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Joseph Webber JACKSON
Abt 1765 - 1842 (~ 77 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Joseph Webber JACKSON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1765 - Date from age at death, as in newspaper report.
Parents assumed from link to Moretonhampstead (indicated in Joseph's will) and middle name (in his death registration).
Baptised - Although there are Jackson marriages and burials in Moretonhampstead, there seems to be a dearth of baptisms - probably because they were a Baptist family (see general notes).
Gender Male Will 7 Feb 1824 Written - (1824 may look like a typo for 1842, but it is not. Joseph did write his will many years before his death, when his wife Elizabeth was still living and before his daughter Ann married; the grant of admon noted that Elizabeth subsequently died in his lifetime and notes Ann's married name).
Died 12 Feb 1842 Highgate, London, England 
- From newspaper reports.
In the deaths column of the Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle of 21 Feb 1842,
"At Highgate, Joseph Jackson, Esq., formerly of Plymouth, aged 78." [second digit of age unclear, appears to be 8 but not certain]
In the deaths column of Wollmer's Exeter and Plymouth Gazette of 19 Feb 1842,
"Feb. 12, at Highgate, deeply lamented, Joseph Jackson, Esq., aged 76, formerly of George-street, Plymouth"
GRO ref: JACKSON, Joseph Webber q1 1842 Islington RD 3 163; GRO online index shows age at death as 76
Administration with Will 11 Oct 1842 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England Patriarch & Matriarch 
Notes - (Research):Joseph's Family
I believe Joseph was from a Baptist family, that and the loss of so many Devon probate documents makes it hard to be sure of who Joseph's parents and siblings were.
The two important clues we have are the mention of property in Moretonhampstead in his will and the middle name of Webber - and we seem to be lucky to have these.
Property in Moretonhampstead
The mention of property in Moretonhampstead in Joseph's will suggest he may have been from there. He married Elizabeth as a bachelor and was at that time 'of' the parish in which they married, St. Saviour's Dartmouth, so there is no clue there and both witnesses were members of Elizabeth's family. Later they lived in Plymouth. This mention of Moretonhampstead is all that is obvious to go on.
Despite mentioning property in Moretonhampstead in his will, Joseph is not named in the tithe appportionment list (on the FODA website), but a John and a Jabez Jackson are.
The property mentioned in the will is 'North and South Halcomb', and the tithe listing shows about 8 acres named as 'Halscombe', owned by Jabez.
Although Joseph died after the tithe assessment, he had written his will about 18 years before his death, about 14 years before the tithe assessment, and so there was plenty of time for him to have given or sold his interest in Halcomb.
I think Jabez is quite likely a brother or (more likely) nephew of Joseph but could be a cousin of some sort.
Middle name - Webber
n.b. the only place I have found the middle name is in the death registration. It seems probable it is the right registration - the date, place and age are consistant with the newspaper report of his death (no other registration is close to fitting), the date also agrees with his will. I find it odd, though, that his middle name is not in his marriage record, the report of his death or even his will.
It is, however, consistent with what I guess to be his family.
In Moretonhampstead a James Jackson married a Mary Webber in 1755; it seems probable these were Joseph's parents.
Person ID I300243 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 11 Dec 2012
Father Mr. James JACKSON, d. Abt 1782 Mother Mary WEBBER, d. Yes, date unknown Married 30 Aug 1755 St. Andrew’s Church, Moretonhampstead, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Oct 2017)
"[Agt.] Were Married Mr. James Jackson and Mary Webber"
Family ID F301519 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth GOTHAM, bap. 24 Nov 1761, St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England , bur. 23 Aug 1836, St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England (Age ~ 74 years)
Other Partners: Thomas BOWEN m. 24 Jun 1788Married 21 Jan 1798 St. Saviour’s Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Oct 2017)
"Joseph Jackson of this Parish (Bachelor)
and Elizabeth Bowen of this
Parish (Widow) were
married in this Church by Licence
this twenty first Day of January in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
and ninety eight by me Caleb Rockett Minister
This Marriage was Josh Jackson
solemnized between Us, Elizah. Bowen
In the Andw. Pinson
Presence of Sally Tozer"
(all signed)
Children3 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300071 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Date from age at death, as in newspaper report.
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Married - 21 Jan 1798 - St. Saviour’s Church, Dartmouth, Devon, England 
Child - Ann JACKSON - 6 Jul 1803 - Dartmouth, Devon, England Child - Mary JACKSON - 28 Oct 1804 - Dartmouth, Devon, England 
Administration with Will - 11 Oct 1842 - Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
