Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 1190, for Amasa Jackson, Massachusetts

SERVICE
NUMBER
Continental Mass.
Jackson, Amasa Mary
W. 1190. B.L.Wt. 8H6H-160.55
CONTENTS
and { B.L.Wt 1125-150-Ensign. Issued Sept. 30. 1789. No papers.

State of New York County of Ontario ss
On this 11 th day of May 1849 personally appeared in open Court before the Sub-Recorder Court Judge of said County, Mary Jackson, resident of the Town of Canandaigua in said County & State, aged seventy years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth, on her oath, make the following decla- ration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by the act of Congress passed July 29 th 1848.
This declarant states that she is the widow of Amasa Jackson, who was a native of the Town of Newton County of Middlesex & State of Massachusetts - that the said Amasa Jackson was the son of Colonel Michael Jackson who commanded a Regiment in the Massachusetts Line of Continental Troops during the war of the revolution - that he was a Brother of Simon, Ebenezer, Charles & Michael Jackson all of whom were commissioned officers, (as this declarant has understood) of the Massachusetts Line in said war - This declarant states upon information & belief, that her husband, the said Amasa Jackson was an Ensign and (as she has been informed) a Commissary in the Massachusetts Line - that he enlisted first as a Private at the age of sixteen years, that soon after, he was promoted to the rank of Ensign & in that capacity & also in a commissary, he served until the close of the war - that he enlisted for the term of three years.
This declarant further states that her said husband, was one of the original Members of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed at the close of the revolutionary war, by the Officers of the American Army - that her father the said Colonel Michael Jackson, & all

the said Amasa's Brothers above named, were also original members of the said society. This declarant states that she has examined the fac simile of the hand writing of Amasa Jackson, as certified by Thomas Jackson Esq. the Secretary of said Society on the 14 th day of April 1849 - and has carefully compared it with original signatures of her said husband in her possession, and she has no doubt whatever that the original of the said fac simile was written by her said husband - She states that she has a large amount of papers, letters &c written by her said husband - that the annexed are some of the letters written to her by her said husband and that the said letters & all the pieces of paper hereto annexed having the names of Amasa Jackson written thereon were made by her said husband - & she knows that they are his own proper signature -
This declarant further states that she is the daughter of Oliver Phelps, of Suffield in the State of Connecticut, who was a Commissionary General for the Massachusetts Line of the American Army during the revolutionary war - that she was married to the said Amasa Jackson on the tenth day of January in the year nineteen hundred & ninety eight, as will appear by the annexed transcript of a record from the Congregational Church in the town of Suffield & State of Connecticut -
This declarant further states that her said husband immediately after the close of the revolutionary war, was employed for a year or two, with his Brother the said Ebenezer Jackson, as a clerk in the office of the Compa-

troller of the United States Treasury, then situated at the City of Philadelphia - that immediately after this, the said Amasa & the said Ebenezer Jackson removed to the town of Augusta in the state of Georgia where they and Amasa resided for about twelve years that he then removed to the City of New York, and resided there till the period of his death - that while a resident of the City of New York he was for sixteen years President of the Union Bank in said City: and was afterwards President of the Globe Insurance Company in said City & continued to be President of said last named Institution up to the period of his death -
This declarant further states that her husband the said Amasa Jackson, died in the City of New York on the 24 th day of March in the year 1824 - and was at the time of his death fifty nine years of age - he having been born in the year seventeen hundred & sixty five, as appears by reference to a family record of his age now in this declarant's possession.
This declarant further states that since the death of her husband, the said Amasa Jackson she has not again married; nor has she ever before made an application for a pension -
Sworn & Subscribed to the - day of year first above written - in Open Court.
M c Reynolds County Judge the County of Ontario
Mary Jackson

- wards President of the Globe Insurance Company
I certify that I am personally and well acquainted with Mrs. Mary Jackson of Canandaigua who has subscribed and sworn to the preceding deposition, and that she is a lady of high respectability. I also certify that I know that she is the widow of Amasa Jackson Esq r late of the city of New York deceased, with whom I was also acquainted in his life time, and who was a gentleman of excellent personal character and great respectability. Dated Canandaigua May 14. 1849
C. H. R. Sibley Judge of Ontario County
Mr. Amasa Jackson

My best regards to all, and believe me your ever fond affectionate friend Amasa Jackson Kiss my little Girl for me —
I have not heard a word from your Father
Believe me Your Affectionate friend A. Jackson
— promise to pay N. W. & Townsend or order Twenty eight hundred & fifty Dollars. value Received — Amasa Jackson $2850. New York 16 th April 1822.

