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V. HYDE, AARON, (s. of Elisha,) m. Patty, dr. of Ebenezer Hovey, 1794, and had Aaron, Feb. 15, 1795 ; Henry H., Feb. 6, 1796 ; Hosea, July 20, 1797 ; Martha, May 14, 1800 ; John, Aug. 3, 1803; Mary, April 15, 1805 ; Elizabeth, Sept. 15, 1807 ; Francis H., Feb. 26, 1809 ; Ebenezer, Dec. 9, 1810 ; Horatio N., Jan. 26, 1814.
V. HYDE, THADDEUS, (s. of Elisha,) m. Elizabeth Grimes, 1782, and had James, Dec. 21, 1782; Betsy, June 29, 1785 ; Leonard, April 25, 1788; Thaddeus, April 10, 1791. He d. Jan. 9, 1821, æ. 70. She d. 1849, æ. 98.
VI. HYDE, PHILIP, (s. of Gersham,) m. Huldah -, and had Betsy, Oct. 25, 1777.
VI. HYDE, JAMES, (s. of Thaddeus,) m. Clarisa, dr. of Norman Clark, 1818, and had Josephine, Jan. 11, 1819; Thaddeus W., Dec. 23, 1820; Ann E., Jan. 24, 1823 ; James F. C., July 26, 1825; George N., Sept. 29, 1828 ; Mary A., Aug. 25, 1831 ; Clarisa J., Aug. 14, 1833; and John N., June 25, 1836.
VI. HYDE, LEONARD, (s. of Thaddeus,) m. Jerusha Lethbridge, settled in Rox., and had in Rox., Elizabeth, Leonard, William, Mary, and Joseph W.
VI. HYDE, THADDEUS, (s. of Thaddeus,) m. Sarah D. White, dr. of Dea. White, 1816, and had George D., March 18, 1817; Wil- liam M., Nov. 22, 1818; Warren H., Feb. 3, 1821 ; Henry F., July 13, 1825 ; Sarah E., March 2, 1823.
HYDE, EPHRAIM, (s. of Joseph and Susanna,) m. Abigail -, and had George, March 26, 1779; Charlotte, July 31, 1781 ; Henry, July 27, 1783 ; Amelia, Aug. 25, 1785; Amelia, Aug. 29, 1788 ; Ann P., Jan. 1, 1794 ; Abigail, May 31, 1790.
V. HYDE, BENJAMIN, (s. of Amos,) m. Mary -, and had Polly, April 18, 1802 ; Stephen N., Sept. 12, 1806; Amos N., July 1, 1809. He d. July, 1825.
HYDE, ISAAC, m. Polly Morse, 1802.
V. HYDE, AMOS, (s. of Amos and Susanna,) m. Lydia Hyde, 1805. 28
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VII. HYDE, ABRAHAM, (s. of Daniel and Rebecca,) m. Catherine Hall, 1806, and had Rebecca, April 24, 1807 ; Daniel, May 8, 1809 ; Asenath, Sept. 5, 1811 ; went to Ashburnham and d. there.
HYDE, STEPHEN, (s. of Benjamin,) m. Catherine Peck, 1828.
VI. HYDE, ENOCH, (s. of Charles and Sarah,) m. Dorothy A. Tucker, 1840.
VII. HYDE, JOHN W., (s. of Gersham,) m. Hannah -, and had William, 1833; Elizabeth, 1836; Caroline, 1839; Emeline, 1843; Charles, 1845; Adeline, 1847. He d. about 1847, and his wid. m. - - Harris.
VII. HYDE, MICHAEL S., (s. of Elisha and Hannah,) m. Maria Parker, and had, in Boston, Ann M., Albert, George S. and Franklin.
VI. HYDE, SAMUEL J., (s. of Charles and Sarah,) m. Mariah -, and had George S., 1839; Martha F., 1841; Mary C., 1843 ; Ruth W., 1849.
