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His parents were Scots-Irish colonists Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth Hutchinson, Presbyterians who had emigrated from Ulster, Ireland, in 1765. [1] Jackson's father was born in Carrickfergus , County Antrim , around 1738, [ 2 ] and his ancestors had crossed into Northern Ireland from Scotland after the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. [ 3 ]
There are no known records in legislative or judicial records of an adoption by the Jacksons; statutory family law was essentially non-existent in early 1800s Tennessee. [18] Andrew and Rachel also served as guardians to at least eight other children, although there were a total of 36 individuals who could be considered wards of Andrew Jackson.
Category for family members of U. S. President Andrew Jackson. Pages in category "Family of Andrew Jackson" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
[29] [30] Less specific was a rumor of Jackson having "colored blood", meaning having "Negro" ancestry; [31] this rumor was unproven. President Jackson's father was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in current-day Northern Ireland, around 1738. [32] Scholars Hendrik Booraem, Robert Remini, and H. W. Brands have agreed he had no black ...
Rachel Jackson (née Donelson; June 15, 1767 – December 22, 1828) was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. [1] [2] She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she never served as first lady, a role assumed by her niece, Emily Donelson.
NBC News’ Dasha Burns takes an in-depth look at the true legacy of Andrew Jackson including the enslavement of over 100 people on the former president’s Tennesse plantation and his involvement ...
A lithograph, circa 1835, showing Andrew Jackson as the "Great Father" caring for Native Americans, who are depicted as children.. Great Father and Great Mother (French: Bon Père, Grand-Mère, Spanish: Gran Padre, Gran Madre) were titles used by European colonial powers in North America along with the United States during the 19th century to refer to the U.S. President, the King of Great ...
The Jackson family is an American family of musicians and entertainers from Gary, Indiana. Many of the children of Joseph Walter (or Joe) and Katherine Esther Jackson were successful musicians, notably the brothers that formed the Motown boy band the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons).