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Jane Burris-Quisenberry
1759–1811
✦ direct ancestor — Owen's 6×-great-grandmother · Carpenter line appears 2× in the tree — pedigree collapse
Life
- Born
- 3 Jul 1759 · St. Thomas, Orange, Virginia
- Died
- 3 Nov 1811 · Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, USA
Marriage & children
Joyce Quisenberry-Duncan (1777–)
Joel Quisenberry (1784–1847)
Colby Burris Quisenberry (1788–1870)
Tandy Quisenberry (1792–1869)
Mourning Ann Quisenberry-Haggard (1795–1846)
Sarah Banks "Sally" Quisenberry-Ragland (1805–1894)
Aaron Quisenberry (1779–1830)
Timeline
- 24 Dec 1776MarriedRev. James Quisenberry, Sr. — Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
Records behind this page
Unnamed source
1897 Genealogical Memoranda - will of Thomas Burrus (transcript, pp. 190-191): 'my daughter Jane Quisenberry'
read the transcript
Re-verified verbatim in the archive.org text 4 Aug 2026: 'I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Quisenberry one negro girl named Dinah...'; 'I give to my grand-daughter Frances Quisenberry, the daughter of Jane Quisenberry...'; five daughters incl. 'Jane Quisenberry'. Establishes Jane (Burrus) as wife of Rev. James Quisenberry per the volume's heading. Transcript in a compiled volume.
Research notes
Working notes from the research, kept verbatim — what was read, what it proved, what stays open.
Research note · 26 Jul 2026
Audited 26 Jul 2026 - Junction #6: parentage PROVEN by Thomas Burrus will (probated Orange Co. 23 Mar 1789) naming my daughter Jane Quisenberry and my grand daughter Frances Quisenberry, the daughter of Jane Quisenberry. See ancestry/quisenberry-junction.md.
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