DescriptionGenealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut - a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation (1911) (14586434119).jpg | English: Identifier: genealogicalfami19113cutt (find matches) Title: Genealogical and family history of the state of Connecticut : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918 Hart, Samuel, 1845-1917 Talcott, Mary Kingsbury, 1847-1917 Bostwick, Frederick, b. 1852 Clement, E. H. (Edward Henry), 1843-1920 Stearns, Ezra S Subjects: Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: QUADRANGLE, WESTOVER SCHOOL. Text Appearing After Image: ou WQ oo U W> p CO CONNECTICUT. So far as traced, the familyJACKSON were residents of London,Eng-land, where thev carriedon the business of manufacturing nails. Therewere two brothers, John and Edward, sonsof Christopher, both of whom emigrated toMassachusetts, John in 1639 and Edward in1643. John was the first settler of Cambridgevillage, and both lived and died in what is nowknown as Newton, Massachusetts, this townhaving been set off from Cambridge. Theyand tlieir descendants are well described in apaper read by Air. John Noble, clerk of theSupreme Judicial Court of Boston before theColonial Society of Massachusetts, at a meet-ing held in 1903. Speaking of the will ofthe first Edward Jackson, the immigrant, hesays: Various considerations give it an interest; thedocument taken by itself; the character of_ theman who wrote it, and his standing and position,in his own town, and in the Colony; his connectionwith the whole subsequent life and history of Mas-sachusetts and of Boston, Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |