Editing Sebas Jackson (section)

== Early Life ==

On April 19, 1671, Sebas married Sarah Baker of Roxbury and they had nine children born between 1673 and 1690. Sebas did some work for the community; he was "hogreeve" (hog keeper), constable, and surveyor of highways. But although his father was well-educated and owned many books, Sebas couldn't sign his own name.

When Edward Jackson died, Sebas received property from him in his will. His father left him 60 acres of the original 500, and this would be passed down for the next nine generations. The two-story house that was on the property was built in 1670 and measured 18 feet by 22 feet. Sebas enlarged it to 39 feet in length to accommodate his family. Shortly after the addition was complete, he died on December 6, 1690. He left the property to his wife and his youngest son eventually inherited it. The original house was torn down in 1809 and replaced with another house which is now a museum and a National Historical place. Sebas was buried in the East Parish Burying Ground in Newton.