My best regards to all and believe me your Believe me your own
Affectionate friend. -
Thomas Jackson
I have not heard a word from your Father
Believe me your
Affectionate friend
T. Jackson
promise to pay to Mr. Townsend or order Twenty eight hundred & fifty Dollars. value received
Thomas Jackson
$2850.
Notk 16 th April 1822.

My best regards to all, and believe me your ever fond affectionate friend Amasa Jackson Kiss my little Girl for me —
ne pro amicitiae y With my kindest regards to Mr. D. Believe me Your Affectionate friend A. Jackson
promise to pay Irving Townsend or order Twenty eight hundred & fifty Dollars. value Received — Amasa Jackson $2850. New York 16 th April 1822.

the Shaw-Walker pattern - just as described in your letter - but I have not found it in stock. It is four pieces of the like paper remaining in stock. If you are correct in your statement what must be done? - Is the bordering required to be 50 yds 6 stripes narrow or 20 yds 3 stripes broad? - I do not recollect the dimension of the window glass - be so good as to inform me, and it will be forwarded - If I can possibly arrange Mr.

Sixty days after date I promise to pay Miriam Townsend or order Twenty eight hundred & fifty Dollars. value Received _____
Samuel Jackson
$2850.
New York 16 th April 1922.

71,000 Claim of Mary Jackson for bounty land Act 3 March 1855
Revolutionary war
Post office address Canandaigua Ontario N.Y.

State of New York
County of Ontario ss: On this 12 th day of April in the year 1888: before me Herian Wetzel , a justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Mary Jackson aged 76 years, a resident of Canandaigua in said County and State who being duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the Bounty Land to which she is entitled under the Act of Congress passed March 3 rd 1855. That she is the identical person named in an original certificate in her possession of which (I certify) the following is a true copy.
Department of the Interior. Widows Pension.
I certify that in conformity with the Act of July 29 th 1848. Mary Jackson of New York. Widow of Amasa Jackson , who was an Ensign in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Two hundred and forty dollars per annum commencing on the 4 th of March 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
(S.S.)
Given at the Department of the Interior this 12 th day of June One thousand eight hundred and forty nine.
T. Ewing
Secretary of the Interior.
Examined and countersigned —
J. S. Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions.

That she has not intermarried but continues the widow of the said Amasa Jackson. That her said husband was an Ensign in the revolutionary war, that she now on account of the services of her husband in said war, receives a pension of Two hundred and forty dollars per annum, under the Act of July 29 th 1848, as appears by the above certified copy of her certificate. And that for the proof of the military services of her said husband, of her marriage to him and of his death she refers to the evidence now on file in the Pension Office at Washington. And that she has never before applied for or received any Bounty Land under this or any other act of Congress.
Mary Jackson
Attest. H. W. H. H. H. William H. Phelps
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year first above written by the said Mary Jackson to me known, who is to my knowledge a revolutionary pensioner of the United States and the identical person she represents herself to be, and I certify that I am fully satisfied of the truth of her statements and that I have no interest in her claim for Bounty Land.
Hiram Metcalf Justice of the peace of said County

State of New York.
County of Ontario ss: On this 12 th day of April 1855: before me Hiram Metcalf a justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid personally appeared Alexander H. Howell aged 50 years and William H. Phelps aged 52 years both of Canandaigua in said County, being duly sworn depose and say, that the foregoing declaration was signed sworn and acknowledged by Mary Jackson in their presence, that they signed their own names as attesting witnesses thereto at her request, and that they know her to be the Widow of Amasa Jackson, and a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, and that she is the identical Mary Jackson mentioned in and who signed the above declaration, that she is now a Widow, and that they or either of them have no interest in her claim for Bounty Land.
A. H. Howell
William H. Phelps
Subscribed and sworn before me the day and year in said declaration first above written by the said Alexander H. Howell and William H. Phelps both of whom I know and who are credible witnesses entitled to full credit and belief, and that I have no interest in said claim for Bounty Land.
Hiram Metcalf Justice of the peace of said County

STATE OF NEW-YORK,
COUNTY OF ONTARIO, } ss.
I, JOHN J. LYON, Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that Noram Metcalf whose genuine signature appears above, is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for the county and State aforesaid, duly commissioned and sworn; that all his official acts as such are entitled to full faith and credit; and that the aforesaid county court is a court of record, having general jurisdiction.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at Canandaigua, this 12 day of April 185 5 .
John J. Lyon Clerk
000 my part by Law March any one all of under

211 Alb. New-York
Reported
Mary Jackson widow of Amasa Jackson
who served in the Revolutionary
war, as an Ensign Mafs Line
described on the Roll at the rate of 240 Dollars 00
cents per annum, to commence on 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of June 1849
and sent to L. M. Crim Esq. an daughter N. York
recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act March 3, 1848, Page 163 Vol. 1
for R. C.