VII. HYDE, FRANCIS H., (s. of Aaron,) m. Catherine Readhead, 1832.
VII. HYDE, HORATIO N., (s. of Aaron,) m. Olivia W. Fiske, 1836, and had Horatio N., 1840 ; Hosea, 1842 ; Andelina, 1844.
VII. HYDE, ELISHA, (s. of Elisha and Hannah,) m. Eunice Floyd, 1820, and had Julia and Caroline. He d. 1851.
JACKSON, DEA. JOHN, was bap. in the Parish of Stepney, London, June 6, 1602 ; the first settler of Camb. Village, who remained and d. in it. He brought a good estate with him, from England. He bought a dwelling house and eighteen acres of land, of Miles Ives, of Wat., in 1639. This estate was situated on the Rox. road, very near the line which now divides Newton from Brighton. He took the Freeman's oath, in 1641, -was one of the first Deacons of the Church, - gave one acre of land for the Church and burial place, upon which the first M. H. was erected, in 1660, and which is now the oldest part of the Centre Cemetery. He was the s. of Christopher Jackson, of London, who was buried on the 5th of Dec. 1633 .* He had, in this country, by two wives, five sons and ten daughters, and at the time of his decease, about fifty grandchildren. There may have been, and probably were, some transient dwellers in the
* Whitechapel and Stepney Register. Copied by H. G. Somerby, 1851.
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Village, before he came, but they were not known to the record, and left no descendants there. The coming of John Jackson, in 1639, may properly be considered the first settlement of Newton. He d. Jan. 30, 1674-5. Counting from the record of his baptism, in Eng- land, his age was 73 .* How old he was when baptised, is uncertain. He left an estate, valued at £1,230. His widow Margaret d. Aug. 28, 1684, æ. 60 .- (Gravestone.) She could not, therefore, have been the mother of his s. Jolin, who was born in 1639. His old mansion house was pulled down about 1800; it stood on the same spot now occupied by Edwin Smallwood's new dwelling house. The old pear trees now standing there, are supposed to have been planted by his s. Abraham, who also gave one acre of land adjoining that given by his father, for the Church and burial place; which two acres now form the ancient part of the Centre Cemetery. He was a proprietor of the Cambridge lands. In the division of 1662, he had three acres ; in 1664, he had twenty acres. In the division of the Billerica lands, in 1652, he had fifty acres. He left eight hundred and sixty- three acres of land. His estate was settled by agreement, among the surviving children, in Dec. 1676. His brother Edward Jackson, Thomas Prentice, Isaac Williams, and Joseph Tayntor, appraised the estate. He had labored long and earnestly, by petitioning the General Court, and otherwise, to have Camb. Village erected into an independent town, but did not live to see it accomplished. He had by a former w., John, 1639, and perhaps others. By w. Margaret, Caleb, 12. 10. 1645, d. 12. 10. 1645 ; Hannah, June 7, 1646 ; Abigail, Aug. 14, 1647 ; Margaret, June 20, 1649 ; Edward, Jan. 14, 1650 ; - Ann; Abraham, Aug. 14, 1655 ; Deliverance, Nov. 5, 1657 ; Joshua, Sept. 15, 1659 ; Isabel, d. 1661 ; Mary ; Grace ; Theodocia ; Sarah, June 10, 1662. Abigail m. Daniel Preston, of Dorchester, Dec. 1693 - Hannah m. Elijah Kenrick, and 2d, John Hyde - Margaret m. James Trowbridge, Sen. - Mary m. Samuel Trusedale - Theo- docia m. Capt. Noah Wiswall, 1664, and 2d, Dea. Samuel Newman, of Rehoboth.
II. JACKSON, JOHN, JR., was born 1639, prob. the first born of the permanent settlers of Newton, and the oldest son of John, Sen. He d. unm. Oct. 17, 1675, æ. 36 .- (Gravestone.) His father d. about ten months before him. His will states that his double portion is not yet received out of his father's estate ; bequeaths to his mother
* Whitechapel and Stepney Register. Copied by H. G. Somerby, 1851.
