Jackson Family Genealogy                                    Table of Contents

INTERESTING HISTORICAL SITES
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Motivation for Richard Jackson and his family to leave their home in England:
     http://www.greatmigration.org/new_englands_great_migration.html
     . . .Concerning the Congregation of Protestant Separatists Formed at Scrooby   (scroll to bottom of pg.)

Early History of Long Island (and map) as it pertains to Richard Jackson and his son Robert:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~paxson/jackson/Jackson.index.html  (scroll down a bit)

Robert Jackson's home still standing with two later additions: http://www.townofhempstead.org/content/bz/landmarks/jackson.html

Hempstead, Long Island, NY, History from earliest settlement to the present:
http://www.townofhempstead.org/content/tc/history.html

Early History of Quakers on Long Island 1609 - 1695:
http://westburyquakers.org/qt/archive/files/1609.htm 

Religious dissenter lady Deborah Moody set a precedent when she founded Gravesend, Long Island:
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs304a,0,5912509.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation

List of Sundry Inhabitants of Hempstead, Long Island, in 1776 and their attitude toward the Revolution 
http://www.stanklos.net/?act=para&pid=6926&psname=CORRESPONDENCE%2C%20PROCEEDINGS%2C%20ETC

History of the Jackson Cemetery at Wantagh, New York: (double check these dates)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mfox7/jackson.html

History of the Jerusalem Friends and the Cemetery:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mfox7/Jerusalem2.html

History of Glen Cove (Musketa Cove), Long Island:
http://www.nassaulibrary.org/glencove/History%20of%20Glen%20Cove.html

History of Morris County by Edmund D. Halsey; pages 331-363
http://www.gti.net/rocktwp/Rockaway.html  (Link is broken; I'm trying to find another source.)

Influence of the "Duke's Laws":
http://www.longislandgenealogy.com/dukelaws/1.htm"

Revolutionary Petition of Patriots  Edward & his son, Stephen, signed

Dutch Settlers left their influence on Long Island: 
http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs303a,0,5781436.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation

New Jersey Folks Migrate to North Carolina: 
(No Jacksons mentioned by name, but James and Elizabeth (Jackson) Tompkins plus 'Gen' Joseph's son, William, were among those who went.  Excellent history of this major migration.)
http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/mckstmerjersey.htm

Migration: Pennsylvania "Jersey Settlement"
http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/gean/jerseysettlement.html

History of Knox County, Ohio 1779-1862 by A. Banning Norton:
http://www.heritagepursuit.com/Knox/Knox1862Index.htm   (Many names of other Knox County pioneers plus the bio of Johnny Appleseed.  Johnny Appleseed story on pages 128-135.)

Pennsylvania, Ohio or Virginia/West Virginia? Reasons for the "Mason Dixon Line",  Boarder Unrest:
http://www.gamber.net/gamber/mason-dx.htm    Difficulties of getting the job done:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/04/0410_020410_TVmasondixon.html

History of County Government:
http://www.naco.org/Content/NavigationMenu/About_Counties/History_of_County_Government/Default983.htm

Tips on Colonial Naming Customs:
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/naming.htm