Excerpt from Jackson Family History The Jackson Family has been prominent in' the British Empire and in the United States, its members having played important roles in war and in peace. 'family pride is a commendable trait and should be cultivated. All Jack sons have just cause to be proud of their family history and traditions. In reference N o. 14 we find the following regarding the origin and meaning of the name Jackson: The surnames from John are very numerous for, though John itself is rarely used as a family name, its many derivations are familiar to all lan guages. From the name John developed the ever-popular and universal Jack, which gave us Jackson or _son of Jack. In the very ancient days a man was Jack until his real name was learned. Thus we had Jack-of - all-trades - and he was always considered a knowing, clever and sharp-witted fellow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.