Jane Louisa (Outen Bogart) Willis (1795 - 1842)

Born 6 Aug 1795 in New York, New York, New York, USA

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Died 12 Oct 1842 at age 47 in New York, New York, New York, USA

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Biography

Jane Louisa^[1] Outen Bogart was born on 6 August 1795 to Joseph and Jane (Fink) Outen Bogart in New York City.^[2]

Jane married Leonard Baker, of Albany, in July 1816 in New York City.^[3] Leonard was sometimes styled as Captain, and was a partner in a stage coach running between New York City and Albany called the Diligence Stage.^[4]

Leonard Baker, then a resident of No. 70 Bowery, died on 11 September 1826, in his 47th year.^[5] A household headed by a Mrs. Leonard Baker is found in the 6th Ward in New York City in 1830, consisting of two women in their 30s, two women in their 20s, 2 males aged 15-20, and two men in their 30s.^[6] Leonard's death record referred to him as an affectionate father,^[5] but none of the people from the census are young enough to have been Jane's children with Leonard. Some if not all of them may have been Leonard Baker's by his first wife – a Harriet Baker, daughter of Leonard and Abigail Baker of Albany, was a student at the Litchfield Female Academy in 1816 and 1817.^[7]

Jane married, second, John A. Willis, on 20 April 1831.^[2]

John became one of the co-administrators of Jane's father's estate when he died in 1838.^[8][9]

Jane died on 12 October 1842.^[10]

Child of John A. and Jane L. (Outen Bogart) Willis:^[11]

• Charles Henry Willis, b. abt. 1832; d. November 1850

Sources

1. ↑ No certain evidence of Jane's middle name has been found, but her sister Josephine (Outen Bogart) Webster named a daughter Jane Louisa Willis Webster, thus strongly implying that the L. in Jane L. Outen Bogart stood for Louisa.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Frost, Josephine C. "Outen Bogart Bible." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1922, 53:69.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors; Newspapers and Periodicals. American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts. New York, New York Weekly Museum, Abanather-Kyle, image 71, citing New York Weekly Museum, 27 July 1816.
4. ↑ New Diligence Stage line running between New York and Albany. The Evening Post, New York, New York, 27 Jan 1813, p. 2.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Death of Capt. Leonard Baker of No. 70 Bowery, in his 47th year. His friends and those of Col. J. O. Bogart requested to attend funeral. The Evening Post, New York, New York, 11 Sep 1826, p. 2.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (19 August 2017), Leonard Baker, New York Ward 6, New York, New York, United States; citing 454, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 96; FHL microfilm 17,156.
7. ↑ Person profile of Harriet Baker (archived). "The Ledger." Litchfield Historical Society, 2010.
8. ↑ Estate of Joseph O. Bogart. Petition of Daniel A. Webster, Calvin Swezey and John A. Willis for letters of administration, renunciation of Mary O. Bogart, 23 June 1838. New York County Petitions for letters of administration, 37:234. "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (28 May 2014), New York > Petitions for letters of administration 1837-1838 vol 37 > images 1111-18 of 1797; county courthouses, New York.
9. ↑ Estate of Joseph O. Bogart. Letters of administration to Daniel A. Webster, Calvin Swezey and John A. Wills, 23 June 1838. New York County Letters of Administration, 36:234. "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (28 May 2014), New York > Letters of administration 1836-1837 vol 36 > image 674 of 846; county courthouses, New York.
10. ↑ Death of Jane L., wf. of John A. Willis, dau. of Col. Jos. O. Bogart, aged 48 years, 12th inst. The Evening Post, New York, New York, 13 Oct 1842, p. 3.
11. ↑ Calvin Sweezy and wife vs. James Thayer, administrator. The New-York Legal Observer 11:47-54.