Jane Hawley

Brief Life History of Jane

When Jane Hawley was born on 22 October 1821, in Shaftsbury, Bennington, Vermont, United States, her father, John Hawley Jr., was 32 and her mother, Mary Polly Wells, was 28. She married Harrison Oliver Weatherby on 18 August 1838, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 6 December 1895, in Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harrison Oliver Weatherby
1815–1845
Jane Hawley
1821–1895
Marriage: 18 August 1838
Jasper Weatherby
1837–1837
Polly Ann Weatherbee
1838–1905
Mary Ann Wetherby
1839–1922
Caroline Cynthia Weatherbee
1842–1931
Fidelia Weatherby
1845–1846

Sources (48)

  • Jane Barthe in household of John Andrews, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Jane Hawley - Church record: birth-name: Jane Hawley
  • Jane Clark, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

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World Events (8)

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.

1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed

The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery. 

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a lost place called Hawley in Sheffield (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse haugr ‘hill, burial mound’ + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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JANE HAWLEY - PIONEER 1821-1895

She was born 22 October 1821 in Shaftsbury, Vermont to John Hawley and Mary Polly Wells.. When she was 15 she married Warren Harrison Wetherby. Her mother was from Atlas, Pike, Illinois. She and he …

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