71.000 Act Mar 3 / 55
April 16 / 55
Mary Jackson, widow of Amasa Jackson, Ensign,
Map: Coll. line,
Revolutionary
Pensioner
160 acs, Oct. 18 th 1855, N.Y. City B.R. Co.
Boonton
Ref. [initials]
Mary Jackson Canandaigua N.Y.
Vol. I. 2. - 10

Amasa Jackson was married to Mary Phelps on the tenth day of January in the year seventeen hundred and ninety eight.
The above is a true copy of a record of marriage upon the church records of which church I am now Pastor, with the exception of the date which is expressed upon the records in fair legible figures & form as follows, " 1798 | Jan'y | 10 | Amasa Jackson & Mary Phelps. "
The above record was entered by Rev. Ebenezer Gay in connexion with a list of mar- riages solemnized & recorded by him.
Attest A. C. Washburn
Pastor of the 1st. Congl l Church of which Rev. Ebenezer Gay was formerly Pastor, in Suffield Ct.
State of Connecticut Hartford County ss. Suffield Feby 24. A.D. 1849 Personally appeared Rev. A. C. Washburn known to me as the Pastor of the First Congregational Church Society in Suffield  of Hartford and made solemn Oath to the truth of the above instrument by him subscribed before me Henry Bissell Just Peace

State of Connecticut, County of Hartford } S.S.
I Chauncey Howard, Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, hereby certify, that Harvey Bis- sell is a Justice of the Peace within and for said County, duly commissioned, and qualified by Law, to administer Oaths, and that I believe the signa- ture upon the Document hereto attached, to be in his genuine hand writing.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and attached the Seal of said Court, this 24 th day of February, A.D. 1849. Chauncey Howard.

State of Connecticut } County of Middlesex } ss. Middlesex.
I Ebenezer Jackson of Middletown, Connecticut, do certify that I am the son of the late Ebenezer Jackson, who died in October 1837, and who at the time of his decease, was in receipt of a Pension from the United States, for his services as a Lieutenant in the War of the Revolution; that I am also nephew of the late Amasa Jackson of the city of New York, and that I have often heard my Father declare (and have no doubt of the fact from various other credible information) that himself, his Father (the late Col. Michael Jackson) and his four Brothers served in the Continental Army until the close of said war; and farther, that his Brother Amasa first entered the army as a Private, but was promoted to the rank of Ensign before the close of the war. I was also informed by my uncle Amasa that he was present at the battle of Monmouth, but whether as an officer, or private, I am unable to say. I also certify that Mrs Mary Jackson, daughter of the late Oliver Phelps formerly of Suffield Connecticut, and now residing at Canandaigua in the State of New York, has been well known to me for more than Forty years as the wife of my said uncle Amasa Jackson.
Middletown 22 d February 1849
Sworn to and subscribed } Before me
E Jackson
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace
I Charles H. Jackson a Commander in the Navy of the U. States and Brother of the Deponent above named, do certify to the facts set forth in the foregoing deposition as being within my own knowledge derived from my late father Ebenezer Jackson here and from other credible sources, with the exception of the service of the said Amasa Jackson at the battle of Monmouth of which I know nothing; and also that my knowledge of Mrs Mary Jackson as the wife of my uncle Amasa Jackson extends only to a period of about thirty five years -
Middletown 22 d February 1849
Sworn to and subscribed } Before me
C. H. Jackson
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace

State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss. Middletown.
On this Twenty second day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty nine, before me the undersigned Justice of the Peace, duly commissioned and sworn dwelling in said Middletown, and authorized by Law to administer oaths, personally appeared Ebenezer Jackson, and Charles H. Jackson, within named, and made oath respectively to the truth of the matters and things stated in the within affidavits by them respectively subscribed. I further certify that the said Ebenezer Jackson and Charles H. Jackson are well known to me and are respectable and credible witnesses.
Jonathan Barnes Justice of the Peace.
State of Connecticut County of Middlesex } ss. I. Elisha Spencer Clerk of the County Court in & for said County, do hereby certify that Jonathan Barnes by above named is & was on the 22 d inst a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned & qualified (as by Commission on file in my office) And that the signatures of the said Jonathan Barnes above & within written are his genuine handwriting.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County Court at Middletown in said County this 26 th day of February A.D. 1849.
Elisha Spencer Clerk of said County Court

nd 1812
ection
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May 24, 1929
Mr. Eugene J. Koop 25 Broad Street New York, New York
Sir:
I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, W.1190, it appears that Amasa Jackson was born in 1765, in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He had brothers, Simon, Ebenezer, Charles and Michael, all of whom were commissioned officers in the Massachusetts Line. They were the sons of Colonel Michael Jackson.
The soldier, Amasa, served as a drummer in Captain Benjamin Locke's Company, Colonel Thomas Gardner's Massachusetts Regiment in the year 1775, no dates are given.
He enlisted January 1, 1777, served as a drummer in Captain Wiley's Company, Colonel Michael Jackson's (his father) Massachusetts Regiment, was in the battle of Monmouth, and was discharged January 1, 1780.
He enlisted April 12, 1781, for three years, as a private, was soon after promoted to ensign and served in that

