As with earlier depictions of ancestor lineages, I have used a timeline chart below, to show the life spans of each Jackson ancestor over the last three centuries. In the chart you can see Mathew Jackson, the last of the line who lived in England. He is followed in sequence by his son, William Jackson Sr, who was our immigrant ancestor to America arriving in the Virginia colony around 1679, and then by his son, John Ellis Jackson, and so forth.
As with previous lineages, to give a better perspective of when our Jackson ancestors lived across more than three centuries, I’ve added major wars to the timeline. As I continue to describe family stories of this Jackson lineage, you might find it useful to refer back to this chart to get a feel for the time period in which they lived.
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