The Jackson Family is among the forty_nine "best families" selected by the  American Historical_Genealogical Society for whom the Society has published family  histories during the past few years.

The Jackson Family has been prominent in the British Empire and in the United  States, its members having played important roles in war and in peace. Family pride is a  commendable trait and should be cultivated. All Jacksons have just cause to be proud of their family history and traditions.

In reference No. 14 we find the following regarding the origin and meaning of the name Jackson:

The surnames from "John" are very numerous for, though "John" itself is rarely  used as a family name, its many derivations are familiar to all languages.

From the name "John" developed the ever_popular and universal "Jack," which  gave us "Jackson" or "son of Jack." In the very ancient days a man was "Jack" until his real  name was learned. Thus we had "Jack_of_all_trades")and he was always considered a knowing, clever and  sharp_witted fellow.

"John," "Jack," "Jackson" and the various other forms of the name have a  prominent and distinguished position in the annals of English nomenclature.

The data in this volume is gathered from reliable sources. We have selected  what we consider the most important material. Many of the daughters, and sons for whom no issue was  shown, have been omitted from the pedigrees. A missing symbol indicates that a name has been  omitted. Those desiring further information are advised to consult the volumes mentioned in the list of References.

The compiler hopes that, in producing this volume, he is bringing to the  Jackson Family information which will be of interest and value to them, and that he is  rendering an important service to the public. He and his associates will be glad to give their  co_operation to members of the family who are interested in having a complete genealogy of the family published.

Unless otherwise plainly shown, the persons in this volume whose names are  accompanied by three figures are children of the immediately preceding persons bearing immediately  preceding numbers. All persons in each group bearing the same letter as a part of their numbers  are directly related. The generations of the descendants of those bearing numbers of three figures are  represented as follows. However, some of our material is published as copied from various records  without rearrangement according to this system.

Generations ......... 1st ..................... 2nd ................. 3rd .................... 4th ................ 5th0

Symbols ............ ( 1), etc...............(A), etc. ........ (a), etc. ............. 1, etc. .......... A, etc.0

Generations ........ 6th .......................7th ............... 8th ..................... 9th ................. 10th

Symbols ............ a, etc. ..................(I), etc. ........ (i), etc. .............. I,etc. ............. i, etc.0

Abbreviations: add., address; b., born; ch., children; coil., college; d., died; d. y., died young; d. w. i., died without issue; dau., daughter; grad., graduated; 1., lives, lived; m., married, moved; s., sons, succeeded; d. s. p., died without issue; d. v. p., died before father; univ., university.