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(NEW YORK--LONG ISLAND.) Small archive covering ten generations of Hempstead's Jackson-Jones family. 8 original manuscript documents, 1725-1868; 4 early manuscript copies of documents dated 1685-1708; 28 photographs of the family homestead circa 1900-1935; family notes and clippings circa 1950; and photostats of 18 early family documents. Hempstead, NY, 1685-1950
In 1666, Colonel John Jackson built a home on Long Island's south shore which remained occupied by ten generations of the family until at least the 1950s. It remains standing today in Wantagh. This collection begins with an 18th-century copy of the 1685 Dongan Patent to the proprietors of Hempstead Town, including Colonel John Jackson; and an apparently contemporary early manuscript copy of the 1708 patent from Governor Cornbury to Jackson for the stretch of coastline now known as Jones Beach. It also includes an 1868 pencil sketch of the homestead; an undated pencil sketch of the family's 1704 mill, since torn down; and photographs of the homestead done in 1934 by the Historic American Building Survey. The earliest original manuscript is a 1725 deed from John Jackson III to his father John Jackson, who is described as "son and heir of Colonel John Jackson deceased, the last surviving patentee of the said town of Hempstead." Inventory and genealogical notes available upon request.
