Jackson and Rachel had no children together but adopted Andrew Jackson Jr., the son of Rachel's brother Severn Donelson. The Jacksons acted as guardians for Samuel Donelson's children: John Samuel, Daniel Smith Donelson, and Andrew Jackson Donelson. They were also guardians for A. J. Hutchings, Rachel's orphaned grandnephew, and the orphaned children of a friend, Edward ButlerCaroline, Eliza, Edward, and Anthonywho lived with the Jacksons after their father died. There were also three Indigenous members of Jackson's household: Lyncoya, Theodore, and Charley.
Jackson and Rachel had no children together but adopted Andrew Jackson Jr., the son of Rachel's brother Severn Donelson. The Jacksons acted as guardians for Samuel Donelson's children: John Samuel, Daniel Smith Donelson, and Andrew Jackson Donelson They were also guardians for A. J. Hutchings, Rachel's orphaned grandnephew, and the orphaned children of ,a friend Edward ButlerCaroline, Eliza, Edward, and Anthonywho lived with the Jacksons after their father died. There were also three Indigenous members of Jackson.'s household: Lyncoya, Theodore and Charley.