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 158 BTTRKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. Dierly located in Gloucestershire, England, and who d. about 1804), by Betty Yellowlees, his wife. Mr. John Winter was b. 3Uth June, 1794, emigrated to Victoria with his family in 1842, and became owner of the celebrated Winter's Freehold Gold Mine, Ballarat. la 1857 the Winters acquired a number of valu- able sheep-runs in the Rodney district, and a few years later purchased the freehold of large tracts to preserve their estates from the encroachments of selectors. He d. at Lauder- dale, Ballarat, 12th August, 1875, aged 74 vears, having had by his said wife (who d. at Bonshaw, Ballarat, 6th May, 1846), amongst other issue, two sons, James, J.P., of the firm of Winter Bros., of Durringile, Toolamba Estate, Mur- chison, Eodney co., Victoria, h. at Edinburgh, Scotland, 1834. He was elected president of the Shire Council of Waranga in 1870, of which he had been a member from 1864 ; m 1871, the daughter of the Hon. W. H. Pettitt, and d. at Norwood, near London, 4th February, 1885. II. William Ibvin& (Hon.), of Noorilim, who assumed the additional surname of Ievin&. Arms — Quarterly; first and fourth, arg. three holly leaves vert, for Irving ; second and third, checquy or and sa. a fesse arg., charged with a saltire eouped gu., two flaunches of the last, each charged with two trefoils slipped of the first, for Winter. Crest of lEViNa, a dexter cubit arm in armour, holding in the gauntlet a branch of holly con- sisting of seven leaves and fructed, all ppr; motto over. Hand ullis labentia ventis. Crest of Winter, a hind trippant arg., supporting with the sinister fore-foot a saltire gu., gorged with a collar flory counter flory, with chain affixed thereto and reflexed over the back sa., and charged on the body with two trefoils slipped of the last. Motto — Sub sole sub umbra virens. Hesidence — Noorilim, Goulbnrn River, Moira co., Victoria, Australia. Cluhs — Australian and Melbourne. JSstates — Stanhope Estate (24,800 acres), Mount Scobie Estate (8,900 acres), both co. Rodney; Noorilim Estate (2,400 acres), co. Moira; and Tirrengower Estate (7,000 acres), in COS. Heytesbury and Polwartb, all in Vic- toria. Total, 43,100 acres. Jatfeson of Sacit5ion Bale. JACKSON, FRANCIS ARTHUR, Esq. of Jackson Dale, Fiji, h. at the Vicarage, Riccall, co. York, England, 19th October, 1837; educated at Rugby -when Dr. Archibald Campbell Taifc, afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury, was head master; served in the New Zealand Militia during the New Zealand War. He is the head of the Colonial branch of the Jacksons of Doncaster (formerly of Fairbnrn and of Rossington, co. York), located in the colonies of New Zealand and Fiji. ILmtactE. This family of Jackson were formerly owners of Fairburn Manor, and of Rossington Grange, co. York, England. Fairburn Manor was sold, by the descendants of Thomas Jack- son, Esq. of Fairburn Manor, to the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, E.G. (the cele- brated premier of England), in 1817. One branch of the family settled in the United States of America nearly a century ago, and their descendants are now citizens of the United States, and landowners in the state of New York. Another branch settled in cos. Tyrone and Armagh, Ireland, and pur- chased lands there. James Jackson, Esq. of Fairburn, Led- sham, CO. York, son of John Jackson, Esq. of Fairburn, baptised 24th April, 1642 ; m. 11th June, 1673, Ann Askham ; and was buried at Ledsham, co. York, 20th May, 1703, leaving one son, James Jackson, Esq. of Fairburn, lessee of the great tithes of Fairburn under the dean and chapter of York, and had freehold lands there, baptised 4th February, 1675; d. in 1745. By Anne, his wife (who was buried 10th March, 1736), he had an only son, James Jackson, Esq. of Fairburn, bap- tised 11th November, 1703; on. 26th April, 1732, Mary, daughter of John Pease, of Fair- burn, yeoman (she was buried 16th March, 1774) ; and was buried 14th December, 1789. He had issue, I. John, of Fairburn, co. York, baptised 18th April, 1733 : m. 14th July, 1755, Sarah, daughter of Matthew Lee, Esq. She was bm-ied 7th May, 1774. He d. 2nd November, 1797, aged 64, and was buried at Ledsham. He had issue, 1. Thomas, of Fairburn, only son, baptised 14th June, 1756. He purchased the whole of the manor of Fairburn, and in 1801 became lord of that manor, which hia descendants sold to Lord Pal- merston in 1817. He m. thrice, and d. 17th November, 1813, leaving issue. 1. Elizabeth, baptised 27th Decem- ber, 1757; m. 16th June, 1785,