Nancy Jackson^{[1, 2]}

1763 -

• Name	Nancy Jackson
  Born	1763	North Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	P1073	Robert Jackson
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	William Jackson,   b. 1736, Rockaway, Morris Co., New Jersey ,   d. Aft 5 Jun 1810, Carter Co., Tennessee  (Age > 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mahetable Woods,   b. prob New Jersey
  Relationship	natural
  Married	4 Oct 1758	Morristown, Morris Co., New Jersey   [3]
  Family ID	F163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Shelley,   b. Abt 1763, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1830, North Carolina  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Married	19 Mar 1783	Wilkes Co., North Carolina   [4, 5]
  Children	1. Mahitable W. 'Hetty' Shelley,   b. 3 Oct 1792, Iredell Co., North Carolina ,   d. 8 Jul 1882, Harveysburg, Warren Co., Ohio  (Age 89 years)  [natural]   2. Alfred Shelley,   b. 1800, Iredell Co., North Carolina ,   d. 1856  (Age 56 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F10481	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ! Also https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peedeerivermap.png North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004 Name: Benjamin Shelley Spouse: Nancy Jackson Marriage Date: 19 Mar 1783 Marriage County: Wilkes Marriage State: North Carolina Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT Nancy Jackson was very likely the daughter of William Jackson and his wife Mahitable Woods based on the following research. Nancy and her husband Benjamin Shelly were married in 1783 in Wilkes County, Noth Carolina. This is the first point that she may possibly be the daughter of William Jackson of Wilkes, NC (and eventually Carter Co., TN). At that early time there were extremely few Jacksons in Wilkes Co. So William was the first parent thought of. William's 1810 Will mentions 4 sons and "all my other children". So finding the other children is an ongoing challenge. The bondsman for Nancy and Benjamin's marriage was Abijah Fairchild. William's daughter Rebecca married Abiud Fairchild, brother of Abijah Faircloth. The Fairchild famiy and the Jackson famiy traveled from New Jersey together to the Jersey Settlement in central NC and then during Revolutionary time "fled to the mountains" located in Wilkes County. Benjamin and Nancy named a daughter, Mahitable Shelly, probably after Nancy's mother. After their Wilkes County marriage Nancy and Benjamin lived in Iredell County adjacent to Wilkes Co. See 1790 map here: https://www.carolana.com/NC/Early_Statehood/nc_statehood_1800_counties_1790.html A desc of Nancy Jackson and Benjamin Shellley has a small DNA connection to the Hempstead Jackson line. So all these connections appear justify the conjecture that Nancy is the daughter of William Jackson and Mahitable Woods.

  
  

• Sources

  [S347986144] North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004, (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8909). https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/60548/42091_343626-00235?pid=11060071&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord%3D1%26r%3Dan%26db%3DNC-MarriageRecords%26indiv%3Dtry%26h%3D11060071&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.129858446.365047995.1583416060-74814987.1577551833#?imageId=42091_343626-00137 [S347986501] Research of Larry Shelley. [S347986529] Book: History of the First Presbyterian Church, Morristown, N.J., Part II; The combined registers, from 1742 to 1885, (http://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_the_First_Presbyterian_Church.html?id=mL8_AAAAYAAJ), Page 115. [S347986144] North Carolina, Marriage Index, 1741-2004, (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8909). [S347986605] Marriages of Wilkes County, North Carolina 1778-1868, Holcomb, Brent H. 1998, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=49257), Page 167.