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Jane Yanacha (Ayers) Nixon (abt. 1754 - abt. 1831)

Jane Yanacha (Yanacha) Nixon formerly Ayers
Born about in Somerset County, New Jerseymap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Sister of , , , , , [half], and
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , , , , , , and
Died about at about age 77 in Georges Twp., Fayette County, Pennsylvaniamap
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Biography

Jane Yanacha Ayers was born 16 Jan 1754 in Somerset County, New Jersey, the daughter of Moses and Dorcas Cox Ayers. She was called "Jane" by those who were not members of the immediate family. she had one brother, Samuel Ayers (1775-1837).
Yanacha married circa 1771, probably in Sussex County, New Jersey, [to] William Nixon. These are their children:
  1. Allen Nixon (1772-1854)
  2. Moses Nixon (1774-1854)
  3. John Nixon (1776-1823)
  4. William Nixon (1778-1852)
  5. Dorcas Nixon [Ayers & Wynn] (1780-1872)
  6. George Nixon (1782-1815)
  7. Jacob Nixon (1785-1872)
  8. Samuel Nixon (1789-1859)
  9. Elizabeth Nixon [Kyle] (1795-1835)
She signed her inheritance from her father, Moses Ayers, with an X and they, wrote in her name as Yanacha Nixon.
Yanacha died 25 Dec 1831 at the home of her daughter Dorcas and was buried with her husband [in the old Hayden Cemetery (now White Rock Cemetery) in Georges Township.] There is no grave marker for Jane Yanacha Ayers. [1]

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Footnotes:
  1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 7707665 for Jane Yanacha (Ayers) Nixon (1754 - 1831) buried in the White Rock Cemetery in Fairchance, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA; (Maintained by: Ida Lee Brewer Cann)
Source Citations:
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 7707665 for Jane Yanacha (Ayers) Nixon (1754 - 1831) buried in the White Rock Cemetery in Fairchance, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania, USA; (Maintained by: Ida Lee Brewer Cann)
Acknowledgements:
  • Ayer-844 was originally created by Kate Hanson through the import of james2.ged on Sep 16, 2014.




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Ellen (Krull) Miller
Ayers-1358 and Ayer-844 appear to represent the same person because: I am pretty sure these are the same person, Yanacha is mt direct ancestor
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