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Jane May formerly Williams

Born 1710 in Virginia

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of John May — married 1731 [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Milly (May) Holliday, Sarah (May) Sutton, John May Jr, Jane (May) Brooks, William May, Joseph B. May Sr. and James M. May

Died [date unknown] in Richmond, Georgia

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Profile last modified 9 Mar 2020 | Created 8 Nov 2014

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Biography

Jane was born in 1716. Jane Williams ... ^[1]

According to Ida Kellam in Brooks and Kindred Families, John married Jane Williams, daughter of Roger Williams who was born in Wales.[2] However according to Doug McBroom, publishing in Richmond County Georgia Archives section of USGenWeb, this is the only reference to Jane Williams, and some of Kellam's information is "inaccurate."[1] Kellem does not reveal her source for the name of John's wife, and McBroom cautions that there may be confusion between this and another John May who lived in Orange County, North Carolina at the same time.[1] Note: This is the John May of Orange County which became Pitt County, NC.

Jane was born in 1710.

Sources

↑ First-hand information as remembered by Jenny May, Saturday, November 8, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:

~0.78% Norene Sellers : 23andMe
~0.78% William May : 23andMe
~0.78% ~6.25% Becky (McLain) Miley : 23andMe, GEDmatch M614897 [compare]
~0.78% Christie M : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.78% Carole (Carnahan) Burgess : 23andMe + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A790637 [compare], Ancestry member burgca
~0.78% LaDell (Whitsitt) Montgomery : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member txag57
~0.78% Karen (Harris) Wall : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T100573 [compare], Ancestry member kpw822 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T100573 [compare], FTDNA kit #352676
~0.78% L. Williams : AncestryDNA
~0.78% Paul Dallas Grant : AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.78% Keith Brann : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member k_brann13
~0.78% Dean Sartin : Autosomal DNA Test
~0.78% Wanda (McDonald) Wirthlin : MyHeritage DNA
~0.39% Thomas or Tom Reid : 23andMe
~0.39% ~3.12% Rhonda Baimbridge : 23andMe, GEDmatch M501078 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A850789 [compare], Ancestry member RhondaSharp
~0.39% Roger Tilley : 23andMe, GEDmatch AJ6374944 [compare] + AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A525983 [compare]
~0.39% Robert Barousse : 23andMe
~0.39% James Thompson : 23andMe + AncestryDNA + Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.39% Oscar Ward : 23andMe + AncestryDNA + MyHeritage DNA
~0.39% Gary Gray : AncestryDNA
~0.39% Jessica Welton : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JessicaWelton
~0.39% Lynn Hemrick : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A352940 [compare], Ancestry member lhemrick28 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A352940 [compare], FTDNA kit #B126980
~0.39% Ora Jane Johnson : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch orajane [compare], Ancestry member orajane + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch orajane [compare], FTDNA kit #396851
~0.39% David Hemrick : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A955088 [compare], Ancestry member lhemrick28
~0.39% Betty Hemrick : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JH7204956 [compare]
~0.39% Lucy Pech : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lucy_jane_pech
~0.39% Charles McKinney : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member charleslmckinney1941
~0.39% William Hastings : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A564262 [compare], Ancestry member WilliamHastings74
~0.39% Tamara (Killian) Ledkins : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EU4309958 [compare], Ancestry member tledkinsphoto88
~0.39% Lydia (Eddins) Shoemaker : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A101614 [compare], Ancestry member Mona1982
~0.39% Karen (Mihlethaler) Hartness : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Karenhartness453412
~0.39% James Storey : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A836755 [compare], Ancestry member StoreyHolmes
~0.39% Lyn (Meadows) Hazen : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member purpleorchid521
~0.39% Carol Burch : AncestryDNA
~0.39% Kevin Connor : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch Na1777885 [compare]
~0.39% Vincent Piazza : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T795997 [compare], FTDNA kit #565554
~0.39% ~1.56% Lorine (Stine) Mitchell : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T193020 [compare]
~0.39% Becca (Rushing) Balmes : Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch BF3612454 [compare]

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Christopher Childs

Per the comment below, I have detached Jane from Roger Williams of Rhode Island as her parent. She belongs to the Virginia Williamses, not the Rhode Island ones.

posted Mar 09, 2020 by Christopher Childs

Christopher Childs

The descent of early Virginia Williamses from Roger Williams, founder of Providence, RI, is a myth that repeatedly turns up across the 'net. There were at least two, and likely four (or more) Roger Williamses in Virginia in the mid-1600s; these are the only Rogers known who generated Williams lines in that colony. None of them have any known connection to Roger of RI.

Please detach Jane from Roger Williams as father; the claim that she was a daughter of this namesake grandson of the Providence founder simply has no foundation. The two children of this third-generation Roger and his wife, Elizabeth (Walling) Williams -- who were never anywhere near Virginia -- are well-known and documented: they had two, both of whom were daughters: Elizabeth and Rebecca. (See "Roger Williams of Providence, R. I.", Vol. 1, pages 135 (right column, bottom) through 139; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062448378&view=1up&seq=142 ; also see "Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders Born in the 18th Century", chart on p. 109; https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015028775222&view=1up&seq=119&size=150 .)

posted Feb 23, 2020 by Christopher Childs
edited Feb 23, 2020 by Christopher Childs

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Jane (Williams) May (1710)

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