Genealogy & Family History
Jackson of Hickleton
John Jackson, of Edderthorp, near Darfield, Barnsley married Ellen, daughter of John Wilkinson, of Bolton, they had seven sons and seven daughters. In his will John left his son Roger all his lands in Great and Little Houghton and Billingley
Sir John Jackson, the eldest son, of Knottingley in Yorkshire and of Lincoln's Inn, was Attorney to the Council in the North, and a JP for the West Riding. He was knighted in May 1604, became Autumn Reader of the Inner Temple in 1606, and Treasurer of the Inner Temple in 1615. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Savile of Methley, Baron of the Exchequer. Elizabeth died in childbirth, after the birth of her son Francis.Children:
- John, heir
- Henry
- Francis
- Jane, married Francis Thornhaugh in 1615
- Lucy married Henry Tindall of Brotherton