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Note NI23598 :

Individuals : Woodcock John E.
Name: John E. Woodcock
Residence: 118A Mayfield Plaza, Glasgow KY
Died: Sunday, 18 Apr 1976, Community Hospital, age 75
Survivors:
Wife: Mrs Vera Woodcock
Daughters: Mrs Evelyn Perkins of Route 5 Glasgow, Mrs. Jean Bunch, Mrs. Jeanette Brummett, both of Columbus IN, Mrs Ruth Emmitt of Glasgow
Sons: James Woodcock of Route 4, Billy and Phillip Woodcock, both of Columbus
22 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren
Sisters: Mrs Lillian Autry of Beaver Dam KY, Mrs Willie Neal Houchens of Attica IN
Brother: Huston Woodcock of Crawfordsville IN
Services: Hatcher and Saddler Funeral Home, burial Glasgow Municipal Cemetery.

 

Note NI23599 :

Individuals : Hunt Vera L.
Name: Verna L. Woodcock
Residence: Mayfield Plaza, Glasgow KY
Died: Monday, 7 May 1990, Homewood Health Care Center, age 87.
Daughter of George B and Minnie Shipley Hurt
Survivors:
Daughters: Evelyn Perkins and Ruth Emmett of Glasgow, Jean Bunch and Jeannette Brummett, borh of Columbus IN
Sons: James of Glasgow, Billy and Phillips, both of Columbus
21 grandchildren, 32 great-grandchildren, six great-great-grandchildren
Services: Tuesday, Hatcher and Saddler Funeral Home, burial Glasgow Municipal Cemetery.
ddler Funeral Home, burial Glasgow
Barren County (KY) Progress, Thursday, 10 May 1990, p B11.
) Progress, Thursday, 10 May 1990, p B11.
Glasgow Municipal Cemetery
VERA L. Woodcock
14 Mar 1902 - May 1990
on same stone with John E.

 

Note NI23600 :

Individuals : Woodcock James Edward
WW11 Veteran

 

Note NI23603 :

Individuals : Woodcock Roy E.
Roy E. Woodcock, 69, Glasgow, died Friday, September 27, 2013, at his residence. A native of Barren County, he was the son of the late James and Christine Jessie Woodcock and a member of the Columbia Avenue Church of Christ. He was a former truck driver for Big G and Barren River Fertilizer companies and was a co-owner of an auto body repair shop.
a co-owner of an auto body repair shop.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Laura Belcher Woodcock; one daughter: Kim Crowe and her husband Brian; one son: Roy Wayne Woodcock and his wife Teresa; three grandsons: Stephen Brian Crowe, Bradley Allen Crowe and wife Lindsay Raines, and Nathan James Woodcock; three sisters: Lois Chapman, Judy Winchester, and Ellen Bertram; several nieces and nephews.
chester, and Ellen Bertram; several nieces and
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Hatcher & Saddler Funeral Home with burial in the Glasgow Municipal Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
1 CONC call after 4 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to T. J. Samson Hospice (especially Sheryl Bailey), along with Drs. Karippot, Nambiar, Travis, and Tyree.

 

Note NI23644 :

Individuals : Woodcock Maraquis 'Mark'
Mark Woodcock is in the Smith Co., TN 1820 Census.
There was also a Chesley Woodcock.
.
Some sources say born in Pineville, Izard, California, USA

 

Note NI23650 :

Individuals : Woodcock Sarah Kathryn
Sarah Kathryn Woodcock is the daughter of Lee Woodcock and Allie (Wilkerson)
Woodcock. Residing at 308 Arrington Street, Nashville, she died of acute
rheumatic fever at Nashville's Vanderbilt University Hospital and was buried on
April 4, 1942 in Haysville Cemetery at Haysville.
in Haysville Cemetery at Haysville.
- from her Death Certificate, with Lee Woodcock of 308 Arrington Street,
Nashville as the informant.

