Jane Maxwell

Jane Lewis Maxwell BIRTH 17 Jul 1767 Pennsylvania, USA DEATH 20 Oct 1835 (aged 68) Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Poling Cemetery Shinnston, Harrison County, West Virginia

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A community in Lewis County, Jane Lew, WV was laid out in 1835 by Lewis Maxwell, member of Congress from Virginia, 1827-1833. The town was not incorporated until May 27, 1907. Jane Lew is named in honor of Jane Lewis, mother of the founder of the town. The Clarksburg, Weston & Glenville Railroad completed a narrow gauge railroad line from Clarksburg to Jane Lew on August 9, 1879.

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Biography by: Roanna Dolan Griffin, added: Feb 11, 2014 to Find A Grave Memorial# 125018097:

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In 1799, Jane Lewis Maxwell, with her six children, moved to Harrison county town of Milford,Va. Mrs Maxwell's means were very limited When she arrived with her little flock, she found shelter with the family of Colonel Lowther in an old cabin until another one could be built on the farm.It was here that she reared her family.

One son, Lewis Maxwell became a Congressman.The following is from "The Maxwell History and Genealogy": "Thomas Maxwell, son of Robert Maxwell, of Chester County, Pennsylvania, married Jane Lewis near Germantown, PA. She was a daughter of Alexander Lewis and a second cousin of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat....

"A year or two before the close of the eighteenth century Thomas Maxwell journeyed into western Pennsylvania and never returned. The last heard of him he was about to cross the Monongahela River, which was in flood stage, and it has always been the supposition that he was drowned.

His widow and her six children, accompanied by her father and mother, moved from Pennsylvania into Harrison County a year or two later, and made their home on the farm of Colonel William Lowther, on Lost Creek. Her son, Lewis Maxwell, who was three times elected to Congress, left no children, and Robert Maxwell moved to Ohio and his descendants are there; but Abner and Levi remained in West Virginia and founded the families now living principally in Harrison Lewis, Doddridge and Randolph counties."

Father: Alexander LEWIS b: 1730 in Chester Co., Pa.

Mother: Mary SMITH b: 1735 in Upper Uwchlan, Chester Co., Pa.

Marriage Thomas M. Maxwell b: 1766 in Chester Co., Pa.

Married: 17 APR 1785 in Near Germantown, PA in East Vincent Reformed Church 1

Children:

1. Abner Maxwell b: 1785 2. Levi Maxwell b: 25 JUL 1788 3. Lewis Maxwell b: 19 FEB 1791 4. Robert Maxwell b: 19 FEB 1791 in Lancaster, PA. 5. Mary Maxwell b: ABT 1795 6. Amy Maxwell b: 27 AUG 1799 Sources: In the Uwchlan Church records, Chester Co., Pa

She was the second cousin of Robert Fulton who invented the steamboat.

• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jan 29 2018, 6:32:26 UTC