Nancy Jane (Harmon) Crist (1799 - 1872)

Born 10 Jan 1799 in Virginia

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Died 4 Feb 1872 at age 73 in Knox County, Illinois

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Biography

Nancy Jane was born on 10 January 1799 in Virginia. She was the daughter of John L. Harmon and Elizabeth (Byrd) Harmon.^[1]

Nancy Jane died at the age of 73 on 4 February 1872 in Knox County, Illinois.^[2]

Research Notes

Note:

The Indiana database shows the early marriage of Jane Harmon to William Crist on 10 May 1816 in Franklin Co.

Then Robert Mitchell married Jane Harmon - there are two dates, Jan 26 and Jan 28 of 1819. It would seem that the marriage to Crist never took place or that there was another Jane Harmon living in Franklin Co in 1816.

Chesley Wray married Jane Mitchell as his first wife.

There is a discrepancy in the surname - it was Wray in the marriage record, but Ray in the censuses.

History of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana. Sulgrove, B. R.. Philadelphia. L.H. Everts & Co.. 1884. p.599 On Ancestry.com:

"Chesley Ray Sr., a native of North Carolina, came to Pike township in the winter of 1822-23, and settled with his family [wife and two children] on land now owned by Amos Smith east of Eagle Creek..... He moved to Illinois and died there in 1869, in his seventy-first year. He had five children, three sons and two daughters. His first wife was the second adult person who died in this township in May 1826."

1830, Marion Co IN. Chesley Ray. Apparently the older children are his.

1m under 5 [Mark], 2 m 5-10, 1m 30-40 [Chesley]

2f 10-15, 1f 30-40 [Nancy Jane]

1840, Marion Co IN "Cristly Bay"

1m 10-15 [Mark?]

2m 15-20 [Chesley Jr & John?]

1m 20-30

1m 40-50 [Chesley?]

1f under 5

1f 5-10 [Tabitha?]

[No older female listed]

1850 Census. Hamilton Co, IN. Clay Twp, p.35

Chisley Rey, age 52, b. NC. Jane, age 51, b. VA. Lucinda Lee, 8, b. IN

next door is

Mark Ray, age 22, Rachel, 18, and Tarilda Jane age 1

the next household was that of Jacob Harmon, son of Richard & Mary Harmon.

1860 Census. Knox Co IL. Chestnut Twp, p.804

Family 1572

Mark Ray, age 31, b. IN. Rachel 26, Rufus 9, Eliza 8, "No name" age 2

Farmily 1573

Chelsey Ray, age 62, b. NC, Jane Ray, age 62, b. VA.

1870 Census. Knox Co IL. Chestnut Twp.

Jane Ray, age 71, b. VA. Living with son Mark & family.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: WorldConnect, TMPLT FIELD Name: Page.
   George M. Findley Updated 2 Jul 2001.
2. ↑ Death: WorldConnect, TMPLT FIELD Name: Page.
   George M. Findley Updated 15 Sep 2002.