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- Edwsard Jackson was a nailmaker from England, and immigrated to the newworld about 1635.
He was made freeman in 1645, and the next year purchased a farm of 500acres in Cambridge Village, of Gov. Bradstreet, paying for it Ð140. Hewas one of the deputies to the General Court from Cambridge, 17 years inall, commencing in 1647. He was a selectman of Cambridge in 1665; one
of the commissioners to end small causes in Cambridge several years, andfilled many other offices in the town. He signed the 1664 Cambridgepetition against a New England government. He was one of the petitionersin separating Cambridge Village as first a precinct and then as the townof Newton.
Johnson, in his Wonder Working Providence, says: 'He could not endure tosee the truths of Christ trampled under foot, by the erroneous party.'
Edward purchased 500 acres in Newton in 1646. He bought a house and fouracres in Cambridge (Newton) from William Redfen on 1646 Sep 8.
He left 400 acres to Harvard and 30.5 acres to the Newton Ministry. Theinventory of his estate proves him a man of wealth, for at his death hehad 1600 acres of land. His property was prized at Ð2,477.19.6, includingtwo men-servants, valued at Ð5 each. It is a remarkable fact, taken inconnection with the life and character of his descendant, Francis, whowas such an uncompromising abolitionist, that Edward, his ancestor, was aslaveholder--probably the first in Newton.
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1604 - 1681 (77 years)