Jane (Cole) Smalley (1696 - aft. 1738)

Born 4 Jan 1696 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Gross — married 7 Dec 1721 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Joseph Smalley — married 16 May 1734 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 10 Dec 1738 after age 42 in Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

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Biography

Jane Cole was born Jan 4, 1696 at Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts to William and Hannah (Snow) Cole. ^[1][2] Jane was a descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower.

She married first on Dec 7, 1721 at Eastham to Thomas Gross (b. 4 Feb 1677/8 Hingham MA and died between 8 Nov 1725 and 14 Mar 1727/28). He was son of Simon and Mary (Pond) Gross.^[3]

Her second husband was Joseph Smalley (born about 1696; died 3 Jan 1773 Truro MA) son of Francis and Elizabeth (Hicks) Smalley. Jane and Joseph were married 16 May 1734 at Eastham. She was his third wife.^[1]

Child by her first marriage to Thomas Gross, recorded in both Eastham and Truro:^[4]

• Hannah Gross, b. 08 Nov 1725; mar. Samuel Smalley, nephew of Joseph Smalley, Hannah's step-father.

Child by her second marriage to Joseph Smalley, recorded Truro:^[4]

• Jane Smalley, b. "about" 19 April 1735, bp. Truro 23 Nov 1735.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Descendants of Edward Small of New England, Underhill, Lora Altine Woodbury; Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston & New York, 1934. Vol 1, Pages 129, 137.
2. ↑ Barnstable County, Massachusetts Genealogy and History--Eastham and Orleans, Mass. Birth Records The Mayflower Descendant Volume IX, Published By The Massachusetts Society Of Mayflower Descendants 1907 Edited By George Ernest Bowman.
3. ↑ Barbara Lambert Merrick, Mayflower Families In Progress, William Brewster of the Mayflower and His Descendants for Four Generations (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 3rd Ed., 2000), Fifth Generation Descendants of his daughter Patience.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Austin, John D., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol 6, Stephen Hopkins, Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001 [3rd edition], page 246.

See also:

• "Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography, 9:9.