Born about in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Collins
and Hannah (Doane) Collins
Sister of
Solomon Collins, Samuel Collins, Martha (Collins) Godfrey, John Collins, Hannah (Collins) Smith, Joseph Collins, David Collins and Anna (Collins) Crowell
Wife of
Prence Snow Jr.
— married
after 10 Sep 1737 [location unknown]
Wife of
Benjamin Cobb Bearse II
— married
about 1743 in Chatham, Massachusetts
Wife of
George Godfrey
— married
9 Nov 1758 in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Mother of
Prence Snow, Mary (Snow) Parker, Hannah (Bearse) Freeman, Sarah (Bearse) Nickerson, David (Bearse) Barss and Martha (Bearse) Dexter
Died
at about age 51
in Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
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Biography
Jane was born about 1717. She married first Prince Snow Jr. abt 1737. She had a son and daughter by him. He died in 1740 and she married Benjamin Bearse who already had 5 minor children. Together they had 4 more (Hannah, Sarah, David and Martha. Benjamin died in 1755 and she married 3rd in 1758 as the second wife of George Godfrey. She passed away in 1768.
Children:
- Prence
- Mary
- Jonathan
- George
- Benjamin
- David
- David
- Elizabeth, m. Thomas Eldridge
- Hannah
- Sarah, m. Gidion Nickerson
- Martha
Sources
- Bearse Barss Genealogy by Austin Bears pp 14-15
- Collins, Jr., Stanley Newcomb. Joseph Collins of Eastham and Three Generations of His Descendants, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1997) Vol. 151, Page 10
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Tania Symonds 
:
23andMe, GEDmatch YM5731746 [compare], yourDNAportal TAN566aa958
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~1.56%
~9.38%
Alton Crowell :
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.17%
~4.69%
Harold Whitbread :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch FW6750804 [compare], yourDNAportal HAR69e055f0
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~1.17%
~3.12%
Jennie (Atkinson) Blades :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A971434 [compare]
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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~0.78%
Ronald Nickerson :
23andMe, GEDmatch RY6260638 [compare]
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~0.78%
Clyde Nickerson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A909992 [compare], Ancestry member barrington902
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Barbara (Coffill) Wear :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A750277 [compare], Ancestry member clownlady61
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~0.78%
Kevin Reynolds :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T872084 [compare], FTDNA kit #480575
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~0.39%
Marlene Crosby :
23andMe, GEDmatch LR4124506 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, yourDNAportal MARd36d5fd3, Ancestry member m_aubin50
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~0.39%
~0.78%
Laurie Giffin :
23andMe, GEDmatch M223119 [compare]
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~0.39%
Danny Robinson :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Debra (Clive) Naysmith :
23andMe, GEDmatch SP4104970 [compare]
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~0.39%
Janet (Fisk) Dickinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SK4876047 [compare], Ancestry member janetfdickinson
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch SK4876047 [compare], FTDNA kit #652012
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~0.39%
R Smith :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Ringo Cole :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Virginia (Smith) Breault :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QW3869274 [compare], yourDNAportal VIR2dfa3d2f, Ancestry member Virginia_breault
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~0.39%
Jennifer Smith :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LC9619833 [compare], Ancestry member jlsmith05701
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~0.39%
Shannon (Toler) Glaser :
MyHeritage DNA
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Rejected matches › Jane (Turner) Godfrey (abt.1632-bef.1684) › Elizabeth (Godfrey) Bunker (abt.1627-abt.1650)
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This is likely unintentionally missed by Stanley Newcomb Collins as he was concentrating on the Collins genealogy. I did note that he gave a reference for the Snow children but not for the Bearse children. See her daughter Sarah's wiki page for a copy of the reference I am following and why. Morag