Doddridge County Roots


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Jane LEWIS

Jane LEWIS

Female 1767 -


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  • Name Jane LEWIS
    Birth 17 Jul 1767  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female
    Residence UNTIL 1799  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Residence Aft 1799  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death Jane Lew, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Notes 
    • In 1799, the widowed Jane Lewis Maxwell and her six children moved from Pennsylvania to Harrison County, settling on land owned by Col. William Lowther (1742-1814) near present-day West Milford, W.Va. She later moved to Lost Creek, and finally to near present-day Jane Lew in Lewis County. The town Jane Lew was named by her son, Lewis, in her honor.
    Person ID I34239  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2005

    Father Alexander LEWIS
    Mother Mary SMITH
    Family ID F13444  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas MAXWELL,   b. Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1796, Chester Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage CA 1785  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Abner MAXWELL,   b. 3 Oct 1784, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1864, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +2. Levi MAXWELL,   b. 25 Jul 1788, Chester Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1884, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    >3. Lewis MAXWELL,   b. 17 Apr 1790, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Feb 1862 (Age 71 years)
    +4. Robert MAXWELL,   b. 19 Feb 1791, Lancaster Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1884, Cardington, Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    +5. Mary MAXWELL
    +6. Amy MAXWELL,   b. 27 Aug 1799, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 May 1847, Morrow Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F13443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S293] Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 600.