We do not know at this time if these folks are descendants of Robert Jackson or if they are a second group of Jackson to have entered America in the early 1600s. The earliest found ancestor was a Samuel Jackson who is recorded as having land in Stafford County by 1694. We know from Robert Jackson's will that he had a married son named Samuel who would have been about the right age to be the Stafford County Samuel, but no documentation has been found to verify that one way or the other and it has been said that Samuel left no surviving sons. We have found no information about Robert's son Samuel to know of his whereabouts. These families are closely related to Robert Jackson as determined by Y-DNA testing but they all had genealogies that ended up in Virginia with their patriarchs being born in the 1650-1750 era. And additionally they migrated out of a small pocket of counties of that state, namely Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford and Fairfax.
These families have not been added to this site because of this uncertainty. The many records we have purchased from the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Prince William County have increased our knowledge, but we have not been able to connect all of the various families represented in our Y-DNA Virginia database as yet. Though these Jacksons are my (Jack) relatives as determined by Y-DNA, Charles Leslie McAnally and myself are not included in this study even though we know we are descendants of Samuel Jr. and Vashti Greening Jackson. Our records are not linked to these families because we do not know the link from our second great grandfather to Samuel Jackson Jr. Nor have we included the Lynns as yet, but the recent Y-DNA test of Gerry Lynn has shown that they are going to be a very important key to understanding the connection between our families. And it now becomes apparent that we need to purchase what records are available on the Lynns in Prince William County. And we have not included Jim Ray Jackson's patriarch, George Jackson b. 1777 Virginia, because there is no source document that even hints to his connection and because there are so many possible men in this study that have the given name George. So, in essence this study is the genealogy and Y-DNA implications of four living Jackson men who have participated in the Jackson DNA Project. Their results indicate a close relationship to Robert of Hempstead but whether it is as a descendant of Robert or of some relative of Robert's who arrived at an early time in Virginia is not yet known.
There are four conjectures in this chart based on both the Y-DNA connections and family relationships. If folks will click on the individuals to read their notes and sources, they will find the conjectures clearly indicated. It has been and will continue to be a fascinating, but frustrating study as Prince William County, is a 'lost records' county with many records missing. We expect that as folks explore this new rootsweb chart, we will have additions and corrections to be made now and then.
Many of these records have never been made available online before so we've included lots of sources and notes. Enjoy!
Virginia Jacksons related to Robert Jackson
Table of Contents
This page was created February 18, 2010.