 

Note NI23683 :

Individuals : Jamison John S.
Robert Francis Notes in Frontierfolk.netTHIRD GENERATION
Children of John Breckenridge and Margaret Brown
1. Elvira, born 3 Aug 1812, Bourbon Co., Ky.; married ca. 1835 John S. Jamison, physician; moved shortly thereafter to Boone Co., Indiana; she died 24 May 1896, Boone Co., Ind., and is buried in Salem Churchyard near Elizaville, Ind. No recent contact with descendants.
Ind. No recent contact with descendants.
http://www.frontierfolk.net/ramsha_research/Notes/brown.html

 

Note NI23700 :

Individuals : Capt. Jacob Lockhart Jamison.
14662

 

Note NI23733 :

Individuals : Jameson William
Also Known As: "Jamieson" or Jameson or Jamison

 

Note NI23742 :

Individuals : Allen James H.
Note: Military headstone ordered by Mrs. Ethel Allen, Gallatin
Pvt 5 Port Intransit Dep SQ
WW II

 

Note NI23779 :

Individuals : Unknown Sarah 'Sally'
Estate Papers of Mrs. Gillian S. Jameson
Submitted by Patty Jamerson Archer from her collection, July 28,2012.
.
Sarah "Sally" Jameson b. 1790 (m. Lowry T. Hampton) they came to St. Charles Co., MO and after he left for Mississippi in 1816 and never returned, she divorced him in 1819;

 

Note NI23780 :

Individuals : Jamison Thomas

 

Note NI23781 :

Individuals : Hawk Susannah 'Susan'
Susan is the d/o Richard Hawk & Elizabeth Ferguson. Deborah Burgess has Susan Fry age 53 b. IL and C. Fry age 10 b. MO living in the 1850 Grayson Co., TX, household of likely son Allen Jimerson. Her 1839 marriage record to Peter Fry has her as Sally Gemerson

 

Note NI23782 :

Individuals : Jameson John B.
From Kent McMahan in rootsweb.ancestry.com
CONT
John inherited 1/7th interest in his father's Barren Co., KY, land ca. 1804. Scott Jameson does not have the parents for the subject John Jameson (#52000 in his "The Jameson Perspective"). Billie Etling has him as the son of John Jameson who d. ABT 1801 in Fayette Co., KY. Billie believes John left Barren Co. for St. Claire Co., IL, and later went to Lincoln Co. & St. Charles Co., MO. Scott Jameson also has that they resided in Lincoln Co., MO. John's likely brother, Allen Jameson, was made administrator of the Lincoln Co. estate of (his father) John Jameson Senr. on 6 Mar 1820, following a Power of Attorney from John Jameson of Montgomery Co., MO Terr., dated 3 Mar 1820 (per Patty Archer's transcription from Lincoln Co. Deed Book C p. 59). The POA gave Allen the power to recover from James Snowden of St. Louis Co., MO Terr., John's share of the slave woman Ziphe & her children who belonged to the estate of John Jameson Senr. The POA was from the subject John Jameson who perhaps planned to leave MO. He is said to have had son William Green Jameson, born 27 Feb 1823 in KY, and his last son John Jameson, born 7 May 1824 in Fannin Co., TX.
ed to leave MO. He is said to have had son William Green
I found the household of a John Jameson in 1817 Upper Cuivre Twp. of St. Charles Co., MO Territory with the following count: 1 male age 18-45 (b. 1772-1799), 1 male under age 18 (b. 1800-1817), 1 female over age 14 (b. BEF 1803), 1 female age 14 & under (b. 1803-1817). He MAY be the subject John and he's listed 10 households before POSSIBLE brother Allen Jameson.
14 (b.
Estate Papers of Mrs. Gillian S. Jameson
Submitted by Patty Jamerson Archer from her collection, July 28,2012:
holds before POSSIBLE brother Allen Jameson.
John B. Jameson b. 1794 (m. Susannah "Susan" Hawk), he lived in the Montgomery Co., MO area and was thought to have left for TX, his son Allen Jameson settled there in Grayson Co., TX, whether John made it that far is not known, Susan however died there in 1850;
thought to have left for TX, his son
Thanks to Patty Jamerson Archer for:
son Co., TX, whether John made it that
John married Susannah Hawk in 1912 Randolph Co., IL as he made his way to MO. He stayed about a year or so in St. Clair Co., IL and then settled in the St. Charles Co., MO Territory by 1817 (on the census there with his brother Allen as well as my 4th and 3rd great grandfathers Robert and George). John settled in Lincoln Co./Montgomery Co., MO. John Jameson named his oldest son Allen Jameson b. 1815 Lincoln Co., MO (m. Catherine Savage 1838 in Polk Co., MO). I believe John returned to KY for a time, where son William Green Jameson was born in 1823, and then possibly went to Texas where son John was born in 1824. John either died in TX or MO probably. Maybe Kentucky. But likely TX or MO. Probably MO since his wife, Susannah remarried in MO to Peter Fry, and her two oldest children with John married in Polk Co., MO in the mid 1830s. Oldest son Allen Jameson and the rest of the family (except William Green) all went to Grayson Co., TX by 1850. William Green Jameson settled in Greene Co., MO and then later went to TX.

