Hugh was the son of Thomas and Margaret Dickey Jameson. He was born in 1758 in Dunbarton, Hillsborough Co., NH (now known as Merrimack Co.). He married Margaret Steele, daughter of James and Peggy Ramsey Steele on October 8, 1781 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH. Margaret was born in 1753, in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH and died in Hudson, Columbia Co., NY. To this union were born five children: Thomas, Peggy, Betsey, James and Hugh.
Mr. Jameson was a tailor by trade. He settled on a farm on the "Old Turnpike" in Antrim, NH about the time the town was incorporated in 1777. His house was previously owned by Elijah Gould and stood not far from the schoolhouse of 1880.
He served from July 7, 1775, to the end of the War of the Revoluion, for longer or shorter periods, as appears in the Revolutionary Rolls of both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. His early death, at the age of thirty-eight years, was from the effects of disease contracted in the army. Mr. Jameson and his wife, Margaret, were members of the Church of Christ, Presbyterian, from its organization. He drew a pension the last few years of his life, which was secrured to his widow by the efforts of Franklin Pierce, then a member of Congress and afterward President of the United States, whose birthplace and early home was not far from where Mr. and Mrs. Jameson lived.
In her later life, Mrs. Jameson resided with her son, James Jameson, in New Hudson, NY, where she died, in her ninety-fifth year.
Mrs. Peggy (Ramsey) Jameson, mother of Mrs. Jameson, it is said was the daughter of an English officer, a member of the ducal house of Dalhowsie. She died at the age of thirty-one years, March 1760. Little Margaret, only seven years of age, was taken home and brought up by her anunt, Mrs. Robert Wallace.
Mr. Jameson was a tailor by trade. He settled on a farm on the "Old Turnpike" in Antrim, NH about the time the town was incorporated in 1777. His house was previously owned by Elijah Gould and stood not far from the schoolhouse of 1880.
He served from July 7, 1775, to the end of the War of the Revoluion, for longer or shorter periods, as appears in the Revolutionary Rolls of both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. His early death, at the age of thirty-eight years, was from the effects of disease contracted in the army. Mr. Jameson and his wife, Margaret, were members of the Church of Christ, Presbyterian, from its organization. He drew a pension the last few years of his life, which was secrured to his widow by the efforts of Franklin Pierce, then a member of Congress and afterward President of the United States, whose birthplace and early home was not far from where Mr. and Mrs. Jameson lived.
In her later life, Mrs. Jameson resided with her son, James Jameson, in New Hudson, NY, where she died, in her ninety-fifth year.
Mrs. Peggy (Ramsey) Jameson, mother of Mrs. Jameson, it is said was the daughter of an English officer, a member of the ducal house of Dalhowsie. She died at the age of thirty-one years, March 1760. Little Margaret, only seven years of age, was taken home and brought up by her anunt, Mrs. Robert Wallace.
Hugh was the son of Thomas and Margaret Dickey Jameson. He was born in 1758 in Dunbarton, Hillsborough Co., NH (now known as Merrimack Co.). He married Margaret Steele, daughter of James and Peggy Ramsey Steele on October 8, 1781 in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH. Margaret was born in 1753, in Londonderry, Rockingham Co., NH and died in Hudson, Columbia Co., NY. To this union were born five children: Thomas, Peggy, Betsey, James and Hugh.
Mr. Jameson was a tailor by trade. He settled on a farm on the "Old Turnpike" in Antrim, NH about the time the town was incorporated in 1777. His house was previously owned by Elijah Gould and stood not far from the schoolhouse of 1880.
He served from July 7, 1775, to the end of the War of the Revoluion, for longer or shorter periods, as appears in the Revolutionary Rolls of both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. His early death, at the age of thirty-eight years, was from the effects of disease contracted in the army. Mr. Jameson and his wife, Margaret, were members of the Church of Christ, Presbyterian, from its organization. He drew a pension the last few years of his life, which was secrured to his widow by the efforts of Franklin Pierce, then a member of Congress and afterward President of the United States, whose birthplace and early home was not far from where Mr. and Mrs. Jameson lived.
In her later life, Mrs. Jameson resided with her son, James Jameson, in New Hudson, NY, where she died, in her ninety-fifth year.
Mrs. Peggy (Ramsey) Jameson, mother of Mrs. Jameson, it is said was the daughter of an English officer, a member of the ducal house of Dalhowsie. She died at the age of thirty-one years, March 1760. Little Margaret, only seven years of age, was taken home and brought up by her anunt, Mrs. Robert Wallace.
Mr. Jameson was a tailor by trade. He settled on a farm on the "Old Turnpike" in Antrim, NH about the time the town was incorporated in 1777. His house was previously owned by Elijah Gould and stood not far from the schoolhouse of 1880.
He served from July 7, 1775, to the end of the War of the Revoluion, for longer or shorter periods, as appears in the Revolutionary Rolls of both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. His early death, at the age of thirty-eight years, was from the effects of disease contracted in the army. Mr. Jameson and his wife, Margaret, were members of the Church of Christ, Presbyterian, from its organization. He drew a pension the last few years of his life, which was secrured to his widow by the efforts of Franklin Pierce, then a member of Congress and afterward President of the United States, whose birthplace and early home was not far from where Mr. and Mrs. Jameson lived.
In her later life, Mrs. Jameson resided with her son, James Jameson, in New Hudson, NY, where she died, in her ninety-fifth year.
Mrs. Peggy (Ramsey) Jameson, mother of Mrs. Jameson, it is said was the daughter of an English officer, a member of the ducal house of Dalhowsie. She died at the age of thirty-one years, March 1760. Little Margaret, only seven years of age, was taken home and brought up by her anunt, Mrs. Robert Wallace.
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