I feel like I just fell off the pumpkin wagon. I just found out that Andrew Jackson Sr, father of President Andrew Jackson came from Ulster. Anybody have additional information on this family. (including traditions(sorry couldn't resist<VBG> ;-) ) I'm working on a connection between my wife's family and the Andrew Jacksons. Forrest Plumstead fplum1@gmail.com Researching the following Surnames: Bushouse, Plumstead, Risser, Schroeder, Senne, Thayer, Quaker Families: Coppock, Heald, Hobson, Hollingsworth, Potts, Ross, Watt Plumstead and Associated Families: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fplum/ Military Kool Lynx: http://geocities.com/fplum/ Ham Radio WB5HQO http://forrest.3h.com/main.html
Forrest, Andrew's parents came from Boneybefore on the outskirts of Carrickfergus, Co Antrim. There is a thatched house near where their house stood which has now been turned into the Andrew Jackson Centre, see for example :- http://www.geographia.com/northern-ireland/ukiher01.htm I would thoroughly recommend the book Sharon quoted "The Ulster Jacksons" (ISBN 0952993805). It not only tries to trace the ancestry of Andrew Jackson but also covers Stonewall Jackson with a suggestion that the two were related. There are chapters about the latter-day Jacksons who stayed in Ulster. Neal (born/bred in Carrickfergus). On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Forrest Plumstead wrote: > I feel like I just fell off the pumpkin wagon. I just found out that Andrew Jackson Sr, father of President Andrew Jackson came from Ulster. Anybody have additional information on this family. (including traditions(sorry couldn't resist<VBG> ;-) ) > > I'm working on a connection between my wife's family and the Andrew Jacksons. > > Forrest Plumstead fplum1@gmail.com > Researching the following Surnames: > Bushouse, Plumstead, Risser, Schroeder, Senne, Thayer, > Quaker Families: Coppock, Heald, Hobson, Hollingsworth, Potts, Ross, Watt > Plumstead and Associated Families: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~fplum/ > Military Kool Lynx: http://geocities.com/fplum/ > Ham Radio WB5HQO http://forrest.3h.com/main.html > > >