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.
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[Letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from Elizabeth Dennis Teackle - October 7, 1807]
A letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from her mother, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle includes news of their Georgetown neighbors such as Martha Parke Custis Peters and John Threlkeld, as well as family news.