Francis Jane (Williams) Loving (1836 - 1922)

Born 16 Feb 1836 in Lovingston, Nelson, Virginia, United States

Wife of Alexander Addison Loving — married 31 Dec 1851 in Lovingston, Nelson, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 6 May 1922 at age 86 in Lovingston, Nelson, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Francis was born in 1836. Francis Williams ... She passed away in 1922.

The correct name is Francis. There is a granddaughter named after her, also named Francis.

Francis Jane Williams was born 16 Feb 1836, prior to her mother Nancy Williams' marriage to John Griffin Stevens Jr. on 18 Dec 1843.

Francis Jane Williams is also known as Francis Frances Jane Williams Stevens.

The 1850 United States Federal Census states Household Members: John Stevens Age 50, Nancy Stevens Age 31, and Jane Williams Age 14.

Myra Elizabeth Jordan was the baby of the family when her mother Nannie (Loving) Jordan passed away. Myra Elizabeth Jordan was raised by her grandmother Francis Jane (Williams) Loving, in Nelson County, VA.

The 1920 Census shows Myra Elizabeth Jordan, age 18, and her grandmother Francis Jane (Williams) Loving, age 82, living in the household of her aunt Samantha (Loving) Bowling, age 57 and husband, uncle Robert Bruce Bowling, age 63. The 1920 Census also shows other children in the household including Leonard E. Bowling, age 41, etc.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5L-6MZ : 15 January 2022), Francis J. Loving in household of Alexr. A. Loving, Lovingston, Nelson, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMNL-JNT : 9 March 2022), Frances Jane Loving in entry for Alexander A Loving, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPG9-RB1 : accessed 1 October 2022), Francis J Loving in household of Alexander A Loving, Lovingston, Nelson, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 97, sheet 13B, family 234, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1636; FHL microfilm 1,375,649.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187399426/

• 2021-04-09 Francis Jane Williams Loving - Needlepoint.jpg

• William Walker Pettus, Thomas Petyous of Norwich, England, and His Pettus Descendants in England and Virginia, Volume I, Otter Bay Books LLC., Baltimore, Maryland, 2011. (Three hundred copies were printed.)

• William Walker Pettus, Thomas Petyous of Norwich, England, and His Pettus Descendants in England and Virginia, Volume II, Otter Bay Books LLC., Baltimore, Maryland, 2013. (Three hundred copies were printed.)

Paternal relationship is confirmed by a Family Tree DNA Family Finder test match between Richard Jordan Kit No. 950186 and his second cousin once removed William Stevens "Steve" Bowling, Kit No. 13209. Their most-recent common ancestors are Alexander Addison Loving and Francis Jane (Williams) Loving, great grandparents of Richard Jordan and grandparents of William Stevens Bowling. Predicted relationship from FTDNA: second cousin - third cousin, based on sharing 152 cM, longest block 147 cM.