This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wilso127 Surnames: Jackson Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.jackson/13018.15.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: My first JACKSON American ancestor was a Quaker from Ballitore, County Wicklow, Ireland, named Isaac (1665-1750) who came to Londongrove Township in Chester County PA with his large family in 1725. His ancestry comes down from Yorkshire and Lancashire via Scotland and North Ireland to Counties Cavan and Meath, prior to County Wicklow. He was a direct descendant of (Sir) Richard Jackson (1570-1610) of Eske, Yorkshire, who fought at the Battle of Flodden Field and was knighted posthumously by King James VI/I in 1613. His wife was Ursula Hildyard of Yorkshire, a direct descendant of William the Conqueror through King Edward I's daughter, Joan of Acre. Through various intermarriages, etc., this ancestry can then be reasonably reliably traced back to include Dark Ages and Medieval chieftains and 'kings' of Saxony, Sweden, Denmark, Scotland, Wessex, England, Normandy, the Plantagenets, Gaul, the Franks, the Merovingians and Carolingians, Spain, the Picts and Scots, and includes su! ch personalities as Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne, King Alfred the Great of Wessex (England) and Saint Ferdinand (San Fernando) of Spain and St. Louis of France. Prior to about 800 and back to 200 AD, the ancestry is a bit suspect re: authenticity. My present quest is to find the Yorkshire ancestry of Sir Richard Jackson's grandfather, also named Richard (1505?-1555), who married an Ann Todd in 1538 in Yorkshire. 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.