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REFERENCE: Gibson's History of York Co, Pa. "states he was a member of the Independent Blues of Baltimore, War of 1812. Major Emmett died
7/2/1865 and was buried in the Presbyterian Churchyard, age 77 years.
(YCHS Tombstone Records)."DESCENDANTS: From the records of Christ Lutheran Church of York (York County Historical Society). [HYPERLINK http://home.earthlink.net/~pmcreedon/html/Murray/Emmett.htm ]
REFERENCE: Gibson's History of York Co, Pa. "states he was a member of the Independent Blues of Baltimore, War of 1812. Major Emmett died
7/2/1865 and was buried in the Presbyterian Churchyard, age 77 years.
(YCHS Tombstone Records)."DESCENDANTS: From the records of Christ Lutheran Church of York (York County Historical Society). [HYPERLINK http://home.earthlink.net/~pmcreedon/html/Murray/Emmett.htm ]
Ref: Catharine F.B. Mason's notes, p 67.
The Jamesons and Greys are said to have originated in Scotland.
Had the surname of Jennings entered, but have no documentation.
RESEARCHER: Information sent to T.Mason in August 2005 by Linda K. Williams
On May 9, 1780, 6,000 acres of land were entered, in what is now Montgomery Co., Ky., in one body, as follows, namely: 3,500 acres for Hon. David Jameson and 2,500 acres for Thomas Jameson (No. 6). The Hon. David Jameson gave 500 acres of this 3,500 acres to "David Jameson of Culpeper," before it was patented.
Thomas' will Orange Co. Book 2 pg 250 adm by son Thomas Jameson II from Wm. and Mary Quarterly V.III pg 199-201; V.IV pg 90; V. VIII pg 252.
DEATH: Between Nov 26, 1767 and July 28th 1768.
NAME: Comes from several entries on WorldConnect. No documentation given. Before was just listed as Mrs. Jameson.
Ref: In the Jamesons in America - chapter, "The Jamesons in Virginia" p. 132; at James Jameson's death, Mary (called Molly) inherited "Liberty House".
BIOGRAPHY: The Edmund Smith House: A History by Charles E. Hatch, Jr., Historian; Aug 1969; Division of History Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation; copy in possn of T.Mason (filed - Jameson); EXTRACT: David Jameson of Scottish family, was the son of James Jameson of Essex County, Virginia. He moved to Yorktown, where he became a respected citizen one of the more successful merchants in this then-busy port town. He was in Yorktown at least by June 1751, for he advertised in the June 20 issue of the Virginia Gazette that he was available to book cargo... . Jameson married Mildred Smith, whose brother, Lawrence, apprenticed himself to Jameson "to learn the art of merchantdize and book keeping". ... In 1773 and 1774 he was treasurer of the "Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge," organized at Williamsburg with John Clayton, the botanist, as president. Jameson and John Page of Rosewell, conducted experiments in the measurement of dew and rainfall with an instrument of their own invention. Said to have been ther first such experiments of their kind in the world. ... He purchased property in 1754 and 1784. He was active in Revolutionary war matters being elected to Virginia Senate in 1776 and to Patrick Henry's Privy Council in 1777 (Tyler, Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, II, 329; Virginia Gazette Index, I, 614). In 1781 he became Lieutenant-Governor under Thomas Nelson, Jr, was active in the Senate in 1781-1783. Was active in incorportation of Yorktown in 1787. ... Was captain of Virginia Dragoons in 1776, wounded at Valley Forge in Jan 1778, became lieutenant-colonel in Aug 1779. David made his will, filed in the Hustings Court Records of Yorktown, Oct.14, 1792 leaving his estate to John Jameson of Yorktown, David Jameson of Culpeper and David Jameson, Jr., of Caroline, all nephews since he and Mildred had no children.
WILL: William and Mary College Quarterly pg 93.
BIRTH: Inscription on tomb says died in 46th. year.
HISTORY: Mildred inherited lot 53, on which Edmund was building the Edmund Smith house at the time of his death early in 1751.
BIOGRAPHY: The Edmund Smith House: A History by Charles E. Hatch, Jr., Historian; Aug 1969; Division of History Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation; copy in possn of T.Mason (filed - Jameson); EXTRACT: At her death in 1778, Mildren was buried in the Smith family cemetery on the old "Ludlow Tract" on Wormley Creek, then owned by Augustine Moore, who had married Lucy Smith, her aunt. Mildred's tomb carried the Jameson arms, (Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, XXV, 285). The inscription on the tomb in the Moore House burial ground reads,
"Underneath this marble lies the Body of
Mildred Jameson
Wife of David Jameson
and Daughter of
Edmund and Agnes Smith
of York County
She departed this Life
the 11th Day of December 1778
in the Forty Sixth Year of Her Age".