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    Ann Emmerson[1]

    Female 1785 - Bef 1864  (79 years)


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    • Name Ann Emmerson 
      Nickname Anna or Amy  
      Born 1785  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Gender Female 
      Died Bef. 19 Sep 1864  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • Ann Emmerson and sister Judith married brothers Levi and James Jackson. Ann Emmerson raised two of her sister's children: Susan Martin Jackson and James Andrew Jackson. She (Ann) lived with her nephew James until her death. Judith died before 1833, (probably at the birth of James Andrew in 1828) when James Samuel, (Judith's husband) married Mary "Polly" Stow, d/o Joel.
        ~ Ann Emmerson's Will written 24 Sep 1859 and probated 19 Sep 1864 leaves her half inherited from her husband Levi to Sally Grant (Judith's daughter) and Susan Bryant (Judith's daughter) and James A. Jackson all residue of estate both real and personal. Ann outlived Levi 30 years, and was close to all of Judith's children.
      • In 1859, about 5 years prior to her death, Ann Emmerson, James Andrew Jackson and Martha J. his wife, and Susan Martin Jackson Bryant (his sister) sold 70 and 1/2 acres to James A. Mitchell (Pittsylvania DB 58, page 320).
        ~ At the time of the 1850 Census with James Andrew Jackson (James & Judith's son raised by Levi and Ann) as head of household, with Ann Jackson a member of that household, he reported the real estate worth $3,000.
        ~ Her Will, written 24 September 1859 and probated 19 Sep 1864, asked that her just debts be paid, left personal property to her niece Sally Grant (Sarah Jackson married William Grant 2 Jan 1848;) gave niece Susan M. Bryant half of all real estate and personal property "monies on hand, blue chest, bed I lie on, "gave nephew James A. Jackson, all residue of estate both real and personal. She appointed "my friend, Achilles H. Moorman" to be Executor (Pittsylvania Will Book 2, page 439.)
      Person ID I12585  Devin Timber
      Last Modified 17 Oct 2011 

      Father John Emmerson, Sr.,   b. Abt 1744, Goochland, Albemarle Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Oct 1818, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
      Mother Ann Mrs. John Emmerson,   b. c 1745,   d. Aft 1818  (Age 74 years) 
      Married c 1764 
      Family ID F3884  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family Levi Jackson,   b. c 1795, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1833, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
      Married 24 Dec 1822  Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Last Modified 16 Sep 2011 
      Family ID F3933  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    • Sources 
      1. [S67727] Mary Frances Reynolds Eggleston.
        Martha Ann Jackson is the daughter of James Samuel Jackson and Judith Emmerson. Judith Emmerson is the daughter of John Emmerson. Judith Emmerson DOB of 1787 is from an entry in the LDS IGI. She was deceased by Jan 1833 when James Jackson married a second time and two of her younger children were in the household of her sister and brother-in-law Anne Emmerson Jackson and Levi Jackson.
        Ann Emmerson is mentioned in her father's Will (WB 11, page 496; Pittsylvania Deeds and Wills) and was to have everything else after her mother died.