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Debunking Aaron Jackson & Thankful Martin as parents.

Aaron Jackson & Thankful Martin are not Aaron's parents.  At first glance they seemed to fit except for the following:

1. Town records for this family clearly list all the children.  They did have two sons they named Aaron but both died in childhood. (image below)

 

2. I did numerous DNA searches on Ancestry.com to try and find connections to Aaron and Thankful.   I got many links to the Jackson line beyond Aaron but none leading directly to him.  I also did DNA searches for the Martin line as that was Thankful's maiden name.  If our Aaron descended from Aaron & Thankful (Martin) Jackson, then I should find DNA matches to her Martin line.  I found nothing.

 

3.  In contrast, I searced for DNA matches to the Prescott line as Benjamin Jackson's wife was Patience Prescott.  I found  multiple matches in the Prescott line.  Descendants of uncles, cousins, siblings of Patience Prescott all matched as cousins to M, K, HG, A Jackson.  (see  Ancestry.comDNA         , also see Benjamin Jackson II & Patience Prescott)

also see Additional Prescott DNA matches.

Family of Aaron Jackson & Thankful Martin

Aaron Jackson children with Thankful Martin.jpg

Town Records: Belkanp, Gilford, 1811-1854 vol.1; familysearch.org

My belief is that Aaron Jackson, husband of Thankful Martin, was the brother of Benjamin Jackson, husband of Patience Prescott.  This makes our Aaron Jackson the nephew of Aaron & Thankful (Martin) Jackson.

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