Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of Hercules Roney
and Mary (Barnes) Roney
Wife of
Jacob Wright
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Jane was born about 1741. She is the daughter of Hercules Roney.
Jane Roney married Jacob Wright born in Londonderry, Ireland. They lived in Horsham, PA. They had six children. Jacob died April 20, 1793 in Philadelphia, Pa as a result of yellow fever epidemic. Jane died March 14, 1815. Both are buried at Neshaminy Presbyterian Church, Bucks Co, PA, near Hartsville PA. Janes will dated Aug 25, 1811 named the following children.
Birth and Siblings
- Children of Hercules and Mary (Barnes) Roney:
- Jane Roney born 1741, married Jacob Wright
- Mary Roney born 1 Dec 1743, married William Purdy
- John Roney born 1746
- Thomas Roney born 1749, married Mary Davis
- Joseph Roney born 1751 believed to have gone to Virginia, the father of James Roney of Kentucky and Illinois.
- Hamilton Roney born 1753, never married, Died about 1827.
- James Roney born 1755, believed to have married first Rachel Muller or Mullen, second Amy Mullen.
- Robert Roney born 1757, married Elizabeth (unknown)
- Elizabeth Roney born 1762, possibly married Robert Wright
- Hercules Roney Jr. born 1765 may have gone to Virginia and Kentucky.
- William Roney named as a son of Hercules in "History of Bucks Co. PA, 1905 Vol III"
- Birthdates of these children are best guess, based on research by Doris Roney Bowers. [1]
Children
- Children of Jane Roney and Jacob Wright:
- John Wright born about 1763, Married Letice (unknown last name) Possibly lived in Chester Co Pa. John died March 17, 1886.
- Joseph Horsham Wright born May 9, 1765, married on Sept 4, 1794 to Elizabeth Wilson born Feb 23, 1774. Joseph died in 1824 and is burried at Neshaminy Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Bucks Co, PA. Elizabeth died Apr 29, 1849. They had 8 Children.
- Samuel Wright born about 1769, on October 2, 1798 married Elizabeth Armitage. He died in 1836.
- Jacob Wright born Dec 28, 1779, married Ann DeHaven in 1814.
- Mary Wright married Dec 7, 1796 to (unknown) Mackey.
- Jane Wright married Jan 16, 1803 to William White.
- Source: The Roney family history and genealogy, 1690-1972 [1]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Book: The Roney family history and genealogy, 1690-1972; Author: A Bowers, D.R.; Published 1978 by Stevens Pub Co.; preview available at (https://books.google.com/books?id=kG8bAQAAMAAJ); Page 25
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' 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 ancestors' 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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~1.56%
Samantha (Ford) Cox
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~0.78%
Jenny Cox :
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~0.78%
Linda (Ford) Cornwall :
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~0.78%
Frank Ford :
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Jean Edson
If John Wright was born in 1763 and died 17 March 1886, he would have been 123 years old when he died.
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