Jane Holbrook

Jane POWYS - b. 1600, England; d. Apr. 24, 1677, Weymouth, MA. Married Thomas Holbrook at St. John the Baptist in Glastonbury, England in 1616.

Thomas and Jane became ancestors of presidents James A. Garfield, George Walker Bush, William Howard Taft and Lyndon B. Johnson (the latter through three lines).

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Powyes-5

Jane Powys, daughter of (William) Powys and Elizabeth Sims, was born between 1592 and 1602 at Glastonbury, Somerset, England.[1] Jane married Thomas Holbrook on 12 SEP 1616 at St. John's Glastonbury Co. Somerset, England.[2][3]

Jane came to New England with her husband Thomas Holbrook as part of Reverend Joseph Hull's Company, arriving at Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony on the sixth of May, 1635.

Thomas and Jane had six children, all born at Glastonbury.

1. John Holbrook
2. William Holbrook
3. Thomas Holbrook Jr.
4. Anne Holbrook
5. Elizabeth Holbrook
6. Jane Holbrook

Jane died 24 April, 1677 at Weymouth

Marriage

There were two men named Thomas Holbrook. This Thomas Holbrook of Weymouth married only once to Jane Powyers. Note some internet websites show other wives - that is not correct according to the latest research published by NEHGS in 2000 in Kempton Ancestry Park IV.

Note that Experience (Leland) Holbrook Did Not Exist. Savage originally conflated the son of Henry Leland with a fictitious father and the created two fictitious siblings Experience and Lydia Leland. Experience supposedly married Thomas Holbrook. There is no evidence for this and neither Experience or Lydia ever existed. This error was copied to later histories such as History Of Weymouth 2:204 from Savage. Note there was two men named Thomas Holbrook. Thomas Holbrook of Dorchester, Medfield and Sherborn had only two wives: Hannah Shepard and Margaret (Unknown). Thomas Holbrook of Weymouth has only one wife: Jane Powyers.

Source: Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, "Leland" in The ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2000) Part IV 452 f

Experience Holbrook Did Not Exist

According to the latest research published by NEHGS in 2000 Experience (Leland) Holbrook never existed. The author explains that Savage originally conflated the son of Henry Leland with a fictitious father and the created two fictitious siblings Experience and Lydia Leland. Experience supposedly married Thomas Holbrook. There is no evidence for this and neither Experience or Lydia ever existed. This error was copied to later histories such as History Of Weymouth 2:204 from Savage. Note there was two men named Thomas Holbrook. Thomas Holbrook of Dorchester, Medfield and Sherborn had only two wives: Hannah Shepard and Margaret (Unknown). Thomas Holbrook of Weymouth has only one wife: Jane Powyers.

Source

• Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, "Leland" in The ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton 1878-1908 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2000) Part IV 452 f
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Jane_Powyes_%281%29
• Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011) Vol. III (-H), p. 352. “Thomas Holbrook m. St. Johns, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England 12 Sep 1616 Jane Powys [citing Davis ], who d. bet. 31 Dec 1673 [named in husband's codicil] and 24 Apr 1677 [contingent executor, her son John, named for husband's estate, indicating she, the primary executrix, had apparently died].”