Jane (Jordan) Andrews (1622 - abt. 1705)

Born 1622 in England

Wife of John Andrews — married about 1645 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died about 1705 at about age 83 in Ipswich, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Jane (Jordan) Andrews immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).

Birth

Jane Jordan was born in 1622 in England.^[1] Her father was Stephen Jordan.^[2] The identity of her mother is unknown. Some genealogies identify her as Susanna or Susanna Peacock of Denham (Buckinghamshire), England, but there is no evidence for this.

Marriage

Jane married John Andrews before 1646. Together they had at least 5 children:^[2]

1. Elizabeth Andrews
2. John Andrews
3. Joseph Andrews
4. Thomas Andrews
5. William Andrews

Death

She died after 1705 (the date of her husband's will), probably in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.^[2]

Some genealogies give an exact death date of 20 April 1708 in Ipswich.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ John Brooks Threlfall, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins, Heritage Books, 2008, p 1 (In a 1701 deposition, she was identified as being 79 years of age).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Goodell, Mrs. Harriet Andross. "John Andrews of Ipswich, Mass., and Norwich, Conn., and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, April 1916, pp. 102-114, at 70:102-3.

• Goodell, Mrs. Harriet Andross. "John Andrews of Ipswich, Mass., and Norwich, Conn., and Some of His Descendants." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, April 1916, pp. 102-114.
• Storey, Betty Andrews. The Descendants of Lieut. John Andrews of Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. 2009.
• Genealogies of Connecticut Families (Genealogical Pub. Co., 1983) Vol. 1, Page 35