capacity and as commissary until the close of the war.
He was one of the founders and original members of the Society of the Cincinnati as were also his father and all his brothers.
Immediately after the Revolution, he, with his brother, Ebenezer, was employed for a year or two as a clerk in the office of the Comptroller of the United States Treasury at Philadelphia.
At the end of that time the two brothers, Amasa and Ebenezer Jackson, removed to Augusta, Georgia, where Amasa resided for about twelve years, then removed to New York City. While residing in New York City, he was president of the Union Bank for sixteen years, and afterward president of the Globe Insurance Company, of New York City, which office he held until his death, March 24, 1824.
The soldier married January 10, 1798, in Suffield, Connecticut, Mary, the daughter of Oliver Phelps, of that place. Oliver Phelps was a Commissary General in the Massachusetts Troops during the Revolution.
The soldier's widow, Mary Jackson, was allowed pension on her application executed May 11, 1849, while a resident of Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, aged

seventy years. In 1855, she still resided at said Canan- daigua.
Reference is made to children but no names are given - No reference is made to children.
Please designate which son of Amasa Jackson was your lineal ancestor so that a search of the War of 1812 records may be made in your behalf. Please give approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at enlistment and after service and given name of widow, as a means of iden- tifying his record.
See my letter of 1/11/11 to you re: this
Respectfully,
EARL D. CHURCH Commissioner.

1999, Mar 24, Hist to Eugene J. Hoop. Misc.
Rev War
WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1190
Mary Jackson
Widow
Amasa Jackson
Ensign Rev. War.
Act: July 29, 1848.
Index: — Vol. A , Page 370
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Br 100A 29 th July, 48, 11/11.
Arthur

Mary Jackson widow of Amasa
New York
Suspended
See let 4 June 1849
L. M. Davis
Act 29 July 1848.

8464
1
160 Ams

No. 7100
ACT OF MARCH 3, 1855.
Received April 16, 1855.
Amasa Jackson Rev War
Warrant 3464 160-55
Mary Jackson Canandaigua N.Y.

250 Mary Jackson.
Act. 29 th July 1848.
New York,
on final settle- ment certificate, Vol 3, page 49. to Nov 1783, - $393:
Charles Jackson also on same vol & page $393:
admitted on Ensign 240 $240 per an com 4 March 48
L. M. Drey Comandaigua 119.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Boston:
January 31 1849.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Amasa Jackson is borne upon a Return of Capt Benjamin Lockes Company in Col Thomas Gardner's Regt as a Drummer of Newton - No service named said Return is dated, "Camp, Prospect Hill, Octo ber 6 1775" - Also signed to an Order of said Company in said Regt for Coals. dated "Prospect Hill, December 22 1775." Upon an Account in Army Books as a Fifer of Newton in Capt Wileys Company Col Michael Jacksons Regt, and there credited by his service from January 1 1777 to December 31 1779 36 months at $4 per month. Was "Discharged January 1 1780." - Upon a Descriptive List of Men who engaged to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years, as a private of Newton, enlisted April 12 1781, at the age of 16 years. The name of Amasa Jackson is not found.

as a Commissioned Officer.
The name of Michael Jackson Jr. is borne upon Army Books as an Ensign.
The Roll of Capt Benjamin Lock's Company for service previous to Oct 1775 is not in this Office.
And I further Certify, That, before search made for evidence of said facts, the application hereto annexed was filed in this Office, in the form in which the same now appears; that the search was made by myself and my clerks alone; and that said application, and the certificate above set forth, contain all the facts and circumstances within my knowledge, pertaining to the case.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Commonwealth, the date above written.
W. H. Calhoun,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.

