Jane (Shay) Warden (abt. 1806 - aft. 1860)

Born about 1806 in Ohio, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

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Biography

Birth

Jane Shay was born in about 1806. According to the 1850 census, she was born in Ohio, but it is also possible she came to Ohio with parents as a very young girl. The 1860 census gives her place of birth as Pennsylvania.^[1][2] Jane was the daughter of David Shay and Agnes Unknown.^[3]

Marriage

She married Sampson Warden, probably in about 1830 based on the date of birth of their first known child in about 1831. In 1837, Sampson Warden and his wife Jane sold a 40 acre tract of land in Crawford County, Ohio, to Jane's father David Shay.^[4]

Later Life

By 1837, Sampson and Jane Warden were described as "of Crawford County," Ohio, when they sold the 40 acre tract mentioned above to Jane's father David Shay. They appear to have moved shortly after that transaction to Perry County, Ohio, where Sampson Wardon appears as the head of his household in Reading township in 1840.^[5] Both Sampson and Jane were still alive and living in Putnam County, Ohio, in 1860.^[2]

Children

Children of Jane Shay and Sampson Warden include at least:^[1]

1. Nancy, b. abt 1831
2. Benjamin, b. abt 1833
3. David Shay, b. 1835
4. Mary J., b. abt 1839
5. Robert, b. abt 1841
6. Isabel, b. abt 1845

Of these, "David Shay Warden" is identified as a grandson in the 1847 will of Jane's father David Shay.^[3]

Research Notes

LNAB

The identification of Jane, the wife of Sampson Warden, as Jane Shay is also confirmed by the 1909 and 1923 marriage license application of their son James K. Warden, which identify his father as Sampson or Samson Warden and his mother's maiden name as "Jane Shay" and "Jane Shea."^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1850 U.S. census, Perry County, Ohio, population schedule, Pike township, p. 234 (stamped), dwelling 486, family 498, lines 11-18, family of Sampson & Jane G[?] Warden; image, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6P3Z-LMB : accessed 26 Jul 2023); citing NARA M432, roll 719.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1860 U.S. census, Putnam County, Ohio, population schedule, Blanchard township, p. 70 (penned), dwelling 525, family 513, lines 25-26, Sampson & Jane Wardin; image, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSZ-9MJW : accessed 26 Jul 2023); citing NARA M653, roll 1027.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Crawford County, Ohio, Will Book 1, pp. 221-222; image, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M2-DQL4 : accessed 26 Jul 2023); FHL 388,660, DGS 5,430,510 (father David Shay's will, which identifies her as daughter Jane, mother of minor son David Shay Warden).
4. ↑ Crawford County, Ohio, Deed Book 6, p. 160; image, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C375-J3DR-Q : accesed 26 Jul 2023); FHL 453,070, DGS 8,587,136.
5. ↑ 1840 U.S. census, Perry County, Ohio, Reading township, p. 39 (stamped), Sampson Wardon; image, FamilySearch, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB7-9Z6 : accessed 26 Jul 2023); citing NARA M704, roll 419.
6. ↑ FamilySearch, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDG8-N85 : 29 September 2021), J. K. Warden and Isabelle Swambaugh, 1909.
7. ↑ FamilySearch, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q4M-QQ6 : 13 October 2021), James K Warden and Annie Roblin, 1924.