It was a great joy to have found a copy of the "Jackson Ledger" in the Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants Library as it was the breakthrough for several Jackson researchers extending their personal genealogies back to their immigrant ancestor. This became the motivation for this Jackson site as both Jerry and I wanted to share this treasure of information.  Because of the information in the "Jackson Ledger", we became acquainted with the book, The History of the Jackson Family of Hempstead and many different branches of our family came together.

So the information gathered over many years of research by Oscar Burton Robbins and published in the above book was added to the information in the Jackson Ledger.  This was the basic database at the introduction of the website.  Mr. Robbins' book is available on CD and occasionally in hardback on eBay; see Resources.  A copy of the Jackson Ledger is in the Library of Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants and my (Janie) transcription of that document is listed in the Table of Contents on the Home Page.   From this base Jerry and I have added information gleaned along the way from our own research, and the research of a very lot of other Jackson researchers who have generously shared their research.   Many other resources we have used are listed as links on the Resources page.

Therefore, the more recent data is from primary sources but the more historical data is a compilation of data from various secondary documents.   Some of the information here is the result of much study where original source information is unavailable.  As such, it must be said to be 'reasonable conjecture' as we have found no better documentation at this time.  Other information has been contributed by family members with no sources; as such we have given the contributor as the source.  Sources are given for nearly all the data but all sources are not of equal value.   As such, they are subject to error.  Sometimes the various sources have conflicting data.   We have tried to resolve conflicts and to let the viewer know how/why we reached certain conclusions.  Links to articles on conflicting data can be found on the Conflicting Data Index Page.    If someone has better data, I hope you'll let me know.  

On the Resource page we have given links to various source documents so you can read them for yourself.  Some are on this site; some are links to other web sites.  We are grateful for the many folks that have contributed their family information.  More recently, a page has been set up so that persons researching this Jackson line may list their name, areas of interest or research and email link so that others may contact them.  The email links are coded to avoid email harvesters/spammers. 

We have tried to follow the Jackson name as far as possible.  Currently the lineage of Jackson women is generally limited to three generations.  Though we break this 'rule' occasionally, for the most part the lineage for Jackson women is limited in an effort to help us better spend our time on the direct Jackson line.  Some of the earlier work included more than just three generations for Jackson women especially if they were included in the Jackson Ledger.  Collateral families may have been entered into the data base to facilitate research, but may not show on the web site if not directly connected to Robert Jackson of Hempstead. 

NEW! Recently more Jackson men have tested and their DNA results prove a close relationship to Robert Jackson of Hempstead but the connection has not been found.  Until their connection is known, I have called these folks 'Broken Branches' and have put links to their information on the Broken Branches section of the Table of Contents.  Details for the Broken Branch DNA testing is found on Chart #2 and #3 on the DNA page.  See also 'Virginia Jacksons' on the Table of contents for current and ongoing research on these Broken Branches.

For privacy sake, we must set a cut off date.  If no date or location of death is known, folks born 1909 or earlier are assumed deceased, folks born 1910 or later are assumed living.   (These dates change each year.)  We do collect and keep this information about living people in our data base but they will NOT show on the website.  If you have date or location of death info that you believe would enable those folks to be listed, please contact Janie.

Bringing all this together in one place has been a joy.  We hope as viewers find their own connections here, they will contact us to add their family to the branches.   I'll be happy to answer any questions about this site and welcome additional information with your name as contact person if you desire.  This Jackson Tree continues to grow because of your help.  You can become an active participant on this site by dropping us an email.

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This page was last revised January, 2010.
(1909 Cutoff date for assuming persons are deceased updated in January 2010)