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Family and Education
b. c. 1605, 3rd s. of Miles Jackson of Bristol and 1st w. Mary, da. of William Byrd of Bristol; bro. of Miles Jackson*.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 53; Vis. Som. and Bristol, 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 183; Beavan, Bristol Lists, 297. educ. appr. 26 Oct. 1620 to his fa. and mo.Bristol RO, 04352/4, f. 228v. m. (1), Anne, 2s. d.v.p. 5da. (3 d.v.p.); (2) Mary Hooke, wid. of Thomas Hooke, merchant of Bristol (d. 1643), da. of --- Burrus, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.St Werburgh par. reg.; Bristol RO, FCOB 2/5, Great Orphan Bk. 2, f. 214; PROB11/290/248; HP Commons, 1660-90, ii. 578. d. 5 Jan. 1662.Beavan, Bristol Lists, 297; St. Werburgh par. reg.
Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 1630 – d.; warden, 1633 – 34, 1645 – 46; asst. 1640 – 41, 1642 – 43, 1648 – 49, 1652 – 53, 1656 – 57, 1658 – 59, 1661 – 62; master, 1647 – 48, 1653–6.Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bk. of Charters I, pp. 64, 119, 133, 137, 143, 147, 148, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163, 167, 173.

Civic: burgess, Bristol 1 July 1630–d.;Bristol RO, 04359/2, f. 193v. common cllr. 26 Apr. 1638; member, cttee. for defence of city, 15 Aug. 1642-July 1643;Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 123. sheriff, 1642–3;Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 83v, 125. supervisor, highways and gaol, 1643 – 44; alderman, 15 Sept. 1646 – d.; clavenger, 1647 – 48, 1649 – 50, 1651 – 52, 1653 – 54, 1656 – 57, 1658 – 59; auditor, 1647 – 49, 1653 – d.; supervisor, free sch. 1647 – 48, 1650 – 55, 1657 – 58, 1660 – d.; hosps. 1648 – 49; treas. hosps. and highways, 1648 – 49; supervisor, city lands, 1649 – 51, 1652 – 53, 1655 – 56, 1657 – 59, 1660 – 61; highways, 1650 – 51; mayor, 1651 – 52; supervisor, charity money, 1652 – 57, 1660 – 61; constable of staple, 1652–5.Bristol RO, 04264/4, pp. 38, 145, 168, 186, 201; 04264/5, pp. 13, 27, 39, 51, 71, 90, 110, 136; 04264/6, pp. 29, 43.

Religious: churchwarden, St Werburgh 1638 – 40, 1645.Bristol RO, P/St. W/Chw/3(b), pp. 92, 96, 116.

Military: capt. militia ft. Bristol 1 Sept. 1642.Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 124; 04026/22, f. 166.

Local: commr. assessment, Bristol 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 16 Jan., 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79; Bristol RO, 04264/6, p. 8. preservation of timber, Forest of Dean 26 Mar. 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 54. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Som., Bristol and Bath 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. for public faith, Bristol 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

Central: member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1.

: Bristol.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

JACKSON, Joseph (c.1605-62), of St Werburgh, Bristol.

Will
7 July 1658, codicils 19 Nov. 1658, 22 Jan. 1659, 31 Dec. 1661, 2 Jan. 1662, pr. 3 Oct. 1663.Bristol RO, FCOB 2/5, Great Orphan Book 2, f. 214; PROB11/312/203.
Estates
purchased Sneyd Park, Bristol; owned at d. lands in St Nicholas St. and the Forest of Dean; rented houses from Bristol corporation in Baldwin St. and St Nicholas St.Bristol RO, FCOB 2/5, Great Orphan Book 2, f. 214; 04026/25(i), pp. 14, 15; Latimer, Annals of Bristol, 489.
Oxford 1644
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