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I have long avowed that a lot of the answers to our genealogical problems lie in our own files. Recently while putting all of my Jacksons [of Maine] into Family Tree Maker, I came across the following, taken from 'The Biographical Review of Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo Counties - Maine' 1897, in a biographical sketch about Robie Frye Jackson, a son of William and Sylvia (Jackson) Jackson, who was a prominent farmer in the town of Montville, Waldo County, Maine: "William Jackson was a native of Paris, Maine. He settled in Montville in young manhood, when the place was principally a wilderness. He bought a tract of land, upon which he built a log house; and in course of time, as the result of his energy and perseverance, he owned a valuable farm, with fine substantial buildings. His death occurred at the age of sixty years. He was an able and industrious farmer, a man of careful judgment, and took an important part in town councils. For many years he was a member of the Baptist church. His wife, Sylvia Jackson, became the mother of fourteen children, but three of whom are living, namely: Harriet, Robie F., the suject of this sketch, and Lucy. Six sons established their residence in the Western States when young men, and all won a good reputation for honesty, uprightness, and energy, and became substantial property owners." [It was written about Robie Frye Jackson, the subject of the sketch, that he owned six, large prosperous farms in the town of Montville. Quite a feat from his father coming to an unsettled wilderness!] But the facts that jumped out at me was that six [6] of the sons had gone to the Western States. I would like to know more about the descendants of the six, who I believe are: Lincoln L. Jackson, born 4 June 1826 in Montville, Me.; Benjamin Franklin [called Franklin] Jackson born 18 June 1828 in Motnville, Me., Perhaps Josiah H., born 12 Jan. 1821, and died 20 Feb. 1871 in Montville. William Jackson, Jr. born 12 Jan. 1813, married 14 Oct. 1833 to Hannah Melvin. There is little in the Census records in this area. Perhaps they went West. I have a photocopy of the Bible records of Sylvia (Jackson) Jackson, and cannot add up six sons who went went, unless some of them returned. Is anyone descended from one or more or these, or have more data? I'd like to make a complete listing of the descendnats of William and Sylvia (Jackson) Jackson, who by the way were first cousins. God bless. Isabel Morse Maresh
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