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in law, £10; sister Sarah, £50; and his other sisters, £5 each; Rev. Mr. Hobart, £5; and to his two brothers, Edward and Abraham, the residue, and appoints them his executors, and his brothers in law, James Trowbridge and Elijah Kenrick, overseers. Inventory, £216, 17s. Thomas Prentice and John Ward, appraisers, 4. 2. 1776.
II. JACKSON, EDWARD, (s. of John, Sen.,) prob. unm .; was a soldier in Philip's war, and was slain by the Indians, in their attack on Medfield, Feb. 21, 1676, æ. 25. His brother Abraham admin.
II. JACKSON, ABRAHAM, (the only s. of Dea. John in this coun- try, who left chil.,) m. Elizabeth, dr. of John Bisco, of Wat., 1679, and had Elizabeth, Aug. 8, 1680; John, 25. 2. 1682; Sarah, 1683 ; Margaret, 1685; Mary, Dec. 2, 1686; Hannah; Mary, Jan. 19, 1689 ; Abigail, March 21, 1690; Abigail, 1692, d. Jan. 26, 1703, æ. 12 3-4; Abraham, March 12, 1693, d. in infancy ; Thomas, Sept. 6, 1694, d. 1703. Elizabeth m. Ephraim Williams, and her first born was the founder of Williams' College - Sarah m. Joseph Fuller, Jr., May 11, 1719, and her first born was Judge Fuller, an able and upright benefactor to his generation - Margaret m. Henry Bright, of Watertown, and had eight chil. - Mary m. Daniel Cook, April, 1722, s. of Stephen and Rebecca Cook - Hannah m. James Trow- bridge, Jr., 1712, and 2d, John Fuller, s. of Joseph, Sen., Feb. 22, 1716. His sons Abraham and Thomas, both d. in childhood. John was the only s. to bear his name to the next generation. He con- veyed to John, in 1734, all his real estate in Camb. and Newton. He had conveyed to John, in 1717, several parcels of land, one of which was "forty acres at Chesnut hill, (except four acres sold to Isaac Beach, in 1686, bounded w. by the burial place, and the land given for the burial place on which the Meeting-house now standeth, so long as the town shall see cause to improve it, for the use they now do.)" Of this excepted land, his father gave one acre in 1660, and he gave one acre in 1701, for a burial place, M. H., school house, and training place. He was one of the executors of his f. in law Bisco's will, who gave his w. a farm on Cherry plain, in Wat. He was Selectman twelve years, School Committee man, one of the first chosen in the town. He served on various other committees. He d. June 29, 1740, æ. 85. His w. Elizabeth d. Sept. 12, 1737. His will was dated Jan. 1738-9, in which he says, " I have given my s. John his full double portion already. I further give him my clock." Bequeaths to his g. sons Ephraim and Thomas Williams, £200, and says he has already spent considerable sums for their bringing
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up and education. Ephraim Williams, the f. of these two boys, m. again, about one year after their mother's death, and removed to Stockbridge, leaving them with their g. f., who brought them up under the paternal roof of his own mansion, and gave them a good education for the time. Through his liberality, they freely drank at the spring of learning, and knew how to estimate its value. Eph- raim became the munificent founder of Williams' College, and Thomas an eminent surgeon and physician. It is quite apparent, that the first sprouts of Williams' College were germinated in the family of Abraham Jackson, the s. of the first settler of Newton.
