I don't see this on Thomas Box's original probated Will anywhere, or on actual court documents. Thomas Box list absolutely no wife. https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000192191827855
Thomas clearly didn't mention a wife in his Last Will and Testament.
I think people are confused-
Just because the executors were: Thomas Hines and his wife Jane Hines, doesn't mean Jane was actually married to Thomas Box! I find no court documentation that Jane was his wife. She would've been listed as his wife in his will.
1. What true documentation do we have for Jane Phoenix being married to Thomas Box?
2. The documentation I found is proving she was only married to Thomas Hines Mentioned in her father's Original Probated Will.
3. Thomas Box doesn't mention Jane in Will- https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000192191827855
Perhaps, Thomas Hines and Jane Hines (Phoenix) were the caregivers for the children after the death of the parents.