The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is hereby requested to furnish evidence from the rolls in his office of the service of my husband Amasa Jackson in the war of the Revolution.
He was a native of the town of Newtown in the County of Middlesex — and State of Massachusetts He entered the army of the revolution with an insign commission as given petitioners believes in a regiment of the Massachusetts line of continental troops commanded by his father Col. Michael Jackson and in the capacity of an insign he served in the war about three years
I am now seventy years of age and it is not in my power to state my husband's services more fully. Witness my hand at Canandaigua Ontario County New York this twenty fourth day of January 1849. Signed in my presence Mary Jackson Albert W. H. Howard Clerk of Ontario County

Charles A. Guckman
March 23, '48
J. M. W. Murray Esq. Warren d'Arge Union County New York

L. M. Murray Esq Wanandaigua Ontario County. New York
Charles A. Spearman March 23, '48

Canandaigua N.Y. May 16 th 1849.
Sir;
The claim of Mary Jackson to a pension under the Act of 28 th July 1848 as the widow of Amasa Jackson deceased, an Ensign in the war of the revolution is herewith presented.
I desire to call your attention to the signatures of Mrs Jackson's husband with it to have you compare them with the fac simile of the hand writing of Ensign Amasa Jackson notary by the Soc. of Cincinnati as certified by the Sec.
You will observe that the same characteristics are to be traced in all the signatures, and in some, you will find precisely the same flourish underneath the name that the fac simile has.
The original signatures were written many years after the one to the Society of Cincinnati & of course some change might naturally be made in the hand writing - but the general characteristics remain the same.
I desire you also to read the letters & testimony of the nephews of Amasa Jackson as to what they have heard of Mrs Jackson's husband's service as an Ensign - Ebenezer Jackson whose affidavit is presented has been a member of Congress.
These depositions & letters furnish hasty & traditional evidence of the service of Amasa Jackson as an Ensign - The Certificate of the Secretary of Massachusetts shows

that Amasa Jackson enlisted 12 th April 1861- at the age of 16 years. But the records show no service.
The records of service as an Ensign and as Commissary if he served in the latter capacity, are supposed to be in the Pension Office.
The records of the Society of the Cincinnati show that in May 1883 he was an Ensign, as well as Charles Jackson his Brother.
The proof herewith furnished is the best that can be obtained and it is submitted that it is sufficient to establish the claim.
Very respectfully Your O bl Servt.
L. M. Drury
J. L. Edwards Esq Comm ee of Pensions Washington. D.C.

Canandaigua N. Y. June 8 th '49
Sir,
I have received your letter of the 4 th instants in the case of Mrs Mary Jackson, widow of Amasa Jackson.
There is no evidence, record or documentary of the service of her husband as a commissary known to be in existence. If it is not found in the Pension office - All that is known of the fact is hearsay.
You will be pleased, therefore, to issue a certificate for the amount due as an Ensign
Y very Respectfully, Your ob dt Serv t
L. M. Drury.
J. L. Edwards Esq. Commissioner of Pensions Washington - D.C.

Canandaigua N.Y. May 21. 1849
Sir;
This document is sent as a part of the proof in support of the claim of Mrs Mary Jackson widow of Amasa Jackson an Ensign - The papers in support of the claim have been marked by Hon R. L. Rose - The object of this document is to have the fac simile of the hand writing of Amasa Jackson Ensign, which is certified, as you will see by the Secretary of the Soc. of Cincinnati to be an accurate copy of the original, compared with original signatures of Mrs Jacksons husband which accompany her declaration -
Respectfully Your obed servt.
J. L. Edwards Esq Court of Pensions Washington. L. M. Drury

Isaac Bell of New York - In Eighty one Years was well acquainted with Amasa Jackson, and his Brother Ebenezer Jackson, both now deceased recollects than in a conversation with Ebenezer Jackson in Savannah in 1808 - that in the course of conversation with the said Ebenezer

mentioning that his Brother having ser. Amasa having served in the Army during the Revolutionary War — New York April 24 th 1849 —
Isaac Bell

Boston April 14 1849.
L. M. Drury Esq.
Attorney at Law
Canandaigua
Ontario County
New York.

Boston April 14 1849
L M Quiry Esq
I have this day carefully examined the original signature of Anasa Jackson, with the Fac Simili, and find it is as precise as possibly can be - The said Anasa Jackson was one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati, composed of the Officers of the Massachusetts line, who served in the Revolutionary War, which fact, is in the Record Book in my possession, designating the Names of all the original members of said Society.
Thos Jackson Secretary of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati.
Boston April 14 1849
Personally appeared before me, the above named Thos. Jackson, and made oath to the above certificate.
Josiah Quincy, Jr. Justice of the Peace

New York 25 th Oct r 1849
I Daniel H. Wells Cashier of the M rs Bank of the City of New York, do hereby certify that I was personally acquainted with the late Amasa Jackson, that he was President of the M rs Bank several years, and I also certify that his Widow Mary Ann Jackson is now living and resides in Canandaigua, State of New York.
D. H. Wells

Dear Sir,
In the City of Washington, is a Tract Similis, which I sent by the Hon. Abbot Laurence many years ago. I have given Francis Jackson Esq. one, to be sent At Lowell Esq. The certificate now sent, must be satisfactory to the Govt, yet should any further document be required, in my power to give, will cheerfully do so.
Your Ob st Serv t Thos. Jackson
W. M. Denny Esq. Canandaigua. Ontario Co. New York
Boston April 14 1849.

