Robert Jackman and Ann Dixon

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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 3
         Buried:  - California, Washington Co, PA

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Whittiker (      -      ) 2

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Wife Ann Dixon ²

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            AKA: [Unk] Dixon 4
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Children

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1 F Ruth Jackman ^{4 5}

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           Born: 7 May 1779 - Ireland 2
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         Spouse: William Gregg (      -      ) 4 6

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2 F Sarah Jackman ²

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           Born: 15 May 1781 2
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         Spouse: Joseph Nealan (      -      ) 2

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3 M Samuel Jackman ²

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           Born: 8 Feb 1784 2
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4 M William Jackman ²

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           Born: 4 Jan 1786 2
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         Spouse: Nancy Steele (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: Ann Wilkins (      -      ) 2

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5 M Dixon Jackman ^{4 7}

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           Born: 5 Apr 1789 2
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         Spouse: Ruth Phillips (      -      ) 4

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6 M John Jackman ^{2 4}

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           Born: 5 Jan 1792 2
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         Spouse: [Unk] Stockdale (      -      ) 2

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7 M James A. Jackman ²

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           Born: 1 Sep 1794 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 that year, 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."

As early as the year 1784, Robert Jackman came into possession of a body of land in Washington County, Pennsylvania, to the amount of several hundred acres. This land was in two tracts, located along the Monongahela River, on opposite sides of Pike Run, and at the mouth of that stream. The tract "Ararat," containing two hundred and twenty-two acres, was granted to Nathan Lynn on order No. 1939, and surveyed Dec. 16, 1784. The other tract, directly across the stream Pike Run, had an area of three hundred and twenty-two acres, and was warranted by Adam Youngs, the survey of it being made Dec. 15, 1784, under the title of "Mill Place." At the dates mentioned all right and title to this land was made over to Robert Jackman, and it included the sites that became California and Greenfield.

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, 784.

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

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

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 785.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 514, 799, 841, 1173, 1344.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 514, 841, 1173, 1344.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 799, 1345.