by John Marshall

“ Commander Caleb Jackson married, in 1828, Ursula, widow of Captain Andrew Dudie, H.M. 44th infantry. His eldest and only surviving brother, George Vernon Jackson, is a commander. Three others lost their lives in the naval service, viz., Thomas Vernon, died in 1809, from a cold caught when lieutenant of the Isis; – William, purser of the Delight sloop, perished with all his shipmates, off the Isle of France, in Feb. 1824; and Charles Reynolds, midshipman of the Redwing sloop, shared a similar fate while in charge of a prize, in Nov. ”

“ In the early part of 1812, Lieutenant Jackson was successively appointed to the Valiant 74, Captain Robert Dudley Oliver, and Herald 18, Captain George Jackson; in which latter ship he continued, under the command of Captain Clement Milward, until removed to the Argo 44, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral William Brown, on the Jamaica station, in Aug. ”