John Duke (Capt) JACKSON

1780 - 1856  (76 years)

• Name	John Duke (Capt) JACKSON
  Born	18 Sep 1780	Norfolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Nov 1856	Cape Town
  Person ID	I2214	Families of the Overberg
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann FROST,   b. 21 Aug 1797, London ,   d. 3 Apr 1882, Houw Hoek  (Age 84 years)
  Married	9 Mar 1830	Greenwich
  Children	1. Marianne JACKSON,   b. 28 Aug 1825, Greenwich England ,   d. 27 Apr 1921, Caledon.  (Age 95 years)  [natural]   2. Harriet Lautier JACKSON,   b. 20 Jun 1827, Norfolk. England ,   d. 4 Oct 1845, Houw Hoek  (Age 18 years)  [natural]   3. John Scafe JACKSON,   b. Abt 1829, Norfolk. England ,   d. 28 Jul 1881, Victoria West. N Cape  (Age ~ 52 years)  [natural]   4. Henry Duke JACKSON,   b. 31 Dec 1831, Caledon ,   d. 1870, Hopetown.  (Age 38 years)  [natural]   5. Edward Frost JACKSON,   b. 9 Apr 1835, Elsies Bay ,   d. 30 Jun 1913, Cape Town.  (Age 78 years)  [natural]   6. Jessie Mary JACKSON,   b. 2 Apr 1837, Caledon ,   d. 30 May 1921, Caledon.  (Age 84 years)  [natural]   7. Maximilian James JACKSON,   b. 3 Jul 1839, Cape Town ,   d. 26 Jan 1923, Cape Town  (Age 83 years)  [natural]   8. Walter Hawkins JACKSON,   b. 9 Jul 1843, Elsies Bay ,   d. 5 Jun 1903, Caledon  (Age 59 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F25758	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  1. He was a ships captain in the service of the Honourable East India Comp any who was reputed to have had a fierce temper and a very apt nautical vo cabulary. He had earlier fallen in love with another man's wife, taken h er on his ship and sailed away. In 1823 he decided to retire at the Cape a nd resided at 47 2. Castle Street while he traded as a saddler and seed me rchant in Longmarket Street. He decided to go farming and in 1831 he purchased a large tract of land be tween Somerset West and Gordons Bay. In 1831 he moved from this farm to Ko rteshoven (between Grabouw and Houw Hoek) which was transferred to h im in 1839 after the sale of the Gordons Bay property. 3. Three children were born before he could secure one of the first Cape S upreme Court divorces for his wife in 1829. 4. The Jackson family still owned the farm in 2006. 5. Died at Korteshoven, HOUW Hoek 6. Grave KOR A0102 7, Estate 6/9/76 F4148 Sources: State Archives Researcher's database of Overberg cemeteries The Metcalfs of Caledon. Joseph Metcalf Overberg Odyssey. Edmund H Burrows Jackson family, Korteshoven 2004