Brief Life History of Hugh Thomas
When Hugh Thomas Jackson was born on 19 June 1744, in County Antrim, Ireland, his father, Hugh Thomas Joseph Jackson, was 45 and his mother, Mary Higginbotham, was 34. He married Elisabeth Pearson about 1765, in Ireland. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He registered for military service in 1777. He died on 1 May 1812, in Fayette City, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Searights, Menallen Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Hugh Jackson, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Deaths and Burials, 1856-1971"
- Hugh Jackson, "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783"
- Hugh Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1744–1812 Male
1752–1829 Female
Children (10)
1771– Female
1773–1858 Male
about 1777–1799 Female
1778– Female
1780– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1698–1785 Male
1709–1786 Female
Siblings (11)
1699–1760 Male
1723–1807 Male
1725–1796 Female
1726–1772 Male
1729–1760 Female
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World Events (6)
1776
Age 32
1776
Age 32
1780
Age 36
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack . In North America, this surname has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages, in particular those derived from equivalents or short forms and other derivatives of the personal name Jacob , e.g. Norwegian Jacobsen or Jakobsen and, in some cases, Slovenian Jakše (from a derivative of the personal name Jakob ). This surname is also very common among African Americans (see also 2 below).
African American: from the personal name Jackson (or Andrew Jackson), adopted in honor of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above, in many cases probably for the same reason.
History: This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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