Boston Feb. 21 1849
Sir
Your letter of the 15 th inst. was rec d on the 19 th requesting me to make inquiries &c.
I have examined the fac simile of the signatures of the members of the Soc y of Cincinnati of the Mass ts Line which hangs in the Library of the State House - & I find thereon the names of Michael Jackson Col l , this 5 says Rev. Michael Jr. Lt. Simon. Capt. Ebenezer St. Amasa Ensign and Charles Ensign - the original is in the hands of Thomas Jackson of this City Sec y of the Society. I called on him & found him very pleasant & ready to certify to any thing that was within his knowledge - He also stated if the widow of Amasa Jackson was in needy circumstances & would make an application to the Soc y & addressed to him as Sec y of the Society of Cincinnati for aid, that a grant would readily be made, if some 2 or 3 prominent persons in the place where she lives would certify that the applicant was the widow of Ensign Amasa Jackson & that she was in needy circumstances - If therefore she chooses to make such an application, it should be done promptly, as the Soc y meet on the 1 st of March, & if it is not in then, it would have to lay till another meeting.
The Sec y thinks it doubtful whether a copy of the fac simile could be found, but then he says it could easily be traced from the original on thin paper & he could certify it. You allude to the information in the Secretarys office in this City - Have you all the evidence therein? - If not the proper application should be made - I called there to day & the Secretary

told me that they had printed forms for applying for the facts in his department & he gave me one which I herewith enclose, if you have already obtained the information in our State department, then this blank application will be of no use
Several years ago I looked over the names of those on the books in the Library who were in the revolutionary war from Newton, on recurring to the minutes I then made, I find the names of Amasa, Eben & Charles Jackson of Newton belonging to Capt. Wileys Company marked 3 years men — The names of Simon & Capt. Michael as Lt. were earlier on the rolls I suppose in Col. Michael Jacksons Regiment, but I am not sure of that — his regiment was the 8th Mass tt . — I have in my possession Charles Jacksons acknowledgement of having enlisted in I presume his own hand writing dated at West Point May 1. 1781 — Also the certificate of Maj. Pettengell, (in the hand writing of Simon Jackson) to the same effect dated Boston 4 July 1781 both of which I enclose. they may not be of any consequence, but whether they are or not I should like to have them returned I have no doubt but Amasa & Eben enlisted about the same time that Charles did —
Capt Simon Jackson left two sons Alexander & Charles A — Alexander lives in Dorchester 4 or 5 miles from the City I went out to see him this afternoon supposing that he could give me some information but got nothing material from him, but he said his brother Charles A Jackson lives in the City of New York, a merchant knows all the facts & that you could get them from him. Alexander says that his brother Charles could make a statement that would cover the whole ground & make oaths to it — How this may be I know not.

I remember that Amasa was President of a bank in the City of New York many years ago & I have often seen his signature to the Bank bills in a flowing style elegant, showing the command of a pen. So I found it upon the fac simile with graceful flourishes underneath
As to the services of the father Col. Michael Jackson I have no documentary evidence but I lived with him when a boy & have many a time & oft heard his revolutionary anecdotes & could from my own recollection of his sayings make a long story but such hearsay could be of no use in the matter you have in hand
I think you had better write to Charles A Jackson Merch t New York
Respectfully Francis Jackson
L McDrury Esq
was L. Administrator the y. dead but his family

Fishkill Village March 25th 1849
J. M. Drury Esq
Your favour of 12th Inst came duly to hand but at a time when I was so unwell to return an answer having had a severe attack of Cholera Morbus which gave my family much alarm having been attacked with Spasms & Cramps the attention would have taken place sooner to your enquiries Mr Granger & his mother both of your place certainly can identify Mrs Jackson as the Widow of Amasa Jackson as to his being a Member of the Society of Cincinnatti I only know it by her say and by his Charming with the Society at their annual Dinner given in New York
I have heard my father often say & speak with much Pride of my Grandfather leaving Massachusetts to join the Continental Army at New York & I have heard Genl Morgan Lewis Ex Gov r of this State speak of him & his five Sons & wife the Sons all entering the Service they their own merit all left the Service at the close of the War with Commendations & the Old Lady as always with her husband in Camp & out of Camp Mending upon the Sick & Stricken and assisting in giving as much time to her Country as her husband I have also heard my father often speak of all his Brothers being in the Service & Serving during the whole of the revolutionary War & of the Sufferings of the troops himself & Brothers among the Rest
I have not a paper of my father except his letter to me in any form Mr Joel Houghton of Newton Mass was his Administrator he is dead but his family may have

some that might be useful to
I have heard Mr Joseph Jackson father also often speak of high commendation of father & his five sons also Col Daniel Jackson speak of my grandfather & his five sons all officers in the War of the Revolution if any or all of the facts above alluded to can be of any use to the Widow of my late Uncle Amasa or that I know him to be the husband of Mary Phelps now the Widow of Amasa Jackson
You can put these facts in such a form as may be useful & send them to me for signature and I will go before a judge of the Court or Magistrate & make an affidavit but not being in habit of composing legal proceedings do not think it in my power to do it correctly
Please convey to Mrs Jackson my sincere desire for her health & happiness. I Remain Respectfully
Chas. A. Jackson

