Jacksons of Windrush

[Capetown]

Looking at the National Archives (A2A) - they do hold the Will of Rowland Jackson - Gentleman of Southam, Warwickshire dated 26 November 1715 - which can be downloaded for £3.30.  This may or not help with research.

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When Rowland JACKSON married Mary POULTON at Cirencester 18 November 1723

Forest of Dean records

Record IS 36161
Year 1723
Month: Nov
Day : 18
Groom Surname: JACKSON
Groom Forename: Roland
Groom residence: WINDRISH
Bride Surname: POULTON
Bride Forenames: Mary
residence: not stated
Marriage by: Licence
event type: Marriage Licence
Memoranda: Submitted by Mr Harrison 4 May 1724



On the Forest of Dean website they hold the records for

Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations 1747-1837 and Marriage Bonds - 1730-1823

There are 14 Jackson's listed residence Windrush from 1747 (Rowland Jackson)

and there are two different records

Record No: 61405
Entry No: 89
Year: 1764
Month : June
Day 18:
Groom Surname: JACKSON
Groom Forename: Rowland
Groom Rank/Profession: Mason
Groom residence: Windrush

Bride Surname: RUTTER
Bride Forename: Ann
Bride Condition: Spinster
Bride Residence: Ampney Cruis
Marriage by: Bond
Signature: He signs
Witnesses: Reuben FLETCHER a Blacksmith of Ampney Cruis
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of John JONES
Event type: Marriage Bond
Memoranda: The groom and Rueben Fletcher are bound in the sum of £200 to marry at Ampney Cruis

Record : 3655
Entry No: 102
Year: 1764
Month: June
Day : 18
Groom age at Marriage: 25
Groom condition: Batchelor
Rank/Profession : Mason
Groom residence: Windrush

Bride Surname: RUTTER
Bride Forename: Ann
Bride age at marriage: 26
Bride condition: Spinster
Bride residence: Ampney Cruis
Marriage by: Licence
Signature: He signs
Event type: Marriage Allegation
Memoranda: sworn before J JONES to marry at Ampney Cruis


(and in the same year at Windrush another JACKSON - this time Thomas, but also a Mason was married)

Record No: 57120
Entry No: 126
Month: Dec
Day : 8
Groom Condition: Batchelor
Groom Rank/Profession: MASON (other record give his age as 25)
Groom residence: Windrush

Bride Surname: LOCK
Bride Forename: Sarah (other record gives her age as 39)
Bride Condition: Widow
Bride residence: Windrush
Marriage by: Bond
Signature: He signs
Witness 1: Edmond DAY a Yeoman of Windrush
Witness 2: Simon HUGHES
other witnesses: R. HARDING
Event type: Marriage Bond
Memoranda: the groom and Edmund day are bound in the sum of £100 to marry at Hampnet

[MDean]

Thank you Capetown,

Really interesting. I never thought there'd be Jackson info on FoD!

I have seen the Southam Will, but it's quite a 'simple' document and only mentions closest family members.

Thanks again

[Capetown]

On the Forest of Dean website the Licences/Bonds cover many places in Gloucestershire - not just the Forest of Dean area..... (203 JACKSON'S)

'Gloucestershire Marriage Licence Allegations and Marriage Bonds

Gloucestershire Marriage Licence Allegations cover the period 1637-1837 and are those allegations which were sworn before surrogates  and at the Diocesan Registry in Gloucester' etc etc.

'Gloucestershire Marriage Bonds (1730-1823) have been added to the Marriage Licence Allegations database' etc. etc.  the bonds also contain useful information about the occupations of the groom and the witnesses.......

A most valuable resource

[duport]

However I have spotted an older Rowland Jackson (or Roulandi Jackesone) who was Church Warden in 1665 and 1668, and whose wife Joane (or Jone or Joannae) died in 1669. It seems they married at Sherborne in 1635 and had a son, Thomas, in 1640.

Thanks, MDean, this adds to the information. I have records of Rowland and Joanna, but was unaware he was a Church Warden, nor of their marriage and her death. What was her maiden name? They had children Joanna (bapt Windrush 4 March 1636, bur 6 March), Elizabeth (also bapt 4 March 1636 (twins?)), Dorothea (bapt 25 Jan 1635), and Thomas was bapt 31 May 1640.

Could this be the Thomas who married Susanna about 1671?

He could well be.

Record No: 61405
Entry No: 89
Year: 1764
Month : June
Day 18:
Groom Surname: JACKSON
Groom Forename: Rowland
Groom Rank/Profession: Mason
Groom residence: Windrush

Bride Surname: RUTTER
Bride Forename: Ann
Bride Condition: Spinster
Bride Residence: Ampney Cruis
Marriage by: Bond
Signature: He signs
Witnesses: Reuben FLETCHER a Blacksmith of Ampney Cruis
Sealed and Delivered in the presence of John JONES
Event type: Marriage Bond
Memoranda: The groom and Rueben Fletcher are bound in the sum of £200 to marry at Ampney Crucis

Thanks, Capetown - yet more jigsaw pieces! This would have been the second son of Rowland Senior to be called Rowland, b. 1738. I didn't know he was a mason, too.

