Robert Jackman and Sarah Whittiker

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Husband Robert Jackman ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt Apr 1739 - Ireland
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           Died: 26 Aug 1813 - Washington Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - California, Washington Co, PA

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   Other Spouse: Ann Dixon (      -      ) 2

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Wife Sarah Whittiker ²

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Children

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1 M Robert Jackman ²

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           Born: 16 May 1772 2
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2 M Henry Jackman ²

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           Born: 7 Aug 1774 2
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         Spouse: Sarah Sphar (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Jackman

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Prior to 1784 a man named Samuel Young resided upon or near the site that later became the village of California, Pennsylvania, having some right or title to it. During the year last mentioned, however, Robert Jackman (having purchased Young's interest) obtained a patent for a large tract of land, which covered the sites of the present boroughs of California and Greenfield, besides hundreds of acres lying back and around these towns.
The Jackmans were famous mill men, and only seemed contented when engaged in building or operating grist- and saw-mills. Robert Jackman, the elder, built a very early grist-mill at Brownsville.

He was a native of Ireland and came, when a young man, to America with three brothers, and located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In March, 1784, he obtained from the Pennsylvania land office a warrant for the land which later became the sites of the towns of California and Coal Centre, on the waters of Pike run. These tracts were surveyed and enrolled in Patent Book No. 15, page 255. The tract on the east side of the creek was called "Ally bar," and that on the west side, "Ararat."

Many members of this family finally settled in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 628.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 799.