Jackson, Henry, - 1898

Henry Jackson, also known as Henry Orchard, was the son of Simeon Orchard and Rosanna Wheeler of Stonington, Connecticut.   He married Rachel Hoxie Ned Anderson on March 26, 1862.

 

In 1870, Jackson was the head of a household that included his wife, stepton Isaac and five more children from his marriage with Rachel, Fannie, Jennie, Phebe, Lydia, and Henry (William Henry).  Henry, Sr. and Isaac were farmhands, while Rachel took care of the household.

 

Ten years later, Isaac had moved from the household, Henry was employed as a farm day-worker, Fannie was working for families outside of the community, while Rachel took care of the six of her children who were either at home or at school.  Henry Jackson/Orchard died May 2, 1898.

 

Brown and Rose, Black Roots, 200, 280.   Federal Enumeration of Connecticut (North Stonington, 1870, 1880), Ancestry.