Birth — 1733
1755 Marriage / PartnerRevolutionary War
JACKSON, GILESAncestor #: A061012
Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Birth: 1-27-1733 WESTON MIDDLESEX CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: 5-4-1810 TYRINGHAM BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 8, P 667; MADAR, TOWN OFFICIALS 1775-1783, GRC S1, VOL 35, PP 136, 142, 143; MADAR, WILLS & MISC RECORDS, GRC 1929 S1, VOL 5, PP 113-114
Service Description: 1) ALSO 1ST MAJOR, BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA, COLS MARK HOPKINS, JOHN ASHLEY; SELECTMAN; DELEGATE TO PROVINCIAL CONGRESS;
2) REPRESENTATIVE OF GENERAL COURT, SUPPORTER OF WAR OF RESISTANCE, 1776, COMMITTEE OF CORREPSONDENCE, INSPECTION & SAFETY
RESIDENCE
1) City: TYRINGHAM - County: BERKSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
SPOUSE
1) ANNA THOMAS
2) SARAH ORTON ATWOOD
Service: MASSACHUSETTS Rank(s): CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL
Birth: 1-27-1733 WESTON MIDDLESEX CO MASSACHUSETTS
Death: 5-4-1810 TYRINGHAM BERKSHIRE CO MASSACHUSETTS
Service Source: MA SOLS & SAILS, VOL 8, P 667; MADAR, TOWN OFFICIALS 1775-1783, GRC S1, VOL 35, PP 136, 142, 143; MADAR, WILLS & MISC RECORDS, GRC 1929 S1, VOL 5, PP 113-114
Service Description: 1) ALSO 1ST MAJOR, BERKSHIRE CO MILITIA, COLS MARK HOPKINS, JOHN ASHLEY; SELECTMAN; DELEGATE TO PROVINCIAL CONGRESS;
2) REPRESENTATIVE OF GENERAL COURT, SUPPORTER OF WAR OF RESISTANCE, 1776, COMMITTEE OF CORREPSONDENCE, INSPECTION & SAFETY
RESIDENCE
1) City: TYRINGHAM - County: BERKSHIRE CO - State: MASSACHUSETTS
SPOUSE
1) ANNA THOMAS
2) SARAH ORTON ATWOOD
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1780 Death of Spouse/Partner
The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)
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