Jane (Hulet) Lanphere (1647 - 1703)

Born 1647 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

Died 1703 at about age 56 in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island

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Biography

There is no evidence that George Lanphear / Lanphere married Jane Hulet.

Research Note

Jane has been detached as the wife of George Lanphear-32.

The name of George Lanphear's wife is UNKNOWN.^[1] There are a couple theories about who she could be, but neither have been proved and both are unlikely. No mention of her name has been found in New England records and it is unknown if he married more than once.

Possible wives:

• "Many sources say George's wife was Jane Hulet, though none provide evidence for this statement."^[2] See research notes on the profile of Jane Hulet for more information.
• A marriage record was found for a George Lanphear who married Mary Readwood at St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, London, on 3 August 1659.^[2] However, unless George was Richard's son by a previous marriage, he was probably too young to be the husband of Mary Readwood.^[3]

"I have reason to believe George Lanphear (abt.1642-1731) was never married to Jane Hulet, and the reasons are a Jane Hulett (same age) married Adam Mann in New Amsterdam, by the Dutch Reformed Church, which has records of their marriage. There were no children, grandchildren or g grandchildren with the name Jane. His oldest and 1st child was Richard, his 1st daughter was Mary. There were no Hulet's or any variation of that spelling in New England during that time period. However there are also no recordings of the name of his wife either. His baptism into the 7th Day Baptist Church, I believe happened in Newport Rhode Island, the Church was founded in Newport in 1671. He also gave his allegiance to the King of England 17 Sep 1679 in Westerly along with others from Westerly. The information I have is from records at NEHGS and I have printed them out. I could be wrong about Jane Hulet, but there is no proof of their marriage or her existence in New England. On ancestry.com there are "International Marriage Records" which I thought were true, then I realized they are from other peoples trees and taken as true, there is such a record for George and Jane, but I have my doubts. I know that the records in RI are very sparse, but what does exist does not add up to Jane Hulet. Just wanted to share my thoughts with you Regards, Nan Whitcomb, 4/17/2012"

Further to the above note, New Amsterdam records have the marriage on 28 July 1647 of Adam Maet and Jenne Hulet, from County Essex and County Buckinghamshire (i.e., England), respectively. The record (recorded in Dutch) reads: 1647. den 28 Jul. Adam Maet, j. m. Uyt Graefschaep Esseck, en Jenne Hulet, j. d. Uyt t' Graefschaep Buckingam. ^[4] This is a Jane Hulet married in 1647, not born in 1647, but it is possible to believe that this record of a marriage somehow morphed into a notion that a girl by this name was born in 1647. Smith-62120 21:10, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Clarence A. Torrey. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004). Online at Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Scott Andrew Bartley. "George Lanphear of Westerly, Rhode Island, and His Descendants." in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1999). Online at AmericanAncestors.org, vol. 153 (Apr 1999), pages 131-140.
3. ↑ Patricia Law Hatcher and Michael J. Leclerc. "Averina (Vibert) Lanphear, Probable Mother of George Lanphear of Rhode Island" in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 2006). Online at AmericanAncestors.org, vol. 160 (Apr 2006) pages 112-117
4. ↑ Purple, Samuel S., editor. Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York. Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. 1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890. page 14.