Jane (Unknown) Wolterton (abt. 1610 - aft. 1674)

Born about 1610 in England

Wife of Nathanial Ward — married Apr 1654 in Hartford, Connecticut

Wife of Gregory Wolterton — married Oct 1670 in Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 1674 after about age 64 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Jane (Unknown) Wolterton migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Disputed Origins

The identity of John Hopkins's wife as Jane Strong, daughter of Thomas & Joanna (Bagge) Strong, is controversial, and we have yet to find any hard evidence proving Mrs. Jane Hopkins was Jane Strong of Chardstock. The reason for its importance is that Jane Strong's grandfather, George Strong, has some illustrious descendants. The temptation to make the connection, despite lack of a firm connection, is very strong. On the other hand, there is no evidence disproving it, either. That is, the fate of Jane Strong of Chardstock in England appears to be unknown. Her parents died in England, so she could not have come to America with them. Social taboo would have prevented a single woman from making the journey on her own [not true], so many have assumed she and John Hopkins were married in England. That no record of their marriage has been found in New England supports that theory, though many marriage records have, of course, been lost. There is another possibility. Jane Strong's first cousin, John Stronge (aka "Elder John Stronge"), came to Hartford in 1635 on the Hopewell "with his family," which could have included Jane. An arrival of Jane Strong in Hartford in 1635 puts her in a position to meet and marry John Hopkins when he moved to Hartford in 1636. However, these circumstances only mean that it is possible that John's wife was Jane Strong. But we now have a Stephen born in 1637, which would make him four years younger than his wife, Dorcas. Not impossible, but unlikely.

Biography

This person is an ancestor of President Millard Fillmore^[1]

Jane's maiden name is unknown.

She married three times.^[2]

• (1) John Hopkins of Hartford
• (2) Nathaniel Ward of Hartford
• (3) Gregory Wolterton

Marriage

Date: about 1636

Place: Maybe in Hartford,,Connecticut

Husband: John Hopkins

Wife: Jane Unknown

Child: Bethia Hopkins

Child: Stephen Hopkins

Unsourced Death

Date: 11 NOV 1679^{[citation needed]}

Place: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut

Unproven

Jane Strong: born 20 MAR 1610, Chardstock, Dorset, England, d/o Thomas Strong and JoAnna Bagge

Sources

1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents
2. ↑ Anderson, Robert C. John Hopkins in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003 p. 411-13. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)

• Anderson, Robert C. John Hopkins in: Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume III, G-H, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003 p. 411-13. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)
• 1. [S728] John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634 : and some of his descendants, Timothy Hopkins , 1932 SLC 929.273 H774ht https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE223274, pg 7. [check:] 948 pages long. It contains quite a few Hopkins. Great for researching other Hopkins. There are copies of documents included in the book.

Source 4 is also quite interesting for those looking for early CT probate records.

• 2. [S730] John Winthrop, Jr. medical records, 8 June 1669, Vol. 20a-b, page 926, In possession of Massachusetts Historical Society Winthrop Family Papers microfilm collection P-350, reel 38.
• 3. [S731] Bethia Hopkins Did Not Marry at Age Eleven, Robert Charles Anderson , The American Genealogist, Jan 2002 Volume 77 #1 Whole Number 305 pages 25-27.
• 4. [S729] A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records volume 1, Charles Manwaring , R S Peck & Co: Hartford CT, 1904 http://archive.org/details/digestofearlycon00manw, page130.
• 5. [S37] Barbour Collection of CT Town Vital Records SLC 974.6 V2wl, and/or Ancestry, and/or http://www.newhorizonsgenealogicalservices.com/barbour-collection.htm and/or http://americanancestors.org.
• 6. Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
• The Stocking Ancestry; Marie Stocking, compiler, The Stocking Ancestry and History of a Stocking Family (:, May 15, 1963) Subsequent Source Citation Format: , The Stocking Ancestry and History of a Stocking Family
• IGI Individual Record - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Title: International Genealogical Index - Individual Record - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Judd, Sylvester. Ancestors of Rev. Samuel hopkins, D.D., of Newport, and Their Children., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1851) Vol. 5, Page 43