Jane Wilson McCleary

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Wilson McCleary was born on 29 August 1783, in Belfast, Ireland, her father, Andrew McCleary, was 21 and her mother, Jane Wilson, was 23. She married Abraham Dilley on 19 April 1808, in Belmont, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Richland Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 17 October 1851, in Senecaville, Richland Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Senecaville Cemetery, Senecaville, Richland Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Dilley
1785–1875
Jane Wilson McCleary
1783–1851
Marriage: 19 April 1808
Lucinda Ann Dilley
1810–1863
Dille
Dille
Nancy Jane Dilley
1811–1837
Mary Roland "Pollie" Dilley
1812–1887
Hannah Dilley
1814–1894
Sarah Jane Dilley
1816–1856
Margaret Dilley
1817–1892
Robert Ephraim Dilley
1818–1902
Eliza Catharine Dilley
1820–
Jane Wilson Dilley
1822–1897
Elizabeth Dilley
1825–1890

Sources (5)

  • Jane Dilley in household of Abraham Dilley, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Jane Wilson McCleary Dilley, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Ohio Probate Records, 1789-1996; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9M2-LZ22?cc=1992421&wc=S24F-SPD%3A266276001%2C267129801

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World Events (8)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1798

Battle of Antrim.

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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