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Jane (Johnstone) Chandler (1659 - 1714)

Jane Chandler formerly Johnstone aka Awbrey
Born in Westmoreland County, Virginiamap
Daughter of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married about 1677 in Virginiamap
Wife of — married 1693 (to 1714) in Essex Co. VAmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and
Died at about age 55 in Westmoreland County, Virginiamap
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Biography

Jane Johnstone was born in 1659 in Westmoreland County, Virginia and married John Awbrey. They had Francis Awbrey and John Awbrey. Jane died in 1714 in Westmoreland County, Virginia.[1]

On Aug 17th 1702, William was committed to the Westmoreland Prison for suspicion of drowning his man servant ( slave) in the Machodoc River. Jane appealed to the court on his behalf to make available documents for his defence, including deposition and verdict of Jury of Inquest. He was indicted but was acquitted in trial. No further court documents of this matter have been found.

Name

Jane /Johnstone/[2]
Jane Martha /Johnstone/[3]

Mother's Will

The will of Jane MARTIN, widow, dated 2 Feb. 1676, Copeley Parish, Westmoreland County, Virginia:[4]

"Unto my daughter Jane Johnstone my plantation...If it should please God to take from this life my daughter Jane before she is marryed or comes of age or dieing without issue, the estate to fall into the possession of John Awbrey and James Gaynor. Unto my daughter Elizabeth Pain to the value of fourty shillings...John Awbrey being a liver att my house shall there remain without opposition during the finishing of this crope (sic) or longer as he may find to his conveniencey and not to admitte of any person to dwell upon the plantation without consent from what estate I have willed unto my daughter Jane. (signed) Jane (hF) MARTIN."

Proved 16 May 1677.

Sources

  1. ↑ datafield information for Johnstone-618 as of January 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ Source: #S-859556706
  3. ↑ from Johnstone-683
  4. ↑ transcript posted by Janet Ariciu

Acknowledgements

  • The WikiTree profile Johnstone-618 was created by Jeanine Lane through the import of Working.ged on Feb 16, 2014. Source citation: S-859556706.
  • The WikiTree profile Johnstone-683 was created by Cole Aubrey through the import of aubrey-2 (1).ged on Jul 3, 2014. Source citation: S-1424060334.






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Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
I have read the pages covering August 17 & 18, 1702, in the cited source - page 268 - 279 of 503 - and I see nothing that says they accused each other. The 17th is Jane seeking the right of her husband - who was in jail - to be given documents pertaining to his trail & the 18th is the partial granting of that request. Page 357 (368 of 503) is a record in Williamsburg, 19 April 1704, of William Chandler seeking relief from the Westmoreland County sheriff - "Capt Lewis Markham late Sheriff of ye said County" - in an action brought against him (Oct 1702) in relation to the charge of murder, of which he was acquitted. The Williamsburg court referred the matter to the Westmoreland County court.

I skimmed through the October 1702 minutes in that reference but did not find anything about Markham & Chandler (or Chandelor as it is more often spelled). I also found nothing in the reference to imply that husband and wife accused each other.

posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Aubrey-124 Cole Aubrey
You're right, It looks like a continuation of an argument from the day prior to the court and then accusing the court of obstruction, not each other.
posted by Cole Aubrey
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Johnstone-618 and Johnstone-683 appear to represent the same person because: same death information and husband. A 1630 birth year guess based on husband's birth year is logical. However, she had to be born after 1655 based on her mother's will. Please merge. Thanks!
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
I removed spouse William Aubrey (Aubrey-135, since merged into Awbrey-9, John's father).
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
ah - I think this Jane's birth should be 1659 (see Janet Ariciu's page on this Jane's mother - link to url for Janet's page on this Jane is in text already)
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
I assumed Awbrey in will was a son from a marriage to an Awbrey. Janet Aricui assumed he was the plantation's overseer: Jane JOHNSTONE (the daughter) was underage when her mother died and left the plantation to her. John AWBREY was a adult and an overseer on that plantation. After Jane, the mother, died, Jane JOHNSTONE, the daughter, and John AWBREY married despite the age difference of perhaps 20-odd years. Did she have much of a choice? Jane (the mother's) name MARTIN must have come from her second marriage, after having first married a JOHNSTONE. So she would have been: Jane (maiden name?), 1st marriage to Mr. ______? JOHNSTONE and then 2nd marriage to Mr. ______ ? MARTIN. This was not on the internet, it was from will books of Westmoreland Co., VA., although still not originals.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
The merge of unnamed father Awbrey and John Awbrey b 1623 Wales (now Awbrey-38) was good. But, based on the widow Jane Martin's will (see previous post, found on Janet Aricui's site, her page for Jane Johnstone), it may be that John Awbrey b 1623 m _a_ Jane b 1629 (not THIS Jane, tho) and they had sons Francis and John. However, there were about three generations of brothers John & Francis, so it may be that Jane Johnstone was the mom but John b 1623 wasn't the dad. I need to do more research on my 6x-gr-grandfather Francis & figure out why I have his birth year as abt 1661 (I SO regret not slowing down enough to add source information for every detail when I first found WikiTree!)
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
The will of Jane MARTIN, widow, dated 2 Feb. 1676, Copeley Parish, Westmoreland Co., VA. She says,"Unto my daughter Jane JOHNSTONE my plantation...If it should please God to take from this life my daughter Jane before she is marryed or comes of age or dieing without issue, the estate to fall into the possession of John AWBREY and James Gaynor. Unto my daughter Elizabeth PAIN to the value of fourty shillings...John AWBREY being a liver att my house shall there remain without opposition during the finishing of this crope (sic) or longer as he may find to his conveniencey and not to admitte of any person to dwell upon the plantation without consent from what estate I have willed unto my daughter Jane. (signed) Jane (hF) MARTIN." Proved 16 May 1677.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Johnstone-683 and Johnstone-618 are not ready to be merged because: they're probably the same person, born 1659, which would mean they're not the Jane who was born 1629, England, who married the John Awbrey born 1623, Wales, who were parents of John & Francis (b about 1661/m Frances Tanner) .
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
hmm. 1630 can't be right here, as her father is born 1640. I've postponed the proposed merge to let us research more.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
update - I just added a "See also" source on Johnstone-683... I think 1629 is probably the better choice (which also doesn't disqualify her from being the mom of Francis Awbrey-35, born about 1661).
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Noland-165 Liz (Noland) Shifflett
Janet Ariciu has her birth as 1629, England (I'll add a link in the text - I've found her work to be pretty reliable)
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

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