(and in the same year at Windrush another JACKSON - this time Thomas, but also a Mason was married)

Record No: 57120
Entry No: 126
Month: Dec
Day : 8
Groom Condition: Batchelor
Groom Rank/Profession: MASON (other record give his age as 25)
Groom residence: Windrush

Bride Surname: LOCK
Bride Forename: Sarah (other record gives her age as 39)
Bride Condition: Widow
Bride residence: Windrush
Marriage by: Bond
Signature: He signs
Witness 1: Edmond DAY a Yeoman of Windrush
Witness 2: Simon HUGHES
other witnesses: R. HARDING
Event type: Marriage Bond
Memoranda: the groom and Edmund day are bound in the sum of £100 to marry at Hampnet

I have a record of this marriage, but in Hampnett in 1748 (not 1764), which tallies with Thomas' age of 25 when he married, and his birth in 1724. Is the transcription correct? I didn't know he was a mason, either.

[Capetown]

Correction...

8 December 1748

Thomas JACKSON aged 25 married Sarah LOCK a Widow aged 39 - Widow, both of Windrush - By licence, to marry at Hampnett

getting confused with

15 September 1762 - Marriage Allegation

Thomas JACKSON aged 24, Batchelor, Mason of Windrush
Elizabeth NEWMAN aged 24, Spinster, of Windrush
to marry by licence and to marry at Windrush:


7 Jan 1776  - Marriage Allegation

William JACKSON, aged 38, Widower, Stone Cutter of Windrush
Elizabeth ASHBY aged 28, Spinster, of Windrush
to marry by Licence and to marry at Windrush

21 December 1777

Joseph JACKSON of Windrush
Sarah NIND of Windrush
marriage by: Bond

Witness 1: The mark of Francis SMITH a Mason of Windrush

14 July 1801

James LORD over 21, Batchelor, a Mason of Windrush
Mary JACKSON over 21 Spinster, of Windrush
marriage by : Licence to marry at Windrush

27 Dec 1805

Anthony JACKSON - Stone Mason of Windrush
Jane TAYLOR
Marriage by: Bond

Witness 1: The mark of Jonathan TAYLOR of Shireborne


17 September 1812

Thomas TOWNSEND over 21, Batchelor of Great Barrington
Elizabeth JACKSON aged 19, Spinster of Windrush
marriage by Licence: to marry at Windrush
Transcriber's Notes:  With consent of brides father Anthony JACKSON who signs

[duport]

Thanks for the correction, Capetown, and for listing the other JACKSON marriage allegations.
Was there supposed to be a consistent interval between posting the allegations and the actual marriage? From the above records, and the marriage dates I do have, it seems this could be anything between 1 and 5 days.

[MDean]

Hi there Duport and Capetown,

The marriage at Sherborne was between Rowland Jackeson and Jone Jones on 06 APR 1635. This was followed by the baptism of Dorothea on 25 JAN 1635/6 (January 1636, in the Ecclesiasic year 1635 which ended in March 1636)

I think the marriages of Thomas in 1748; Rowland in 1764 and (possibly) William in 1776 are those of the children of Rowland and Mary whose gravestone is in Windrush Churchyard. Another brother, Benjamin married in Reading after a Sarum Marriage Licence Bond of 20 APR 1770.

Said Benjamin was a mason in Reading until his death in 1816. Two of his sons (also Masons) seem to have been Insolvent Debtors in Reading in 1829! (Source: London Gazette)

Additionally a Rowland Jackson (Stone Mason) hired apprentices at Reading in 1766 and 1767. I guess this is the son who married in 1764. I have no other information about him.

Best Wishes MDean

[Capetown]

when

'Anthony JACKSON - a stone Mason of Windrush married Jane TAYLOR by Bond on the 27 December 1805....  The mark of Jonathan TAYLOR of Shireborne'  (from the N. Gaze. 1868 - Sherborne is approx 3.5 miles East of Northleach, Gloucestershire, Village is situated on a branch of the River Windrush)


Gloucestershire Marriage Allegations

16 October 1806

John TETT of Sherborne married Mary TAYLOR of Sherborne : By Bond

witness 1: The mark of Jonathan TAYLOR of Sherborne + Thomas & Lucy Ireland.

The groom and Jonathan TAYLOR are bound in the sum of £200 to marry at Sherborne.

Gloucestershire Marriage Index CD

Jonathan TAYLOR married Mary MEALE at Sherborne - 26 August 1784

and buried at St Mary Magdalene Sherborne

Jonathan TAYLOR aged 72 - 5 March 1835
Mary TAYLOR aged 85 - 19 June 1848

[duport]

However I have spotted an older Rowland Jackson (or Roulandi Jackesone) who was Church Warden in 1665 and 1668, and whose wife Joane (or Jone or Joannae) died in 1669. It seems they married at Sherborne in 1635 and had a son, Thomas, in 1640.

Rowland Jackson married Jone Jones at Sherborne 6 April 1635.

I looked to see if the allegations unearthed by Capetown were actually followed by marriages.
Here are some:

14 July 1801

James LORD over 21, Batchelor, a Mason of Windrush
Mary JACKSON over 21 Spinster, of Windrush
marriage by : Licence to marry at Windrush

The marriage took place on 16 July 1801.

17 September 1812

Thomas TOWNSEND over 21, Batchelor of Great Barrington
Elizabeth JACKSON aged 19, Spinster of Windrush
marriage by Licence: to marry at Windrush
Transcriber's Notes:  With consent of brides father Anthony JACKSON who signs

This marriage took place on 24 September 1812

It's a pity the marriage records don't have the additional information (particularly the ages of the bride and groom) that the allegations & bonds do!