Jasper Slaymaker, Esq. and Jane Howell Evans

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Husband Jasper Slaymaker, Esq. ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1787
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         Father: Hon. Amos Slaymaker (Abt 1750-1835) 1 3
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Wife Jane Howell Evans ^{2 4 5 6}

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           Born: 23 Jun 1800 2
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         Father: Samuel Evans (1758-1805) 3 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Frances "Fanny" Lowrey (1775-1850) 4 5 6 7 8

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Children

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1 M Amos Slaymaker ²

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2 F Fanny Slaymaker ²

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         Spouse: Rev. Solomon McNair (      -      ) 2

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3 M Samuel Evans Slaymaker ²

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           Born: 1822 2
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         Spouse: Charlotte Taitt (      -      ) 2

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4 M James Slaymaker ²

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         Spouse: [Unk] Wilson (      -      ) 2

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5 M Jasper Slaymaker ²

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General Notes: Husband - Jasper Slaymaker, Esq.

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He graduated with high honors at Dickinson College, Pennsylvania. He was admitted to practice at the Lancaster bar in 1812. When the British threatened Baltimore he volunteered and marched to Maryland in defense of his country. He was a member of Assembly for the years 1817-18. When Lancaster was chartered as a city he was appointed the first prosecuting attorney of the mayor's court. His name was connected with many important enterprises started to develop and foster domestic industries and the construction of internal improvements.

1 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 538.

2 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 766.

3 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 765.

4 —, Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Chapman Publishing Co., 1894), Pg 157.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 19.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 38.

7 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 101.

8 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 762.