Anna (Bunker) Jackson
Anna (Bunker) Jackson, wife of Benjamin Jackson I was born c. 1760. She was a widow in 1782.* She married again, June 26, 1820, Joseph Jacobs**. Last we see Joseph Jacobs and Anna Jackson is on Oct 31, 1836 when they, along with a Spencer Wentworth, sold land to Charles P. Rundlett. (see images 5 & 6 below).
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*(Image 1 below), (also see Administration of the estate of Benjamin Jackson, image 8, in Documents and Records)
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**The New Hampshire Genealogical Record: Official Organ of the New Hampshire Genealogy Society, vol.3-4, Lee, NH Marriages, June 26, 1820 Joseph Jacobs m. Mrs. Ann Jackson, pg. 182. For her 2nd marriage to Joseph Jacobs, The Early Marriages of Strafford County, listed her as "Ann Jackson" In The New Hampshire Genealogical Record: she is listed as "Mrs. Ann Jackson". Both sources have the same date of marriage confirming both sources. A Joseph Jacobs, age 92, of Dover, death recorded in the New Hampshire Gazette December 24, 1839, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Genealogy Bank; His first wife may have been Hannah Allen: Ancestry.com. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 Joseph Jacobs, Marriage Date: 13 Jun 1770, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Spouse Name: Hannah Allen; "along with wife Hannah purchased from Rose Allen, spinster, property in Dover" vol 77, pg. 293, Strafford County land records vol 80 pg; vol 80 pg. 362; A Joseph Jacobs, of Dover, died Dec. 31, 1839, age 92, (A Joseph Jacobs Jr. died 7 Sept. 1839, age 65, probably his son)., New Hampshire Gazette, Portsmouth, NH, September 10, 1839, Genealogy Bank
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"Widow Jackson" a.k.a Anna Bunker
Her grandparents, Joseph3 Bunker and Ann Giles, are the parents of James4 Giles Bunker h/o Abigail. It is my belief that this James4 Giles Bunker h/o Abigail are the parents of our Anna (Bunker) Jackson. The reasons for this belief are:
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1. The surety bond that James Giles Bunker signed. (Image 1 below), (also see Administration of the estate of Benjamin Jackson, image 8, in Documents and Records)
2. His mother's name was Ann.
3a. Anna (Bunker) Jackson was born c.1760 which fits right into his family timeline. Also, the Bunker genealogy, (image 2 below) was not clear as to who the children of James4 Giles Bunker and Abigail were. Notice that daughter Abigail was born "prob @ 1760" and there are additional "possible" sons based on the 1790 census. By 1790 our Anna was already married so wouldn't have been enumerated in this census.
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3b. "....releasing dower, deeded to William French of Lee, 12 acres "leading from my house to William French" 4 Feb. 1784 (Strafford Deed 6:30). (image 1 below). William French was the father-in-law to Abigail (Jackson) French, granddaughter to Benjamin Jackson & our Anna (Bunker) through their son Aaron Jackson h/o Thankful Martin and uncle to the AARON JACKSON of this research.
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3c....(image 1 below)"James Giles Bunker of Lee, yeoman," deeded 2 acres in Lee by Winthrop Durgin of Barnstead 25 Feb. 1771 (Strafford Deed 8:499). Winthrop Durgin (s/o Francis Durgin & Susannah Durrell) m. __?___Jackson and had son, Jackson Durgin. (History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire: (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes; by Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn, Thompson, Lucien, Meserve, Winthrop Smith; 1913, pg. 159.)
4. deeded to James5 Giles Jr. by Anna Jackson of Lee, N.H. in Lee 7 July 1791 (Strafford Deed 13:119) (Bunker Genealogy; Descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N.H. by Edward Carleton Moran, Jr. pg. 56)
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5. The DNA: (also see Bunker line matches)
Ancestry.com member
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arthurst44 ... 4th Grandparents are James4 Giles Bunker & Abigail
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The match:
21 cM across 1 segment ... 4th-6th c. Maynard Jackson
25 cM across 1 segment ... 4th-6th c. Hampton G. Jackson
19 cM across 1 segment ... 5th-8th c. Allan Jackson
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Family line: Private (Wilmer Berry, Darius Berry, Diana Bunker Berry, Samuel Jackson Bunker, John Bunker, James Giles Bunker)
(arthurst44 tree stopped at Samuel Bunker. I finished the line)
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Clinton Dee Child ... 5th Grandparents are James4 Giles Bunker & Abigail
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The match:
9 cM across 1 line ... 5th-8th c. Maynard Jackson
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Family line: Private (Arvilla Putnam, Savannah W C Putnam, Louisa Bunker, Samuel, John, James Giles Bunker)
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#1
Ancestry.com. Bunker genealogy : descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N.H., Vols 1, Fourth Generation, pg. 31
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Ancestry.com. Bunker genealogy : descendants of James Bunker of Dover, N.H., Vols 1, Fourth Generation, pg. 32
Further connecting Anna (widow Jackson) (Bunker) Jackson to her Bunker line: (family living near family)
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In the 1850 census (image 3), Waldo, Waldo County, we see James Matthews, sailor, with family #105. In this same census our Benjamin Jackson and Patience are family #113. (previous census page)
This James Matthews (son of William Matthews), married 1st wife Catherine Harris (see attached book page, image 4). His 2nd wife Betsey/Elizabeth (not mentioned in this book). I figured out the second marriage from the census records in 1860, 1870 with the same children. The birth certificates for many children list mother as Catherine Harris but we never actually see her name in any census. She must have died prior to the 1850 census. Betsey age 25 can't be the mother of the oldest son as she would have been only 10 years old.
Now the connecting:
James Matthews, according to the attached page from The History of Boothbay, (image #4 below), was the grandson of John Matthews who "came from Dover, N.H." and was a first cousin to Micajah Bodge. Micajah Bodge was married to Abigail Bunker (sister to our Anna (Bunker) Jackson.
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In other words: In the 1850 census James Matthews (living eight doors away from Benjamin Jackson) is a first cousin to the man who married Anna (Bunker) Jackson's sister. (family living near family)
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#3
Year: 1850; Census Place: Waldo, Waldo, Maine; Roll: 271; Page: 184a, Ancestry.com
#4
History of Boothday, Southport and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, 1623-1905 with Family Genealogies, by Francis B. Green, 1906, pg. 586
#5
Map insert: The Early Roads and Settlers of Lee, New Hampshire; by Melvin E. Jenkins, Lee, New Hampshire, Jan. 2005; As taken from the original field notes of John Rundlett Esq. 1804/5. Copied and mapped by Melvin E. Jenkins, April, 2003
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Strafford County Land Deeds, Vol. 170 pg. 489, Familysearch.org Film #008128867, image 261
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Map insert: The Early Roads and Settlers of Lee, New Hampshire; by Melvin E. Jenkins, Lee, New Hampshire, Jan. 2005;
Image #7, above, is the 1856 map of Lee, NH. If we compare it to image #5, map of 1805, we see that living across from where "Widow Jackson" lived in 1805 is a "U Caswell". He is Uriah T. Carswell/Caswell, husband of Sarah Ford, who is the 2nd cousin of Patience Prescott, wife of Benjamin Jackson II, parents of our Aaron Jackson.