Jane (Skepper) Browne (bef. 1635 - aft. 1682)

Born before 8 Jan 1635 in Thorpe St Peter, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Abraham Browne — married 19 Aug 1653 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 1682 after age 46 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Biography

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

Jane Skepper (Skipper) was the daughter of William Skepper and his first wife Jane, whose family origins are not known.^[1][2] She was baptised at Thorpe St Peter (also known as Thorpe in the Marsh or Thorpe in Marisco), Lincolnshire, England on 8 January 1634/5^[3] or 9 January 1634/5.^[4][5] Jane's mother may have died in childbirth (her father married Sarah Fisher 7 January 1639, Boston, Lincolnshire, England.^[5]) but there is a possible baptism record for her sister Katherine in 1637 - this Katherine's parents are named as William and Jane.^[6]

In the year 1639 the William Skepper family arrived in New England.^[7] The following family members were recorded in this arrival:

• William Skepper, primary immigrant
• Sarah (Fisher) Skepper
• Elizabeth Skepper
• Jane Skepper
• John Skepper
• Katherine Skepper
• Mary Skepper
• Sarah Skepper
• Theopolis Skepper

Jane Skepper married Abraham Browne on 19 August 1653, Boston, Massachusetts. ^[8]

Jane was the daughter of the first wife of William Skepper, as she, like her siblings, received £50 from her mother's estate. In January 1652, "Jane Skepper of Boston, Spinster, obtained security £50 from Valentine Hill of Dover, in company with (Rev.) Thomas Cobbett and Joshua Scottow."^[5]

And later on 27 January 1682, “Be it known to all men that I Abraham Browne of Boston, Mariner, and Jane my wife, doe acknowledge to have received of mr Thomas Cobbet senior minister of Ipswich a considerable Sume of Money to us in hand paid… [and] do acquit and freely discharge the sd mr Thomas Cobbett pastour of the church of Ipswich… from the beginning of the world until the day of the date hereof…” Both Abraham and Sarah signed and sealed.^[5]

Jane and Abraham Browne had the following known children:

• Mary Browne, b. 29 Dec 1654
• Jane Browne, b. 9 Aug 1657
• Sarah Browne, b. 16 Jun 1660

Jane Skepper Browne died in the year 1682, Boston, Massachusetts. ^[9] Her husband, Abraham died seven years later in 1690.

Puritan Great Migration
Jane Skepper and husband Abraham Browne are among the early arrivals in the Great Puritan Migration. Both are also referenced in the Douglass Richardson and Gary Boyd works.

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), Vol. IV, pp. 32-33, SKEPPER 16, partially viewable on Google Books
2. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. IV, p. 640, SKEPPER 21
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Online access 11 Jun 2019: gives year as just 1634
4. ↑ A R Maddison. Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Vol. III, Harleian Society, 1904, pp. 883-884,Internet Archive
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Holman, Mary Lovering, "The Skepper Family," The American Genealogist Vol. 20(1943):84 Link on AmericanAncestors.org citing Suffolk Co Deeds 1:182 and Ipswich Deeds 4:49.
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW4B-X24 : 4 February 2023), Willm Skepper in entry for Catherin Skepper, 1637
7. ↑ RICHARDSON, DOUGLAS. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Edited by Kimball G. Everingham. Royal Ancestry Series. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Detail Place: New England; Year: 1639; Page Number: 657 Source Information Title U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Author Ancestry.com Note Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc Publisher Date 2010 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA. Online access 11 Jun 2019.
8. ↑ Source Information Title Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Author Ancestry.com Note Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Publisher Date 2011 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA. Online access 11 Jun 2019.
9. ↑ Source Citation Information Detail Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Edit Source Source Information Title U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc Publisher Date 2012 Publisher Location Provo, UT, USA. Online access 11 jun 2019.

See also:

• "US New England Marriages Prior to 1700: Source Text: Jane Brown. Maiden Name: Skipper. Gender: Female. Birth Year: 1635. Marriage date: 19 Aug 1653. Marriage place: New England, USA. Death Year 1682. Spouse: Abraham Browne. Household members: Abraham Browne, Jane Browne." Attached is an image of page 104 from the book just cited (New England Marriages Prior to 1700) and it notes that Abraham/Abram Brown and Jane Skipper were married in Boston, Massachusetts 19 Aug 1653.

• Gary Boyd Roberts (page 342-344) 'The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants' (Baltimore, 2018) the gateway ancestor "Rev. William Skepper/Skipper of Boston, Mass., where he died 1640-50 m (1) Jane___. m (2) Sarah Fisher."