Jenette Maxwell

Brief Life History of Jenette

When Jenette Maxwell was born in 1817, in Sampson, North Carolina, United States, her father, Thomas Robert Maxwell II, was 26 and her mother, Delilah Williams, was 23. She married Littleberry Lee on 15 December 1842, in Decatur, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Decatur, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1889, at the age of 72, and was buried in Bryant Cemetery, Grady, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Littleberry Lee
1818–1879
Jenette Maxwell
1817–1889
Marriage: 15 December 1842
William Lee
1843–1932
John Robert Lee
1844–1926
Delilah Lee
1848–
Susan Ann Lee
1848–1927
Robert E Lee
1852–1923
Thomas Lee
1853–1937
Polly Ann Lee
1853–1934
Elizabeth Bettie Lee
1854–1933
Sarah Lee
1857–
Joseph L Lee
1857–1945
Julia Ann Lee
1862–1928
Littleberry Lee Jr
1863–1938

Sources (15)

  • Jinnie Lee in household of Littleberry Lee, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Jane Maxwell, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Genette Maxwell in entry for Annie Ann Hall, "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927"

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World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1823

Historical Boundaries: 1823: Decatur, Georgia, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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