Jackson-Herman-Willig Family History

Our Family's Journey Through Time: 1677-2000

Tree #1: Early Beales-Clayton-Jackson Family Tree 1677-1948

[Ancestors of Jury and Annie Jackson - 8 generations from Clayton/Beales to Jury Jackson]

1. Generation One - Beales Family and Clayton Family, Pennsylvania Quaker immigrants (1677f)

1.1 William and Prudence (Lanckford) Clayton, Quaker immigrants to the Pennsylvania Colony from England in 1677

1.2 John Beales, Sr., a Quaker immigrant to the Pennsylvania Colony from England sometime prior to 1677

2. Generation Two - John Beales, Sr. and Mary Jane (Clayton) Beales, daughter of William and Prudence Clayton, married in 1682 in the Pennsylvania Colony

2.1 Our ancestral line: John Beales, Jr. was born in 1686; his wife Sarah Bowater was born in

2.2 There are four other known children of John and Mary Beales: William, Jacob, Mary and Patience

3. Generation Three - John Beals, Jr. and Sarah C. (Bowater) Beals, married in 1711 in the Pennsylvania Colony

3.1 Our ancestral line: Bowater Beals was born in 1725; his wife Sarah Ann Cook was born in

3.2 There are eight other known children of John, Jr. and Sarah Beales: Sarah, Mary, John III, Thomas, Phoebe, Ruth, Rachel, and Prudence

4. Generation Four - Bowater and Sarah Ann (Cook) Beals, married in 1752 in York County, Pennsylvania

4.1 Our ancestral line: Ann Beals was born in ; her husband Jacob Jackson was born in

4.1 There are eight other known children of Bowater and Sarah Beales: Ruth, Phoebe, Thomas, John, Jacob, Nathan, Mary and Charity

5. Generation Five - Jacob and Ann (Beals) Jackson, married in 1774 in Guildford County, North Carolina

5.1 Jesse Jackson was born in 1786 in Surrey County, North Carolina

5.2 There are eight other known children of Jacob and Ann Jackson: Rachel, Ruth, Samuel, Mary, Ann, Lydia, Curtis, and Josiah

6. Generation Six - Jesse and Ann (Hoggatt/Hockett) Jackson, married in 1814 in Clinton County, Ohio

6.1 Thomas C. Jackson was born in 1831 in Clinton County, Ohio

6.2 There are nine other known children of Jesse and Ann Jackson: Malinda, Nathan, Rachel, Joseph, Elizabeth, Jacob, Asenath, Lydia, and Jesse, Jr.

7. Generation Seven: Thomas C. and Ellen (Wright) Jackson, married in 1856 in Clinton County, Ohio

7.1 Jury Jackson was born in 1858 in New Vienna, Ohio

7.2 There are three other known children of Thomas and Ellen (Wright) Jackson: Damaris, Laura and Fred, all born in Clinton County, Ohio.

7.3 Following Ellen's death in 1867, Thomas married her sister, Rebecca Wright in 1872. They had four children: Curtis, Jacob, Pearl and Myrtle,

all born in Crawford County, Illinois

8. Generation Eight: Jury Jackson and Sarah Ann (Powell) Jackson, married in 1885 in Crawford County, Illinois

8.1 The eight children of Jury and Annie Jackson are: Euris, Ersil, Lloyd, Ervin, Mary Ellen, Everett, Raymond and Florence.

Tree #2: Herman-Jackson Family Tree

[Ancestors of Henry Herman and Mary Ellen (Jackson) Herman - 3 generations from Christian Herrmann to Henry Herman]

1. Generation One - Christian and Maria (Rudzinska) Herrmann

1.1 Our ancestral line: Adam Herman (2nd child of Christian and Maria)

1.2 Four other children are known: Johann, Euphrosine, Matthis, and Friedrich.

2. Generation Two - Adam and Catherin (Hunger) Herman

2.1 Our ancestral line: Henry Herman

2.2 There are five other known children of Adam and Catherin: Katherina, George, Christian, Mary, and Adam,Jr

3. Generation Three - Henry and Mary Ellen (Jackson) Herman

3.1 Our ancestral lines: The six children of Henry and Mary Jackson:

3.2 Dorothy (Herman) Oertwig, Doris (Herman) Veach, Bill Herman, Clyde Herman, George Herman, and Delbert Herman.