President Andrew JACKSON & Rachel DONELSON

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Andrew JACKSON, 7th President of the United States
Rachel DONELSON

Husband: Andrew JACKSON (Jr.)
Birth: 15 Mar 1767, Waxhaws, SC/NC
Death: 8 Jun 1845, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
Disposition: buried Hermitage Garden, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
Father: Andrew JACKSON ( -1767)
Mother: Elizabeth HUTCHINSON ( -1781)

Marriage: 17 Aug 1791, Natchez, Adams Co., MS, and 17 Jan 1794

Wife: Rachel DONELSON / DONALDSON
Birth: 15 Jun 1767, Pittsylvania Co., VA
Death: 22 Dec 1828, The Herimatage, near Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
Disposition: buried The Hermitage, near Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
Other Spouse: m1. 1 Mar 1785, KY, Capt. Lewis ROBARDS (Divorced 1793)
Father: John DONELSON
Mother: Rachel STOCKLEY

Children:

None. They adopted a nephew and named him Andrew JACKSON, Jr.

Keywords for search engines: USA, US, United States, Mississippi, Tennessee

Sources:

1. Gary Boyd Roberts. 1995. Ancestors of American Presidents. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA (ahnentafels from the book are online at RootsWeb.com).

According to Roberts, President Andrew JACKSON (Jr.) was born 15 Mar 1767 in the Waxhaws, SC; and his father, Andrew JACKSON, Sr., was born in Carrickfergus, [Northern] Ireland. Andrew JACKSON, Sr., was in the Waxhaws by 1760/1, where he died ca. 1 Mar 1767 — two weeks before the birth of his son, the future President. The President's mother was Elizabeth HUTCHINSON, also of Carrickferus; she died Nov 1781, Charleston, SC. The father of Andrew JACKSON, Sr., was Hugh JACKSON of Carrickfergus (wife unknown), and Hugh's father was Thomas JACKSON (wife unknown) of Ballyregan in Dundonald, co. Down, [Northern] Ireland.

2. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

3. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

4. Rachel & Andrew Jackson: A Love Story (Nashville Public Television web site).

5. Messages in the Robards Family Genealogy Forum (online on GenForum.com).

6. Various web sites.

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