Jane {Unproven} Drury

Bef 1636 - Aft 1694  (> 60 years)

• Name	Jane {Unproven} Drury  [1]
  Birth	Bef 1636	England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1694	Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia
  Person ID	I42078	Tree1
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 1	John Stith,   b. 1 Jun 1631, Kirkham, Lancashire, England d. 3 Apr 1694, Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia - Probate (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1656	Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia
  Notes	Old Charles City Records show that Capt John STITH was married in 1656 to JANE PARSONS, the widow of Joseph PARSONS. (See CHARLES CITY RECORDS, BOOK 1, 1655, to 1665, Page 70, 81, 433, in Archive Division , VA State Library). Source: http://www.stithvalley.com/ancestry/stith/jcanant/rdrury.htm
  Children	1. John Stith,   b. Abt 1657, Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia d. Between 1723 and 1724, Charles City County, Virginia (Age ~ 66 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Anne Stith,   b. Abt 1665, Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia d. Aft 1700, Prince George County, Virginia (Age ~ 36 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Drury Stith,   b. 1670, Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia d. Jan 1741, Charles City County, Virginia - Probate (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Jane Stith,   b. Abt 1657, Charles City County, Virginia d. Abt 1709, Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia (Age ~ 52 years)  [Father: natural]   5. Agnes Stith,   b. 25 Jan 1660, Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia d. 21 May 1718, Surry County, Virginia (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F26103	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Thomas Gregory,   b. Bef 1632, England d. Abt 20 Feb 1655, Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia (Age > 23 years)
  Marriage	Bef 25 Feb 1653	England
  Children	1. Thomas Gregory,   b. Abt 1654, Charles City County, Virginia d. Aft 1664, Charles City County, Virginia (Age ~ 11 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F26106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 3	Joseph Parsons,   b. Abt 1630, England d. 1656, Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia (Age ~ 26 years)
  Marriage	1655	Westover Parish, Charles City County, Virginia
  Family ID	F26107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Apr 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Bef 1636 - England Marriage - Bef 25 Feb 1653 - England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  === Charles City County, Court Orders, 1655-1658; VA Colonial Abstracts, Vol III: p 161. A Comicon of admer'acon cum testamento annexo, is granted to Jane Gregory widd of the estate of her late husband Tho. Gregory Dec'ed, she giving Caution as is accustomed. (No actual date, but 20 Feb. 1655 is on an entry three items down from this entry === Charles City County, Court Orders, 1655-1658; VA Colonial Abstracts, Vol III: Page 172 & 173 - Release granted Jane Parsons, widow late the relict and admrx of Thomas Gregory dec'd, she having pd beyond the assets of the est. (Again no date, but it appears this was at Court held the 3 Oct. 1656) === Charles City County, Court Orders, 1655-1658; VA Colonial Abstracts, Vol III: Page 176 - Itt is ordered that John Stith who married the relict of Jos; Parsons dec'd do give a full and true inventory of the sd Dece'dts estate within fourteene days x x x at Buckland x x x for the division thereof according to the will. (Again no date but the nearest thing I can find is 16 Feb. 1656/57) === Charles City County, Court Orders, 1655-1658; VA Colonial Abstracts, Vol III: Page 289 - It is ordered that Judith the Orphand of Joseph Parsons dec'd be rendered and del'red into the care and tuicon of Lt John Stith who married the mother in Law of the sd Oprhand and that the Accot of her estate be presented at the next Com Co'rt. (Again no actual date, but same Court held 3 Dec 1663). === Charles City County, Court Orders, 1655-1658; VA Colonial Abstracts, Vol III: Page 315 - A pattent for 250 acres of land at Kemishes Creeke graunted to John Stith Jun: 1, 1664. "Whereupon is endorsed" assignment of it by John and Jane Stith to James Hardway 19 Oct 1664. Signed John Stith, Jane R Stith her mark. Rec 19 Oct 1664. Test Hoel Pryse, Cl. === http://www.stithvalley.com/scottfam/stithfam/jane.htm Major John Stith's wife, Jane Drury, was twice a widow when he married her. Her first husband was Thomas Gregory by whom she had a son Thomas and her second husband was Joseph Parsons. He had already been married and had a daughter Judith. Early records of 1656 indicate Edward Moseby paid for Parsons' funeral. But there was a Thomas Drewe on the document who could have been Thomas Drewery or Drury, perhaps related to Jane. There was a shortage of women in the colonies to boot so that widows often remarried before a year passed. This encouraged them to give their family name to a son that might be raised by another woman and not even know who his mother was.

  
  

• Sources

  [S83] Genealogies of Virginia Families Vol. IV, from Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine.