Name: John Jackson
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 3 Feb 1676
Event Place: Metheringham, Lincoln, England
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Thomas Jackson
Mother's Name: Francis
Research Note: This source does not include an image of the Parish register page. As New Year's Day fell on 25th March, we do not know whether the baptism and its preceding birth occurred in 1676 in the convention of the day, or in 1677 in today's convention.
Geographical Note and Social context: n 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Metheringham like this:
METHERINGHAM, a village and a parish in the district and county of Lincoln. The village stands near a navigation to the river Witham,..
The parish contains also the hamlet of Tanvats. Acres, 4,590.[1]
The parish measures about 11 miles long east to west and 1 mile wide, bounded at its eastern end by the river Witham. Metheringham drain defines the southern boundary draining into the river Witham. The eastern part of the parish being on the flood plain. west of the village is named for heath land.
Name: Judith Jackson
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 22 Sep 1687
Event Place: Horncastle, Lincoln, England
Gender: Female
Father's Name: John Jackson
Mother's Name: Judith
Name: Mary Jackson
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 10 Mar 1688
Event Place: Horncastle, Lincoln, England
Gender: Female
Father's Name: John Jackson
Mother's Name: Judith
Research Note: It is most likely that the following records year has been corrected to the Gregorian convention, both recording the same event.
Name: Mary Jackson
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 10 Mar 1689
Event Place: Horncastle, Lincoln, England
Gender: Female
Father's Name: John Jackson
Mother's Name: Judith
Name: David Jackson
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 17 Mar 1698
Event Place: Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
Gender: Male
Father's Name: John Jackson
Mother's Name: Judey
Research Note: These three preceding source do not include an image of the Parish register page. As New Year's Day fell on 25th March prior to 1752, we do not know whether the baptisms/birth occurred in the Julian or Gregorian convention.
Name: John Jackson
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 30 Dec 1747
Event Place: Horncastle, Lincoln, England
Gender: Male
Name: Judith Jackson
Event Type: Burial
Event Date: 16 May 1742
Event Place: Horncastle, Lincoln, England
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Research Note: As New Year's Day fell on 25th March prior to 1752, these two record dates are not affected by the change from Julian to Gregorian calendar
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