 

Note NI23783 :

Individuals : Jamieson Johne
Royal Ancestry File
CONT
http://www.royalblood.co.uk

 

Note NI23787 :

Individuals : Jameson George
From Patty Jamerson Archer:
CONT
George's son Robert lists in his Rev War pension file that he was born in 1762 in Augusta Co., VA, but in the 1840 pensioners census he is listed as 84 years old, which would put him at being born 1756. More than likely he was born in 1762, but there is a possibility that he could've been born in 1756 and if that is the case, then he would be the oldest child of George's and probably from George's first wife. This is just a possibility though. George married Eleanor Mitchell, daughter of James Mitchell of Botetourt and Augusta Cos., VA. about 1758.
er of James
George Jameson's will is below. His wife Eleanor is living at the time of his death. She died c. 1818. Many of his children are not named. The statement: "My first wife's children are to have 100 lbs currency" means that George may have more children than I even know of. Looking at his daughter Nancy's will and son Andrew's will we can fill in the blanks on some of the names of his children with Eleanor.
daughter Nancy's will and son Andrew's will we can fill in the blanks on
Will of George Jamison, being in a sick & low state of health
Wife: Ellinor ­ 100 acres on Eagle Creek
To James and Andrew Jameson ­ 300 acres on Eagle Creek
To Thomas Beard ­ 100 acres on Eagle Creek (daughter Sarah¹s husband or son?)
To George Jamison ­ 100 acres on Eagle Creek
To George Jameson jr ­ 100 acres on Eagle Creek
My first wife¹s children are to have 100 lbs currency
To my present wife¹s children ­ 150 lbs currency
My present Negro woman is to be sold and a young Negro girl
is to be bought for the benefit of my lame daughter called Nancy
Executor: wife Ellinor and Sqr. Moore
Witnesses: John McClenachan(d), Francis Hiesler/Kiesler, Peter Price
Written: 11 October 1799; Probated January 1800
Volume I, page 278037
tnesses: John McClenachan(d), Francis Hiesler/Kiesler, Peter Price
Some reference indicate birth was December 5, 1722.