I remember that Amasa was President of a bank in the City of New York many years ago & I have often seen his signature to the Bank bills in a flowing style elegant, showing the command of a pen. So I found it upon the fac simile with graceful flourishes underneath
As to the services of the father Col. Michael Jackson I have no documentary evidence but I lived with him when a boy & have many a time & oft heard his revolutionary anecdotes & could from my own recollection of his sayings make a long story but such hearsay could be of no use in the matter you have in hand
I think you had better write to Charles A Jackson Merchant New York
Respectfully Francis Jackson
L McDrury Esq

Willamette
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M rs Mary Jackson 53 Bay Street New York
Amesbury May 5 th 1797

Wallaby St.
12 1/2
M rs Mary Jackson 153 Day Street New York.
Master Jackson May 5 th 1797

Wethersfield Sunday Evening 8 o'clock.
My dear Mary.
I arrived here from Suffield about one hour ago I intended to have left Billy at the Chair, and to have taken the Stage - but fearing that some accident might happen if placed under the care of incautious hands. I have concluded to be one day longer on my hands. I have to bring them on myself - Therefore instead of being with you as I intended on Tuesday 12 o'clock, it will be Wednesday evening.
I have several letters for you, & a thousand things to tell you. - Our Suffield friends are all well. May the choicest of Heavens blessings be my portion, prays thy own Affectionate Friend
J. Jackson

I have been on the watch for Osborne ever since I arrived in this City - and have never been able to see him till yesterday which proved to be a fortunate interview he has assigned over to me all the outstanding debts due to the late firm of A.H.C. also the Brig Neptune Cargo & freight - which I hope in the end will secure me from much or any loss - He appears to have totally abandoned his business, and resigned himself up to all the follies and vices of dissipation - his Mother is the most distressed, wretched Woman, I ever saw - he is the only surviving Child she has, and to whom she looked for all the Comfort she was capable of enjoying in her declining years - I hope to be able to leave this some day this week, if not early next - Your Father is well - I have not heard one word from home, I hope you have not forgot to

write me - I shall be glad to execute your Memo: to your satisfaction - with love to your Mother and my Dear Children. believe me ever Affectionately Yours,
J. Mackrea
St. Asaph March 2 nd

1 York October 16. 1813 -
My Dear Mary.
It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the death of Esther's wife - I have no letter from Mr. Seymour - Mr. Darnell then enclosed to me a letter which he received from Mr. J. Hawley. In a P.S. to Mr. Hawley's letter he says. at 5 o'clock 10 th October: I have just returned from the funeral ceremonies - It was a tender, melancholly scene to see the Orphaned Children taking their leave of their last Parent" - while my Dear Wife we mourn for the loss of friends, let us not be unmindful to Maria so kind on us - and let

as I expected, he will with it doubt be down in Tomorrow's Steam Boat. I shall leave here on Tuesday or Wednesday at farthest. In the mean time I pray God may have you, and all our beloved Children in his holy keeping.
Your Affectionate Husband Edward D. Nelson

EUGENE J. KOOP 25 BROAD STREET NEW YORK
TELEPHONE HANOVER 4300
May 15, 1929.
U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Dear Sirs:
REF: Rev & 1812 Wars Section - MMHF
I duly received your letter of May 10th and in reply would say that my ancestor who was in the Revolutionary War was Ensign Amasa Jackson who was born in Newton, Mass., June 5, 1765, and died in New York City March 25, 1824. He had ten children - Mary C., Charles, Oliver Phelps, Harriet, Caroline M., Emily, Amasa, Ebenezer, Eliza and Julia W.
I might still add that Ensign Amasa Jackson was a son of the Col. Michael Jackson of the 8th Massachusetts Line during the War of the Revolution.
Ensign Amasa Jackson was married to Mary Phelps, daughter of Oliver Phelps, who was a member of the 8th Congress during the years 1803 and 1805. Amasa Jackson and Mary Phelps were married, so far as I have been able to learn from family connections, in 1772.

I hope that these details will be of help in determining if any of my ancestors served in the War of 1812.
Respectfully yours,
Eugene Skorp.

