General Joseph Jackson

Burial record:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10483708/joseph-jackson

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From the We Relate page of General Joseph Jackson:

http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joseph_Jackson_(52)_

General Joseph Jackson

• b. 9 Feb 1709/1710 Flushing, Long Island, New York
• d. 1769 Rockaway, Morris Co., New Jersey

Parents

• F. James Jackson ABT 1670 - 1735
• M. Rebecca Hallett 1675 - 1730

m. 1694

Siblings

• 1. Thomas Jackson 1694 - bet 1759
• 2. Mary Jackson 1696 - BEF 1735
• 3. Sarah Jackson 1697 -
• 4. Rebecca Jackson 1698 -
• 5. John Jackson, Sr. 1700 - BEF 1772
• 6. Charity Jackson 1701 -
• 7. Elizabeth Jackson 1703 -
• 8. James Jackson, Jr. 1704 - 1750
• 9. William (1) Jackson 1705 - 1706
• 10. Hannah Jackson 1706 -
• 11. Martha Jackson 1707 - abt 1790
• 12. William (2nd) Jackson 1707 -
• 13. General Joseph Jackson 1709 - 1769
• 14. Richard Jackson 1711 - 1739
• 15. Phoebe Jackson 1712 - 1777
• 16. Robert Jackson 1713 -
• 17. Jemima Jackson 1714 -
• 18. Samuel Jackson 1716 -
• 19. Stephen Jackson 1717 -
• 20. Benjamin Jackson, Sr. 1719 - abt 1805

Marriage:

• H. General Joseph Jackson 1709 - 1769
• W. Annie Unknown - 1760
• m. 10 May 1737

Children:

• 1. James Jackson
• 2. Stephen (1) Jackson
• 3. William Jackson 1736 - AFT 1810
• 4. Mary Jackson 1738 - 1754
• 5. Elizabeth Jackson ABT 1738 - 1796
• 6. Edward Jackson 1741 - 1807
• 7. Capt. Stephen Jackson 1744 - 1812
• 8. Anna Jackson 1746 - 1816
• 9. Phebe Jackson ABT 1748 -
• 10. Sergeant Benjamin Jackson 1752 - 1842
• 11. Daniel Jackson 1753 - 1836

Marriage 2:

• H. General Joseph Jackson 1709 - 1769
• W. Mary Unknown
• m. AFT 1760

Name General Joseph Jackson

• Gender Male
• Birth[1][2] 9 Feb 1709/1710 Flushing, Long Island, New York
• Marriage 10 May 1737 New Jersey to Annie Unknown
• Marriage AFT 1760 to Mary Unknown
• Death[3][4] 1769 Rockaway, Morris Co., New Jersey
• Burial[4] Rockaway, Morris Co., New Jersey

Other records on the Internet state that his first two children were from a first wife, Margaret Burgess. But I believe this is a error caused by finding a marriage record of a Joseph Jackson and Margaret Burgess in the online records extracted from "Archives of the State of New Jersey" found here: http://files.usgwarchives.org/nj/statewide/vitals/marriages/marrind....

Note that this record states that this couple, Joseph Jackson and Margaret Burgess, are both from Pennsylvania. Andrea Dietze has sent for the actual marriage record and this couple did live in Pennsylvania and researching that family turns up different children than our Joseph.

There is a cemetery record which says "Mrs. Annie Jackson, wife of Gen. Joseph" and that she died in 1760. So the widow Mary who is mentioned in the next paragraph, had to have married Joseph sometime after Annie's death in 1760 and before he died in 1769.

Oscar Burton Robbins' book, pg 14: "Joseph Jackson died in 1769, intestate. Oct. 5, 1769, the widow Mary, and the son William, made a renunciation of their right to administer on his estate, and Oct. 6, 1769, administration was given to Stephen Jackson. Nathaniel Mitchell was fellow Bondsman."