III. JACKSON, CAPT. JOHN, (s. of Abraham,) m. Hannah Staun- ton, of Stonington, Conn., Oct. 3, 1708, and had Thomas, March 19, 1709 ; Borodell, Aug. 1711. 2d w. Ann -, Feb. 15, 1712, and had Ann, June 15, 1714 ; Abigail, Jan. 9, 1717; Elizabeth, Nov. 20, 1728; John, 1724. Borodell m. Samuel Jackson, Esq., s. of Dea. Edward, Feb. 1738 - Ann m. Edward Durant, 1735 - Abigail m. Enoch Parker - Elizabeth m. John Greenwood, and 2d, Alexander Shepard, Jr. Thomas d. in College, 1747. John was the only s. who had children. He was the richest man in town, paid the lar- gest tax, and had the highest seat in the M. H. The estate which his g. f., Dea. John, brought from England, the industrious accumu- lations of his f., and the share of his mother from the estate of his g. f. Bisco, mainly centred in him, -a slave-holder. Built a fine house for the time, lived luxuriantly, and he and the succeeding generation scattered the estate. The house he built was pulled down in 1833. He d. Sept. 9, 1755, æ. 73, leaving a will, dated 1747-8, which gives w. Ann, £100, and thirds during her life ; drs. Ann, wid. of Edward Durant, £20, with what she has already re- ceived; Borodell, wid. of Samuel Jackson, Esq., £250. Abigail, w. of Enoch Parker, £250, with what she has already had. Eliza- beth, w. of Jno. Greenwood, £400. His g. chil., Thomas and Mary Durant, £100, and the residue to his only s. John, his executor. Will proved, Oct. 1755. His wid. Ann d. 1780, æ. 95.
IV. JACKSON, JOHN, (s. of Capt. John,) m. Mary Ellis, and had Lucy, July 9, 1759 ; Thomas, June 16, 1761 ; Jane, Aug. 24, 1763; Betsy. Lucy m. Josiah Spear, of Boston -Jane m. Wm. Spear, 1784, no chil. - Betsy m. Daniel Robbins, of Camb., Sept. 1791. He d. 1791, æ. 85. She d. 1786. His will, proved 1792, bequeaths his furniture to his two drs., Lucy Spear and Betsy Robbins, equally. His g. dr., Caroline, the natural dr. of his said dr. Betsy Robbins, is
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to be considered in the same light as though born in wedlock. His real estate to be equally divided between "my two drs. and my g. s. John, so far as respects the use, income and improvement of the same, during their natural lives." His acknowledged g. dr. Caro- line, to be entitled to the same right as though legitimate, and to descend to their legal heirs forever. Dr. Marshall Spring, executor and trustee for dr. Lucy Spear. Caroline was brought up in Col. Stephen Dana's family ; she obtained a portion of the estate, by agreement, and m. Aaron Richards, Jr., and settled upon it. The settlement under this will was the final distribution of what was left of the estate of the first settler of Newton, and of his s. Abraham, and his g. s. Capt. John. Inventory, - Personal, £760, 9s. 9d. Real, 2,010.
Total, £2,770, 9s. 9d.
V. JACKSON, THOMAS, (only s. of John and Mary,) m. Henrietta, dr. of Dr. Edward Durant, 1785, and had John, their only child, Jan. 6, 1785. He d. 1787, æ. 25, and his wid. m. Reuben Moore, Jan. 1792, and had five chil.
VI. JACKSON, JOHN, (s. of Thomas,) had by Abigail Penniman, Lysander B. He also had, by Elizabeth Luce, of Martha's Vineyard, John. He d. in Maine, Dec., 1805, æ. 21.
VII. JACKSON, LYSANDER B., (s. of John and Abigail,) m. Adeline Jennison, 1829, settled in Templeton, and had George A., May 6, 1836 ; Ellen M., Dec. 7, 1839 ; Jane L., March 4, 1842; Wil- liam J., Jan. 10, 1845.
VII. JACKSON, JOHN, (s. of John and Elizabeth Luce,) m. - , and had only two chil., both daughters. Lysander B. Jackson, of Templeton, and his two sons, George A. and William J., are the only surviving descendants of John Jackson, Sen., the first settler of Newton, that bear his name.
JACKSON, EDWARD, SEN., was born in London, England, about 1602, according to his gravestone. Recent examinations of the Par- ish Register of Whitechapel, (where he lived, and followed the trade of nail-maker,) and of the Parish Register of Stepney, it appears that he was the son of Christopher Jackson, and was baptised Feb.