 

Note NI23823 :

Individuals : Jameson Robert
The account below was presented by other souces, however, the dates of birth of the children of William and Sarah Collins Jameson are not compatable for Robert to be their son.
to be their son.
CONT
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Estate Papers of Mrs. Gillian S. Jameson
Submitted by Patty Jamerson Archer from her collection, July 28,2012.
llection, July 28,2012.
I then feel that this Robert Jameson of Louisa Co., VA must be the son of one of the sons of William & Sarah (Collins?) Jameson of Rockbridge Co., VA, either an unknown Jameson son or the son of John Jameson who is thought to be their oldest son. It is possible they could've had an older son I suppose and that Robert is from him.
1 CONC older son I suppose and that Robert is from him.
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Patty Archer
Subject: Re: [JAMESON] Capt. William Jameson of Rockbridge Co, VA
Rockbridge Co, VA
Confirms that George Jameson was his father.
his father.
Robert Jameson b. 1762 Augusta Co., VA (or 1756) d. 1845 Ralls Co., MO; m. Isabelle Mahan 10 Jan. 1785 Lincoln Co., KY. Lived in Madison Co., KY for years, then moved to Lincoln Co., MO (c. 1811) and then up to Ralls Co., MO by 1825. Children: William M.; Polly; George W.; Robert Jr.; Paulina; Cecilia "Celia"; Willis Mahan. William M. married his cousin Gillian Jameson, dau of Wm. & Jane Jameson of Barren Co., KY and sister to Green B. Jameson of Alamo fame. I descend from George W. Jameson.
1 CONC to Green B. Jameson of Alamo fame. I descend from George W. Jameson.
CONT
From familytreemaker genealogy:
genealogy:
Robert Jameson (son of George Jameson and Eleanor Mitchell) was born 1756 in Augusta Co., VA, and died Abt. 1845 in Ralls Co., MO. He married (2) Elizabeth Isabelle Mahan on January 10, 1785 in Lincoln Co., KY (Anc.com Marriage Records).
., KY (Anc.com
The following data is from:
NT
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/a/l/Robert-Dalton-REDLANDS/WE BSITE-0001/UHP-0837.html
obert-Dalton-REDLANDS/WE
Robert Jameson (son of George Jameson and Eleanor Mitchell) was born 1756 in Augusta Co., VA, and died Abt. 1845 in Ralls Co., MO. He married (2) Elizabeth Isabelle Mahan on January 10, 1785 in Lincoln Co., KY (Anc.com Marriage Records).
an on January 10, 1785 in Lincoln Co., KY (Anc.com
Includes NotesNotes for Robert Jameson:
By Patricia (Jamerson) Archer
We know that our earliest known Jamerson ancestor was Robert Jameson. He was born in 1756/1762 in Augusta Co., Virginia. He served in the Revolutionary War and participated in the siege of Yorktown. Coming to Kentucky after the war, he settled in Madison Co., and while there became engaged in trading with the frontiersmen of Missouri, shipping his goods on his keel boat. This was sometime prior to 1800. He, in partnership with a Catholic priest and a Spanish officer, made the first gunpowder ever made in what is now the State of Missouri. It was then forbidden by law since Missouri was under Spanish Rule. But the gunpowder commanded a high price and they were willing to take the chances. Later coming to Missouri to reside, he made one of the occupants of the Fort at Troy, Lincoln County, Missouri, from 1812 to 1815. He was always known as Major Jameson, but as to whether or not he held this rank during the Revolution has not been learned, ( He is listed in the Madison County Kentucky Militia in 1795 as a Lieutenant, then as a Captain in 1797,still Captain in 1799 and commissioned a Major in 1806) this taken from the book Portrait And Biographical Record, by D.E. Marion, p. 233. According to Robert's great grandson Walter S. Jameson, Robert was a Major in the Revolutionary War and took part in the battles of Trenton, Princeton, and Brandywine. Major Jameson returned to Boston about 1782 where he married an Irish maiden, he also being Irish, and lived for a number of years in Massachusetts before moving to Kentucky. Walter also says that they lived in Kentucky for ten years and then moved to Troy, Mo. in June of 1817. His wife's name was Isabel Mahan. No marriage record has been found in Mass. for Robert and Isabel. Robert moved on to Ralls Co. Mo. and settled at New London. Robert and Isabel's children were as follows: William, Polly, George W., Cecilia, Robert, Willis Mahan and Paulina. Robert died ca. May 1845 in Ralls Co. and was buried on his farm near New London. Isabel probably died prior to 1828, when Robert's will was written, she was not mentioned.
Several other families settled in the vicinity of Troy before the war, but the exact date cannot now be ascertained, nor can all their names be recollected. The following were among them:
Elijah Collard and his father, Joseph Collard, Alembe and Job Williams, Major Robert Jameson and his
son, George W. Jameson, who was the first white settler inside the Forks of Cuivre, having located on the farm now belonging to Mrs.Thomas Dwyer, two and a half miles east of Millwood, in 1817, and a man named Paris.
At the third term of the court, December,1819, the first Petit Jury was empaneled, consisting of Ira Cottle,foreman, John Lindsey, Guian Gibson,Jacob Williamson, George Jameson, Samuel Gibson, Robert Jameson, Sr.,Thacker Vivion, Isaac Cannon, Abijah Smith, Hugh Barnett, and Andrew Cottle. The case was that of the "United States vs. Robert McNair, for hog stealing " McNair was a brother
to Alexander McNair, the first Governor of the State of Missouri.
Served in Rev War
, December,1819, the first Petit Jury was
Patty Jamerson Archer also writes:
le,foreman, John Lindsey, Guian
Robert Jameson b. 1762 (4th great grandpa) and his brother John Jameson b. 1763 served in the VA line in the Rev War out of Augusta Co., VA. Robert first served as a substitute for Robert McChesney. And then a few years later, brother John served as a substitute for their father George, and then as a substitute for this same Robert McChesney. Looking at tax records there, I can see that Robert McChesney was George Jameson’s next door neighbor. And doing research on him, I see that McChesney had about 5 young children at the time the Rev War was going on. So I can see why he would want to have substitutes go and serve in his place. George did serve too. But anyway, I wonder if this Robert McChesney is a relative to them for them to both have substituted for him. It could be that he is related in some way to George’s first wife, name unknown. But I think she was one of the daughters of John Stephenson of Augusta Co., VA. The McChesneys came from Ireland for sure. Anyway, would be nice to know why the boys both substituted for him. Robert substituted for him when he was only 15 in 1777 for 3 months. Robert was then drafted in 1781 for 3 months and then another 3 months 20 days. In 1782, Robert says he is fighting Indians under Gen. Clark A Company in Kentucky, and then under General Wilkerson the same year. He moved to Fayette Co., KY in the early 1780s, and then married Isabelle Mahan 10 Jan 1785 Lincoln Co., KY and they settled in Madison Co., KY. They stayed there until March 1811 when they came to the Lincoln Co., MO area and settled there. Robert stayed there until about 1825 when he went north a few counties to Ralls Co., MO. He died there in 1845
or him when he

