Jane Smith Head

Brief Life History of Jane Smith

When Jane Smith Head was born on 29 April 1792, in Harrodstown, Kentucky, Virginia, United States, her father, Jesse Bert Head, was 24 and her mother, Jane Ramsey, was 24. She married John L VerBrycke on 26 September 1813, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters.

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Family Time Line

John L VerBrycke
1788–
Jane Smith Head
1792–
Marriage: 26 September 1813
Jane Irwin VerBrycke
1815–1870
William Ver Brycke
1817–
Mary Ver Brycke
1820–
Eliza P VerBrycke
1821–1844
Ellen Ver Brycke
1816–
Rebecca Verbricke
1818–1892

Sources (3)

  • Jane Smith Head, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Jane G Verbryke in entry for William H Linney and Jane Irvin Verbrike, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Jane S Head, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

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World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

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1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America. 

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English heved, hed ‘head’ (Old English hēafod), applied as a nickname for someone with a peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or else used as a topographic name for someone who lived at the top (‘head’) of a promontory or hill, or near the source of a stream or river or the head of a valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.

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

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