Born about in Glastonbury, Somerset, England
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas Holbrook
— married
12 Sep 1616 in St. John's, Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Descendants 
Mother of
John Holbrook, William Holbrook, Thomas Holbrook Jr., Elizabeth (Holbrook) Hatch, Anne (Holbrook) Reynolds and Jane (Holbrook) Drake
Died
at about age 85
in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Disputed Origins
No sources have been found to support that Jane Powyes was a daughter of William Powyes and Elizabeth Sims, and they have been detached from her profile.
Biography
Jane Powyes, whose parentage is unknown, was born between 1592 and 1602 at Glastonbury, Somerset, England.[1] Jane married Thomas Holbrook on 12 SEP 1616 at St. John the Baptist, Glastonbury Co. Somerset, England.[2][3]
Jane came to New England with her husband Thomas Holbrook as part of Reverend Joseph Hull's Company, arriving at Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony on the sixth of May, 1635.
Thomas and Jane had six children, all born at Glastonbury.
Jane died 24 April, 1677 at Weymouth.[4][5]
Research Notes
Weymouth was part of the Suffolk County in Massachusetts until 1793 when it became part of Norfolk County--Per Wikipedia.org
Sources
- ↑ New England Families, Vol. I, Genealogies and Memorials, Pg. 29 NOTE: Unable to locate any reference to Jane's birth information in this "source"
- ↑ Genealogies of the Families Of Braintree, person 2531
- ↑ Parish register of St. John the Baptist, Glastonbury, Somerset, England Ancestry Shared image
- ↑ New England Families, Vol. I, Genealogies and Memorials Pg. 30
- ↑ Scituate Genealogy
- Coombs, Jan Gregoire. Coombs Family History (Janet Pulvermacher, Middleton, Wisconsin, 2013) Page 19
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