Elizabeth Betsy Summers

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Betsy

When Elizabeth Betsy Summers was born in 1792, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Summers, was 43 and her mother, Mary Jackson, was 37. She married William Jackson on 20 March 1810, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She died after 1850, in Scott, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Jackson
1789–1850
Elizabeth Betsy Summers
1792–1850
Marriage: 20 March 1810
Alfred Jackson
1812–1860
Alexander Jackson
1816–1920
Calvin Jackson
1829–1849
Martha Patsy Jackson
1817–1860
James G Jackson
1818–1870
Margaret Jackson
1823–1895
Elizabeth Jackson
1826–1913
William Jackson Jr.
1827–1897
William Wiley Jackson
1829–1874
Wilson Jackson
1831–1865
Cynthia Ann Jackson
1838–
William A Jackson
1839–1891

Sources (9)

  • Elizabeth Jackson, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • Betsey Summers, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Deed records, 1839-1897; index, 1888-1901; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C95G-CGRM

World Events (2)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1839

Historical Boundaries: 1839: Scott, Illinois, United States

Name Meaning

English: variant of Summer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: occupational or topographic name for someone who lived or worked at the house of someone named Somer (see Summer ).

Irish (Sligo): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Somacháin ‘descendant of Somachán’, a personal name meaning ‘soft, gentle, innocent’, due to confusion with samhradh ‘summer’.

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

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