin, Mary Jackson, the daughter of my brother Thomas; mother, Abigail Batty; father-in-law, (? step-father?) David Batty, half-brother, John Batty; half sisters, Elizabeth and Abigail Batty; brothers-in-law, Abel Smith and Jac. Mott. Cousins, Samuel, Morris, Sarah and Jennie Smith, children of my sister, Ruth Smith. Cousins, Joseph, Isaac, Miriam, Ruth and Jerusha Mott, children of my sister, Abigail Mott."
Though Isaac mentions his 'mother' Abigail Batty, it is not known if she was his biological mother or the only mother he ever knew. The only half-siblings he mentions are the children of Abigail's second marriage to David Batty.
117. Samuel Jackson-1115
"Died unmarried and intestate" [Powell, Mary Bunker "Long Island Genealogies" p. 221]
This source also says that Richard and Samuel are children of Abigail Seaman Jackson. Ms. Powell did not say Thomas was Abigail's child, but listed him as the first wife's child. I have put Thomas as Abigail's child thinking that the 1722 marriage date of Samuel and Abigail is correct. Possibly this is not correct.
118. Richard Jackson-1116
"Died unmarried and intestate" [Powell, Mary Bunker "Long Island Genealogies" p. 221]
This source also says that Richard and Samuel are children of Abigail Seaman Jackson. Ms. Powell did not say Thomas was Abigail's child, but listed him as the first wife's child. I have put Thomas as Abigail's child thinking that the 1722 marriage date of Samuel and Abigail is correct. Possibly this is not correct.