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Hi there Duport and Capetown,

The marriage at Sherborne was between Rowland Jackeson and Jone Jones on 06 APR 1635. This was followed by the baptism of Dorothea on 25 JAN 1635/6 (January 1636, in the Ecclesiasic year 1635 which ended in March 1636)

I think the marriages of Thomas in 1748; Rowland in 1764 and (possibly) William in 1776 are those of the children of Rowland and Mary whose gravestone is in Windrush Churchyard. Another brother, Benjamin married in Reading after a Sarum Marriage Licence Bond of 20 APR 1770.

Said Benjamin was a mason in Reading until his death in 1816. Two of his sons (also Masons) seem to have been Insolvent Debtors in Reading in 1829! (Source: London Gazette)

Additionally a Rowland Jackson (Stone Mason) hired apprentices at Reading in 1766 and 1767. I guess this is the son who married in 1764. I have no other information about him.

Best Wishes MDean

Hi there,

Still no luck finding Rowland's baptism, although the Windrush PRs I can access are very patchy between 1686 and 1694 (perhaps the Record Office has better). Is Victor able to help, please?

However I have spotted an older Rowland Jackson (or Roulandi Jackesone) who was Church Warden in 1665 and 1668, and whose wife Joane (or Jone or Joannae) died in 1669. It seems they married at Sherborne in 1635 and had a son, Thomas, in 1640.

Could this be the Thomas who married Susanna about 1671?
Was Rowland junior their child, born about 1690 and named after his grandfather?
Does this family link in with William Jackson, vicar of Windrush until his death in 1617?

Any comments/ideas/help would be grateful please. Thanks.

Thanks for that. I'll keep looking and keep you posted.

Hi there,

Many thanks, Duport,  for the details. I think I have found Cockleberries on the 'gohistoric.com' website, next to The Barn. It seems that Ley Mary Farm may have been up for sale until recently, too.

I have put my photo (it may have gone on twice) of Rowland and Mary's Gravestone on 'britishlistedbuildings.co.uk'   It comes up easiest searching for 'Annathe Newman Windrush'. It can be copied into a different program - perhaps there is someone out there with a brilliant piece of software that makes it more legible!

Best Wishes,

MDean

Hi Duport,

Thanks for the latest information. I’ve found the FreeReg marriage. I’ll have to look more closely at the Winchcombe Jacksons and keep you updated of any progress.

I only found my connections to Windrush about two months ago, with Benjamin, who lived in Reading. I found him mentioned specifically in paragraphs 62 + 63 of some Gloucestershire documents about Jackson Quar(ry) in Windrush, which I’m sure you’ve already read. Rowland gets a lot of references for the quarry (especially para 213 on 18th August 1822) and a meadow called ‘Cockbury’s’. (para 62)

In 1782 (paras 230-231) Anthony Jackson (aged 16) and Thomas Jackson (aged 43) are mentioned for ‘land near the stone quarry’.

The Linconshire record refers to Cockburys. It says (in part):
‘Deeds; Lease and Release: Date: 19 June 1708 Repository: Lincolnshire Archives [057]     Thomas Trinder of Windrush, tailor to Joseph Jackson of Windrush, mason.                                                  Property: parcel of a close called Cockburyes in Windrush.’

If you Google search ‘Joseph Jackson of Windrush’, RootsChat comes up first! ‘Lincs to the Past’ is third. The Deeds is article 45, but I can’t get it to open beyond this page. The Gloucestershire documents site I found initially is titled ‘Back 10’ (and come up fifth for me.)

I hope this helps you and anyone else!

MDean