First Step: DNA
First Clue
Ancestry.com
Multiple descendants of Aaron Jackson including a great grandson Maynard Jackson, a third great grandson Keith Jackson, and two 2nd great grandsons Hampton G. Jackson and Allen Jackson were tested.
It is important to test multiple ancestors as the DNA will be different for each person. We all get different parts of dna from our ancestors. Some tests will catch one person but not another. Multiple tests help find more matches. M ...Maynard; K ...Keith; A...Allen; HG ...Hampton G.
The first clue came with a match to Ancestry.com member brenn55* (4th-6th cousin match) for Maynard Jackson & Keith Jackson. She also showed as a 5th-8th cousin match to Allen Jackson. Her ancestor of interest was Oliver Jackson, husband of Hannah Lambert. (see Connecting Oliver & Benjamin Jackson , also see Children of Oliver Jackson & Hannah Lambert)
Note 1: I tried to find any other reason that she was listed as a cousin to Aaron's descendants and nothing was found. Upon further research I found other members who also descended from this Oliver Jackson and Hannah Lambert.
Note 2: This match originally showed up on Ancestry as a 4th cousin match. Ancestry.com changed its format and she is now listed as a 4th-6th cousin. This dna match was my first clue, the one that started everything.
Research found other direct descendants of Oliver M. Jackson and Hannah Lambert. They are:
L.B. (managed by DClough519)**.....4th-6th cousin H.G. Jackson and 5th-8th M Jackson.
ashli_densmore***..... 5th-8th cousin to both M Jackson and K Jackson
Katie Seekins****..... 5th-8th cousin to K Jackson
P.S. (managed by aseekins)***** 4th-6th cousin K Jackson
With these clues I started researching Oliver Jackson h/o Hannah Lambert.
Oliver Jackson a.k.a. Oliver M. Jackson married Hannah Lambert on Oct. 16, 1825, Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine. Hannah Lambert was the daughter of Gidean Lambert and Susanna Fairbanks. I've determined Hannah's parents by the 1850 census showing her son son Horace S. Jackson in the home of Gideon Lambert & Susanna (Fairbanks) and in the 1860 census where Horace S. Jackson is the next door neighbor to Gideon Lambert & Susanna. Gideon Lambert & Susanna Fairbanks believed grandparents to Horace S.(Seaver) Jackson.
Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4H1-M9V : 14 January 2020), Horace Seaver Jackson, 1826
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NQ-W59 : 14 January 2020), Hannah Lambert in entry for Oliver Jackson, 1825.
Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/176973579/oliver-m.-jackson : accessed 29 July 2021), memorial page for Oliver M. Jackson (1804–17 Apr 1867), Find a Grave Memorial ID 176973579, citing Monmouth Ridge Cemetery, Monmouth, Kennebec County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by researcherjax (contributor 49201876) .
Year: 1860; Census Place: Monmouth, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 92; Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009
Year: 1860; Census Place: Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine; Page: 1025; Winthrop;
Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Family lines of matches:
*brenn55 .. (Percy L. Seekins, George Almon Seekins, Charles Orrin Seekins, Eliza A Jackson, Oliver M. Jackson)
**L.B. (managed by DClough519) .. Private (Janet Celia King, Ruth Mae Williams, Herbert Orlando Williams, Drusilla H. Durham, Harriet Jackson, Oliver M. Jackson)
***ashli_densmore .. (Private, Private, Private, Maribel Seekens, Warren Brown Seekens, Frank O Seekens, Eliza A. Jackson, Oliver M. Jackson)
****Katie Seekins .. (Private, Private, Private, Earl True Seekins, George Almon Seekins, Charles Orrin Seekins, Eliza A. Jackson, Oliver M. Jackson)
*****P.S. (managed by aseekins) .. (Private, Private, Charles Orrin Seekins Jr., Charles Orrin Seekins Sr., Eliza A. Jackson, Oliver M. Jackson)
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