Where did they all go?

Canandaigua, NY where Alexander (1) died September 14, 1820

After the death of Janet (Jenny) Brown Jameson on March 23, 1803 in Barnet, VT, Alexander (1) shows up next in Lebanon, Grafton Co, NH for the 1810 census with many of his children. "later (he) went to Canandaigua, New York. He married Mrs. Parks. Mr. Jameson died November 17, 1819. Mrs. Jameson died later."(The Jamesons in America) If you are getting confused it is a sign you are paying attention. We now have three different dates for Alexander's (1) death.

Towns in New Hampshire and Vermont in which Jamesons reside in the early 1800's

Hugh Jameson [eldest son of Alexander (1)] was 17 when his mother died (1803). Two years later Hugh married Janet Brock. At the time of the 1810 census they and their 3 children were living a few miles away in Peachum,VT.

Joseph Brown Jameson, the next oldest, went back to Dunbarton, NH for a few years, likely living with relatives there, and then moved back with his immediate family in Lebanon, NH. Daniel, Anna, Sarah and the youngest, William Scott, were all living with their father Alexander (1) in Lebanon, according to the 1810n census.

Our particular interest is Alexander (2) Jameson (Laura Jameson's father). He was the 5th son of Alexander (1) and Jenny Jameson according to E.O. Jameson, taken in by Zuar and Mary (Brown) Eldridge, who were living in Lebanon,j Grafton County, New Hampshire. Mary Eldridge is thought to have been Jenny Jameson's sister and therefore young Alexander's aunt... It is reasonable to assume Alexander (2)was taken in by the Eldridge's immediately after Jenny's death. He eventually moved to Irasburgh, VT, probably about 1820. E.O. Jameson's account reads, "When he [Alexander (2)] was twenty-one, Mr. Eldridge gave him his 'freedom suit' and one hundred dollars. With this money he purchased a horse and saddle and not long after went to Irasburgh, Vermont, a 'wilderness town,' where his next older brother, Thomas, was living."

Freedom Suit