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Mary Jemison-Notes and updates Part I

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Re: Mary Jemison-Notes and updates Part I

Posted: 15 Jul 2015 4:49PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Jameson
For those interested in William Jameson (m. Sarah) (b.c. 1697 d. 1753 Augusta (now Rockbridge) Co., VA:

William was married to a Sarah. Some think it could be Sarah Collins of the Christ Church, Philadelphia marriage record. And if so, then the sons John and William baptized there at Christ Church might make some sense. And some believe that William was the son of James & Janet Jameson of Lancaster Co., PA. I descend from William through his son, George Jameson. I have had my brother YDNA tested. And we have compared to two known descendants of the first son of James & Janet, and it is not a match. It is likely that William was not the son of James & Janet. Could be they had a son William that married a Sarah Collins, but perhaps not the William that was in Augusta Co., VA as originally thought. EO Jameson unfortunately does not have sources for all of his collection of research. A family bible in the William Jameson Jr. line indicates that William's father was an Alexander Jameson. Perhaps this is true. Perhaps not. More research is needed on this line. William & Sarah of Rockbridge Co., VA had 4 sons, listed in William's will of 1753: John; George; Andrew and William Jr.

[Remember the birth dates we have for these children were based on the supposed baptismals for sons John and William (although William has always been known to be the youngest son, so the early baptismal date for him never made sense) that were baptized in 1723. So birthdates for them could be off by a matter of 3 to 5 years or so.]

Oldest son John Jameson (m. Mary) I believe he could've been born as early as 1715-1718. Researchers continually say that the John Jameson (m. Jean Erwin) was the oldest son of William & Sarah. I don't believe this to be true. In William's will of 1753, oldest son John was left 237 acres of land along Jackson River in what became Bath County, VA, and his best suit of "close". 22 Nov 1755 this John Jameson qualified as Ensign of the Troop of Horse for Augusta Co., VA. He married wife Mary some time prior to 1765. On 15 Oct. 1765, John Jameson and wife Mary (not Jean), sold 280 acres of land along Jackson River in Bath County, VA to Archibald Armstrong for 50 pounds. John's niece Peggy (dau of Wm Jr) was married to William Armstrong, Archibald's son. So you see the land record clearly states he was married to a Mary who gave over her dower rights to the land, not Jean. I do believe that John Jameson (m. Jean Erwin) was a relation though, but I believe he may be a nephew to William Jameson (m. Sarah). I have autosomal DNA matched to many of John (m. Jean Erwin) Jameson's descendants. So I have no doubt there is some kind of relation. The Annals of Bath County, Virginia by Oren F. Morton states: p. 195 "Captain William Jameson died about 1753. To John his oldest son, he left his land on Jackson River and his best suit of "close". Other sons were George, Andrew and William, of whom the last named had the Calfpasture Homestead. John left Augusta." So we see that John left Augusta. Where did he go? Who were his children? I think he may have had sons Robert (b.c. 1732) and William (b. 1745). Robert served in the Rev War out of Louisa Co., VA. Did John move there? Robert and brother William moved to Fayette Co., KY and then to Barren Co., KY by 1795. Was Robert a son of John? Or is there some other way that this Robert connects to the William & Sarah Jameson line? I have researched this Robert's son, John Jameson (b.c. 1752 d. 1801 Fayette Co., KY) and my brother has a very strong YDNA match (only 2 differences in a 67 marker test) from this line. We also have oral history that we are "cousins" to this line. This line happens to be the line that Green B. Jameson that died at the Alamo was from. John d. 1801 was Green's grandfather. John's son William "Will" Jameson (m. Jane) of Warren & Barren Co., KY was Green's father. YDNA proves the match, now it is a matter of figuring out exactly how they descend from William & Sarah of Rockbridge. William & Sarah's son John was thought to have served during Lord Dunmore's War 10 Oct 1774 Junction of Kanawha and Ohio Rivers in WV today ; Served under Col. Charles (Andrew?) Lewis at the Battle of Point Pleasant, a battle fought between VA militia and the Shawnee and Mingo Indians. Nothing else is known about oldest son John. When he left Augusta, where did he go?

George Jameson b.c. 1728 d. Oct 1799 Harrison Co., KY. This is my line. George is my 5th great grandfather. He was an attorney at Staunton for years. George married twice, 1st wife unknown, 2nd wife Eleanor Mitchell, dau of James Mitchell who had land both in Augusta and Botetourt Counties, VA. George's 1799 will does not name all of his children, but he states "to the children of my first wife" and "to the children of my present wife", as well as naming some of them as well as some grandchildren. Some of his children's wills give other siblings names too. George's known children with his first wife: Robert Jameson b. 1762 d. 1845 Ralls Co., MO (m. Isabelle Mahan) [my line]; John Jameson b. 22 Oct 1763 (m. Mary Polly Rice); and Sarah b. 1764 (m. Thomas Beard). George's known children with his second wife, Eleanor Mitchell: Andrew, George Washington, James, Joseph, Patsy, Nancy, and Mitchell. George remained in Augusta County until sometime in the late 1780s early 90s when he moved to Harrison Co., KY. He had 4000 acres on Eagle Creek in KY 3 Dec 1786. But as I said I don't believe he moved to KY right away. He sold the last of his property on Moffett's Creek to Daniel Miller on 15 Apr 1788. He probably went to KY after this. He died in Harrison Co., KY in Oct 1799.

Andrew Jameson b.c. 1734. He had 3 sons, James b. 1755 (m. Martha Crow), John b. 1758, and Andrew b. 1760 (m. Elizabeth Davis). Andrew was also an attorney and lived in Rockingham on the border of Rockbridge Co. He served in 1757 to 1759 in Capt. Dickinson's Rangers from there. And he (or his son Andrew) appears on the 1788 and 1789 Tithables list for Rockingham. Not much else is known about Andrew.

William Jameson Jr. b.c. 1740 d. 3 Jan 1797 Rockbridge Co., VA (m. Rachel McCreary). William inherited the plantation on the Calf Pasture River and lived his life out there. His children: William (m. Margaret McKnight); Margaret "Peggy" (m. William Augustus Armstrong); Robert (m. Margaret McCutcheon); John (m. Martha McClure); and Pheobe (m. Archibald Elliott).

So as you see, I do not believe that John Jameson (m. Jean Erwin) was a son of William (m. Sarah). it is possible he is the son of William Jameson (m. Margaret Bell) of Tinkling Spring, Augusta Co., VA. And it is thought that it could be possible that Robert Jemison b.c. 1710 (m. Sarah McKee) of Philadelphia, Thomas Jamison b.c. 1715 (m. Jane Irwin, and father of Mary), this John Jameson (m. Jean Erwin), and this William (m. Margaret Bell) could all be brothers, and that my William (m. Sarah) is their uncle. Or it could be that William (m. Margaret) is their father, and my William his nephew and therefore cousin to the others. Lots of research needs to be looked at going forward to make those connections. Anyone with a male Jameson from these lines that wishes to do a YDNA test, please go to familytreedna.com and look up the Jamieson Surname Project and submit for one. DNA is the only sure way we will sort these families out, and the paperwork needs to back it up too. As I said, lots of work to be done.
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