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Jane Calhoon McDowell 1755–1838 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: c. 1755

Birth Location: Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

Death Date: 1838

Death Location: Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

Father: James McDowell

Mother: Elizabeth Carmichael

Spouse(s): Alexander Hawthorne

Children(s): Col Brown, Thomas Brown, Alexander Brown, Hugh Brown, Elizabeth Stewart

Jane Calhoon McDowell was born in 1755 in Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of James Mcdowell And Elizabeth Carmichael. Jane Calhoon McDowell married Alexander Hawthorne, and had children including Alexander Brown, Col Hamilton Iron Head Brown, Elizabeth Brown Stewart, Hugh Brown, Thomas Brown. Jane Calhoon McDowell passed away in 1838 in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Jane Calhoon McDowell was born in 1755 in Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, the child of James Mcdowell And Elizabeth Carmichael.
  • Jane Calhoon McDowell married Alexander Hawthorne, and had children including Alexander Brown, Col Hamilton Iron Head Brown, Elizabeth Brown Stewart, Hugh Brown, Thomas Brown.
  • Jane Calhoon McDowell passed away in 1838 in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

James McDowell
1725–1783
Birth Location: Earleville, Cecil County, Maryland, United States of America
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Elizabeth Carmichael
1728–
Birth Location: Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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Spouses(s)

Alexander Hawthorne
1738–1822
Birth Location: Londonderry, Ulster, Ireland
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Children(s)

Col Brown
1775–1843
Birth Location: Antrim, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Thomas Brown
1780–1846
Birth Location: Virginia, United States of America
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Alexander Brown
1778–1879
Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America
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Hugh Brown
1784–1861
Birth Location: –
HB
Elizabeth Stewart
1776–1835
Birth Location: Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jane McDowell's Ancestors

Self
Jane McDowell
1755–1838
Birth Place: Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Parents
James McDowell
1725–1783
Earleville, Cecil County, Maryland, United States of America
Elizabeth Carmichael
1728–
Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Grandparents
William (McDowell or) Mackdowell
1704–1733
Ireland
Ruth Roberts
1705–1736
MD or PA
Daniel (Carmichael * of Little Britain) Township
1695–1753
South Carolina, USA
Mary Duncan
1689–1750
Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
William McDOWELL
1668–1733
William Roberts
1650–1722
Elizabeth Deane
1670–1731
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mary Calhoun\Colquhoun
1655–1700

Jane McDowell's Descendants

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Jane (Calhoon) McDowell (c. 1755–1838) m. Alexander Hawthorne (1738–1822)
  1. 1. Col (Hamilton "Iron Head") Brown 1775–1843 m. Mary (Melvina) (Brown) 1776–1843 m. Mary (Ann) Brown 1827–1920 m. Susan (Ann Evelina Frances I) (Brown) 1820–
    1. 1. Hamilton (George DeForest) Brown 1804–1891 m. Mary (Ann Melvina) BROWN 1839–1892
      1. 1. Samuel BROWN 1840–1916 m. Mary (Ann Melvina (Melorna)) BROWN 1839–1892
        1. 1. George (Samuel) BROWN 1863–1905 m. Mary (Jane Brown Mt:) L3e4 1866–1949
        2. 2. Eleanora BROWN 1872–
        3. 3. Ledora (Broche BROWN Mt:) L0a2a1 1866–1942
        4. 4. Margaret BROWN 1870– m. Robert STEWART 1860–
      2. 2. Eleanor Brown 1849–
    2. 2. Thomas Brown 1816– m. Mary (Ann) Taylor 1818–1876
      1. 1. Elizabeth ((Eliza) Marianne) Brown 1838–1907 m. James (Henry Harris) (Creole) 1828–1905
        1. 1. Richard (Samuel) HARRIS 1866–1944 m. Clementina (Elizabeth) Dinnall 1863–1916
    3. 3. Charles (Hamilton) Brown 1836–1940
    4. 4. Mabel (Melvina) Brown 1800–1880
  2. 2. Thomas Brown 1780–1846
  3. 3. Alexander Brown 1778–1879
  4. 4. Hugh Brown 1784–1861
  5. 5. Elizabeth (Brown) Stewart 1776–1835 m. James (E. Stewart\Stuart) Sr 1769–1845
    1. 1. Elizabeth Stewart 1802–1872 m. William Hawks 1790–1844 m. John (W) Mathis 1797–1870
      1. 1. Martha (Catherine) Mathis 1850–1923
      2. 2. John (William) Mathis 1823–1905
      3. 3. Serena (J. Bryles) (Mathais) 1848–1934
      4. 4. Elizabeth (J) Choate 1834–
      5. 5. Annie (Caroline) Gregory 1827–1921
      6. 6. Ancel (L) Mathis 1825–1898
      7. 7. Prudence (“Prudy”) Mathis 1829–1880
      8. 8. John (Walker Mathis) Jr. 1831–1865
      9. 9. William (Riley) Mathis 1835–1917
      10. 10. Elisabeth ((Betsey) Jane) Mathis 1836–1880
      11. 11. Sarah (Jane) Mathis 1838–1880
      12. 12. Martha (Emaline Mathis \) Matthews 1838–1914
      13. 13. Mary Mathis 1842–1894
      14. 14. Kinchen Mathis 1845–1903
      15. 15. Hugh (Steward) Hayes 1842–1912
    2. 2. Thomas (Armistead) Stewart 1814–1880
    3. 3. Etna (Viteria) Stewart 1845–1911
    4. 4. James (A. Stewart) Jr. 1795–1868
    5. 5. Jane Stewart 1811–1912
    6. 6. Margaret Stewart 1803–1841
    7. 7. Harriett Stewart 1814–1859
    8. 8. Elizabeth (Hamilton) Stewart 1817–1897
    9. 9. Mary (Polly) Stewart\Collett 1804–1894
    10. 10. Ann Stewart 1799–1870
    11. 11. Sara (A) Stewart 1814–1859

Jane McDowell's Timeline

2 Records

1755
c. 1755
Birth of Jane Calhoon McDowell in Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
1838
1838
Age 83
Death of Jane Calhoon McDowell in Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: c. 1755
    Event Place: Little Britain, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1838
    Event Place: Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
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