Mrs. Jennie Jackson Belknap. DAR ID Number: 44554
Born in Boonville, N. Y. Wife of William Belknap.
Descendant of Capt. John Schenck, Ebenezer Harrington and Adjt. James Jackson.
Daughter of William Herbert Jackson and Flora E. Cole, his wife. Granddaughter of William Stuart Jackson and Laura M. Cummings, his wife; William H. Cole an d Rosetta Jane Miller, his wife.
Gr-granddaughter of Harvey H. Cole and Mary Schenck, his wife; Timothy Jackson (1782-1875) and Lura Harrington (1787-1849) his wife, m. 1807.
Gr-gr-granddaughter of Isaac Schenck and Ruth Ann Knox, his wife; James Jackson and Sarah Smith (1760-1852) his wife; Ebenezer Harrington and Martha Witt, his wife.
Gr-gr-gr-granddaughter of John Schenck and Maria Van Doren, his wife. John Schenck (1740-94 ) was captain of the Middlesex County Militia at the battle in the Jerseys. His house was occupied by the British and the Battle of Princeton was fought near there. He was born in Pleasant Valley; died at Penns Neck, New Jersey.
Also Nos. 2620, 19166, 43171. Ebenezer Harrington (1743-1824) was placed on the pension roll of Oneida County 1818 for four years' service as private, Mass. line. He was at Long Island , Harlem, Saratoga and Monmouth. He died in Brownsville. James Jackson (1758-1816) served as adjutant of the 9th regiment, New York Levies in the Claverack battalion. He was born in Claverack; died in Fairfield, N. Y. Also Nos. 16303, 19859, 41994.
Most likely deceased by 1830 as 1830 census for Auburn, Cayuga Co, NY shows Jemima as head of household. Also, Jemima's Letter of 1854 makes no mention of Isaac and she has been living with her children. See Cora Jemima Van Wagener.
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