Hugh Jameson is the earliest known ancestor of his living direct descendants. Born 1713, a shoemaker by trade, he lived in the Bann Valley near Coleraine, Northern Ireland. He and his wife, Christine Whitehead, their children, and members of their extended family left Portrush, NI on August 4, 1746 on the sloop "Molly" and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in the autumn of the same year. Hugh settled first in Londonderry, NH where he joined his brother Thomas who had emigrated from Northern Ireland a few years earlier. In 1753 he acquired land in a new settlement named Starkstown which later became Dunbarton. Hugh was very active in public life serving as constable and town collector. During the American Revolution he served as a Minuteman and in 1776 signed the Association Test, which made him an early and bonafide patriot. It is not known exactly when Hugh died. He was shown living in Dunbarton with his son, Daniel, in the 1790 U.S.Federal Census report. This is the last known record of him, so it can be assumed that he passed soon after that date. There are no known records of his death and burial, but it is assumed that he was buried in the Dunbarton area, probably in the Dunbarton Center Cemetery which was established on or before 1767. See here for a more detailed life history of Hugh Jameson and his family.
https://www.somejamesons.com/genealogy/histories/Hugh_Jameson.php#_ftnref15
Hugh Jameson is the earliest known ancestor of his living direct descendants. Born 1713, a shoemaker by trade, he lived in the Bann Valley near Coleraine, Northern Ireland. He and his wife, Christine Whitehead, their children, and members of their extended family left Portrush, NI on August 4, 1746 on the sloop "Molly" and arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in the autumn of the same year. Hugh settled first in Londonderry, NH where he joined his brother Thomas who had emigrated from Northern Ireland a few years earlier. In 1753 he acquired land in a new settlement named Starkstown which later became Dunbarton. Hugh was very active in public life serving as constable and town collector. During the American Revolution he served as a Minuteman and in 1776 signed the Association Test, which made him an early and bonafide patriot. It is not known exactly when Hugh died. He was shown living in Dunbarton with his son, Daniel, in the 1790 U.S.Federal Census report. This is the last known record of him, so it can be assumed that he passed soon after that date. There are no known records of his death and burial, but it is assumed that he was buried in the Dunbarton area, probably in the Dunbarton Center Cemetery which was established on or before 1767. See here for a more detailed life history of Hugh Jameson and his family.
https://www.somejamesons.com/genealogy/histories/Hugh_Jameson.php#_ftnref15
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