Jane (Browne) Lunt (1657 - aft. 1737)

Born 9 Aug 1657 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Lunt — married before 1677 in Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Wife of Joseph Mayo — married 29 Oct 1712 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 30 Sep 1737 after age 80 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

BIRTH
Jane Browne was born the 9th of August 1657 at Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony to parents Abraham and Jane (Skepper) Browne. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Her father Abraham was a Mariner. ^[3]

MARRIAGES and CHILDREN
In 1677 Jane Browne married Henry Lunt (Henry) who was born Newbury, Massachusetts the 20th February 1652/3. ^[4] His father, Henry Lunt (Sen.), was one of the original Ipswich founders. ^[4] Husband Henry (Jun.) was by trade a feltmaker and an Ensign in the Newbury military company. ^[5] Jane and Henry had the following known children:

1. Henry Lunt (Henry, Henry), b. 5 Dec 1677, Boston, MA.^[6]  ; m. Sarah Cole, 18 Nov 1707/8 ; he d. ("Henry Lunt 3d, husband of Sarah") 9 Aug 1737 ; resident of Newbury ; Will proved 13-16 Sep 1737, Essex county, MA. [Davis quoting Essex Probate, No.17384.]
2. Skipper Lunt, b. 29 Nov 1679, Newbury, MA.^[7] ; m. Elizabeth Brown, 18 Jul 1704 who survived his d. ; prob. d. bef 1757 when brother Daniel made his Will ; occupation was "joiner and housewright" (carpenter) ; bef 1709 sometime resident of Portsmouth but in Will administration he was referred to as Skipper (and Elizabeth) of Newbury with son Abraham administrating in 1771 [Davis quoting Essex Deeds, 26:93] [Davis quoting Essex Probate, 347:289]
3. Mary Lunt, b. 16 Jan 1681/2, Newbury, MA.^[8] ; m. Joshua Wingate of Hampton, Rockingham, N.H. (son of john of Dover, N.H.), 19 Nov 1700 ; d. 27 May 1772, ae. 90, New Hampshire
4. Abraham, b. 10 Dec 1683, Newbury, MA.^[9] ; d. at sea 15 Jul 1706, recorded at Newbury as "lost at sea"
5. John Lunt, b. 1 Feb 1685, Newbury, MA. ^[10]; m. Ann Hart dau. of Lawrence Hart, 11 Jan 1709/10, Newbury, MA. ; he was still living 16 Jan 1762 ; occupation "turner"
6. William, b. 4 Jul 1688, Newbury, MA. ^[11] ; gone to sea, not been heard from Jul 1712
7. Daniel, b. 1 Jan 1690/1, Newbury, MA. ^[12] ; m. 1st Sarah Elliot (dau of John Elliot of Amesbury), 22 May 1714 who was living in 1740 ; he m. 2nd Mary (Unknown) who survived him and m. 2nd Gershom Griffith of Hampton, 1760 ; he relocated to Greenland, N.H. by 1719 ; Will proved 17 Oct 1757 (Greenland, N.H.)
8. Jane Lunt, b. 9 Nov 1693, Newbury, MA. ^[13] ; m. Nathaniel Drake of Hampton, N.H., 1 Jun 1716
9. Samuel, b. 26 Mar 1696, Newbury, MA. ^[14] ; m. Charity Emery (dau of Job Emery of Kittery) ; d. 1752 ; cordwainer by trade ; abt 1724 resident of Star island, Isles of Shoals but in Kittery by 1737 ; 1743 resident at Back Cove, Falmouth, Maine ; Will proved 2 oct 1752 (no residence stated but Falmouth witnesses) [Davis quoting Maine Wills, p.677.]
10. James, b. 15 Jul 1698, Newbury, MA.^[15] ; "non compos mentis" "living with mother Jane (Browne, Lunt) Mayo in 1737" [Davis, p.18] ^[5] ; bro. John appointed as guardian, 2 Oct 1740

Husband Henry Lunt died 15 October 1709 in his 58th year. Administration of his estate was granted to their son Henry (Henry, Henry) on 10 January 1709/10 but was dismissed the following 8th March and brother William substituted. ^[5] However on 14 July 1712 administration was then granted to William's brother john Lunt "William Lunt being gone to sea and not heard of before he had completed his administration". ^[5] Davis states that "no inventory was filed until 28 April 1737 when the real estate (only) was valued at L1022:14:0" and division was made with Henry Lunt (Henry, Henry) the eldest receiving two-ninths and one-ninth going to: John; Daniel; Samuel; Skipper; James; Mary alias Wingett and Jane alias Drake". [Davis, p.14.] Davis also states that Henry's widow "Mrs. Jane Lunt Mayo" was still living in 30 September 1737 age about 80 but not mentioned so her dower must have been set off earlier." [Davis, p.14.]

