Sebus Seaborn Jackson (1642 – 1690) and Sarah Baker 2 (1650 - 1725)    

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(I) Edward Jackson, the immigrant ances- tor, was born in London, England, about 1602, according to his gravestone. He was the son of Christopher Jackson, and was 'baptized February 3, 1604, at St. Dunstan's Church, Stepney. He lived at Whitechapel, where he followed the business of nail manufacturer. His first wife's name was Frances, by whom he had five sons and four daughters. There is a tradition in the family that their young- est son, Sebas, was born on the passage to this country, and if so, the wife Frances, died on the passage, or soon after their arrival here in the summer of 1643. He married (second), March, 1649, Elizabeth, daughter of John Newgate, and widow of Rev. John Oliver, Harvard College, 1645, tne fi rst minister of Romney Marsh, Chelsea, by whom he had five daughters and one son. He purchased land in Cambridge village of Samuel Holley in 1643. In 1646 he purchased a farm in the same place, of five hundred acres, long known as the Mayhew farm. This farm belonged originally to Thomas Mayhew, of Watertown, and had been bought from him by Governor Bradstreet, who in turn sold it to Edward Jackson. It commenced near what is now the division line between Newton and Brigh- ton and extended westward, including what is now Newton ville. Some of this five hun- dred acres is still owned by the Jackson fam- ily, and the homestead of the late William Jackson is built on it, viz. : No. 527 Washing- ton street, Newton. The original house was built before 1638 and stood until 1708. He took the freeman's oath in May, 1645, and immediately became, one of the leading men of Cambridge. He was deputy to the general court from May, 1648, for eighteen sessions, to August, 1676, and in 1648, with the governor, deputy governor, and seven others, served on a com- mittee to revise the Articles of Confederation of the United. Colonies ; selectman of Cam- bridge 1655; chairman of a committee to lay out highways 1653 ; commissioner to end small cases for several years. He was constantly associated with the Rev. John Eliot in his work with the Indians. He was one of the proprietors, and in the division of common lands in 1662, he had four acres, and in 1664, thirty acres. He was also a large proprietor in the Billerica lands, and in the division of 1652 he had four hundred acres which by his will he gave to Harvard College. In 1678 he was the author and first signer of a petition 1201 1202 CONNECTICUT to the general court asking that Cambridge village might be set off from Cambridge and made an independent town. In Captain Ed- ward Johnson's "History of New England" he is classed among the leading men of the time. He died June 17, 1681. His inventory contained over sixteen hundred acres of land, and amounted to £2,477 : 9 S - 6d. It also in- cluded two men servants, valued at £5 each. He was probably the first slave holder in Newton. His wife survived him for twenty- eight years, and died September 30, 1709. Children of the first wife, born in London: 1. Israel, baptized March 9, 1631 ; died young. 2. Margaret, baptized January 1, 1633. 3. Hannah, baptized May 1, 1634; married John Ward, of Newton. 4. Rebecca, baptized Oc- tober 12, 1636; married Thomas Prentice, of Newton. 5. Caleb, baptized October 10, 1638. 6. Joseph, baptized September 13, 1639. 7. Frances, died in Cambridge, October 5, 1648 ( ?) 8. Jonathan, died in Boston, August 28, 1693 ; married Elizabeth Baker. 9. Sebas, mar- ried Sarah Baker, Roxbury, April 19, 1671, died 1690 ; lived in Newton, on what was the William Jackson place in 1839. Children of second wife: 10. Sarah, born January 5, 1649; married Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, minister at Newton, March 21, 1677. 11. Edward, born December 15. 1652, died September 30, 1727 (twice married). 12. Lydia, born 1656; mar- ried Joseph Fuller, of Newton. 13. Eliza- beth, born April 28, 1658 ; married John Pren- tice, of Newton: (second) James Bond, of Watertown. 14. Hannah, born 1660 ; married Nathaniel Wilson, of Newton. 15. Ruth, born January 15, 1664; died January 7, 1691-92. (II) Sebas Jackson, son of Edward and Frances Jackson, is presumed to have been born on the passage to this country, as his name is sometimes spelled Seaborn. He mar- ried Sarah Baker, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Baker, of Roxbury, April 19, 1671. He received from his father by will the house in which his father lived, with one hundred and fifty acres adjoining his own homestead. The old house was eighteen feet by twenty- two feet, built about 1670 and torn down in 1809. He died December 6, 1690. His wife Sarah died March 25, 1725, aged eighty-four. He left a will giving' all his estate to his wife for her maintenance and the well bringing up of his children, and assigning portions to the children in case of her marriage or death. Children: 1. Edward, born September 12, 1672, mentioned below. 2. Sebas, born March 12, 1673. 3. John, born March 21, 1675 (died young). 4. Sarah, born November 8, 1680; married Jonathan Draper, of Roxbury. 5. Elizabeth, born March 2, 1683; married (first) Caleb Grant, of Newton; (second) Ira Taylor, of Brookline. 6. John, born March 15, 1685; married (first) Mary Curtis; (sec- ond) Mary Bettis, removed to Woodstock, Connecticut. 7. Jonathan, born September 10, 1686. 8. Mary, born December 26, 1687; married Timothy Whitney, of Dorchester. 9. Joseph, born March 6, 1690 ; married Patience Hyde, of Newton. (III) Edward Jackson, son of Sebas Jack- son, was born at Cambridge (afterwards Newton), September 12, 1672. In 1734 he gave half of his homestead in Newton, sixty acres that he had from his father, Sebas, to his son Michael. He died intestate, March 27, 1748; his wife died in 1753, aged eighty- eight years. He married Mary . Chil- dren : 1. Experience, born August 9, 1696; married John Tosier, of Newton. 2. Edward, born October 1, 1698; married " Abigail Gale. 3. Isaac, born February 2, 1701 ; married Ruth Greenwood. 4. Sarah, born October 28, 1703 ; married Philip Norcross. 5. Sebas, born April 20, 1706; married Abigail Patten. 6. Michael, born February 28, 1709 ; married Phebe Patten (mentioned below). 7. Rev. Jonathan, born June 25, 1713, graduated Har- vard College in 1733. 8. Anna, born August, 1714. (IV) Michael Jackson, son of Edward Jackson, was born at Newton, February 28, 1709. He was a tanner by trade. He had the homestead at Newton and died there August 2 7> 1765. His inventory amounted to £453. He married, in October. 1733, Phebe Patten, who died in 1776. Children: 1. Michael, born December 18, 1734 (mentioned below). 2. Nathaniel, born April 13, 1736, died in 1742. 3. Phebe, born March 28, 1738; mar- ried Aaron Child, of Newton. 4. Mary, born September 13, 1739. 5. Deborah, born June 15, 1741 ; married Samuel Woodward, of Newton. 6. Elizabeth, born February 17, 1743 : married Nathaniel Fuller, of Newton. 7. Nathaniel, born August 17, 1744 ; died in 1745. 8. Patten, born December 19, 1745, went south. 9. Catherine, born October 29, 1747 : married Joshua Fuller, of Newton. 10. Jonathan, born September 27, 1749 ;- married Mary Stone. 11. Thomas, born June 21, 175 1 ; married Rachel Coleburn, settled in Pittston, Maine. 12. Priscilla, born December l 9> 1753 1 married Samuel Woodward, of Newton. 13. Phineas, born November 3, 1755 ; married Ruth Wood. 14. Oliver, born December 15, 1756; married Lucy Fuller. (V) General Michael Jackson, son of Mich- ael Jackson, was born at Newton, December 18, 1734.