Origin: English
Spelling variations include: Jackson, Jaccson, Jacson, Jacksone, Jackston, and others.
First found in in Northumbrlia where they were seated from early times and their first records appeared on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain to determine the rate of taxation of their subjects.
Your name may have more than one coat of arms, HOWEVER, all arms for this name MEAN the name. Just as the names Baker, Cooper, and Fletcher MEAN one who makes bread, barrels, and arrows, your name also has a real MEANING that is pictured on the arms it represents. Although wars, conquests, and economic conditions have changed boundaries, modified name spellings, and altered languages, a coat of arms remains a picture that MEANS A NAME. Before most people could read or write a coat of arms was as easily read as a name on a mail box is today. Later, as education spread, written names became universal and now, with computers, numbers are replacing names. Not all names have an arms.
Orginally arms were used to identify a family, group, or clan, and to distinguish friend from foe; THAT IS WHY NO TWO ARE ALIKE! No snobbery was connected with them, but some people like to think so! Colors and designs were chosen to show status, allegiance, personality, or profession, and to reflect traits or traditions associated with the original bearer. The arms for your name is as DISTINCTIVE AS A FINGERPRINT, and tells a spell-binding tale!
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