From Abstract of Early Wills 1761-1770 1769, Oct. 6. JACKSON, Joseph, of Pequannock, Morris Co. Int. Adm'r - Stephen Jackson. Fellowbondsman - Nathaniel Mitchel; both of said Co. Witness - Malcolm McCouny. 1769, Oct. 5. Renunciation, by Mary Jackson, the widow; and William Jackson, the son of said Joseph. Witnesses - Hartshorne Fitz Randolph and Nathaniel Mitchel. 1769, Oct. 4. Inventory, made by Hartshorne Fitz Randolph and Nathaniel Mitchel. (Lib. K, p. 223)

Note also that Pequannock is nearly 21 miles up the interstate from Morristown and 20.4 interstate miles from Rockaway. So I'm wondering about this being adminstrated from Pequannock! Perhaps that is where the court was held at the time?? But of more significance are the witnesses and appraisers: Nathaniel Mitchel was father of Joseph's daughter-in-law, Abigail Mitchell married to Joseph's son Benjamin. Hartshorne Fitz Randolph** was brother to Mary Fitz Randolph Thorne, wife of Joseph's brother, James Jr.

From the 1887 Jackson Ledger: "A tract of 162 6/10 acres of land lying on the West Bank of Rockaway River and near the village of Rockaway, on which he lived until his death in 1769. He acquired other property of great value."

Rockaway records website quoting Crayon: "They came to Rockaway in 1731 or 32. Joseph was a general in the French & Indian War. Both are buried at Rockaway."

Rockaway Library document by Stephen Jackson:"The Jacksons were the founders of Rockaway. Joseph Jackson came to Rockaway in 1731 and lived in a log cabin on the north bank of the river. He was one of the pioneers of the iron industry here."

O. B. Robbins book, pg 14: "The family record of Joseph Jackson was lost during the Revolutionary Way, and the following record is made at the recollection of Anna, the seventh (living) child, on Dec 4, 1813 who was then 67 years old. By William Jackson who writes this record and is 81 years old."

Crayon's Morris County records state that "Joseph, Stephen, Daniel, Benjamin and John were all members of the Presbyterian Church at Rockaway Village, NJ. It was for many years the only church in the township and one of the oldest church organizations in the country." Stephen, Daniel & Benj were Joseph's sons--who was John? (John was likely a cousin of Stephen, Daniel & Benjamin. John would be son of Joseph's brother John. This cousin John also went to Anson County as did Stephen and Benjamin. Daniel went to Ohio.)

From Virgil Allen's letters: " About 1732 Joseph Jackson, who also was in some way interested in iron making settled at Rockaway. He came from Jamaica, L.I. He lived on the west bank of the Rockaway River about 1 mi. above the village. He died there in 1769 and is buried at Rockaway. His son Benjamin lived on the homestead, and raised his family there and no doubt from there migrated to Ohio in 1814. So Elizabeth Jackson his dau, later the wife of Job Allen III, was born there 7/14-1782. Benjamin, her father, the Rev. soldier, was born there 3/5-1752. His wife Abigail Mitchell, and she may have been born at or near Rockaway as her father Nathaniel Mitchell, was a member of the church there in 1758."

Hartshorne Fitz-Randolph** was the man who purchased at sheriff's sale the bankrupt assets of John Jackson's forge in 1753. (John and Joseph were brothers.)

References

• 1. ↑ J. Percy Crayon in 1902. Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families.
  • (http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/jackson.htm).
  • Cemetery Records
• 2. ↑ History of West Virginia, Old and New. (The American Historical Society, Inc. 1923 Vol. III, Pg. 455).
• 3. ↑ J. Percy Crayon in 1902. Rockaway Records of Morris County, N. J. Families.
  • (http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmorris/rockawayrecords/jackson.htm).
  • Cemetery records
• 4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 New Jersey, Rockaway Cemeteries.
  • (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njmorris/cemeteries/rockaway3.htm).
• 5. Jackson Ledger from Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants, Pgs 8, 9, 10.
• 6. Robbins, Oscar Burton. History of the Jackson family of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., Ohio and Indiana: descendants of Robert and Agnes Washburn Jackson. (Loveland, Colo.: Robbins, 1951), Page 10.
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Aug 3 2020, 11:13:04 UTC

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Gen Joseph Jackson BIRTH 9 Feb 1710 Flushing, Queens County, New York, USA DEATH 5 Oct 1769 (aged 59) Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey, USA BURIAL First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10483708/joseph-jackson

Children:
Edward Jackson 1730–1807
Elizabeth Jackson Tompkins 1738–1796
Stephen Jackson 1744–1812
Anna Jackson Ayers 1746–1816
Benjamin Jackson 1751–1842
Daniel Jackson 1753–1836
Daniel Jackson 1753–1836