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3, 1604 .* His first wife's name was Frances, by whom he had four sons and four daughters. There is a tradition in the family, that the youngest son, Sebas, was born on the passage to this country ; if so, Frances the mother died on the passage, or soon after their arrival here. His second marriage, in March, 1649, was with Eliza- beth, dr. of John Newgate, and wid. of Rev. John Oliver, H. C. 1645, the first Minister of Rumney Marsh, (Chelsea,) by whom he had four daughters and one son. He purchased land in Camb. Vil- lage, of Samuel Holley, in 1643. Took the Freeman's oath in 1.645. In 1646, he purchased a farm, in Camb. Village, of five hundred acres, of Gov. Bradstreet, for £140, long known as the Mayhew farm, - Bradstreet having purchased it of Thos. Mayhew, of Wat., in 1638, with all the buildings thereon, for six cows. This five hun- dred acre farm, commenced near what is now the division line be- tween Newton and Brighton, and extended westward, including what is now Newtonville, and covering the site where Judge Fuller's man- sion house once stood. The site where Gen. Michael Jackson's mansion house stood, was near the centre of the Mayhew farm ; and a few rods nearer the brook, stood the old dwelling house conveyed with the farm, in Mayhew's deed to Bradstreet ; - of course it was built previous to 1638, and therefore highly probable that it was the first dwelling house built in Newton; the cellar hole-now almost filled - a few rods from the brook, is still visible. In the laying out of the old highway, in 1708, (long since discontinued,) which passed by the old house, the description is, "crossing the brook near where the old house stood." The house which was erected before 1638, was gone before 1708; it had stood about the allotted space of three score years and ten. It may have been the first residence of Ed- ward Jackson, Sen., in Camb. Village, from his first coming until his marriage, in 1649, and perhaps for many more years. At his death, in 1681, his then dwelling house stood about three-quarters of a mile easterly, near the line of Brighton, and about twenty rods northerly, from the road to Rox. It is described in his inventory as a spacious mansion, with a hall, - designed, no doubt, for religious meetings. He was chosen one of the Deputies (Representative) from Cambridge, to the General Court, in 1647, and continued to be elected to that office annually, or semi-annually, for seventeen years in all, and was otherwise much engaged in public life. One of the Selectmen of Camb., 1665; Chairman of a committee, with Edward
* H. G. Somerby.
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Oakes and Lieut. Gov. Danforth, appointed by the town of Camb., 1653, to lay out all necessary highways in Camb., on the s. side of Charles river ; Chairman of a committee, with John Jackson, Rich- ard Park, and Samuel Hyde, "to lay out and settle highways, as need shall require, in Camb. Village;" one of the Commissioners to end small causes, in Camb., several years. He was constantly pres- ent with the Rev. John Eliot, at his lectures to the Indians, at No- nantum, to take notes of the questions of the Indians, and of the answers of Mr. Eliot. He was one of the proprietors of Camb., and in the division of the common lands, in 1662, he had four acres ; and in 1664, he had thirty acres. He was also a large proprietor in the Billerica lands, and in the division of 1652, he had four hundred acres, which, by his will, he gave to Harvard College, together with other bequests. He was the author and first signer of a petition to the General Court, in 1678, praying that Camb. Village might be set off from Camb., and made an independent town by itself,-which petition was granted, in 1679, notwithstanding the powerful opposi- tion of Camb., which, in its bitter remonstrance, voluntarily bears strong and honorable testimony of Edward Jackson. After saying many hard words about the petitioners, it adds : "We would not be understood to include every particular person, for we acknowl- edge that Mr. Jackson brought a good estate to the town, as some. others did, and hath not been wanting to the ministry, or any good work among us, and therefore we would not reflect upon him in the least." Capt. Edward Johnson's History of New England contains a short notice of the characters of many of the leading men of his time, among whom he classes Edward Jackson, and says, " he could not endure to see the truths of Christ trampled under foot, by the erroneous party." He had ten children in this country, and upwards of sixty grandchildren. He d. June 17, 1681, æ. 79 years and 5 months (gravestone). His inventory contained upwards of sixteen hundred acres of land, and amounted to £2,477, 19s. 6d. It also included two men servants, appraised at £5 each. He was probably the first slave-holder in Newton. His w. outlived him twenty-eight years, and d. Sept. 30, 1709, æ. 92. He divided his lands among his children, in his life time, putting up metes and bounds. It is a remarkable fact, in relation to these two brothers, John and Edward Jackson, that while Edward had but three sons, and John five, there are multitudes of Edward's posterity, who bear his name, and only five of John's. Forty-four of Edward's descendants were in the Revolutionary army, from Newton, and not one of John's. Now
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there are but three families in town, of Edward's descendants, that bear his name.
