Jane (Porter) Canning (1560 - 1633)

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Biography

Jane Porter was the daughter of Edward Porter of Aston-sub-Edge, Gloucestershire. She was the 2nd wife of Richard Canning of Foxcote (1557- c 1619).

Jane Porter, who married Richard Canning of Foxcote, as his 2nd wife, was the daughter of Edmund Porter (living 1571), who had three wives. This Jane Porter had three brothers: Thomas, married _____ with children; Anthony; and Giles (father of Angela Porter who married a different Edmund Porter

Jane (Porter) Canning, widow of Richard Canning of Foxcote, Warwickshire, died in August 1633 and was buried on the 18th day of that month, at Ilmington parish church.

See Porter pedigree at p. 11 of Life & Letters of Endymion Porter (1897) which has a chapter: "The Porters of Mickleton".

Dorothea Townshend's Porter pedigree shows Jane Porter as the wife of William Canning of Foxcote, and as the sister of Giles Porter, father of Angela Porter.

"1633. Aug. 18. Mrs. Jane Canninge widdowe." Buried at Ilmington, Warwickshire.

Who was the Anne Porter, of Foxcote, in the Parish of Ilmington, Warwickshire, whose will was proved November 14, 1633 by John Keyte, Gent.? (PCC Wills, 103 Russell)

Sources

• http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/pp/porter01.php
• Parish Register, Church of St, Mary at Ilmington, Warwickshire

Thank you to Michelle Angus for creating WikiTree profile Porter-4262 through the import of Deola Fern Turman Family Tree_2013-07-25.ged on Jul 25, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michelle and others.