Simon Jackson Esq. (1760 - 1818)

Born 20 Nov 1760 in Newtown, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Borodell (Shepard) Jackson — married 30 Sep 1785 (to 3 Jun 1795) in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Sarah Sewell (Spring) Jackson — married 24 May 1802 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Oct 1818 at age 57 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Simon Jackson was born on 20 Nov 1760, in Newtown, Middlesex County, in the Province of Massachusetts. He was the son of Michael Jackson and Ruth Parker.^{[1] [2]}

Lieutenant Simon Jackson Esq. served with 8th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Simon Jackson Esq. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A061274.

Simon Jackson Esq. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 223811
Rank: Lieutenant

Simon Jackson of Newton was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serving in Capt. Phineas Cook's company, Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Col. Thomas Gardner's) 37th regiment in 1775, and as Paymaster and Ensign in Col. Michael Jackson's (8th) regiment, promoted to Lieutenant, then Captain, in 1777 through 1779, and reported as Assistant in Adjutant General's department from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; and as a Captain of the 8th company, Col. John Greaton's (3d) regiment in 1782, and as a Captain in Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's (6th) regiment late in 1782, and as Captain of the 8th company, 2d Massachusetts regiment, commanded by Lieut. Col. Ebenezer Sprout in 1783, and as Captain, 6th Massachusetts regiment commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Simon married Borodell Shepard in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on 28 Feb 1786.^{[8] [2] [3]}

They had these children born in Newton: ^{[2] [3]}

1. Borredell Jackson, b. March or May 7 1787.
2. Alexander Shepard Jackson, b. June 5, 1789.
3. Charles Augustus Jackson, b. Aug. 10, 1790.
4. Ann Maria Stevens Jackson, b. June 13, 1792.

Borodell Shepard Jackson died at the age of 28, on 3 Jun 1795, in Newton.^{[9] [2]}

Simon and Sarah Sewell (Spring) Jackson (1772-1825) of Watertown published their intent to marry in Newton on 20 Dec 1801. ^{[10] [2] [3]} They were married in Watertown on 24 May 1802.^{[11] [3]}

They had these children born in Newton: ^{[2] [3]}

1. Susan Binney Jackson, b. Sept. 13, 1805.
2. Sarah Spring Jackson, b. Nov. 8, 1809, bp. May 1, 1814.^[2]

Capt. Simon Jackson, Esq. died on 17 Oct 1818, in Newton.^{[12] [2] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Newton - Births, p. 119 (accessed 24 Sep 2017).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
4. ↑ DAR
5. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
6. ↑ History of Newton, Massachusetts
7. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
8. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Newton - Marriages, p. 320 (accessed 24 Sep 2017)
9. ↑ Jackson, -----, w. Capt. Simeon;" date and age from cemetery records: Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Newton - Deaths, p. 470 (accessed 24 Sep 2017).
10. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Newton - Marriages, p. 320 (accessed 24 Sep 2017). See also: "Spring, Sarah Sewall of Watertown:" Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Newton - Marriages, p. 379 (accessed 24 Sep 2017).
11. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Watertown - Marriages, p. 196 (accessed 24 Sep 2017)
12. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records Project, Newton - Deaths, p. 469 (accessed 24 Sep 2017).

• Shepard, G. F. The Shepard families of New England. vol. 3, ed. D. L. Jacobus (New Haven: New Haven Colony Historical Society. 1973).

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2023-03-14), "Record of Simon Jackson", Ancestor # A061274.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 February 2021), memorial page for CPT Simon Jackson Esqu (20 Nov 1760–17 Oct 1818), Find A Grave: Memorial #7104086, citing East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jim Sanders (contributor 506) .

• Smith, S.F., History of Newton, Massachusetts (The American Logotype Co., Boston, 1880); p. 339-47

