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Christopher Jackson (abt. 1575 - bef. 1633)

Christopher Jackson
Born about in London, Englandmap [uncertain]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 5 Oct 1602 in Stepney, Middlesex, Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , and
Died before before about age 58 in Stepney, Whitechapel, Middlesex, Englandmap
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Biography

Christopher Jackson's date and place of birth and his parents are unknown. His birth date is estimated at 1575-1580 based on his wife's 1579 baptism and their 1602 marriage. No evidence has been found that his origins were in Yorkshire.

Christopher lived in London and was recorded in his marriage record and childrens baptism records as being "of Mile End" and "of Bethnal Green".[1] Mile End and Bethnal Green are communities in east London and they were both located in the parish of Stepney in the early 1600s. Stepney parish had two churches at that time: Saint Dunstan and All Saints Church and Saint Mary Matfelon Church (also known as Whitechapel).

The parish records of St. Dunstan Stepney show that Christopher Jackson and Susan Johnson, both of Mile End, London, were married there in October 1602.[2]

Christopher and Susan had the following children and perhaps others:

  • John, baptized at St. Dunstan Stepney, 6 January 1602/3;[3] buried 11 January 1602/3
  • Edward, baptized at St. Dunstan Stepney, 3 February 1604/5;[4] buried 28 February 1604/5
  • Miles, baptized at St. Dunstan Stepney, 28 June 1607[5]
  • Unnamed/unknown gender, child of Christopher Jackson, buried in Stepney, Middlesex, on 12 March 1603[/4?] (film not available)[6]

A Christopher Jackson was buried on 5 December 1633 at Whitechapel, London. He may be the Christopher of this profile.[7]

Research Notes

Disputed Parentage

This profile is project protected by the PGM project because of a very common unproven ancestry found on the internet that makes the claim that Christopher Jackson was the son of George Jackson and Elizabeth Wytham. This claim comes from the Visitations of Yorkshire which shows the second son of George Jackson and Elizabeth Wytham as Christopher Jackson.[8][9] The baptism record of Christopher, son of George, can be seen here. However, no evidence has been found that proves that the Christopher Jackson of London, father of sons John, Edward and Miles, was the son of George of Yorkshire.

Sources

  1. ↑ Starr, Frank Farnsworth. The Edward Jackson family of Newton, Massachusetts. Cambridge, MA: University Press, 1895, p. 5 and Pedigree. Archive.org.
  2. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, (FamilySearch: 11 July 2022), Christofer Jackson, 1601.
  3. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, (FamilySearch: 11 July 2022), John Jackson, 1602.
  4. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, (FamilySearch: 11 July 2022), Edward Jackson, 1604.
  5. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, (FamilySearch: 11 July 2022), Myles Jackson, 1607.
  6. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, (FamilySearch: 11 July 2022), Jackson, 1603.
  7. ↑ "England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, (FamilySearch: 11 July 2022), Christopher Jackson, 1633.
  8. ↑ Norcliffe, Charles Best, ed. Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564. London: Harleian Society Visitation Series, vol. 16, 1881, pp. 173-174. Archive.org.
  9. ↑ Clay, John William ed. Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with Additions, Parts 5-7. Exeter, 1901, p. 373. GoogleBooks.com
See also:
  • Ritter, Priscilla R. and Thelma Fleishman. Newton, Massachusetts, 1679-1779, A Biographical Directory. Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1982. Not available online.




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Thiessen-117 Traci Thiessen
I believe that daughters Anne Jackson-3375, Elizabeth Jackson-12606 and Dorety Jackson-3376 should be disconnected as daughters of Christopher and Susan (Johnson) Jackson as the three daughters profiles are unsourced. At this time, there is no evidence that Christopher and Susan had any daughters.

Also, the FS baptism records for the 3 sons (the records that include dates of death) have no images attached. There are no corresponding burial records at Saint Dunstans (that I could find). Perhaps these were indexed incorrectly? Or maybe I wasn't looking in the right place?

posted by Traci Thiessen
edited by Traci Thiessen
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
I would also dispute sons John & Edward.

