Frances Jackson

Not the daughter of Nicholas Taft, II & Margaret Taft

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-481682

Frances (___) Jackson's date and place of birth and parents are unknown. Some online trees call her Frances "Taft", but there is no support for this last name at birth. Based on her estimated marriage date of about 1630, her date of birth is estimated at about 1610. She was most probably born in England.

Frances married Edward Jackson by about 1630 in England.[1] They had the following children (Note: all of their children's births are recorded in Newton Vital Records, although most - if not all of them - were born in England):

1. Israel, baptized at Stepney, London 9 March 1630/1;[2] probably buried there on 20 March 1631[1] (no record found)
2. Margaret, baptized at St. Mary's 1 January 1632/3[3]
3. Hannah, baptized at St. Mary's 1 May 1634;[4] married John Ward[1]
4. Rebecca,[5] baptized at St. Mary's 12 October 1636;[6] married Thomas Prentice[1]
5. Caleb, baptized at St. Mary's 10 October 1638;[7] buried there on 20 November 1638[8]
6. Joseph, baptized at St. Mary's 13 September 1639;[9] buried there on 28 September 1639[10]
7. Jonathan,[11] married Elizabeth Baker[1] and died 28 August 1693;[12] no birth/baptism found
8. Sebas/Sebeas, who married Sarah Baker,[13] is thought to have been born in 1643, on the passage from England,[1] but no birth/baptism found, but Newton Vital Records says "b. aft. ch. b. Sept. 13, 1639?"[11]
9. Frances,[11] died 5 October 1648,[14] no birth/baptism found

The family apparently came to New England between February and October, 1643,[1] when Edward was deeded land in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[13]

Frances likely died at Cambridge in 1648, perhaps in chldbirth. Williams believes the death record of their daughter Frances was actually the record of the death of Edward's wife, Frances.[1] See research notes, below.

After Frances' death, her husband remarried to the widow Elizabeth (Newgate) Oliver.[15][16] He had five more children with Elizabeth. Edward died at Newton, Massachusetts, aged 79 years and 5 months, on 17 July 1681.[1]

Research notes

Relation to Newgates?

There is a question whether Frances was related to Ann ______, the third wife of John Newgate (Edward Jackson's father-in-law via his second wife). This is because in her will dated 1676, Ann left bequests to two of Frances' sons by Edward Jackson, but did NOT make any gifts to Edward's second wife (and Ann's step-daughter) Elizabeth or to any of their children.[1]

Additionally, John Newgate's 1664 will left a bequest to "my wife's sister, that married, with William Newgate, my Unckls [Robert, brother of John's father Philip] sonn, living in London".[1] This might be a hint that Ann and Frances of this profile might be related.

Daughter Frances

Previously detached daughter Frances was re-attached as a child of Edward and Frances, based on her death record (which Williams believes is the death record of her mother/Edward's wife).

In an alphabetical transcript/family list of Newton residents made in 1854, a daughter Frances is listed (along with sons Jonathan and Sebas), with no dates of birth indicated for those three children.[17] Perhaps both Frances' (mother and daughter) died in 1648, as Edward remarried in 1649. Edward was born ca. 1602, so if wife Frances was about his age, she would have been reaching her late childbearing years and may have died in childbirth. Also note that there is a fair gap between Sebas' birth in 1643 and Edward's remarriage, when those three above-named children may have been born.

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "Frances (Unknown) Jackson (abt.1610-abt.1648)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-481682 : accessed 15 December 2024). Cites
   1. Alicia Crane Williams. "Elizabeth (Newgate) (Oliver) Jackson (m. 1637)" in Early New England Families, 1641-1700, V.1.1, 18 Jan 2016. New England Historic Genealogical Society, pp. 1-7. Online at AmericanAncestors.org($).
   2. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch, Israel Jackson, 1630.
   3. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch: Margaret Jackson, 1632.
   4. "London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812", London Metropolitan Archives; London Church of England Parish Registers; Ref: P93/MRY1/001. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Ancestry Record 1624 #664067($): Hanna Jackson baptism on 1 May 1634.
   5. Binney, Charles James Fox. The History and Genealogy of the Prentice, or Prentiss Family, in New England from 1631 to 1852. The author, 1852, p. 161 and 163. Google Books.
   6. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch: Rebeckah Jackson, 1636.
   7. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch: Caleb Jackson, 1638.
   8. "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", FamilySearch: Caleb Jackson, 20 Nov 1638.
   9. "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", FamilySearch: Joseph Jackson 13 Sep 1639.
   10. "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", FamilySearch: Joseph Jackson, 28 Sep 1639.
   11. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905, p. 112-120 (births), 317 (marriage), 467-468 (deaths). Archive.org
   12. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988", database with images, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 2495 #8349648($): Jonathan Jackson death 28 Aug 1693 in Boston, Massachusetts.
   13. Starr, Frank Farnsworth. The Edward Jackson Family of Newton, Massachusetts. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1895, pp. 5-27. Archive.org.
   14. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch: FHL microfilm 007009513. Frances Jackson, 5 Aug 1648; Death, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
   15. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1905, p. 317. Archive.org
   16. Thomas W. Baldwin. Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Vol. 2. Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Print. Co., 1914, p. 291. Archive.org: OLIVER, Elizabeth and Edward Jacson, Mar. 14, 1648-9.
   17. "Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Records", images, FamilySearch: image 53 of 174; Newton (Massachusetts). Town Clerk.
2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59736055/frances-jackson