Editing Andrew Jackson (section)

=== Childhood ===
Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the [[Waxhaws]] region of the [[Carolinas]]. His parents were [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scots-Irish]] colonists Andrew Jackson and Elizabeth Hutchinson, [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterians]] who had emigrated from [[Ulster]], Ireland, in 1765.{{sfn|Brands|2005|pp=11–15}} Jackson's father was born in [[Carrickfergus]], [[County Antrim]], around 1738,{{sfn|Gullan|2004|pp=xii; 308}} and his ancestors had crossed into Northern Ireland from Scotland after the [[Battle of the Boyne]] in 1690.{{sfn|Remini|1977|p=2}} Jackson had two older brothers who came with his parents from Ireland, Hugh (born 1763) and Robert (born 1764).{{sfn|Nowlan|2012|p=257}}{{sfn|Remini|1977|p=2}} Elizabeth had a strong hatred of the British that she passed on to her sons.{{sfn|Meacham|2008|p=11}}

Jackson's exact birthplace is unclear. Jackson's father died at the age of 29 in February 1767, three weeks before his son Andrew was born;{{sfn|Nowlan|2012|p=257}} afterwards, Elizabeth and her three sons moved in with her sister and brother-in-law, Jane and James Crawford.{{sfn|Brands|2005|p=16}} Jackson later stated that he was born on the Crawford plantation,{{sfn|Remini|1977|pp=4–5}} which is in [[Lancaster County, South Carolina]], but second-hand evidence suggests that he might have been born at another uncle's home in North Carolina.{{sfn|Brands|2005|p=16}}

When Jackson was young, Elizabeth thought he might become a minister and paid to have him schooled by a local clergyman.{{sfn|Wilentz|2005|p=16}} He learned to read, write, and work with numbers, and was exposed to Greek and Latin,{{sfn|Remini|1977|p=6}} but he was too strong-willed and hot-tempered for the ministry.{{sfn|Brands|2005|p=16}}