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| The Holy Bible Old and New Testaments Translated out of The Original Tongues and the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised By His Majesty's Special Command Appointed to be Read in Churches Edinburgh Printed by Sir D. Hunter Blair and J. Bruce Printers for the King's Most Excellent Majesty 1814 |
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| Forebears are listed on this page, but we haven't tried to read it. Double click to enlarge and read it. |
John died in Andes, New York in 1870, Betsy died in 1861.
Their son, Peter, stayed in Andes a while before eventually making his way through Wisconsin to Belle Plaine, Minnesota, in 1855, where he married Nancy Ives in 1857. They produced Stan's great grandmother Ella Bell (1858-1918).
We have no idea how this Bible ended up in the care of a man we've never met, but today Leland Eaton wrote to say he had it. He had spotted some entries on our blog and offered up these photos of John Jackson's Bible. Leland lives in Kingston, in upstate New York, not far from Andes, New York, where our forefather Peter Jackson stayed a while before heading west with his brother. (You can get more details on all this from previous posts. Just type "Peter Jackson" in the search box on this blog.)
Today Leland wrote that he is descended from Charles Jackson, who would be Peter's young brother, you can see his name, written in the Bible, but in a different hand than the original children's names. He was on a farm not far from Andes. His grandma was Ogla Jackson Eaton, her father was John W. Jackson, and his father was Charles M. Jackson. Charles would be a brother to our Peter Jackson.
We'll study this up in the meantime, as we get to know our new cousin from upstate New York.
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| John Jackson, born 1787, and Betsy Jackson, 1789 are the first entries on this Family Bible. Listed below were their children, but it looks like all the entries were made on the same day until 1829. The Bible copyright is 1814. When did John buy the Bible? |
