Thomas Jackson Letters

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John Jackson and Family: An In-Depth Timeline

The Erewash Canal: Still standing in Ilkeston more than two centuries later! (Photo credit: The Erewash Canal at Ilkeston by Jonathan Thacker)

Author Celia Renshaw Shares a Detailed Family Timeline

 

Ever the meticulous researcher, Celia has assembled a timeline of events related to John Jackson (father of Thomas Jackson) and his other English relatives. Referencing important family milestones, family controversies (such as John Jackson’s imprisonment), and wider historical events that would have mattered especially to John Jackson, Celia intends to give future researchers a repository for easily accessing information that we currently have on the English side of the family. The hope is that, perhaps with this and other references acting as a springboard, other interested parties might be able to build upon what we already know.

To access the timeline, CLICK HERE.

 

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Jackson Families in Ilkeston

The specialist website Old Ilkeston is focused on a small town in central England but also has accumulated an extensive collection of data on the history and genealogy of the Jackson family. There you can find rich details on the early life of Thomas Jackson and also his colorful father John Jackson who feature as two of the main characters in our own websites. In addition there is also much detail about their many relatives, mainly in England but also in America.

We are greatly indebted to Dave Johnson (dave.johnson@oldilkeston.co.uk) for permission to reproduce these sections.

CLICK HERE to read the article in full.

Introducing the father of Thomas Jackson : John Jackson, Ropemaker of Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1764-1844

Family historian solves important riddles about the life of Thomas’ father, John Jackson

 

For years, Friends of Thomas Jackson struggled to unearth any information on John Jackson apart from the anecdotes peppered here and there in his son’s writings. Above all we wanted to know what truth, if any, there was behind Thomas Jackson’s claim that his father was thrice pilloried for his anti-monarchical agitation. Thanks to family historian Celia Renshaw’s expert ability to comb through dense archival materials, we now have confirmation that John Jackson did indeed engage in the sort of political subterfuge that, in King George III’s England, could get one jailed and pilloried.

In this meticulously researched article, Celia dives deep into the life of John Jackson, revealing how matters of faith could turn an English ropemaker of modest means into something of an “evangelist” for grandiose ideas about religious and civil liberties. Along the way, we acquire an understanding of the environment that Thomas Jackson grew up in, and how this upbringing lent itself to a lifetime of unyielding support for the abolition of slavery in America.

To read Celia’s article in full, CLICK HERE.