Individual Details

I have seen Ambrose's wife listed as Anne Clack and Anne Brodnax and she has been confused with the wife of Ambrose Jr who was Amy Wyche. I believe no surname is proved for her and she was none of these. After the death of Ambrose, she married Hinchia Mabry as his second wife. Hinchia Mabry's first wife was Frances Parham, daughter of Ephraim Parham. After the death of Anne Jackson Mabry, Hinchia married a third time to Ann Clack Courtney by whom he had a daughter Ann, who married Henry Jackson, Jr, a grandson of Ambrose.

The first mention of Ambrose is in the deed in 1713 in Prince George Co from John & Rebecca Jackson and Ambrose Jackson to Ralph Jackson. John & Ambrose are identified as sons of John Jackson, deceased.

VA Patents
11 Jul 1719 - Ambrose Jackson, 180 acres both sides of Little Creek, Surry Co for importation of two persons. PB 10, p.448 This was close to the county line between Surry & Prince George and near the land of Col. Nathaniel Harrison as is evident from the following patents.

14 Dec 1723, Hon. Nathaniel Harrison, Esq. was granted 2450 acres in Surry Co adj land of Valentine Minge dec'd, Peter Bagley, Thomas Eldridge, William Shands and the land of Randall Pratt, dec'd. 540 acres had been granted James Minge on 26 Apr 1712 but he sold it to Harrison on 16 Oct 1718.

14 Dec 1723, Harrison also received a patent for 625 acres S side Little Creek of Three Creeks adj to the land of Matthew Marks, dec'd [who had died in 1719] and the land of Ambrose Jackson.

Then
28 Sep 1732, Ambrose Jackson of Surry Co received a patent for 510 acres on the N side of the Meherrin R and both side of the Little Creek of Three Creeks, adj James Vaughn, Col. Nathaniel Harrison, John Carter, and Thomas Jackso; over run of the Plantation Branch.. 180 acres of which was granted to Ambrose Jackson on 11 Jul 1719 [see above]. PB 14, p.506


In 1741 made deeds of gifts to son Ambrose Jackson Jr and to son-in-law Samuel Harwell [married to dau Anne] for 150 acres to each out of a parcel on S side Little Creek adj Benjamin Harrison & John Ogburn granted 28 Sep 1732 [See patent above - this accounts for 300 acres from this land] Ambrose Jr in 1747 sold his 150 acres to his brother John who in turn sold the same 150 acres to Peter Adams, 26 Oct 1761.

Ambrose wrote his will 14 Jun 1745 and died soon after as it was recorded 5 Dec 1745. He named his wife Ann. Sons Henry, Ambrose and John. Daughters Anne Harwell and Tabitha Sims. Witnesses were Thomas Lanier, Ralph Jackson and Daniel Jackson [likely sons of the Thomas Jackson who also lived on Little Creek] and John Ogburn

Some databases also list a daughter as Abigail but I have found no mention of her.

Death	5 Dec 1745	Brunswick County, Virginia
Marriage		Ann [Jackson]

Spouse	Ann [Jackson] ( - 1751)
Child	Living