Deacon John Jackson1

M, b. before 6 June 1602, d. 30 January 1675
     John was born before 6 June 1602 in Stepney [Greater London], County Middlesex, England. On 6 June 1602, he was christened in Stepney [Greater London], County Middlesex, England, at St. Dunstan's Parish.2 He was the son of Christopher Jackson and Miss. John married Mary in England. On 28 June 1635, John left London aboard the ship, "Defence", mastered by Thomas Bostock, bound for New England. Listed among the passengers was John Jackson aged 30 years, a wholesale man in Burchenlane, London. They arrived the 18th of July..3,4 He was a first settler in 1639 in that portion of the village of Cambridge south of the Charles River, called New Town, and later Newton. He brought a good estate with him, from England. In 1639, he bougtht a dwelling house and eighteen acres of land, of Miles Ives, of Watertown, Massachusetts. This estate was situated on the Roxbury road, very near the line which now divides Newton from Brighton. In 1641, he took the Freeman's oath, He was one of the first Deacons of the Church, - gave one acre of land for the Church and burial place, upon which the first meeting house was erected, in 1660, and which is now the oldest part of the Centre Cemetery......There may have been, and probably were, some transient dwellers in the Village, before he came, but they were not known to the record, and left no descendants there. The coming of John Jackson, in 1639, may properly be considered the first settlement of Newton. He had labored long and earnestly, by petitioning the General Court, and otherwise, to have Cambridgee Village erected into an independent town, but did not live to see it accomplished." John's wife, Mary, died circa 1638 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, leaving him a widower. John married Abigail in 1640. John married 2nd Katheryne before 1640 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. John's wife, Katheryne, died in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, leaving him a widower. John married 3rd Margaret Taft, daughter of Nicholas Taft and Margaret Milner, on 21 February 1640/41 in Stepney [Greater London], County Middlesex, England, at St. Dunstan's Parish. John departed this life on Wednesday, 30 January 1675 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The inventory of John's estate was taken and appraised by his brother Edward Jackson, Thomas Prentice, Isaac Williams, and Joseph Tayntor. [RFS:Estate] estate records are located. John left an estate, valued at £1,230. Since there was no will, his children settled his estate among themselves.

Children of Deacon John Jackson and Mary

Children of Deacon John Jackson and Margaret Taft

Citations

  1. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume II: page 45 - baptised 6 June 1602 in Stepney; elder brother of Edward; came to this country in the "Defence" in 1635 from London age 30; daughters Sara & Theodosis & son John by wife who soon died; by wife Margaret had Caleb 12 Dec 1645 died 2 days, Hannah 7 June 1646 [prob. 7 Jan 1647], Edward 14 Jan 1651 died 21 Feb 1676 by Indians, Mary, Abraham 14 August 1655, Deliverance 9 Nov 1657, Joshua 15 Sept 1659, Grace; died 30 Januaary 1675; widow Margaret died 28 August 1684 in 60th year. Also lists marriages for daughters.
  2. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, page 529 - John baptised 6 June 1602 in Stepney.
  3. [S115] Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations Of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, On The Basis Of Farmer's Registar, Volume II: page 45 - John came to this country in the "Defence" in 1635 from London age 30;.
  4. [S739] Peter Wilson Coldham, The Complete Book of Immigrants, 28 June 1635 passengers embarked on ship "Defence" of London, Mr. Edward Pearce [but later changed to Thomas Bostock], bound [from London] to New England landing 18 July 1635 - John Jackson age 30, wholesale man in Burchenlane, London.