Her husband died in August 1760. He left Jane bequests in his will and made her co-executor of his estate.[2]
NOTE: FAG States Name as Joan with DOB 28 Aug 1690 BURIAL
Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Cemetery
Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA and Inscription "Here lyes ye body of Francis Alexander who departed this life August ye 14, 1760 Aged 70 years And body of his wife Joan who departed this life July 19, 1771 aged 77 y".
↑ "Maryland Register of Wills Records, 1629-1999," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GT1P-S9Z1?cc=1803986&wc=SNYC-C6X%3A146535301%2C147297001 : 20 May 2014), Frederick > Wills 1744-1777 vol 1 > image 82 of 315; Hall of Records, Annapolis: Will of Francis Alexander of Carrolls Delight, Frederick County, Maryland. Signed 13 August 1760. Proved 22 August 1760. Bequest to: wife, Jane Alexander et al.
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Source: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 31 July 2018), memorial page for Jane “Jean, Joan” Blair Alexander (1694–19 Jul 1771), Find A Grave Memorial no. 69609191, citing Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by FST (contributor 47240050) . https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69609191/joan-alexander
This profile was created by David Higgs through the import of Brown-12 Generations_2014-07-23.ged on Jul 23, 2014.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
Blair-4420 and Blair-1970 appear to represent the same person because: Jane Blair was born 1694 in Maryland, and died July 19, 1771. She was the wife of Frances Alexander.