Jane
Williams
formerly [surname unknown]
Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Williams
— married
1640 in Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah (Williams) Ayer, John Williams, Mary (Williams) Bradley, Lidia Williams and Joseph Williams
Died
at about age 70
in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Name and Origins
- Name: Jane Unknown.
- The origins and parents of Jane are unknown. She is sometimes called Jane Gould. There is no evidence for this LNAB.
Birth
- Born: about 1610.
- A very rough estimate based on the birth of her children would place her birth date sometime before 1620. This presents a problem as it is not certain she is mother of all the children of John Williams. The large gap in the ages of his children make it likely Jane was a younger second wife. If she was the mother of just Mary Lydia and Joseph she was probably born between 1615 and 1620, If she was the mother of Sarah and John she would have been born considerably earlier. One of her death records describes her as "antient",[1] suggesting that she was probably at least 70, putting her birth around 1610.
Death
- Inventory: Datted the : 9 : day of desember 1681
- This is a true inventory of the widow jane Williams estat as it was tacken [ ] by Stephen dowe and Joseph page
- It one iron pot and pot hookes one trowel stick and
::tramil.................................................................00-19-06
- It two peuter platters.......................................00-10-00
- It one friing pan and one warming pan.........00-06-00
- It a payer of cardes and a coten wheele.......00-06-00
- It a cotton ruge and a bead and two sheets:
- blanket...............................................................03-12-00
- It a boulster and a pilow..................................00-05-00
- It a sarge gowne and a sarge wescate...........01-12-00
- It two swine.......................................................01-10-00
- It thre cowes.....................................................13-10-00
- It one cowe two haifers and a bull.................11-15-00
- .............................................................................33-05- 6"[3]
- It one iron pot and pot hookes one trowel stick and
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vital Records of Haverhill, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield Historical Society, 1910) Vol 2, page 496. Text: "WILLIAMS... Jane [an antient widdow. CT. R.], wid. John, Nov. 21, 1680." Ancestry Record matownvital #80302650
- ↑ Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.) Vol 3 Page 1679. Text: WILLIAMS, John (-1667) & 2/wf? Jane ____ (-1680); by 1630; Haverhil1/Salisbury {Warner-Harrington 781; Bradley (1915) 163; Reg. 12:97, 62:184; LBDF&P ,336; Ferrin-Preston 75; ?Hazen Anc. 34; Williams (,10) 21; Williams (,15) 17; Williams (,16) 21; Essex Ant 3:166, 12:85; Bassett-Preston 331; MD 17:109}
- ↑ Essex County Registry of Probate- Docket No. 30009
- U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Text: Death date: 1680 Death place: Marriage date: 1630 Marriage place: United States
- Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
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Also her death record in 1680 calls her "an antient widdow." I'm not sure what qualifies as ancient in 1680...maybe 60 was ancient?