 

Note NI23832 :

Individuals : Jameson Andrew
From Patty :
CONT
Harrison Co., Kentucky Will Abstracts, Book E, 1842-1847
7
Will of Andrew Jamieson, being sick and weak of body 2 brothers ­ Mitchel and Washington Jamieson: my real estate in Botatot (sic) Co., Virginia that was once the landed estate of James Mitchell, dec¹d, and descended to my mother, Eleanor Jamieson who was a daughter of the said James Mitchell ­ I having purchased from my other, her interest in that tract of land; also land in Augusta Co., Virginia which descended to my mother Eleanor Jamieson which I purchased from my other; also all my lands in Grant Co., Kentucky ­ 4000 acres survey patented by my father, George Jamieson.
lands in Grant Co., Kentucky ­ 4000 acres survey patented by my father,
Nephews: Milton Marsh and Harvey Marsh ­ a debt due me from Nathan Snodgrass who lives in the state of Indiana
CONC Snodgrass who lives in the state of Indiana
Witnesses: Mc. Thompson, Cary A. Ward
Will dated: 29 March 1845
Codicil: it is my desire that my brother Washington Jamieson go to the state of Virginia and get the land there and collect all the rents?..and that he should sell the land in Virginia
Mentions that his brother Mchael (?) (Mitchel?) Jamieson who lives in the state of Missouri
chel?) Jamieson who lives in
Executors: brother Washington Jamieson, Cary A. Ward
Witnesses to codicil: N.D. Moore, Mc. Thompson
Written 16 May 1845; Probated 13 June 1845
Book E, page 262
6 May 1845; Probated 13 June 1845
Hope some of this may help with the Sarah Jameson that married Thomas Beard.
Patty Archer
Re: [JAMESON] Capt. William Jameson of Rockbridge Co, VA
02 Nov 2010

