1719 Nicholas Brown, of Burlington County, sold land to Hugh Jackson, of Monmouth County. Hugh Jackson was living on the land at the time the deed was written. Witnessed by Richard Lipencot, Benjm Borden, Thomas Reynolds, and Jacob Dennis. Dated April 16, 1719. Affirmed by witnesses on December 16, 1729. [1]
1729 Nicholas Potter, of Shrewsbury Twp, Monmouth County, New Jersey, sold land to his "loving brother-in-law", Hugh Jackson. The land was on the Shrewsbury river adjacent to lands of Amos White (deceased) and Thomas White. Witnessed by Mary Jackson, Mary Bowd, and Jacob Dennis. Dated December 13. [2]
Research Notes:
The 1719 deed cited above could be the deed cited by Salter and then cited again by Stillwell, which they say indicated that Nicholas Brown and Hugh Jackson were brothers-in-law. The 1719 deed transcription does not mention such a relationship, but the subsequent 1729 deed between Nicholas Potter and Hugh Jackson does say that Nicholas Potter and Hugh Jackson were brothers-in-law. I suspect that Salter miss-represented the deed in his sketch of the Jackson family. Salter [3] [4] [5] and Stillwell [6] both report versions of the following:
1719. Hugh Jackson bought from his "loving brother-in-law," Nicholas Brown, formerly of Monmouth Co. but now of Burlington Co., land in Monmouth Co., then in the occupancy of the said Hugh Jackson. (Salter and then Stillwell, citing Salter).
1729. Hugh Jackson was the brother-in-law of Nicholas Potter. This relationship was through his having married Mercy, a sister of Nicholas Potter, both being children of Ephraim Potter. The relationship of Hugh Jackson, this same man, to Nicholas Brown of Burlington Co. is not so easy to establish, and I am led to infer that the solution of it lies in a possible marriage of Nicholas Brown's father, Abraham Brown, to the widowed mother of Hugh Jackson. This supposition would change the expression of relationship from "brother-in-law" to stepbrother. This deduction is further sustained by the fact that Abraham Brown, 3, had two wives.
[1] Monmouth County, New Jersey Deed, G-187, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Monmouth County, New Jersey Deed, G-188, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Edwin Salter, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties (1890), xlvi, Salter reports a brother-in-law relationship between Potter and Jackson in a sketch of the Potter family, [HathiTrust].
[4] Edwin Salter, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties (1890), lxxiv, Salter reports both a Brown-Jackson and a Potter-Jackson brother-in-law relationship in a sketch of the Jackson family, [HathiTrust].
[5] Edwin Salter, A History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties (1890), xiii, Salter reports no brother-in-law relationships in a sketch of the Brown family, [HathiTrust].
[6] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 3 (1914), 132, report both brother-in-law relationships, citing Salter, [InternetArchive].