Christian Jacobison

Brief Life History of Christian

When Christian Jacobison was born on 7 August 1667, in Haddingtonshire, Scotland, her father, Charles Jakobsone, was 29 and her mother, Margaret Macnab, was 29. She married William Johnston on 12 July 1698. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland in 1667.

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Family Time Line

William Johnston
1663–
Christian Jacobison
1667–
Marriage: 12 July 1698
Margaret Johnston
1699–
Janet Johnston
1702–
Jenet Johnston
1702–
Christian Johnstoune
1705–
Charles Johnstoun
1709–

Sources (6)

  • Christiane Jacobsone, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Christian Jacobson in entry for Jenet Johnston, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
  • Christiane Jacobsone, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

Name Meaning

English, Swedish, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Jacob denoting ‘Jacob's son’. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, including Scandinavian (see 2 below) and, in some cases, Croatian Jakobović (which is from the personal name Jakob ).

Americanized form of Swedish Jacobsson or Jakobsson and Danish, Norwegian, North German, or Dutch Jacobsen or Jakobsen , all cognates of 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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