man‎Deacon John Jackson‏‎
Born ‎06 Jan 1602 at London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
St Dunstans
, died ‎30 Jan 1675 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 73 years

May have had two prior wives that died in England. Some say he came over from England on the "Defence" in 1635, others say he immigrated on the Blessing July 13, 1635.

Several different sources suggest he was amoung the first to settle an area outside Cambridge, MA, then called Cambridge Villiage and later incorporated as Newton, MA.

John Jackson's purchase of 18 acres of land and a dwelling house in what was then Cambridge Village, now Newton, MA, was the first viable settlement of that town. He is alleged to have brought a "good estate" with him from England. He bought the property from Miles Ives of Watertown, situated on the Roxbury road, very near the line which divided Newton from Brighton in 1854. He took the Freeman's oath in 1641 and was one of the first Deacons of the church. He gave one acre of land for the church and cemetery, upon which the first meeting house was erected in 1660 and which is the oldest part of what was the Centre Cemetery in 1854. His old home was pulled down about 1800, on land occupied by Edwin Smallwood in 1854. He was a proprietor of the Cambridge lands and, in the division of 1662, he had 3 acres, in 1664 he had 30 acres. In the division of the Billerica lands in 1652 he had 50 acres. He petitioned the General Court and others to have Cambridge Village esablished as a separate town, but died before this was accomplished.

At his death, he owned 863 acres of land. His estate was settled by agreement among the surviving children in Dec. 1676. He was 73 years of age at his death, based upon the baptismal record, but it's not known how old he was when baptized.

This may have been the John Jackson, "wholesale man in Burchen Lane," age 30, who immigrated on the ship "Defense" from London 6 July, 1635. This man's certification was provided from Sir George Whitmore and "minister of ye parish." (See "Register," Vol 14, pg. 319 for passenger list.)

[Internet source: http://www.gendex.com/users/rtwgen/mwheeler/notes/not0579.htmlI22602]
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Married ‎21 Feb 1641 at St Dunstans Church, Kent, England, United Kingdom, age 39 years (married 33 years) to:

womanMargaret Taft‏, age by marriage 23 years
Born ‎18 Mar 1617 at London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
St Dunstans
, died ‎25 Aug 1684 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 67 years
Children:
1.
woman‎Elizabeth Jackson‏‎
Born ‎12 Jan 1642 at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎12 Oct 1708 at Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 66 years

2.
woman‎Theodocia Jackson‏‎
Born ‎1644 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎27 Nov 1725 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 80 or 81 years

3.
man‎Caleb Jackson‏‎
Born ‎12 Oct 1645 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎12 Oct 1645 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎

4.
woman‎Anna Jackson‏‎
Born ‎08 Jan 1647 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎1676 at ,, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 28 or 29 years

5.
womanAbigail Jackson‏
Born ‎14 Aug 1648 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Newton was then known as Cambridge Villiage
, died ‎29 Apr 1723 at Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 74 years

6.
woman‎Margaret Jackson‏‎
Born ‎20 Jun 1649 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎16 Sep 1727 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 78 years

7.
man‎John Jackson‏‎
Born ‎1651 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎17 Oct 1675 at Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 23 or 24 years

8.
woman‎Mary Jackson‏‎
Born ‎07 Sep 1653 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎1700 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 46 or 47 years

9.
man‎Abraham Jackson‏‎
Born ‎14 Aug 1655 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎29 Jun 1740 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 84 years

10.
woman‎Deliverance Jackson‏‎
Born ‎05 Nov 1657 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎18 Mar 1718 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 60 years

11.
man‎Joshua Jackson‏‎
Born ‎15 Sep 1659 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎1676 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 16 or 17 years

12.
woman‎Isabel Jackson‏‎
Born ‎12 Feb 1660 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎12 Feb 1660 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎

13.
woman‎Sarah Jackson‏‎
Born ‎10 Jun 1662 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎Sep 1680 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 18 years

14.
woman‎Grace Jackson‏‎
Born ‎1663 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, died ‎1676 at Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States‎, age 12 or 13 years