Jane (Seymour) Rodney (abt. 1558 - 1634)

Born about 1558 in England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of John Rodney MP — married about 1580 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died Feb 1634 at about age 76 in Somerset, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Jane Seymour was the daughter of Henry Seymour, Knt.,^[1] of Marvel and Twyford, Hampshire, and Barbara Wolfe and the niece of Jane Seymour, third wife of King Henry VIII of England.^[2][3] Her date and place of birth are unknown and are estimated.

Jane married John Rodney, Knt., of Rodney Stoke, Somerset, son of George Rodney and Elizabeth Kirton.^[2] The date and place of their marriage are unknown and are estimated. They had sixteen or seventeen children, with at least four sons and three daughters surviving their father:^[1][4][5]

• Edward, Knt.,^[2] married Francis Southwell and had issue;^[6] he was the eldest surviving son and heir, born at Pilton 29 June 1590, died 25 May 1657^[1]
• Henry, drowned off the coast of Africa as a factor for a London merchant^[1]
• George,^[2] married first Anna Lake, second to Sarah Cage^[1]
• William, Gent., born about 1610, died 1669, married Alice Caesar and had issue^[2][1]
• Elizabeth, wife of Paine Fisher, Esq., James Kirton, and Henry Norwood, Esq.^[2][1]
• Penelope, wife of Theodore Newton, Knt.^[2][1]
• Jane, wife of John Trenchard, Esq.^[2][1]

Jane died in February 1634 and is buried in the aisle at Rodney Stoke, Somerset with her husband, who died 6 August 1612.^[2] She left a will dated 1633.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Charles M. Hansen, "The Paternal Ancestry of Caesar Rodney of Del., Signer of the Declaration of Independence" in The American Genealogist, vol 64 (1989) pages 97-111. Online at AmericanAncestors.org[$].
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} 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. III, pages 112-113, MALET 15, Jane Seymour.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. (Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013), vol. IV, page 621, SEYMOUR 21.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Henry Seymour (16th century MP).
5. ↑ Charles Henry Browning. Americans of Royal Descent. 7th ed. (Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1911). Online at Google Books, page 340.
6. ↑ Frederick Thomas Colby, et al., eds. The Visitation of the County of Somerset in the Year 1623. (London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1876). Online at Archive.org, pages 93-94: Rodney Pedigree (includes the six children named by Richardson).

• Richardson, Douglas. 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. See also WikiTree's source page for Magna Carta Ancestry.
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013. See also WikiTree's source page for Royal Ancestry.

See also:

• Collins, Thomas. The Peerage of England, 7 vols., 4th edition. (London: 1768). Online at Google Books, vol. 1, pages 142-143: Pedigree and long account of Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, has a note on his niece Jane.
• Weis, Frederick Lewis. The Magna Charta Sureties, 1215. 2nd ed. (Boston, 1955). Online at HathiTrust, page 34, Line 38, #16.
• Oliver, Vere Langford. The History of the Island of Antigua, Vol. III. (London: Mitchell & Hughes, 1899). Online at Archive.org, page 49.

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was reviewed and approved for the Magna Carta Project 27 May 2020 by Thiessen-117.

Jane (Seymour) Rodney is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a badged trail from Gateway Ancestor William Rodney to Magna Carta Surety Baron William Malet (vol. III, pages 96-114 MALET) that have been developed by the Magna Carta Project. Jane (Seymour) Rodney is also in badged trails from William Rodney to surety barons Robert de Vere and Saher de Quincy. These trails are outlined in the Magna Carta Trails section of the profile of William Rodney.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta Project trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".