Jane was married previously and had at least four children by her first husband.1791

She was Jane Wiley and had previously been married to Jacob J. Mercer, according to birth record of her son, William J. Mercer. She is buried wiith her first husband, who died in 1896.

in 1910 she was living in Pleasants County with her children, using the name Jane Mercer. She was widowed.