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Richard Jackson III (b. Abt. 1753, d. October 25, 1820)

Richard Jackson III (son of Anthony Jackson, Sr. and Mrs. Anthony Jackson, Sr.)^{409, 409} was born Abt. 1753 in St. Michael, Eccleston, Lancaster, England^{409, 409}, and died October 25, 1820 in Unknown⁴⁰⁹. He married Phoebe Corder on Abt. 1784 in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland⁴⁰⁹.

Notes for Richard Jackson III:
Grandma Bea's 7th generation Grandfather
In 1649, Richard and his Brothers moved from Lancashire, England to Lurgan Ulster, Ireland. [Rice-Fox-Love1.FTW]

Richard Jackson, uncle of "Old Hickory", once lived in the present Rappahannock County, Virginia. The immigrant Richard and his brother Andrew, father of the future president, came together from Ulster County, Ireland, in the middle of the 18th century, the one to settle in Rappahannock's rich farming section, the other to make his home on the border between North and South Carolina, where the future president was born.

Richard, coming by way of Philadelphia, built the stone house and outbuildings on what was later the Braxton Eastham place, then known as the "Variety of Roses". The old house was still standing in 1930, with perfect walls, two feet thick, and with portholes in the meat house as well as in the spring house, indicating that it must have been constructed as a defense against the Indians.

The name of Richard appears in the muster rolls of the Virginia Militia as from the then county of Culpeper. According to records in the Virginia State Library, we find him receiving a note from the Virginia government representing a debt for services in the Revolution. He refused. He became a prosperous farmer with large landed interests, part of which lay in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Washington, Virginia. He was a conspicuous man among the pioneer settlers of the county of Culpeper, and the present town of Washington was placed upon his land. He had such an admiration for his commander, General Washington, that he had it named after him long before the Federal Capital was laid.

He was a close friend of Henry Miller, the pioneer settler from Prussia who fled hither on account of political persecution. He witnessed his friend's last will and testament in 1796.

Two of Henry Miller's grandsons married Richard Jackson's daughters. David, son of Henry Miller II married Abigail Jackson, while her sister Jane married John Miller II, also son of Henry II.

Ezekial Haines, co-witness with Richard Jackson of Henry Miller's will, was also the latter's close friend, Ezekial's son, Isaac, having married Henry Miller's daughter, Mary.

Rebellion in Ireland
Added by Justin_Oakley on 26 Jul 2007

During their young manhood, both Richard III and Anthony III served in the army of Oliver Cromwell in Ireland. When the Irish rebelled in 1641, England had to send troops to put down their revolt. The job was harder than expected. It took eight years. In order to conquer the "wild" Irish, England had to choose the best military leader it could find. Oliver Cromwell, who was rising in the military was well as the Parliament, was chosen. Cromwell, a strongly moral Protestant, was given leave to choose the most patriotic, best trained, most moral men he could find for his army. We can be proud that Richard Jackson III and Anthony Jackson III were among those chosen.

In 1649, when the war was over and Ireland belonged to England, confiscated land of Northern Ireland was given to English officers in lieu of pay for their services. Richard and Anthony Jackson left England and went to live in Ireland, settling first at Carrickfergus in Antrim. There Richard met and married Margaret Keete. Anthony also married but his wife's name is lost to history. Soon they met a man who helped cause a great change in their lives. William Edmundson, another Englishman, a recent convert to Quakerism, came to Ireland to visit his brother. Later he returned to make his home there. His ardent enthusiasm was contagious. The Jackson brothers, formerly Anglicans, or Presbyterians as some researchers say, came under his influence and accepted the simple belief that if people would be still and wait, it would not be long until God would speak to them directly instead of through a priest. A better opportunity seemed to becken the Jacksons to Lurgan, in Armagh, so they moved there to live. By then several others had converted to Quakerism and meetings were held in various homes. William Edmundson's account of those days, credits himself, Richard and Anthony Jackson, and four others with founding the first Quaker Meeting in Ireland, dating it from 1654.

Title: LDS records
Note: ABBR LDS records
Text: (continuation of note 1)
The following year some of this first group moved to County Cavan and settled near the line which separated Ulster from Leinster. There they also started a Meeting. William Edmundson and Richard Jackson continued to move, zealously starting Quaker meetings where they went. Anthony Jackson remained in Cavan the rest of his life.

Title: Descendants of Richard Jackson
Note: ABBR Descendants of Richard Jackson
Page: Generation No. 5
Text:
He was granted manor estates of confiscated land in Ireland in 1648 for support of Cromwell. He and his brother Anthony moved to Ireland in 1649. They settled near Carrickfergus or Lurgan, County Armagh. Moved to County Cavan in 1655 to Mountmellick, Queens County in 1659.

Occupation: butcher

More About Richard Jackson III and Phoebe Corder:
Marriage: Abt. 1784, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ireland.⁴⁰⁹

Children of Richard Jackson III and Phoebe Corder are:

+Jane Jackson, b. February 09, 1797, "Pleasant View", Old Jackson Home, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA⁴⁰⁹, d. August 01, 1841, "Pleasant View", Old Jackson Home, Rappahannock County, Virginia, USA.