Jane
Farley
formerly [surname unknown]
Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Thomas (Farley) Farlow Sr.
— married
12 Jul 1622 in Savoy Church, Worcestershire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Ann Farley, Archer Farley, Barbara Farley, George (Farley) Farlow, Philip Farley, Thomas Farley, Virginia Farley, Fabyan Farley, Bonnie Bell Farley, James Farley Sr., Elizabeth Farley, Richard Farley, John B Farley Sr, William Farley and Thompson Farley
Died after
after about age 45
in Archers Hope, James City, Virginia
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Biography
Jane (Unknown) Farley is a Qualifying Ancestor of the Jamestowne Society
Jane is said to have married Thomas Farley on July 12, 1622 in Savoy Church, Worchester, England. [1] No actual marriage record has been located.
Jane, wife of Thomas Farley[2]
Jane is known to have been living in Virginia, as wife of Thomas Farley, in 1624.[3] [4] [5] Her estimated birth year (1600) is based on that.
The so-called "Living and Dead List" dated 16 Feb 1623 (i.e., 1623/4) shows Thomas Farley living at Archers Hope[6] with an unnamed wife and child. (Hotten, p.181; Records, p.47)
A year later, the Muster of 1624/5 shows Thomas Farley still at Archers Hope with a wife Jane Farley and a child Ann. No ages are given. Thomas and Jane are both said to have arrived on the Ann in 1623. [7]
This information is not entirely unambiguous. Alternative constructions are possible, but it seems reasonable to suppose that Jane and Ann are the unnamed wife and child of 1623/4, that Thomas and Jane married in England, and that Ann is their daughter, born in Virginia (or, as Tyler says, during the crossing).
Jane's maiden name is unknown.
There seems to be no further record of Jane. Her husband disappears from records after 1632. Given this, it seems unlikely that John Farley, born about 1648, was a child of Thomas and Jane. By the time he was born, there were other Farley immigrants in Virginia.
It is unknown when Jane Farley or her husband Thomas Farley died. Various dates have been advanced for Jane's death, from 1651 to 1665. Since her last child was born about 1650, the only date we can advance with any degree of certainty is after 1650. A burial location is unknown, but possibly they were buried on their plantation near Jamestown.
Children
A list of 14 alleged children born between 1623 and 1650 has been given, but its provenance is obscure and no corroboration has been found.[8]
Research Notes
Disputed Origins
The published claim (Farley, p.5) that she was "Lady Jane Sefton, of the family of the Earls of Sefton" is internally contradictory, unsupportable, and clearly never intended to be taken seriously, but offered for family entertainment only.[9]
Jane's parents are disputed. One theory states she is the daughter of Richard Sefton of Chester, Cheshire, England; christened 18 January 1598 at St Oswald, Chester, Cheshire, England .[10] This theory has several problems, not the least of which is there were several "Jane Seftons" living in Chesire, England during the relevant time period. One Jane Sefton, daughter of Richard Sefton, was buried on 8 June 1674 at Barrow, Cheshire, England.[11] Another Jane Sefton married Peter Leigh on 23 November 1620 at Lymm, Chesire, England.[12] So how can we say with any certainty that the Jane Sefton christened in 1598 is the wife of Thomas Farley?
Another theory suggests she is the daughter of John [or Richard] Mollyneux and Margrett Hope, christened 30 September 1607 in Leigh, Lancashire, England.[13] One problem with this theory is the fact that a Jane Molyneux and spouse Francis Kenion had a daughter Mary who was christened on 5 January 1636 at Sefton, Lancashire, England.[14] Is it possible this is the same Jane Molyneux, daughter of John Molyneux and Margrett Hope?
As a result, her last name at birth is disputed. This profile was originally "Jane Sefton" but was merged into the Molyneux profile on 15 March 2015. No records have been found naming her as "Lady Jane Molyneux." All no records so far found list her as "Lady Jane Sefton."[1][15]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jesse Kelso Farley, Jr., Twelve Generations of Farleys (Chicago: Press of Albin O. Horn Company, 1943, page 5.
- ↑ The Jamestowne Society announced Jane Farley as a new qualifying ancestor in its Fall 2019 issue (bottom of page 8, accessed 17 January 2020):
- A9736: Jane Fareley/Farley Muster of 1624/5 wife of Thomas Fareley/Farley (A2506).
- ↑ Muster of 1624/5.
- ↑ Hotten, john Camden. The Original Lists of Persons of Quality... 1600-1700, p 230
- ↑ page 230. Mrs. W. G. Stannard. Colonial Virginia, pages 43. VA Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 34, page 405. Tyler's Historical & Genealogical Quarterly, Vol 13, page 134.
- ↑ "Archur's Hoop" on this transcription (accessed 1 September 2019).
- ↑ Hotten, p.230; Virtual Jamestown
- ↑ esse Kelso Farley, Jr., Twelve Generations of Farleys]; Chicago: Press of Albin O. Horn Company, 1943, p 25; Appendices, p.51
- ↑ Earls of Sefton didn't exist until 1776, and their family surname was Molyneux, not Sefton.
- ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F753-N3Y : accessed 16 Jun 2013), Richard Sefton in entry for Jane Sefton, 1598.
- ↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHHY-L6L : 10 December 2017), Jane Sefton, 08 Jun 1674, Burial; citing item 1, Barrow, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,655,367.
- ↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7YC-NW5 : 7 December 2017), Peter Leigh and Jane Sefton, 23 Nov 1620, Marriage; citing , , Lymm, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,104,772.
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWJD-K6Y : 11 February 2018, Jane Mollyneux Or Hope, 30 Sep 1607); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 924,149, 844,819.
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J389-S7M : 11 February 2018, Jane Molyneux in entry for Mary Kenion Or Molyneux, 05 Jan 1636); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 0844818 IT 4.
- ↑ Founders and Patriots of America Index, page 80; National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975; reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc., by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 2003
- Hotten, John Camden: Original Lists (1874).
- Colonial Records of Virginia (1874)
- Virtual Jamestown (website)
- McCartney, Martha: Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, p.289.
- Tyler's Historical and Genealogical Quarterly, 13, 134. (not seen)
- Farley, Jesse Kelso: 12 Generations of Farleys (1843).
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Need to check this out he names sources
Do you see any evidence in either profile that suggests there are two people here? If not, I see no reason to not proceed with the merge and use the information that is cited as the winner in case of disagreement and if neither is cited, the research notes could maintain the entry not taken with preference going to the profile that has been around a long time and not the new one.
Please let me know if you see any reason not to proceed as I've written.
Thanks.
-William
Judging from the "Disputed Parentage" section, shouldn't her parents be marked as uncertain?
Also, Sources # 1, 8, 9, 30, 32 & 33 are no available, making all of the information taken from them to be now Unsourced.
edited by William (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Kittybrewster 2nd Bt