Jane Williams

Jane Woodward [Parents] was born in 1569 in Synwell, , Gloucester, England. She died on 2 Feb 1614/1615. She was buried in Wotton-under-edg, , Gloucester, England. She married William (John) Williams on 4 Dec 1603.

She is the second wife of William and mother of Richard.

They had the following children:

• F i Elizabeth Williams was born about 1605. She perhaps removed to New England apparently unmarried.
• M ii Richard Williams
• F iii Jane Williams was christened on 19 Mar 1609 in Whetenhurst, Gloucester, , England. She was baptised at St. Mary the Virgin church. Apparently unm,arried before 1655 testate.
• M iv Roger Williams was born about 1610 in St. Mary, Wooten-Under Edg, Gloucester, England.
• M v John Williams was born on 26 Apr 1612 in St. Mary, Wooten-Under Edg, Gloucester, England.
• M vi Samuel Williams was born about 1614 in St. Mary, Wooten-Under Edg, Gloucester, England. He died in 1669 in Synwell, , Gloucestershire, England.

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GEDCOM Note

Biography

Parentage; Date and Place of Birth ===The parentage and date and place of birth of Jane Woodward, second wife of William Williams of Wotton-under-Edge, is uncertain. Some family trees show that Jane was born in Synwell (which is the part of Wotton-near-Edge that she and William later lived in) in 1569. No reliable evidence has been found to support either proposition and it is likely that (1) the Synwell place of birth was a guess basedon the assumption that she was born in the same hamlet that she and William lived in and (2) the 1569 date of birth was an estimate based on a combination of Williams' date of birth (about 1555-8) and the facther youngest child was born in 1609.

The fact that Jane and William were married in Cam, Gloucestershire, despite the fact that William lived in Wotton-near-Edge, Gloucestershire, suggests that Jane was from Cam. A search of Cam parish records finds only one baptism of a Jane Woodward in Cam in 1555-1585: the baptism on December 12, 1583 in Cam of "Jane the daughter of John Woodward."<ref name="Bapt"/> This record may well relate to this profile's Jane Woodward and thus suggests that she may have been born in Cam shortly before December 12, 1583 and that her father may have been John Woodward of Cam, the yeoman. Supporting evidence is provided by the 1596 will of a John Woodward of Cam, which includes a bequestto his unmarried daughter Jane.<ref name="FatherWill"/> John Woodward's widow died in November 1603,<ref name="MotherBurial"/> which probably prompted her quick marriage in December 1603 to the much older William Williams, as getting married quickly to a financially established husband would have been highly desirable.

Marriage ===Jane married William Williams in Cam, Gloucestershire on December 14, 1603.<ref name="Marriage"/><ref name="GloucMarriages110"/><ref name="TAG9p142"/><ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp412"/>

Children

Jane and William had the following children:# Samuel, b. probably 1604 or 1605,<ref name="SamElizDOB"/> m. 1st July 29, 1630 Mary Holden at Wotten-under-Edge,<ref name="SamuelMarriage1"/><ref name="TAG9p143"/> m. 2d October 24, 1637 widow Alice Knight at Eastington, Gloucestershire<ref name="SamuelMarriage2"/><ref name="TAG9p144"/> d. 1668 or 1669<ref name="TAG9p144"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp94"/># Elizabeth, b. probably 1604 or 1605,<ref name="SamElizDOB"/> probably never married and emigrated to New England (based on reference in sister Jane's 1650 will to "my brother Richard Williams and my sister Elizabeth Williams that are in New England")<ref name="TAG9p144"/> # Richard, bpt. January 18, 1606/7 at St. Mary the Virgin, Wotten-under-Edge, m. February 11, 1633 Francis Deighton in Great Witcombe, Gloucestershire, d. about August 1693 Taunton, Province of Massachusetts Bay# Jane, bpt. March 19, 1608/9 at St. Mary the Virgin, Wotten-under-Edge,<ref name="JaneBpt"/><ref name="TAG9p144"/> never married,<ref name="TAG9p144"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp93"/> d. 1655 in Whetenhurst, Gloucestershire<ref name="TAG9p144"/><ref name="GloucNotesVp93"/>As discussed in the profile for her husband William Williams, there is no reliable evidence to support the proposition that they had children named Roger, John or William.

Death; Burial ===Jane was buried in Wotton-under-Edge on February 2, 1614/5.<ref name="2dWifeBurial"/><ref name="NEHGR51p212"/>

<ref name="FatherWill">Ancestry.com. Gloucestershire, England, Wills and Inventories,1541-1858 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.</ref> <ref name="MotherBurial">Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucestershire, England; Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69 IN 1/1</ref> <ref name="GloucNotesVp93">W.P.W. Phillimore, "Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, Volume V, 1891-1893," 1894, p 93</ref> <ref name="GloucNotesVp94">W.P.W. Phillimore, "Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, Volume V, 1891-1893," 1894, p 94</ref> <ref name="TAG9p144">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 9 (1932), p 143: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="SamElizDOB">The dates of birth of Samuel and Elizabeth are based on the fact that (1) they were listed before Richard (bpt. Jan. 1607) and Jane (bpt. Mar. 1609), respectively, in William's will and therefore probably olderand (2) their parents were married in December 1603. There is no evidence that establishes whether Samuel or Elizabeth was born first. It is possible that one of them was a child from William's first marriage and thus born sometime before 1603.</ref> <ref name="SamuelMarriage2">Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucestershire, England; Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: P127 IN 1/1</ref> <ref name="SamuelMarriage1">Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucestershire, England; Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: P379 IN 1/1</ref> <ref name="TAG9p142">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 9 (1932), p 142: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref> <ref name="NEHGR51p212">"Richard Williams of Taunton and his Connection with the Cromwell Family," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 51 (1897)," p 212</ref> <ref name="RoyalAncestryIIp412">Douglas Richardson, "Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Volume II," 2013, p 412</ref> <ref name="GloucMarriages110">W.P.W. Phillimore, "Gloucestershire Parish Registers. Marriages. Vol VII," 1902, p 110</ref> <ref name="Marriage">Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucestershire, England; Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69 IN 1/1</ref> <ref name="JaneBpt">Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813</ref> <ref name="2dWifeBurial">Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucestershire, England; Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: P379 IN 1/1</ref> <ref name="Bapt">Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucestershire, England; Gloucestershire Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: P69 IN 1/1</ref> <ref name="TAG9p143">The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT, Vol 9 (1932), p 143: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)</ref>

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