 

Note NI23841 :

Individuals : Jameson John
Served in Rev War
CONT
New date and place of death from Patty Jamerson Archer who writes the following:
C following:
George b.c. 1728 also had son John Jameson b. 1763 near Staunton, Augusta Co., VA d. 4 Jul 1845 Sabine Co., TX (this is new research I just completed, everyone has thought all these years that he died in Barren Co., KY and was buried there). John married Mary “Molly” Rice in 1788 Mercer Co., KY. John lived in Fayette Co., KY, then Green Co., KY, then Nelson Co., KY and finally in Barren Co., KY by 1813. He remained there until 1840 when he went to Sabine Co., TX with a bunch of his children. John had a son named Allen Jameson b. 1795 KY d. after 1870 TX (probably Harris Co.). John’s son William Jameson (Green B. Jameson’s father) and wife Jane of Barren Co., KY had a son, Willis Lea Jameson b. 1793 d. 1853 Paris, Henry Co., TN. Willis had a son James M. Jameson b.c. 1840 (m. Catherine), and he had a son James Green Jamison b. 1872 d. 1953 Nashville, TN (m. Abbie Gill Hanes). They named a son James Allen Jamison b. 1823 d. 1981.
son James Green Jamison b. 1872 d. 1953
Some sources indicate death: February 3, 1841 Barren Co., KY

 

Note NI23849 :

Individuals : Williams Emma
Emma Williams Jameson was the daughter of Robert 'Bob' Williams and Priscilla 'Siller' Huff.

 

Note NI23858 :

Individuals : Collins Sarah
Maybe died in Lancaster, PA

 

Note NI23861 :

Individuals : Jameson Mitchell
rootsweb:
CONT
Mitchell Jameson b. 1795 Harrison Co., KY; m. Polly c. 1823, living in Schuyler Co., MO in 1850, brother Andrew's will in 1845 says he is living in MO then. Children: Levina, James C. and Paulina.

 

Note NI23869 :

