James Jameson b. 28 Aug 1781 Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. 24 Aug 1847 Dublin, Ireland: Famous Jam?sons

1781 - 1847 (65 years)

Name	James Jameson
Birth	28 Aug 1781	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1]
	James Jameson O.P.R. Birth Record
Christening	3 Sep 1781	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [1]
Parents listed as "John Jameson/Margaret Haig" on his O.P.R. Christening record. [1]
Gender	Male
Death	24 Aug 1847	Dublin, Ireland
Wills, Bequeaths & Pobate	7 Apr 1848	Montrose, Co. Dublin, Ireland [2]
Person ID	I19	Whiskey-Jamesons

	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
DNA Tests	1 DNA test is associated with James Jameson
	Y-DNA-37	Ian Lloyd Jameson	I-M253

Father	John Jameson, b. Oct 1740, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. 3 Dec 1823, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (Age 83 years)
Mother	Margaret Haig, b. 7 Dec 1752, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland d. 16 Jan 1815, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (Age 62 years)
Marriage	12 Sep 1768	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland [3]
	John & Peggie (Haig) Jameson 1768 O.P.R. Marriage Record
Family ID	F1	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Elizabeth Sophia Woolsey, b. Abt 1790, Priorland. County Louth, Ireland d. 6 Feb 1873, Kensington, London, England (Age 83 years)

Marriage 28 Sep 1815 Castle Bellingham, Proirland. County Louth, Ireland

Children

+	1. Reverend John Jameson, b. 17 Jul 1816, Dublin, Ireland d. 15 Aug 1872, Windfield, Mountbellew, County Galway, Ireland (Age 56 years)
+	2. William W. Jameson, b. 19 Dec 1818, Montrose, Co. Dublin, Ireland d. 26 Oct 1896, Kensington, London, Middlesex, England (Age 77 years)
+	3. James Jameson, b. 4 Aug 1821, Airfield, Dublin, Ireland d. 16 Oct 1889, St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England (Age 68 years)
+	4. Mary Anne Jameson, b. 10 Jan 1824, Windfield, County Galway, Ireland d. Sep 1898, Kensington, Middlesex, England (Age 74 years)
+	5. Captain Robert O'Bryen Jameson, b. 17 Jun 1828, Montrose, Co. Dublin, Ireland d. 24 Aug 1890, South Kensington, London, England (Age 62 years)
	6. Elizabeth Sophia Jameson, b. Abt 1830, Dublin, Ireland d. 8 Feb 1884, Kensington, London, England (Age 54 years)

Family ID F8 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Photos

The Winfield House - Moylough, County Galway, Ireland
The estate house of the Windfield Demesne Townland in Moylough, County Galway, Ireland, purchased by James Jameson (1781-1847) in 1823 and used by the various descendant Jameson families until it burned down in the early 1920s.

Notes

James Jameson became involved with his brother William in his whiskey business in Dublin and by 1820 it was known as the William and James Jameson Whiskey Company. James took ownership of the business entirely by 1825, presumably after William had died, Eventually, by the end of that century, the William and John Jameson Whiskey companies were merged and became known as the John Jameson and Sons Whiskey Company.
Was a director of the Bank of Ireland.
James Jameson lived at 19 Harcourt Street in Dublin for many years. In 1836 he built a home in Montrose, Donnybrook, a suburb of Dublin, which has since become Dublin's home of RTE. He also bought the large 3,123 acre Winfield estate, in Moylough, County Galway.
James Jameson, was elected a member of the Royal Dublin Society in 1811. His proposers were Lord Charleville and Thomas Lysaght. He remained a member until his death.

Sources

[S22] Birth Record, National Records of Scotland.
O.P.R Births # 465/00 0050 0122 Alloa (Clackmannan)
[S25] Wills & Probate.
National Archives, Kew, England, Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers, Vol.No.7, Quire No.301-350, Reference PROB 11; Piece 2073/185
[S23] Marriage Record, 1768, p.21.
O.P.R. Marriages 465/00/0040 0434
National Records of Scotland