Wednesday, July 6, 2011

MARGARET TAFT (JACKSON) 1617-1684

[Ancestral Link: Marguerite Anderson (Miller), daughter of Hannah Anderson (Anderson), daughter of Mary Margaret Edmiston (Anderson), daughter of Martha Jane Snow (Edmiston), daughter of Gardner Snow, son of James Snow, son of Mary Trowbridge (Snow), daughter of James Trowbridge, son of William Trowbridge, son of Margaret Jackson (Trowbridge), daughter of Margaret Taft (Jackson).]

Margaret Taft Jackson, Old East Parish Burying Ground Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

THIS IS THE MONUMENT TO THE FIRST SETTLERS OF CAMBRIDGE VILLAGE
NOW KNOWN As NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS


East Parish Burying Ground
This photo was from an older black and white negative and taken prior to the burial of the stone. Her stone was damaged and buried for safe keeping in 1981. This is according to the book, "Where Newton Began, A Guide to the East Parish Burying Ground" by Thelma Fleishman, Newton Historical Society [page 23].

Birth: 1624
Death: August 25, 1684
A findagrave member, Tom Boyd, checked to see if Margaret Jackson's headstone is still there. Tom learned that her stone was damaged and buried for safe keeping in 1981. This is according to the book, "Where Newton Began, A Guide to the East Parish Burying Ground" by Thelma Fleishman, Newton Historical Society [page 23].

Note: Age: 60
Spouse: John Jackson
Burial: East Parish Burying Ground, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Plot 263
found on findagrave.com


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1 comment:

  1. Where is the proof that Margaret the wife of John Jackson had a maiden name of Taft?

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