Some one told me that the last name of jackson is scotthtish if this is true what is the family crest?

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Some one told me that the last name of jackson is scotthtish if this is true what is the family crest?

Answer 1

Jackson : origins & meanings:

English, Scottish, and northern Irish: patronymic from Jack 1. As an American surname this has absorbed other patronymics beginning with J- in various European languages.

This extremely common British name was brought over by numerous different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One forebear was the father and namesake of the seventh U.S. president, Andrew Jackson, who migrated to SC from Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland in 1765. The Confederate General Thomas ‘Stonewall’ Jackson came from VA, where his great-grandfather John, likewise of Scotch–Irish stock, had settled after emigrating to America in 1748.

Shirley T. is absolutely correct regarding "family crests".

Answer 2

There is no such thing as a family crest.  A crest is part of a coat of arms. Coats of arms do not belong to surnames.  They were and are granted to individuals and are passed down to the direct legitimate male liine descendants. Sometimes a female may inherit one if there is no male heir.

House of Name is a surname product peddler.   Any number of people who answer questions on this board can give you links to websites peddling coats of arms.  Frequently they are legitimate coats of arms but what is not legitimate is they seem to sell them like they belong to everyone with the same surname. They don't.  House of Names has the following in fine print

"We encourage you to study the Jackson genealogy to find out if you descend from someone who bore a particular family crest.. . . . . . . . . No families, not even royal houses. can make sound claim to the right to bear arms unless a proven connection is

established through attested genealogical records."

Actually, there might have been several men named Jackson, not all necessarily related,  who were granted a coat of arms, all different.  No one peddler that sells them will have all of them.  They don't need to in order to sell to people.  The only time they will have more than one is if more than one person with the same surname from different national origins were granted one and then they will have one of each when there might have been several of each.

Surnames were not common in Europe until the last melennium. Most people in England had one by the end of the 14th century.  When they got through being assigned a surname, it was not impossible for legitimate sons of the same man to have a different surname.  Still they could have each shared their surname with others not in their family.  Surnames were based on

a) being the son of some one.  Many sons of men called Jack became Jackson, b) their occupaton c) where theylived  d)some characteristic about them.

The only way you can determine if you(if you are a male), or your father or if you are female, your husband, is entitled to a coat of arms, you should research your family history.  If you find a direct ancestor that was granted one then you need to submit your family tree to the College of Arms in England.

I am giving you 2 links, one from the British College of Arms(they grant coats of arms and by probing on all the headings on this link you can learn a lot about them.  The other is from the most prestigious genealogical organization in the U.S., The National Genealogical Society.

I had a great grandmother that was a Jackson.   A lot of Jacksons came South who originated in Northern Ireland.

Answer 3

try this website.

http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_d...

Answer 4

YOUR ancestor named Jackson might have ancestry from Scotland.  This is absolutely not the same as saying that the NAME Jackson is automatically Scottish.  A small bit of research (and simple thinking) would explain that persons who have the same last name, are NOT guaranteed to be related, even more so with a hugely common name like Jackson. The only way to know someone's ancestry/ origin is to trace the person.  After all.. if you actually did some research, and got back 4 generations, what if you found out that your gr gr grandfather was born to German parents, then adopted by the Jackson family down the road??

Thus.. part one of the statement "someone told me the name is Scottish" is faulty to begin with.   Even if it were true, there still would be no "family crest".

Answer 5

I thought I would have a look for the origin of the name for you,

http://www.surnamedb.com

Surname: Jackson

Recorded in the spellings of Jackson, Jacson, Jagson and Jaxon, this is a famous English and occasional Scottish, surname. It is a patronymic formed from the personal names Jaques or John, both originating from the ancient Hebrew "Yochanan", meaning "Jehovah has favoured me (with a son)". The name as a personal name was first introduced by returning Crusaders from the Holy Land in the 12th century, and grew rapidly in popularity. Early recordings include such examples as William Jagge and Robert Jacke in the Pipe Rolls of the counties of Huntingdonshire and Staffordshire in 1251 and 1302 respectively. Medieval examples of the slightly later patronymics include: Adam Jakson, a witness in the Assize Court of Staffordshire in 1351, Willelmus Jacson or Jackson, was listed in the Poll Tax returns of the county of Yorkshire in 1379, whilst Andrew Jacson was admitted to the rank of burgess of the city of Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1409. An early settler in the New World colonies was Henry Jackson, aged 29. He embarked from the port of London on the ship "Elizabeth and Ann", bound for Virginia on April 1635. Amongst the many interesting namebearers was Andrew (Stonewall) Jackson (1767 - 1845). He was the seventh president of the United States of America, from 1828 - 1836, but earlier he became a national hero when he successfully defended New Orleans against the British in 1815. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Adam Jackessone. This was dated 1327, in the Subsidy Rolls of Suffolk, during the reign of King Edward 111rd of England, 1327 - 1377. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Hope this helps.