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I have an ancestor Thomas Jackson who was a successful glass engraver and art dealer, living in Amsterdam in the early 19th century. We have since found out he was born in York in around 1791/2. I am having difficulty tracing his family further back because whenever I put York into the family search database, it brings up every Thomas Jackson in the whole of Yorkshire at the time. I think he may have been from a family of glass engravers - are there local trade directories so that I could narrow down the search?

from the link section

http://www.historicaldirectories.org./hd/index.asp

Sadly there are no directories here for York in the late 18th century. So still a blank at present.

I have many Yorkshire directories covering 1800 to 1850 but can't find any Jackson glass engravers.

There was a Thomas Hewit Jackson glass cutter who went bankrupt in 1844ish
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=G0cw ... ss&f=false

And an H Jackson selling cut glass here

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OSsT ... on&f=false

Thos Jackson glass cutter

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C8cH ... on&f=false


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I found Thomas's father John Jackson, a plumber (worker in lead) and glazier who was living in York in the 1790s in a local trade directory. I have not found out when or why Thomas moved to Holland.
Thanks for the help

Usignuolo

Thank you Usignuolo. I'll leave it in the Brick Walls for a while to see if anybody can help.

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Roger