Jane Walker Cowan was the daughter of John Walker 1705 – 1778 and Ann Houston 1710 – 1747. She married Captain William Cowan 1750 – 1809, DAR Ancestor Number A026900, the son of John Cowan 1715 – 1803 and Janette Weathersby 1719 – 1745.
Captain and Mrs. Cowan were the parents of:
(1) Eleanor Cowan married James Gillespie
(2) Samuel Franklin Cowan md Esther Houston
(3) John Cowan married Rosannah Gillespie
(4) Andrew Cowan married Hattie Houston
(5) James Walker Cowan
Per SAR Membership Number 87499, Jane Walker Cowan was the granddaughter of John Walker 1680 – 1734
Find A Grave Memorial# 8647475,
& Katherine Jane Rutherford 1682 – 1738,
Find A Grave Memorial# 12886522
and a descendant of Reverend Joseph Alleine,
Find A Grave Memorial# 59106967.
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Spouse: William Cowan (1750 - 1809)
Burial: Unknown
Created by: Vonnie Cantrell
Record added: Jan 19, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 123763805
Jane was born in 1755. The death is unsure a date of 1806 also appears.
Jane Houston Walker was born in 1755 in Virginia. She married William Cowan in 1773 in Virginia. They had eleven known children. She died in 1806 at the age of 51.
“Genealogy of the descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, with records of a few allied families : also war records and some fragmentary notes pertaining to the history of Virginia, 1600-1902” by White, Emma Siggins, 1857-. 1902. https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00inwhit/page/6/mode/2up?q=Cowen
Source number: 2092.024; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1 (Marriage)
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls.
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