John Mills Jackson

1764 - 1836


Biography

Son of Josias Jackson MD (q.v.). He has an entry in the Canadian Dictionary of Biography as 'author, merchant and JP' which gives his father as Josiah and says of him: 'After receiving a BA from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1783, John Mills Jackson resided on St Vincent, where he owned property. He claimed to have lost a “considerable” portion of it during the Carib uprising of 1795. Four years later he became aide-de-camp to the island’s commander-in-chief. At some point thereafter he returned to England (possibly to Wiltshire), but he left in 1805 to visit Lower Canada. There he possessed, “by right of inheritance, a claim to a large and very valuable tract of land.” He also had an interest in Upper Canada and, prior to leaving England, he purchased land there.'


Sources

Robert L. Fraser, “JACKSON, JOHN MILLS,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 7, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 7, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/jackson_john_mills_7E.html.


Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
- 1787 [EY] → Joint owner

By deeds of 16 and 17/03/1787 James Gerald Morgan as trustee sold to Josias Jackson the moiety of Rutland Vale beneficially owned by John Mills Jackson for £11,000. John Mills Jackson took back an interest in the estate to secure £8000 of the purchase price. The two men had inherited the estate under the will of their father Josias Jackson MD of St Vincent.


Legacies Summary

Historical (1)

PamphletsAuthor?
A view of the political situation of the province of Upper Canada, in North America; in which her physical capacity is stated; the means of diminishing her burden, encreasing her value, and securing... 1809 

Imperial (1)

Other
Canada 
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John Mills Jackson was land-owner in Upper and Lower Canada and a polemicist opposing the administration in Upper...

Relationships (5)

Son → Father
Brothers
Brothers
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Beneficiary of Trust → Trustee