When John T Javens was born in October 1812, in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Javens, was 31 and his mother, Catharine, was 24. He married Hester A Fisher about 1833, in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Rochester Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1840 and Beaver, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 29 December 1883, in Rochester, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Irvin Cemetery, Rochester, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English (Suffolk and London): of Norman origin, a variant of Javins .
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