Daughter of Jonah Vail & Rachel Pound.

Jane Dell Vail (Jonah7, Amos6, John5, John4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Thomas1) was born August 05, 1825 in Green Brook, Somerset New Jersey.

Her birth recorded in Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meetings (Quaker Meeting Records) Birth Date 5 Aug 1825, Birth Date on Image 05 Eighth 1825.

Jane Vail married on 16 May 1845 to Abram Randolph Vail. They had 10 children/ Eight of which lived to adulthood. Source: 1900 Federal Census. They raised their family on a farm in Franklin, Hunterdon, NJ per 1880 Federal Census. Mr. Abram Vail was a farmer and nurseryman.

Her husband Abraham died in 1899, and Jane Vail lived with her son, Howard Vail & their children, on the family farm. Source: 1900 Federal Census.

26 Mar 1906 • Bridgewater, New Jersey, The Courier-News
Mrs. Jane D. Vail, widow of Abram R Vail, of Quakertown, 81 years old died at the home of her daughter Mrs. William (Clara) Gary, of Bayonne, with pneumonia. She was the daughter of Jonah Vail and was born at Greenbrook. After marriage, she went to Quakertown and lived there fifty-four years. She leaves two sisters; Mrs. Edward R. Vail of Orchard Place, Miss Isabella R. Vail of Church Street and a brother Adelbert Vail of the First National Bank and sister-in-law, Mrs. Theodore Vail of Orange Place.
The funeral will be held at the Watchung avenue Meeting House at 9:30 and the body will be taken to Quakertown, where another service and burial will take place at 11:30 Wednesday.

Her death and burial recorded in U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, Quakertown Monthly Meeting. Name Jane D Vail, Death Age 80, Death Date 24 Mar 1906
Death Date on Image 24 Third 1906, Spouse Abram R Vail.

Probate: Jane died intestate and her son Howard Vail, filed papers to court to be the surrogate of estate. New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991.

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