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Andrew Jackson, Jr. Lyncoya, a Native American Child. 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.
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.
Jackson and Rachel had no children together but adopted Andrew Jackson Jr., the son of Rachel's deceased brother Severn Donelson. The Jacksons acted as guardians for Donelson's other children: John Samuel, Daniel Smith, and Andrew Jackson.
Learn about the life and legacy of Andrew Jackson Junior, the adopted son of the seventh president, at his historic home in Nashville.
Apr 3, 2014 · The couple also adopted Andrew Jackson Jr., the son of Rachel's brother Severn Donelson.
Jackson also brought home an Indian child who was orphaned in 1813. They named him Lyncoya and raised him with Andrew Jackson Jr. He died in 1828. Andrew Jackson Jr., his wife Sarah Yorke Jackson, and their children kept Jackson company at The Hermitage in his declining years.
Though they had no biological children, they adopted one of Rachel’s nephews shortly after birth in December 1808 and raised him as their own. Named Andrew Jackson, Jr., he grew up at The Hermitage but remained close to his biological family. Genealogy. Little is known about Andrew Jackson’s ancestors.
