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Jane Chauncey (Cornwall)

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Birthplace: Yardley, Warwickshire, England
Death: July 25, 1582
Woodend, Hertfordshire, England
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Daughter of John Cornwall
Wife of George Chauncy of Yarley
Mother of Henry Chauncy, of Yarley

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About Jane Chauncey


” The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire: With the Original of Counties ...“ By Sir Henry Chauncy. Page 118. GoogleBooks

George Chauncy, second Son of Henry, married Jane the Daughter and Heir of John Cornwall of Ardely, Esq. by whom he obtain'd the Mannor of fairsted in Essex, divers Lands in Stebing in the same County, and her Estate in Ardely, with some Money, which enabled him to purchase of his Nephew William, his Seat call'd Newplace in Goldeston, with the Mannors of Giffards and Netherhall : He had Issue by her, Henry, Charles, Jane married to Edward Coe, of Paul-Belchampe in the County of Essex, Gent. Frances Wife to Ambrose Porter of Gloucester, Gent. Barbara married to Henry Wright of London, Gent. and Mary who never married. Jane died the 25th of July, 1582, 24

Eliz. and was buried with her Son Charles in the Chancel Ibid. Ardeley. of this Parish; after her Decease, he married Agnes the Widow of Edw. Humberstone, Gent. and the Daughter of Edward Welch of Much Aymondley in this County, Gent. ...


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  • 10. JOHN CHAUNCY, of Pishobury manor, son and heir, d. June 4, 1546. He m. Elizabeth (Proffit), widow of Richard Mansfield, and had:
    • 11. HENRY CHAUNCY, second son and heir, who inherited ten manors, located in the counties of Kent, Sussex, Hertford, and Essex. He resided on his manor of Gifford, or Gelston, Herts, where he erected a mansion, called "New Place," and d. April 14, 1587. He had by his wife Lucy, whose surname has not been preserved:
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      • ' 12. GEORGE CHAUNCY, of New Place, Herts, second son and eventual heir, who succeeded his father in the manors of Gifford, Nether Hall, etc. He m. first, Jane, daughter and heiress of John Cornwall, of Stebbing, Essex, and became possessed of Yardley and other manors. He m. secondly, Anne (or Agnes), daughter of Edward Welsh, of Great Wymondly, and widow of Edward Humberston, and dying in 1625 (buried at Barking, Essex), had by her:
        • 13. REV. CHARLES CHAUNCY, fifth son, and third son of the second wife, bapt. and registered in Yardley Bury Church, Herts, November 5, 1592. He was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and came to New England in May, 1638, and was the pastor at Scituate, Massachusetts, 1641, and November 29, 1654, was installed as the second president of Harvard College, with a salary of one hundred pounds per annum. He d. February 19, 1671/2, having issue by his wife, whom he m. in England, March 17, 1630, Catherine, d. March 23, 1667, aged sixty-six, daughter of Robert Eyre, of Sarum, Wilts, by his wife Agnes, or Anne, daughter of Rev. John Still, Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1592-1607:
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Jane Chauncey's Timeline

1573
1573
Yardley, Hertfordshire , England
1582
July 25, 1582
Woodend, Hertfordshire, England
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Yardley, Warwickshire, England