Brief Life History of Lyncoya
When Lyncoya Jackson was born in 1811, in Landes, Crawford, Illinois, United States, his father, President Andrew Jackson, was 44 and his mother, Rachel Donelson, was 44. He died on 1 June 1828, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 17, and was buried in Hermitage, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Lyncoya Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1767–1845 Male
1767–1828 Female
Siblings (16)
1786–1860 Male
1788–1865 Female
1790–1882 Male
1791–1850 Female
1791–1865 Female
+11 More Children
World Events (5)
1812
Age 1
1816
Age 5
1818
Age 7
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack . In North America, this surname has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages, in particular those derived from equivalents or short forms and other derivatives of the personal name Jacob , e.g. Norwegian Jacobsen or Jakobsen and, in some cases, Slovenian Jakše (from a derivative of the personal name Jakob ). This surname is also very common among African Americans (see also 2 below).
African American: from the personal name Jackson (or Andrew Jackson), adopted in honor of Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the US; or adoption of the surname in 1 above, in many cases probably for the same reason.
History: This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh US president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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