On 29 October 1712 "Mr. Joseph Mayo published his intent to marry Mrs. Jane Lunt in Newbury, Massachusetts". ^[16][17] Davis also says Henry's widow, Mrs. Jane Lunt, Sen. married in Newbury int. on the 29th of October 1712, Joseph Mayo. [Davis, p.13.] ^{[5] [18]}

DEATH
Jane (Browne, Lunt) Mayo was still living September 30, 1737, age about 80, based on her deposition of that date.^[5]

It is interesting to note that for at least the next 150 years the names of her ten children are consistently repeated throughout each succeeding generation of her descendants.

RESEARCH NOTES
Caution, birth year transcription error: According to a typed version of the Boston, Massachusetts vital records, which reorganizes (by hand) the original church and town records into a alphabatized surname pattern (where the years are all 'jumbled' up) "Jane Browne, daughter of Abraham and Jane Browne of Boston was born the 9th August 1653." ^[19] This birth year error is found in the familysearch.org website profile for Jane (Skepper) Browne although in 2023 an edit was made to correct the birth year to 1657 from 1653.

Sources

1. ↑ "A Report of the Record Commissioners containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths, 1630-1699: City Document No.130-1883" Vol. 9 (Births, Marriages, Baptisms & Deaths) p.60 (see 10th record up from bottom left page) Pub. Boston, Mass., USA: Municipal Printing Office, 1908. Reprinted (online db) FamilySearch.org https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-998Q-HXT7?i=42&cc=2061550
2. ↑ NEHGR p.70 Vol.10 (Jan. 1856) pub. Boston, Mass., USA: Samuel G. Drake, publisher, 1856. Reprinted (subscription online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 7 Aug 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25213876?h=2d28be
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Holman, Mary Lovering, "The Skepper Family" printed in The American Genealogist p.84; Vol.20 (1943). New Haven, CT., USA: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Subscription online db. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009) https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image?pageName=84&volumeId=11817
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Anderson, Robert Charles "The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England: Vol. IV, I-L" p.368 [Henry Lunt, b.1652/3] pub. Boston, Mass., USA: NEHGS, 2005; NcNaughton & Gunn. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25207691?h=dcbcf5
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Davis, Walter. The Ancestry of Abel Lunt, 1769-1806, of Newbury, Massachusetts p. 13-17. (Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine, 1963) E-Book available for online borrowing at: https://archive.org/stream/ancestryofabellu00davi#page/13/mode/1up
6. ↑ "Boston Births, 1635-1744: Registry of Births & Deaths within ye Town of Boston in New England Beginning Anno 1630" 630p. page titled "1676-1686" Reprinted Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 8 Aug 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25226463?h=dceb15
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLR-WQ5 : 15 January 2020), Henry & wife Jane Lunt in entry for Skipper Lunt, 1679.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMJ-NVW : 15 January 2020), Henry Lunt in entry for Mary Lunt, 1681.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ93-Q3F : 15 January 2020), Henry & wife Jane Lunt in entry for Abraham Lunt, 1683.
10. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMB-DMT : 15 January 2020), Henry Lunt in entry for John Lunt, 1685.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHL1-98W : 15 January 2020), Henry & wife Jane Lunt in entry for Will. Lunt, 1688.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLR-CQF : 15 January 2020), Henry & wife Jane Lunt in entry for Daniell Lunt, 1690.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZMT-CWG : 15 January 2020), Henry & wife Jane Lunt in entry for Jane Lunt, 1693.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ9Q-LSQ : 15 January 2020), Henry & wife Jane Lunt in entry for Samuel Lunt, 1696.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ9S-8X6 : 15 January 2020), Henry & wife Jane Lunt in entry for James Lunt, 1698.
16. ↑ "Newbury, Massachusetts Births, Deaths, Marriages, Publishments, 1635-1736" [no page no.'s to the hand-transcribed ledger of Publishments] Reprinted as "Massachusetts, U.S. Town & Vital Records, 1620-1988" (subscription online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 6 Aug 2021. https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/25207177?h=33b95a
17. ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon "US New England Marriages Prior to 1700"" : "Lunt, Henry (1653-1709) & Jane Brown (1657- ), m/2 Joseph Mayo; Jane Brown b. [notation for married]1677; Boston/Newbury, Massachusetts". Baltimore, MD, USA; Genealogical Publishing Co. "Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700" Reprinted [subscription online db]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.
18. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, comp. "Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850" Reprinted FamilySearch.org: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0886202 item 3. Reprinted (subscription online db) Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Accessed 6 Aug 2021.
19. ↑ "Boston [Suffolk, County, Massachusetts] Births, (Vol. 2-7) 1630-1799: A Record of Births in the City of Boston, 1630-1799; Vol. 2: p.22 Book bound typed transcription with no published date. Reprinted (online db) "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001" (image reader p. 15/361) FamilySearch.org https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCT9-3S3Z : Wed Oct 25 20:48:18 UTC 2023). Typed source text quoted verbatim and in order of presentment: "Mary Browne, dau of Abram & Jane Browne, b. 19 Dec 1654" ; Jane Browne, dau of Abraham & Jane Browne, b. 9 Aug 1653. CAUTION: Transcription error in the birth year.

Acknowledgements

• Contributions by direct descendant Leigh Anne (Johnson) Dear