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Benjamin Jackson 1726–1770 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1726

Birth Location: Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Death Date: 1770

Death Location: Columbia, Georgia, United States

Father: John Jackson

Mother: Katherine Lightfoote

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Benjamin Jackson was born in 1726 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of John Jackson And Katherine Lightfoote. Benjamin Jackson passed away in 1770 in Columbia, Georgia, United States.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Jackson was born in 1726 in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, the child of John Jackson And Katherine Lightfoote.
  • Benjamin Jackson passed away in 1770 in Columbia, Georgia, United States.

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Benjamin Jackson's Ancestors

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Benjamin Jackson
1726–1770
Birth Place: Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Parents
John Jackson
1667–1725
Dundonald Parish, , County of Downs, Ireland
Katherine Lightfoote
1665–1725
Dundonald, Down, , Ireland
Grandparents
John Jackson
1624–1679
St Michaels Parish, Eccleston, Lancashire, England
Paulina Pepys
1640–1689
St Bride Fleet St, London, England
Thomas ((Quaker Minister) Lightfoot - English IMMIGRANT) II
1645–1725
Cambridge, England
Mary (Sarah Lightfoot) Wyly
1645–1716
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir Jackson
1599–1666
Margaret Keete
1628–1705
John Pepys
1601–1680
Margaret Kite
1609–1667
Thomas I
1610–1648
Anna Aucocke
1608–1645
William Wyly
1600–1674
Janet (Wyly)
1600–1674
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Jackson
1571–1613
Lady Hildyard
1577–1609
John Keate
1602–1662
Janet Marshall
1605–1662
Thomas Pepys
1579–1615
Mary Day
1580–1625
Thomas Keete
1580–1609
Richard Lightfoot
1560–1615
Margaret Perriman
1588–1643
Richard Aucocke
1588–1638
Anne Mason
1594–1641
James Wyly
1520–1602
Agnes (Wyly\Wylie)
1520–1603
**Sir Abbey
1585–1638
Lady Faunt
1576–1649

Benjamin Jackson's Timeline

2 Records

1726
1726
Birth of Benjamin Jackson in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
Chester, Pennsylvania, United States
1770
1770
Age 44
Death of Benjamin Jackson in Columbia, Georgia, United States
Columbia, Georgia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1726
    Event Place: Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Columbia, Georgia, United States

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