James Polk
Elizabeth (?)
Southy Whittington
(Abt 1687-Bef 1773)
Mary Frances Fassitt
(Abt 1699-Abt 1770)
Benjamin Polk
(Abt 1740-Bef 1796)
Sarah Whittington
(Abt 1743-After 1807)
Jane (Jean, Jeanie) Polk
(Abt 1774-After 1824)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. John Hitch

2. Stephen Dykes

Jane (Jean, Jeanie) Polk

  • Born: Abt 1774, Somerset Co., MD
  • Marriage (1): John Hitch on 23 Jan 1797 in Somerset Co., MD
  • Marriage (2): Stephen Dykes about 1807
  • Died: After 1824, Somerset Co., MD

  

On Nov 21 1816, the Somerset County Orphans Court Proceedings mentions "Stephen Collins and Whittington Polk to pay Stephen Dykes who intermarried with widow of John Hitch" It also states, "Stephen Dykes, guardian to Joshua W. Hitch." (SoOCP-1811/23:70)

  

In the 1800 and 1820 Federal Census, Jane Hitch is listed as age 26-45 for both. This would put her birth circa 1774.


Jane married John Hitch, son of Joshua A. Hitch and Mary (Molly) Taylor, on 23 Jan 1797 in Somerset Co., MD. (John Hitch was born before 1778 in Somerset Co., MD and died on 29 Oct 1803-07 Feb 1804 in Somerset Co., MD.)


  

SoMR.

Jane next married Stephen Dykes about 1807. (Stephen Dykes died before 10 Aug 1824 in Somerset Co., MD 1.)


Sources


1 Somerset Co., MD Wills, Hall of Records, Annapolis, MD, Will of Stephen Dykes was written on April 3, 1807 and probated August 10, 1824 in Somerset Co.


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