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In 1813, Andrew Jackson sent home to Tennessee a Native American child who was found by Jackson’s translator on a Creek War battlefield with his dead mother. Named Lyncoya, he may have originally been intended as merely a companion for Andrew Jr., but Jackson soon took a strong interest in him.
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Andrew Jackson had a complex family history. Though he and his wife Rachel Jackson had no biological children, they had a rich marriage and many inter-relationships with children that they adopted or for whom they served as guardians, including those for whom Rachel was a biological aunt.
Andrew Jackson's parents were Andrew Jackson (d. 1767) and Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson (d. 1781), originally of Ireland and immigrants to the United States. They had three sons: Hugh, Robert, and Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). Jackson's father died before he was born, and his widowed mother took him and his brothers to live with nearby relatives.
Andrew Jackson met Rachel Donelson Robards (1767-1828) in Tennessee and married her circa 1791. Andrew was Rachel Jackson's second husband. Her marriage to her first husband, Lewis Robards, ended in divorce.
As a married couple, Andrew and Rachel Jackson adopted one of Rachel's nephews. They named him Andrew Jackson, Jr. (1809-1865), and raised him from an infant as their son.
The Jacksons also took in or provided for several children as wards. Individuals in their care included a grandson of Rachel's sister Catherine named Andrew Jackson Hutchings (1811-1841) and a Creek Indian child named Lyncoya ( c.1812-1828). The Jacksons also became guardians for the children of Revolutionary War general Edward Butler--Caroline, El...
Andrew Jackson, Jr., was the biological son of Rachel's brother Severn Donelson (1773-1818) and his wife Elizabeth Rucker Donelson (1782-1828). His twin brother was Thomas Jefferson Donelson, with whom he maintained a close relationship. As an adult, Andrew Jackson, Jr., helped to manage the Hermitage plantation. He married Sarah Yorke (1806-1887) ...
29 de abr. de 2016 · Jackson intended Lyncoya as a gift for Andrew Jr., who was 5 years old at the time of the Battle of Tallushatchee.
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In 1809, they had adopted at birth a son of Rachel's brother Severn Donelson, whom they named Andrew Jackson Jr. and raised as their son. Jackson also brought home an Indian child who was orphaned in 1813.
Lyncoya was brought to the Jackson home, the Hermitage, in 1813. He was educated along with Andrew Jackson's first adopted son, Andrew Jackson Jr., and Jackson even had aspirations to send him to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
3 de abr. de 2014 · The couple also adopted Andrew Jackson Jr., the son of Rachel's brother Severn Donelson.
5 de abr. de 2018 · Andrew Jackson died on June 8, 1845, and was laid to rest next to his wife in their beloved garden. His adopted son, Andrew Jackson Jr., inherited the Hermitage and most of its slaves.
