Elizabeth Jane Maxwell

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane

When Elizabeth Jane Maxwell was born on 11 August 1815, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Richard Maxwell, was 38 and her mother, Mary Ann Mccutchin, was 35. She married Burr Harrison McGrew about 1830, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Hamilton Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died on 25 August 1838, in Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Center Ridge Cemetery, Hamilton Township, Sullivan, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Burr Harrison McGrew
1808–1861
Elizabeth Jane Maxwell
1815–1838
Marriage: about 1830
Mary Jane McGrew
1830–1857
McGrew
Sarah Elizabeth"Sallie" McGrew
1832–1911
Amanda Jane McGrew
1833–1880
Margaret A McGrew
1836–1903
Mary Ann McGrew
1836–1914
Agnes Mcgrew
1846–
Richard L Mc Grew
1848–
John Mcgrew
1850–

Sources (4)

  • Elizabeth Mc Grew in household of Burr Mc Grew, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Jane Maxwell Mcgrew or Megrew, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Mcgrew in household of Burr Mcgrew, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1816

Indiana is the 19th state.

1818 · Jackson Purchase

The western part of Kentucky purchased by Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw Indians in 1818. It became known as the Jackson Purchase. This included land that wasn't originally part of Kentucky when it became a state.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from a place in Kelso, near Melrose in Roxburghshire, the name of a salmon pool on the Tweed near Kelso Bridge. The placename is first recorded in 1144 in the form Mackeswell ‘Mack's spring or stream’ (Old English well(a)).

Irish: adopted for Ó Meisceall, see Miskell . This surname is common in Ulster.

Jewish: arbitrary adoption of the Scottish name, or Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.

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

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