Deakins, Jane Johns

Jane Johns Deakins was the wife of William Deakins Jr. (1742-1804), they had no children. During the American Revolution, William Deakins served as a major in Murdock's Regiment, and attained the rank of colonel before the war ended. He attended the Constitutional convention of 1788 in Annapolis. In Georgetown, the Deakins lived in an area known as the Deakins-Threlkeld Addition.