Individuals : Jameson John
From FamilyTreeMaker:
CONT
William Jameson (b. Abt. 1697, d. March 21, 1753)
William Jameson (son of John James Jameson and Jane Janet Keen) was born Abt. 1697 in Ulster, Galway, Ireland, and died March 21, 1753 in Augusta Co., VA. He married Sarah Collins on March 28, 1722 in Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA.
ist Church,
Includes NotesNotes for William Jameson:
Mr. Jameson{Jamison} appears along the frontier of Orange county, Virginia some time before 1744, for in that year he was already residing beside the Calfpasture River and was Captain of Horse in the militia. He probably homesteaded this part of the interior for a grant of patent was not issued until April of 1745 in which James Patton and John Lewis sold to William Jameson 170 acres at the lower end of the Calfpasture in the new county of Augusta. This region later fell south of Augusta and formed the northwestern border of Rockbridge county. Goshen, the town that developed in this quadrant was bounded on the south by the North Fork of the James, east by the Calfpasture River, and west by Mill Creek which was later to be Bath county. In 1745 he replaced Alexander Dunlap as Captain of the Augusta county militia. He was also instrumental in the forming, and one of the first members, of the first County Court that was commissioned in Augusta.
tain of the Augusta county militia. He was also instrumental in the
That Mr. Jameson was a recognized and respected neighbor along the frontier tells us a little about his character. While no information has been developed to determine his ancestry, one record indicates a traditional relationship with those Jamisons of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. That is pure speculation so far as this author understands it. William Jameson could have come from any source of recognizable Jameson branches throughout the colonies and we'd be the none wiser. His surname is spelt Jameson and Jamison, and pronounced like the latter. A marriage record from Christ's Church, Philadelphia, Pa. provides the following: "William Jameson married March 28, 1722, Sarah Collins". Could this be him? Along with that data, the Records also show the baptisms of two of their children, John and William Jameson, dated March 20, 1723. Is this the same family in Goshen?
meson married March 28, 1722, Sarah Collins". Could
The organization of the new county quickly got underway. On July 16, 1746 a new court convened with a new slate of commissioners, one of whom was William Jameson, and dated June 13. In 1747, he was appointed Justice of the Peace September 7th, and witnessed several petitions.
The following web site address will take us to Wm. Jameson's history, his will and particulars of his estate. very interesting stuff. http://geocities.com/Heartland/Cottage/8016/gen41300.html
C the Peace September 7th, and witnessed several petitions.
REFN16942 Became a Justice of the Peace in Augusta Co. on May 9, 1745 (and agai n on June 13, 1746; June 11, 1751; November 29, 1751; and May 20, 1752). Became Coroner on August 19, 1752. This birth date was obtained from Scott Jameson, Editor of the Jameson Newsletter, who gives as a reference "Wingfield's history ." Need to check this out. He died between December 20, 1752 (when his will w as signed) and March 21, 1753 (when his will was "proved"). According to "Wingf ield's history", he died in 1753 in Rockbridge County (then part of Augusta Cou nty).[entirefamily.ged]
ngfield's history ." Need to check this out. He died
CONC between December 20, 1752 (when his will w as signed) and March 21, 1753
More About William Jameson:
Date born 2: 1697, Ulster, Ireland.
Education: November 1751, Qualified as Justice.
Property: April 14, 1753, Land Grant from Mother-Lancaster, PA.
Residence: 1745, To Augusta Co., VA.
Will: December 20, 1752, Written. Wife, executrix, will, Augusta, VA 1753 Will Book 1, p472..
13038
Unknown if this is fit for John Jamison:
rant from Mother-Lancaster, PA.
From:
Subject: Re: [PJ] JOHN JAMISON's CONVICTS
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 23:58:03 +1000
trix, will, Augusta, VA 1753
Jamison had a property named Regentville. These large properties werelike small villages an d almost self sufficient. I think that his place isthe reference you see every now and agai n called Irish C orner. Theproperty had its own graveyard, supplied by Jamison for his worker s andeventually taken over in 1839 by the Catholic Church.
d almost self sufficient. I think that his place isthe
>From Penrith Library Site:
The noble mansion of Regentville was built in 1823 possibly to a designby Henry Kitchen, fo r Sir John Jamison called by some "the prince ofAustralia". For two decades its luxury and ma gnificence ast oundedpassing visitors who did not expect such opulence and fine food in thewi lds of Australia.
