Born in Granville, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Lewis of Granvil
and Mary Frances Lewis
Sister of
Robert Lewis, Charles D. Lewis, John Augustine Lewis [half], John Augustine Lewis [half] and Nicholas Meriwether Lewis
Wife of
Swepson Sims
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Susanna Swepson (Sims) Barnes, Sarah (Sims) Crockett, Leonard Henley Sims, Jane Meriweather (Sims) Fletcher, Robert Lewis Sims, Elizabeth Kennon (Sims) Smith and Thomas Sims
Died
at age 66
in Salem, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jun 2014
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Biography
Jane was born in 1776.
Jane Lewis married. [1]
She passed away in 1843. [2]
Wife of Dr Swepson Sims
Parents:Robert Lewis, Jr. (1734 – 1780) and Mary Frances Lewis (1744 – 1790)
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9Y-DR47 : 10 March 2021), Swepson Sims and Jane Paine, 19 Dec 1799; citing Granville, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7749658/jane-meriweather-sims: accessed 24 September 2022), memorial page for Jane Meriweather Lewis Sims (31 Jul 1776–22 Jul 1843), Find A Grave: Memorial #7749658, citing Sims–Smith Cemetery, Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA; Maintained by Theresa/Thunderbird584 (contributor 47100429) .
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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:
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:
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~3.12%
Leonard Vasey
:
23andMe, GEDmatch A931408 [compare]
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AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Larry Vasey :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Robert Greer :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Larry Palmiter :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
April (Walker) Woodhouse :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BA4332314 [compare], Ancestry member Guerita8483
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