Jane (Deighton) Negus (bef. 1609 - aft. 1671)

Born before 5 Apr 1609 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Lugg — married 3 Jan 1628 in St Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England

Wife of Jonathan Negus — married 27 Oct 1647 in Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died after 1671 after age 61 in Boston, Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Biography

Jane Deighton, baptized 5 April 1609 at St. Nicholas, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, was the daughter of John Deighton,^[1] Gent., of St. Nicholaus, Gloucester, and Jane Bassett, daughter of Edward Bassett, Gent., and Jane Ligon.^[2]

She married first John Lugg on 3 January 1627/8 at St. Nicholas, Gloucester.^[2] They had two sons and four daughters:

• unnamed son^[2]
• John^[2]
• Jane^[2]
• Esther, wife of James Bell and Richard Marshall^[2]
• Elizabeth^[2]
• Mary, wife of Nathaniel Barnard^[2]

The family immigrated to New England in 1637/8. John Lugg died there after 1644.^[2]

Jane married second at Boston on 27 October 1647 to Jonathan Negus of Boston. ^[2] They had one son and one daughter:

• Isaac^[2]
• Maria^[2]

Jane was living in Boston in 1671, but her date of death is unknown. Her husband died at Boston before 11 April 1682.^[2]

Research Notes

Per 2009 SGM post be Douglas Richardson: "In recent time, I've worked out several new royal lines for three 17th Century New World immigrants, namely Frances, Jane, and Katherine Deighton, each of whom has modern descendants. The first line featured below is through King John's alleged illegitimate daughter, Isabel, wife of Richard Fitz Ives. I use the word "alleged" here as neither King John or any of his immediate successors appear to have acknowledged Isabel or her issue as royal kinsfolk. However, Isabel is styled daughter of King John ["filie Regis Joh’is"] in an ancient obit of her recorded in Cornwall records [see Herald & Genealogist 7 (1873): 229–231].

"Besides the Fitz Ives line, I've dredged up three additional Plantagenet descents for the Deighton sisters, interestingly all being lines from illegitimate children of various kings."^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPJB-3V8 : 23 March 2020), Jane Dighton, 1609.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. 2nd edition. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011), vol. II, page 40, NAME DEIGHTON 15, 15.i.
3. ↑ 2009 post by Douglas Richardson at the soc.genealogy.medieval website.

See also:

• NEHGR 46 (1892) 46-47
• TAG 9 (1932-33) 212-222
• The Genealogist 6 (1985) 195-231
• Pope, Pioneers of Massachusetts (1900, pages 295 (Lugg) and 326 (Negoose)
• Frost, Josephine C. Ancestors of Amyntas Shaw and His Wife Lucy Tufts Williams (Not Published, 1920) Online at Google Books, page 45
• Gateway Ancestor to Charlemagne
• Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta. Online at Google Books, p.37: Line 28.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

Jane (Deighton) Negus is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry as a Gateway Ancestor (vol. I, pages xxiii-xxix) in a Richardson-documented trail to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. II, pages 34-40 DEIGHTON). This trail has not yet been developed on WikiTree. See profiles on that trail in the Magna Carta Trails section of her mother's profile.

• Needs Development: This profile needs development against the project's checklist to bring it up to current project standards. ~ Thiessen-117 17:47, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

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