I. CHILDREN OF EDWARD, SEN. (s. of Christopher, of London,) and Frances -, born in London : - Israel,* bapt. March 9, 1631, d. in infancy; Margaret,* bapt. Jan. 1, 1633 ; Hannah,* bapt. May 1, 1634 ; Rebecca,* bapt. Oct. 12, 1636 ; Caleb,* bapt. Oct. 10, 1638 ; Joseph,* bapt. Sept. 13, 1639; Frances, d. in Camb., 1648; Jonathan ; Sebas, sup. born on the passage. 2d w. Elizabeth Oliver, 14. 1. 1649, and had Sarah, 5. 11. 1649 ; Edward, Dec. 15, 1652 ; Lydia, 1656; Eliza- beth, April 28, 1658 ; Ruth, Jan. 15, 1664. Hannah m. John Ward, 1650- Rebecca m. Thos. Prentice, 2d - Sarah m. Rev. Nehemiah Hobart, March 21, 1677- Lydia m. Joseph Fuller, Sen., 1679 - Elizabeth m. John Prentice, s. of the Capt., 1677, and 2d, Jonas Bond, Esq., of Wat. - Ruth d. unm., 1692 - Israel, Margaret, Caleb, and Joseph are sup. to have d. before he embarked for this country.
II. JACKSON, JONATHAN, (oldest s. of Edward, Sen.,) m. Eliza- beth -, settled in Boston, and had Elizabeth, Feb. 16, 1668; Mary, Dec. 3, 1670; Jonathan, Dec. 28, 1672; Edward, Jan., 1675 ; Sarah, Oct. 12, 1679. He was a trader in Boston, was burned out by the great fire of 1679. He sold the land in Newton, left him by his father's will in 1688, to James Barton, one hundred and three acres, and thirty acres to Rev. Mr. Hobart, and twenty-six and one half acres to Nat. Healey. He bought his lot in Boston, of William Brenton, twenty-seven feet front, on s. side Town st., (old Cornhill,) 1670, for £55, adjoining John Leverett, Esq. He d. Aug. 28, 1693, his age is unknown. He served his time with John Newgate, an English goods merchant, who made him a bequest in his will, 1664. He was admitted a member of the Old South ch., in Boston, July, 1670.
III. JACKSON, JONATHAN, (s. of Jonathan and Elizabeth,) m. Mary, dr. of Jabez Salter, June 26, 1700, and had Jonathan, April 28, 1701 ; Mary, April 4, 1702 ; Jonathan, June 14, 1704 ; Elizabeth, Nov. 26, 1705 ; Edward, Jan. 3, 1706 ; Edward, Feb. 26, 1707 ; Jabez, March 25, 1715. Mary m. Thomas Hubbard - Elizabetlı m. Webb. He was a brazier, and a partner in business with John Dol- bear; they purchased of John Wiswall, s. of Elder John, the estate then occupied by said Wiswall, formerly his father's, at the head of the Town Dock, sometime called Bendall's Dock -against the house
* Copied from the Parish Register of Whitechapel, London, by H. G. Somerby, in 1851.
