This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wilso127 Surnames: Jackson Plantagenet Hildyard Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.jackson/13018.12/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I descend from Sir Anthony Jackson from Eccleston, Lancashire, who was in the service of the King Charles' I and II. Through his son also named Anthony, I descend down through Isaac Jackson of the Quaker village, Ballitore, County Kildare, to Quaker settlements in Chester County PA in the late 1790's. Sir Anthony's mother was an Ursula Hildyard, of Yorkshire, who was in turn of Rollo the Viking of Normandy-William the Conqueror-Edward I Longshanks (Plantagenet) direct descent. Sir Anthony is also an ancestor, through another son, to the forefather of both US President Andrew Jackson and US Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Sir Anthony also has another distiction that links him to London in the 17th Century. He and his wife were imprisoned in The Tower for awhile while the Cromwells and Parliament held sway in England. But fortunately for them, most of their children were avowed Cromwellians who obtained large tracts of conquered Irish Lands. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.