Histories of the Martin, Wilson, Bloom, & Ahola Families

Home Search Login  
Print Bookmark

Jeanes (Janes), William[1]

Male Abt 1610 - 1690  (~ 80 years)


Personal Information    |    Media    |    Sources    |    Event Map    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Jeanes (Janes), William 
    • Abel identified William as his father in a deed. [2]
    • According to Savage, William always spelled his name Jeanes, but his descendants spelled it Janes. [3]
    Birth Abt 1610  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • A reasonable and commonly used birth year, but undocumented.
    Gender Male 
    Relocation Abt 1640  New Haven, New Haven, Connecticutt Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    It has been written that William arrived in Boston on the ship Hector in 1637 with the rest of the company led by John Davenport and Theophilous Eaton who went on to found the Colony of New Haven. This does not appear to be true, as there were no Jeanes or Janes on the passenger list of the Hector. He was, however, an early, though not original, member of the New Haven Colony. 
    Property 1639-1648  New Haven, New Haven, Connecticutt Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    William's lot was at the corner of present day Chapel and Church Streets kitty corner to the market, now the New Haven Green. It is shown on a reproduction of the 1641 Brockett map of New Haven (below). He sold the property to John Meggs (Meges, Meigs), a tanner and currier (leather finisher), in 1648. Meggs was involved in two lawsuits over the poor quality of his leather and shoes made from it. The town gained ownership of the property in 1658, and Meggs moved to Guilford, Connecticut.  
    Relocation Abt 1655  Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    William and his wife and all his children moved to Northampton. He was active in town affairs. On 13 Feb 1656 William was appointed Land Recorder, a position he held for many years. Later he was appointed schoolmaster for one year.  
    Property 1657 - 1664  Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    William received a home lot (2 acres) 5 Dec 1657 and several other parcels totaling about 34 acres. Parts or all of many of these were sold or traded for other land. He sold (alienated) small parcels of land to his children Ruth, Joseph and Ebenezer. He also donated 4 acres to a pool of land to be used by Mr. Mather, the town's clergyman, to attract new people to the town.  
    Relocation 1670-1675  Northfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    1669: A committee appointed by the Massachusetts General Court to layout a new plantation (Worcester) reported that two other places were also suitable for new towns. 1670: A party from Northampton, which included William Jeanes, examined one of the sites (called Squakheag, later Northfield) and found that the natives were willing to sell the tract. 1671: The members of the same party with others bought the tract from the natives. A group of 33 men, including William Jeanes and his sons Joseph and Abel, petitioned the General Court to purchase a plantation at Squakheag. Although the Deputies approved, the petition was denied by the Magistrates for unknown reasons. 1672: The petitioners tried again, and the settlement at Squakheag was approved. A committee was sent to Squakheag to lay out the township. 1673: Settlement began in the spring. Apparently few of the settlers built on their home lots, but instead put up closely spaced, thatch-covered huts (including one for worship) surrounded by a stockade. 1675: War with the Native Americans began in central Massachusetts on 2 Aug with an attack on Brookfield, perhaps 50 miles southeast of Squakheag. On 2 Sep the Native Americans attacked Squakheag and killed 8 including two of William Jeanes' sons Ebenezer and Jonathan (ages 16 & 14). On 4 Sep a rescue party from Hadly was attacked as it approached Squakheag and 21 more were killed. The settlers were finally rescued by a larger force and returned to their former homes in Northampton and Hadley. William Jeanes never returned to Northfield, but others did when Northfield was resettled in 1685.  
    Death 20 Sep 1690  Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Burial Bridge Street Cemetery, Northampton, Hampshire,Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Person ID I2272  Martin-Bloom
    Last Modified 31 Oct 2020 

    Family 1 Mary,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1662, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Janes, Joseph,   b. 1636, England? Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1694, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)
     2. Janes, Elisha,   b. Abt 1639   d. 11 Feb 1662, Springfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 23 years)
     3. Janes, Nathaniel,   b. Abt 1641, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1662, Springfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 21 years)
    +4. Janes, Abel,   b. Abt 1644, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1718, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years)
     5. Janes, Abigail,   b. Abt 1647, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. Janes, Ruth,   b. 15 Feb 1650, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Nov 1672, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
     7. Janes, Jacob,   b. Abt 1652, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Oct 1675 (Age ~ 23 years)
     8. Janes, William,   b. Abt 1654
     9. Janes, Rebecca,   b. Abt 1656
     10. Janes, Jeremiah,   b. Abt 1658   d. 1675, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 17 years)
     11. Janes, Ebenezer,   b. Abt 1659   d. 2 Sep 1675, Northfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 16 years)
     12. Janes, Jonathan,   b. Abt 1661, Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1675, Northfield, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 14 years)
    Family ID F797  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2018 