Sir John invested a fortune in his estate constructing a virtual villageof service building s and workers cottages around his verandahed mansion.A leading light in the newly formed Agri cultural Socie ty in the colony,he experimented with imported crops and grasses and construct ed a hugestone windmill for grinding wheat and Corn. A picture of his householdand estate i n 1828 can be constructed fr om the Census of that year whenhe held 7830 hectares of land wit h 1150 cleared and 107 cultivated. Atthat time he owned 168 horses and 1800 cattle, and had 1 02 persons listedas being in his employ or under his protection.
Jamison took an active role in the affairs of the district serving as amagistrate. He allocat ed much of his land to tenant farmers.
Regentville, indeed, was the focus of the Penrith district and in thestrength of its activiti es probably lies a reason for the slowdevelopment of Penrith itself between 1820 and 1840, a s people wereattracted more to the wages and enterprises that Jamison was offeringthan to th e tiny township on the highway. A young migrant who found hisfirst employment in Australia a t Regentville for six mont hs in 1839 wasHenry Parkes, later long time Premier of New South W ales.
Jamison was ruined by the financial crisis of the 1840's and his greatestate was offered fo r sale in 1847, three years after he died. Itsbuildings were used as stone quarries for Penri th over the fo llowingdecades and many of his workers probably moved across to Penrith as did his wife and family who re-established themselves at Hornseywood close tothe Great Western Ro ad after his death.
Today, the remnants of his enterprises; stone foundations, fallen incellars, old fence lines , dams and vineyard terraces, provide an outlineof the former finest establishment in the col ony as well a s a melancholycomment on the way fortunes can fluctuate in New South Wales.
Penri th over the fo
ABOUT SIR JOHN JAMISON CEMETERY
Sir John Jamison's cemetery is closely associated with Regentville theestate established by T homas Jamison and his son Sir John, which saw itsheyday in the 1820s and 1830s. The cemeter y originated a s a burialground used by Sir John's Irish convict servants located on a hillpo pularly known as "a little piece of Ireland". Sir John later donated itto the Catholic Church , and an additional portio n was given by anotherwealthy settler Charles Thompson of Clydesda le. The ground wasconsecrated by Archbishop Polding in 1839 and some Catholics werereburied t here subsequently; this fact and the c emetery as a wholeunderscores the importance attache d to burial according to denomination.
In these generous donations, Jamison and Thompson, both Protestants, weredemonstrating thei r status and power in the accepted manner of the day.Wealthy and prominent settlers habituall y lent support to churches,usually in the form of small allotments of land, and it mattered l ittlewhat denomination. Ironically, the cemetery, although neglected andderelict, and contain ing the graves of ordinar y folk, mostly IrishCatholics, is the only extant link with Sir Joh n Jamison (apart from hisown grave.) His fabulous house Regentville was in a state of decay i n thelate 1840s after he was ruined b y the depression of that decade, and itburned down in 1 869.
On its elevated site, the cemetery was the focus of many impressive andelaborate Catholic bur ial rituals and processions. The processionfollowing the coffin of Thomas Donohoe, who died a t 15 in 1898 ,comprised thirty six buggies; when well-known Irishman Tom Meade, aPenrith coac h proprietor died in 1898, "thirty Druids in regalia headedthe procession from the Roman Cath olic Church followed by some 55vehicles and about seventeen horsemen". The ground has the gra ves ofmembers of the pioneering Rope family - Margaret and her child who diedin 1855 at 21 an d 5 months respectively. (2)
The cemetery appears to have suffered more than most from both neglectand vandalism in the wa ke of surrounding modern suburban development, andhas lost its original setting.
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JULES8028Family History
It is reported that John Jamison came to this country when his father wasabout twenty years o f age. He was the first white man to settle withinthe limits of what became Little Brittain T ownship, Pennsylvania. Thename of his first wife is unknown. There were twelve children--on e of hiswife and eleven of the second marriage. The order of their birth isunknown. John lef t about 1000 acres of land to his twelve children. It isa matter of history that "When it wa s a contemplation to divide thetownship Drumore, (from which this was taken, i.e. Little Brit tain, andwhile one proposed one name and another offered another, with respect ofconsiderabl e difficulty is settling the question,) John Jamison, one ofthe oldest and most prominent cit izens, said to the company, "Most of uscame from Great Brittain as our native place. I propos e the name ofLittle Brittain, in memory of our mother country." The name was favorablyreceive d and the township, when organized, was named accordingly."reference: The History of Lancaste r County, Pennsylvania.
The information is reported to be taken from "The Jamisons in America" byEphrain Jamison, pub lished by the Rumford Press of Concord, N.H. in 1901at Boston, Massachusetts.
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