John Janney

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John Janney

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Birthplace: Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia
Death: May 10, 1823 (57) (On shipboard coming from West Indies)
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Son of Joseph Janney and Hannah Janney
Husband of Elizabeth Janney
Father of Joseph Janney; John Hopkins Janney; Elizabeth Janney; Samuel Hopkins Janney and Joseph Janney
Brother of Sarah Harper; Elizabeth Irwin; Thomas Janney; Hannah Hopkins; Rebeccah Lloyd and 3 others

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About John Janney

From http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/a/n/Judith-Janney/WEBS...:

1st Mo. 24, 1794, John Janney had a certificate to Indian Spring MM to marry Elizabeth Hopkins 1799 was overseer of the Alexandria Preparative Meeting. No children with second wife. Signer of a petition, dated 9 Oct., 1792, from the merchants of Alexandria to the General Assembly of Virginia for the right to establish a bank. (WMQ,1st ser.,III,207)

Active Quaker and charter member of the ALexandria mm which he servrd continuously for 20 yrs. Lived in Alexandria at 211 S. St. Asaph St. Respected merchant of the town. No children by second wife. Died at sea at 8AM on board the Brig Resolution on her passage from St. Thomas

From Alexandria Newspaper (look this up) 'Mark the perfect man and behold the upright for the latter end of that man is peace'

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John Janney's Timeline

1765
July 16, 1765
Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia
1774
May 19, 1774
Alexandria, Fairfax, Virginia
1802
1802
1804
1804
VA, United States
1823
May 10, 1823
Age 57
1934
October 6, 1934
Age 57
1935
April 16, 1935
Age 57
1966
August 18, 1966
Age 57
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Alexandria, VA, United States