    Family 2 (Bascom) Broughton, Hannah,   b. Abt 1630 
    Marriage 20 Nov 1662  Northampton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Children 
     1. Janes, Samuel,   b. 9 Oct 1663
     2. Janes, Hepzibah,   b. 13 Feb 1665
     3. Janes, Hannah,   b. 5 Oct 1669
     4. Janes, Benjamin,   b. 30 Sep 1672
    Family ID F807  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Dec 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsRelocation - It has been written that William arrived in Boston on the ship Hector in 1637 with the rest of the company led by John Davenport and Theophilous Eaton who went on to found the Colony of New Haven. This does not appear to be true, as there were no Jeanes or Janes on the passenger list of the Hector. He was, however, an early, though not original, member of the New Haven Colony. - Abt 1640 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticutt Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - William's lot was at the corner of present day Chapel and Church Streets kitty corner to the market, now the New Haven Green. It is shown on a reproduction of the 1641 Brockett map of New Haven (below). He sold the property to John Meggs (Meges, Meigs), a tanner and currier (leather finisher), in 1648. Meggs was involved in two lawsuits over the poor quality of his leather and shoes made from it. The town gained ownership of the property in 1658, and Meggs moved to Guilford, Connecticut. - 1639-1648 - New Haven, New Haven, Connecticutt Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsRelocation - William and his wife and all his children moved to Northampton. He was active in town affairs. On 13 Feb 1656 William was appointed Land Recorder, a position he held for many years. Later he was appointed schoolmaster for one year. - Abt 1655 - Northampton, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Nov 1662 - Northampton, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProperty - William received a home lot (2 acres) 5 Dec 1657 and several other parcels totaling about 34 acres. Parts or all of many of these were sold or traded for other land. He sold (alienated) small parcels of land to his children Ruth, Joseph and Ebenezer. He also donated 4 acres to a pool of land to be used by Mr. Mather, the town's clergyman, to attract new people to the town. - 1657 - 1664 - Northampton, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Sep 1690 - Northampton, Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 
    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Documents
    Reproduction of 1641 Brockett Map of New Haven    		Reproduction of 1641 Brockett Map of New Haven
    Location of Thomas Osborne's lot indicated by red box and William Jeane's lot by a green box.

  • Sources 
    1. [S278] Frederic Janes, The Janes Family, (John H. Dingman, New York, 1868), pp. 31-79, 929.2 J33.

    2. [S164] Deed, Hampden County, Massachusetts, Book H, p. 2, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9ZH-P3F6?cc=2106411&wc=MCBL-M68%3A361612401%2C361661001.
      Although Northampton is in Hampshire County, the deed is located with Hampden County deeds on familysearch.org.

    3. [S279] James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, (Little Brown and Co., Boston, 1860), Vol. 2, p. 538.

    4. [S282] Rollin G. Osterweis, Three Centuries of New Haven, 1638-1938, (Yale University Press, New Haven, 1953), pp. 5-21, 974.68 N543o.

    5. [S283] Charles J. Hoadley, Records of the Colony and Plantation of New Haven, (Case Tiffany and Co, 1857), Vol 1., pp. 11-18, 974.67 N532.

    6. [S280] Papers of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, (New Haven Colony Historical Society), Vol 1. pp. 29-45, History of the Cutler Lot by Henry White, 974.67 N54.

    7. [S281] Jon C. Blue, The Case of the Piglet's Paternity, (Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, 2015), p. 84, The Faulty Shoes.

    8. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton Proprietors records, 13 Feb 1656, image 9 of 372.

    9. [S284] James Russell Trumbull, History of Northampton, Massachusetts, (Gazette Printing Co., Northampton, 1898), Vol. 1, pp. 6, 18, 32, 35, 54, 81, 94, 125, 974.42 N862.

    10. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton Proprietors records images 11,12,24,25 of 372.

    11. [S286] J. H. Temple and George Sheldon, History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts, (Joel Munsell, Albany, N.Y., 1875), pp. 50-53, 59-93, 974.42 N872 .

    12. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton death record, p.139 images 515 and 662 of 2680.

    13. [S202] findagrave.com, Memorial # 77841817.

    14. [S271] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Northampton marriages, p. 100, image 643 of 2680.


 

This site powered by The Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding v. 14.0.2, written by Darrin Lythgoe © 2001-2024.

Maintained by David Martin.