EUGENE J. KOOP 25 BROAD STREET NEW YORK
TELEPHONE HANOVER 4300
May 29, 1929.
U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
Sirs:
REF: Rev & 1812 Wars Section MEE/eel
I am very much obliged to you for the details you have given me in your letter of the 24th inst., regarding Ensign Amasa Jackson. The information given supplements my records in several interesting points..
o The son of Amasa Jackson from whom I am lineally descended is Oliver Phelps Jackson, who was born in New York City in 1801. The other sons of Amasa Jackson were Ebenezer, born 1799; Charles, born 1803, and Amasa whose date of birth is unknown. These sons were apparently too young to have fought in the War of 1812. I am wondering, however, if I might not be eligible through the brothers of Amasa Jackson. The names of these brothers are Simon, Michael, Ebenezer and Charles, all of whom fought in the Revolution and were sons of Col. Michael Jackson. Unfortunately, I have not the dates of their birth.
If I should only be eligible for the Society of the War of 1812 through my grandfather, Oliver Phelps, then I think there is hardly any use pursuing the matter further.

In any case, I wish to express my sincere appreciation for the information you have so far given me.
Respectfully yours,
Eugene J. Krop.

Springfield Monday morning 9 o'clock
My dear Mary
Having a few minutes to spare, they cannot be devoted with more infinite satisfaction than to you. I was mortified beyond all calculation, that these papers passed your Father's yesterday without my being able to write - We were at the time receiving the most desirable spot for the Burn side - All your family & friends are well at Suffield -
The stage man is this moment causing me for detaining him - I hope your Amiable Companion is well - with my best respects to her - Believe me thy ever Affectionate Husband
Amasa Jackson

York October 1 st 1797
Oliver Phelps Esquire,
Sir
Yours of the 27 th instant duly came to hand. The Ship with what Paper is remaining I shall for your first Apptg. - will you have the goodness send me a sample of the Boarding. I have entirely for the kind - please send it by kind private hand -
We had an arrival last Evening from Bristol in 44 days. she brings London papers up to the 16 th . Portugal has negotiated Peace with France, - all hope of Peace with England seems to have departed.
They came to return you my sincere thanks for the honour you do me, in the kindness in corresponding with your Daughter -
With my best respect to Mrs Phelps. Believe me your Aff te Friend.
H. Jackson

11 My dear Mary.
100 The clock has just struck Twelve, and yet I cannot retire to rest before I have a little social converse with thee. - I am quite disappointed that I shall not be able to leave town tomorrow altho my exertions have been unwearied to accomplish it - Your Father arrived here yesterday and I have been assiduously employed in aiding him in some money arrangements which I am happy to say have proved successful. At all events we have both determined to leave town the day after tomorrow, and on Friday we expect to hail the fair Village of Suffield - May I venture to expect a letter from you, it would be a pleasure to me - but alas I fear I shall look in vain - Remember me to thy companion - and Believe me my dear Mary Thy ever Affectionate friend F. Jackson

Buff with Jackson
Mrs. Jackson May 1-1798
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6 Jackson 53 Day Street New York
Signature
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Maria Jackson
Ninety days after date I promise to pay Maria Jackson or order Twenty five hundred Dollars, value received $2500.
[Signature: Maria Jackson]
New York 23 rd Feby 1822.
27 March
Received of Maria Jackson
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20 Jackson 13 th Dec 1822 New York
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State of New York
Ontario County
I Alexander H. Hoover Clerk of the said County of Ontario do hereby certify that Mark H. Sibley before and by whom the annexed declaration and the annexed certificate was taken & made was on the day of the date thereof County Judge of said County duly elected sworn and qualified to act as such And further that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and hereby believe the signature subscribed to the said certificate and to the jurat of said affidavit to be genuine In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- scribed my name and affixed the seal of said County this 16th May A.D. 1849 A. H. Hoover
My Garrison -
to my best of help. When met your exp. friend.
H. Jackson

Norwich 27 th April 1849
Dear Madam
Your fair dated 30 th Inst. I rec d this morn g I know of nothing that would give me greater pleasure than to for. accy give you the information required as to the early life of your Hon d Father, but I fear that I am Altogether unable to give you the least assistance. . . I have heard him speak of being in the Army during the American Revolution and my Opinion is he held an Office in the Commissary Department this I cannot sure swear to. . . I have heard your Father speak of his Father and some of his Brothers, but nothing that would render you any aid in the present instance. . . You know I can speak fully as to his Presidency of the Union Bank. Also his Widow residing in Canandaigua -
I am rather inclined to think Andrew Fort n or Najah Taylor Esq r may know something of your Father's early life - with Sentiments of Sincere
Respect, Your Friend Joseph Otis
This letter was addressed to a daughter of Amasa & Mary Jackson - L. M. D.