Jane Campbell

Jane BROOKES was born before 1644 of St. Mary's Co., MD, and died bef 24 Feb 1702/03 in Washington Parish, Westmoreland Co., VA.

family

She was the daughter of Henry BROOKES and 3. Jane (Joane).

She married

1. Richard HIGDON ABT 1660 in Westmoreland Co., VA. He was born ABT 1640.
2. Original BROWNE 1670 in Westmoreland Co., VA, son of Richard BROWNE and Elizabeth BADGER. He was born 1648 in St. Mary's Co., MD, and died BEF 27 APR 1698 in Westmoreland Co., VA.
3. James CAMPBELL 1698 in Westmoreland Co., VA. He was born ABT 1656, and died BEF 30 DEC 1702 in Westmoreland Co., VA.

Marriage 1 Richard HIGDON b: ABT 1640 Married: ABT 1660 in Westmoreland Co., VA

Children

1. John HIGDON b: ABT 1661 in Westmoreland Co., VA

Marriage 2 Original BROWNE b: 1648 in St. Mary's Co., MD Married: 1670 in Westmoreland Co., VA

Children

1. Jane Brooke BROWNE b: ABT 1672 in Westmoreland Co., VA
2. Judith BROWNE b: ABT 1680 in Westmoreland Co., VA
3. Mary BROWNE b: 1682 in Westmoreland Co., VA
4. William BROWNE b: ABT 1684 in Westmoreland Co., VA

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Jane (Brookes) Higdon Browne Campbell died some time after Feb 1702/3, when she made a deed of gift to her son, John Higdon, of a parcel of land of 150 acres. She was at that time a widow, her husband James Campbell having died approximately the previous Nov/Dec in Washington Parish, Westmoreland.

!31 May 1650: Henry Brooke, 658 acres Northumberland Co. 31 May, 1650; p. 225; N. E. upon Potomack River; S. E. upon Cr. dividing this from land of Nathaniel Pope Grant; N. W. upon Cr. dividing this from land of Hercules Bridges. Trans. of 13 persons. Henry Brooke, David Whitliff, Emanuel Brooke, Jane Brooke, Jane Brooke, Robert Whitliffe, Lydia Brooke, Alice Whitliffe (also spelled Wickliffe in same patent). Nugent, Nell Marion,-"Cavaliers and Pioneers", consisting of Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1625-1680. Dietz Printing Co, Richmond 1934.

Wills of Westmoreland County, Virginia , Page 6

BROOKS, HENRY, shipwright, 21 June 1662; 3 February 1662/3. My wife Joane to be exx.; dau. Dorothy Brooks; grandchild Lidia dau. of Lawrence Abbington; Henry Saxton my godson and his father Nicholas Saxton; dau. Jane Higden; dau. Lidia Abbington; Richard Cole to be overseer.

The will of Richard COLE, Parish of Appomattox, Westmoreland Co VA, dated 4 Nov 1663, proved 27 Apr 1664 made bequests to Widow BROOKS, Nicholas SAXTON; my god daughter, Jane, the wife of Richard HIGDEN; Thomas WEBB; with the widow BROOKS to be exx. Witnesses: John BROOK and John BELL. (Westmoreland Co, VA Wills, 1654-1800, Augusta B. Fothergill, Appeals Press, 1925; SHP reprint, Easley, SC, 1982)

Will of Jane Campbell Jan 25 1703 Jane Campbell of Washington Parish, Westmoreland County,

"To my loving son John Higdon and his children for natural love and affection, all that parcel of land he is now seated on, being formerly surveyed for 150 acres... on the south side of Diggwood Swamp which tree divided this land and the land formerly sold by my former husband James Campbell and myself to my son in law Nathaniel Pope... trees that divides this land and the land formerly belonging to Lawrence Abingdon... land formerly in possession of David Wickliffe now in the tenure of my son in law Nathaniel Pope. To my son John Higdon during his natural life, the remainder of his two eldest sons Orignial Higdon and John Higdon to be equally divided."

1. Jane BROOKE was born before 1648, of Westmoreland Co, Virginia, d/o Henry & Lydia (UNKNOWN) Brooke. She died after 1702.

d/o Henry Brooke & possibly Jane UNKNOWN Wickliffe

It is believed that Jane BROOKE probably married (1) bef 1662, Richard HIGDON who d testate in Westmoreland Co VA before 1677; (2) 1663-1677, Original BROWN I; and possibly (3) between 1698 and 1702, James CAMPBELL.

See the screenshot captured from Ancestry.com of the marriage of Henry Brookes, Shipwright and his wife Joane House in 1634. Further research on the records of this parish reveals the births of daughters Eve, Em, and Lydia Brookes in 1637, 1638 and 1639 respectively. I have not yet found a record for the daughter Jane, which may not have happened in the same parish. This should help straighten out any confusion on this line.

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