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896) Vol. 8, p. 688
  • "JACKSON, SIMON (also given SIMEON), Newton. Capt. Phineas Cook's co., Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Col. Gardner's) 37th regt. ; receipt for advance pay, signed by said Jackson and others, dated Camp at Cambridge, June 27, 1775 ; also, Private, same co. and regt.; company return dated Oct. 6, 1775; also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Prospect Hill, Dec. 26, 1775; also, Paymaster, Col. Michael Jackson's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported as serving 27 mos. as Paymaster, 9 mos. as Lieutenant; promoted to Lieutenant April 1, 1779; residence, Newton ; credited to town of Newton ; also, Paymaster, same regt. ; return of officers for clothing; receipt for said clothing, dated Boston, April 27, 1778 ; also, same regt.; return of officers for clothing, dated Boston, Nov. 20, 1778; also, Ensign, Col. Jackson's (8th) regt. ; account of clothing delivered officers of said regiment by the Board of War, agreeable to resolve of General Court of June 17, 1778; date of delivery, April 6, 1779 ; also, Lieutenant, same regt. ; list of officers, dated West Point, Nov. 8, 1779; also, Lieutenant and Captain, Col. Michael Jackson's regt. ; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780 ; reported as serving 9 mos. 6 days as Lieutenant, 2 mos. 24 days as Captain; also reported as Assistant in Adjutant General's department from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, request addressed to the General Court, dated Camp at Totoway, Oct. 15, 1780, signed by Michael Jackson, Colonel of 8th Mass, regt., that warrants be issued for the promotion of said Jackson and other officers to fill certain vacancies in above named regiment; said Jackson, a Lieutenant, promoted to Captain Lieutenant, vice Capt. Lieut. Ebenezer Smith advanced Oct. 6, 1780 ; also, Captain Lieutenant ; return dated Phillipsborough, July 18, 1781, made by Ezra Badlam, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, 8th Mass, regt., of officers of said regiment doing duty upon warrants ; date of warrant, Oct. 8, 1780 ; also, letter from William Hull, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant, 3d Mass, regt., to His Excellency Governor Hancock, dated Quarters at New Boston, April 15, 1782, requesting that certain officers be promoted to ranks to which they were entitled; said Jackson, Captain Lieutenant, 8th Mass, regt., to be promoted to Captain, 3d Mass, regt., vice Capt. Abraham Watson, who resigned April 12, 1782; advised in Council May 24, 1782, that warrants be issued; also, Captain, 8th co., Col. Greaton's (3d) regt.; muster rolls for June-Nov., 1782; also, Captain, Lieut. Col. Calvin Smith's (6th) regt.; return for wages; wages allowed said Jackson for Dec., 1782, he having probably succeeded Capt. Pilsbury in command of company; also, Captain, 8th co., 2d Mass, regt., commanded by Lieut. Col. E. Sprout; return of effectives, dated Philadelphia, July 11, 1783; also, Captain, 6th Mass. regt. commanded by Col. Benjamin Tupper; return of officers entitled to the commutation of five years full pay in lieu of half pay, agreeable to act of Congress of March 22, 1783."

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT7-KVC : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson, 20 Nov 1760; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZR-R6ZD : 11 May 2022), Simon Jackson and Borredell Shepard, 30 Sep 1785; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC9M-J4G : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson, 28 Feb 1786; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F82D-P8S : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson, 28 Feb 1786; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZR-R38W : 11 May 2022), Simon Jackson and Borrodell Shepard, 28 Feb 1786; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZ5-XHMQ : 11 May 2022), Simon Jackson and Borredel Shepard, 28 Feb 1786; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011106.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT7-LWR : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson in entry for Borodel Jackson, 7 May 1787; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT7-LWB : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson in entry for Alexander Shepard Jackson, 5 Jun 1789; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT7-L49 : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson in entry for Charles Augustus Jackson, 10 Aug 1790; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT7-L4Q : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson in entry for Ann Maria Stephens Jackson, 13 Jun 1792; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTH-ZMS : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson in entry for Ann Maria Stevens Jackson, 13 Jun 1792; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPFX-PX53 : 11 May 2022), Simon Jackson and Sarah Sewell Spring, 19 Dec 1800; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH4-264W : 11 May 2022), Simon Jackson and Sarah Sewell Spring, 20 Dec 1801; citing Marriage, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZT-VQ8J : 11 May 2022), Simon Jackson and Sarah Sinelle Spring, 24 May 1802; citing Marriage, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011107.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTH-34G : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson in entry for Susan Binney Jackson, 13 Sep 1805; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT7-L44 : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson in entry for Susan Jackson, 13 Sep 1805; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTH-72J : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson in entry for Sarah Spring Jackson, 8 Nov 1809; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHT7-G3D : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson in entry for Sarah Jackson, 8 Nov 1809; citing Birth, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC97-8XN : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson, 17 Oct 1818; citing Death, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC97-RZ7 : 20 May 2022), Simon Jackson, 17 Oct 1818; citing Death, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009513.

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QRRC-2PZM : 1 March 2021), Simon Jackson, ; citing Military Service, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774.

• Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1905);
  • p. 112-9 "Births", "Jackson"
    • "Alexander Shepard, s. Capt. Simon and Borridill [dup. Borodel], June 5, 1789."
    • "Ann Maria Stevens, d. Capt. Simon and Borridell, June 13, 1792."
    • "Borredell [dup. Borodel], d. Capt. Simon and Borredell [dup. Borodel], Mar. 7 [dup. May 7], 1787."
    • "Charles Augustus, s. Capt. Simon and Borredell [dup. Borodel], Aug. 10, 1790. "
    • "Simon, s. Michael and Ruth, Nov. 20, 1760."
    • "Sarah Spring, d. Simon and Sarah, Nov. 8, 1809."
    • "Sarah Spring, ch. Simon and Sarah Spring, bp. May 1, 1814. C.R.5."
    • "Susan Binney, d. Simon Esq. and Sarah, Sept. 13, 1805."
  • p. 320 "Marriages", "Jackson"
    • "Simon [int. adds Capt.] and Borredel [dup. Borrodel, int. Borredell] Shepard, Feb. 28, 1786."
    • "Simon, Capt., and Sarah Sewall Spring, int. Dec. 20, 1801."
  • p. 469 "Deaths", "Jackson"
    • "Sarah Spring, July 4, 1825, a. 52. C.R.5. [w. Simon, July 1, a. 51, G.R.I.]"
    • "Simon, Capt., Oct. 17, 1818. [Simon Esq., a. 56, G.R.I.]"
    • "____, w. Capt. Simeon, June — , 1795, [a.] 28. [Borredell, w. Simon, June 3, G.R.I.]"