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Note: DEATH/BURIAL: Gentleman's Magazine, Family History Library book 942 B2g, 1835, i. 221.
"...an Officer in the Army, married Susan Elizabeth, Dau. of Colonel John Roderick Meiselbach, and died in India, 23rd May, 1834, leaving issue." Henry Reginald Leighton, The family of Goodchild, of Pallion Hall: Their Ancestors, Descendants and Relatives (Sunderland: S. A. Forster, Printer 1904), p.42.
Army List 1832, page 154, Edward Bennett Jackson, 24 Jan 1825, 2nd or the Queens Royal Regiment of Foot.
List of the Officers of the Bengal Army 1758--1834, Alphabetically Arranged and Annotated with Biographical and Genealogical Notices by Major V. C. P. Hodson, Indian Army (Retired List) Author of "Historical Records of the Viceroy's Body-Guard" Part II, London: Constable & Company Ltd. 1928, page 535:
"JACKSON, Edward (1805-1834). Captain 68th N.I. b. Walthamstow, Essex 26 July 1805. Cadet 1821. Arrived in India 19 Aug 1822. Ensign (10 Mar. 1822) 11 July 1823. Lieut. 1 May 1824. Capt. 13 May 1834. d. Sikraul, Benares, 23 May 1834, of apoplexy.
Bapt. 4 Aug. 1805. Youngest son of John Jackson of Dowgate iron wharf, iron merchant and Sarah his wife. Brother of William Jackson (1801-1822), q.v. (which see) m. Dinapore, 5 Sept. 1829, Susan Elizabeth, 4th dau. of Johan Frederick Meiselback, sometime Col. in the Mahratta Service. (See also George Byron.) Services: Posted as ensign to 1/29th N.I. 14 Dec 1822. Transfd. to newly raised 34th N.I. July 1823; as Lieut. to 68th N.I (Late 2/34th) May 1824. Served in Arakan Nov. 1825 till Sept. 1826. Fur. s.c. 5 Oct. 1826 till 11 Nov. 1828. Refs.: A.J. N.S. xv. 227. G.M. 1835, i. 221.
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