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of Benjamin Pemberton, formerly of William Hudson, N. w. by Fore street, N. E. by the wharf occupied by E. Huchinson, S. E. and s. upon the Dock, being forty-six feet in breadth, and about seventy- five feet deep, for £700. He purchased of his father in law, Jabez Salter, blacksmith, an estate in Queen st., (Court,) formerly Prison lane, in 1709, for £150, formerly Simon Messinger's, forty and one half feet front, by about one hundred and seventy-three decp. Also of Sarah and Nathaniel Rogers, of Portsmouth, in 1722, for £265, the adjoining estate on the easterly side of said Jackson, fronting N. on Queen street, 30.10, and bounding partly on the Prison yard, on Dr. Creese, and Jacob Wendell, which two estates gave him a front on Queen street, of seventy one and a quarter feet, extending from the corner (now Tudor's stone building) towards State street. In 1728, he purchased of Jeremiah Belcher, and of David Colson, of Milton, forty-five and three-quarters acres land in Milton, including house, barn, corn mill, two fulling mills, cider mill, dam, water course, &c., on the Neponset river, for £2,350. He also purchased water power in Pembroke, and sent a memorial to the General Court, in Jan. 1727, representing " that he had undertaken to. build a slitting mill in Pem- broke, for making nails, to supply the inhabitants of the Province ; that it was the first projection of the kind that had been undertaken in the Province, and would be very expensive, therefore praying a premium for a term of years, for every ton of nails made, the better to enable him to carry on the design for the public good, as well as for his own private interest." In answer to this memorial, the House of Representatives passed a resolve, extending encouragement for the space of seven years, as follows : That a bounty be allowed and paid out of the public treasury, of half a penny for every thousand well wrought 4d nails, weighing four pounds, - and the same for 6d nails, weighing seven and a half pounds per thousand; one fifth of a penny per thousand for &d nails, weighing ten pounds per thou- sand; and one-sixth of a penny for every thousand of 10d nails, weighing thirteen pounds per thousand; and one-tenth of a penny for every thousand of 20d nails, weighing twenty-one pounds per thousand, all of which to be surveyed and marked by persons under oath, to be appointed by the Court, who shall certify to the Treas- urer the amount, quality, &c. In the Council this resolve was read and concurred, but the Council afterward reconsidered the vote, and non-concurred, whereupon the House of Representatives passed a resolve, loaning to said Jackson £10,000 out of the public treasury, for seven and a half years, without interest - he giving sufficient security
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for the repayment thereof, &c., and obligating himself to make not less than forty tons, in each and every year, &c. The Council non-concurred in this resolve, also. He went forward, however, with the manufacture, without any aid from the General Court, and the g. s. of the nailer of Whitechapel, London, became the pioneer manufacturer of nails in this country. He was an importer of hard ware, from England, and was several years a partner in business with his brother Edward, who became a citizen of London, and commanded a packet ship trading between London and Boston. Edward owned ten acres of land in Newton, bequeathed to him by his g. f. Edward, Sen., which he sold to Nathaniel Healy, in 1713, and in his deed conveying the ten acres, styles himself, " Mariner, of London." Jonathan was admitted a member of the Old South ch., July, 1703. He left that ch. and joined the First ch., Jan. 1717; was chosen Treasurer of that ch., and d. in that office 1736, æ. 64. His will was proved, May, 1736. Bequeaths to Thomas Foxcroft and Charles Chauncey, Pastors of the first ch., fifty pounds each, and twenty pounds for the poor of said ch. To w. Mary, his brick dwelling house in Queen street, and also, the brick house which he improved for a warehouse, adjoining ; also, the house near the Town Dock, which he improved for a shop and work house. Also, lands, houses and mills, in Milton and Dorchester, and after her decease, to his s. Edward, and the farm in Braintree. His w. and s. Edward, executors. His inventory covers more than twenty pages, and amounts to upwards of £30,000.
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