I'm looking at a scan of the original Stepney Parish Burials:

1602[/3], January:
John son of Christofer Jackson of Mile end buryed the xi day
1604[/5], February:
Edward son of Christofer Jackson of Bethnalgreene tailler buryed xxviii day

It should be noted that the connection between the Newton Jackson brothers to their purported father Christopher Jackson of London in the "Whitechapel and Stepney Register" was made by H.G. Somerby. See the footnotes here in the History of Newton pp. 326-7. See Horatio Gates Somerby Fraud.

Christopher should probably be disconnected from all of the immigrant children.

posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Thiessen-117 Traci Thiessen
Yeah, I saw the comments below about Somersby. I agree that all the children should be removed, as was suggested back in 2020.
posted by Traci Thiessen
GeneJ X
Posting comments about proposal to sever on the profiles of Anne (Jackson) Falkiner (1604-), Dorety Jackson (1611-) and Elizabeth (Jackson) Allison (abt.1620-).
posted by GeneJ X
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Sons John and Edward now disconnected.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Dan Norum
ANOTHER COMMENT (Unconfirmed) DISPUTING THE INFORMATION ON THIS INDIVIDUAL: "Please take care not to add extra children to this couple. They had only three sons and no daughters: John, Edward and Myles. Christopher Jackson and Susan Johnson were married 5 October 1602 at "Mile End." Christopher Jackson and Susan Johnson had three sons baptized at St. Dunstan's Stepney, London each listed as son of Christopher Jackson of "Bednal Green, tailor" and of "Mile End." They had no daughters baptized at St. Dunstan's Stepney. There were other man named Chirstopher Jackson living in London and having children at this time. For example Dorety was baptized in SAINT JAMES GARLICKHITHE and must belong to the Christopher Jackonson there and not this one of St. Dunstan's Stepney. There were also children baptized in other London churches before they were married who were clearly not there children either. We need to take care not to conflate different men of the named Christopher Jackson with Christopher Jackson of "Bednal Green, tailor" and of "Mile End." The children of Christopher named John and Edward were NOT the two men who immigrated to New England. John and Edward, children of Christopher and Susan Jackson, both died as infants in England. Genealogies that claim John and Edward who immigrated to New England were children of Christopher and Susan are mistaken. Marriage: 05 Oct 1602 in Stepney, Middlesex, England" -------- If someone has access to the records at St Dunstans or SAINT JAMES GARLICKHITHE, this info could be checked.
posted by Dan Norum
Smith-32867 Jillaine Smith
Dan, thanks for sharing this; it's in quotes, which makes me think you got it from someone else. But it looks like we need to check for those infant deaths.
posted by Jillaine Smith
Dan Norum
The John Jackson listed as Christopher's child was born in June 1602, a few months before the marriage of his alleged parents. Was that common in the Church of England at that time? The files on Ancestry.com list the death as 1603, but give no birth date, without access to their international files. ..... Unfortunately, the quote in the comment above, is in my files, but I cannot find the source - it may be bogus, but then again .... Worth checking since it is so detailed.
posted by Dan Norum
edited by Dan Norum
Cochoit-2 Joe Cochoit
I put some research notes on the page. I found the records for the baptisms of John, Edward and Myles on FamilySearch. All the three baptism records say that all three children died as infants (strange that the baptism and death are recorded on the same record). Also in line with what Dan said, I could find no other children born to Christopher and Susan Jackson at St. Dunstan. There is also the strange closeness of dates between the marriage in October 1602 and the birth of the first child in January ( presumably 1602/3).

I also note that the gravestone of Edward states he died June 17, 1681 at age 79 years, 5 months. This pretty precise and does not match a birth date of February 1604/5.

Seems to me we will need to disconnect all these children without better evidence, but I have not tried to research all of them yet.

posted by Joe Cochoit
Cochoit-2 Joe Cochoit
Woah. Look at who did the research on this family in the footnote: https://archive.org/details/historyofearlyse00injack/page/326/mode/2up

H.G. Somerby... the most notorious fraudster in genealogy https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Horatio_Gates_Somerby_Fraud

looks like we may have another one to add.

posted by Joe Cochoit
Madison-125 Bobbie (Madison) Hall
Oh my. And carried over into the Newton Biographical Dictionary. (I'm embarrased to see it's my profile even if it did originate with the DeCoursey.ged) And I'm a descendant of both Edward and John. Painful.
posted by Bobbie (Madison) Hall
edited by Bobbie (Madison) Hall

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