Ahnentafel #268 - William Janes, ver. 2

William Janes

Born: 1692 Northampton
Died:  after July 1752, Brimfield, MA

Buried: probably in Brimfield Cemetery, many of his descendants are buried there.

Married: Abigail Loomis, June 5, 1712 in Brimfield, MA

William Janes was the prominent son and leading member of the family of Abel Janes.  He raised up a large and honored family of sons and daughters.  He was the favorite son of the family, and was at home with father and mother till some time after the death of his father, Abel (1718), and in time moved with all, or nearly all his family, from his native place, Lebanon, Conn., to land he purchased for himself and sons in Brimfield, Mass.  From records of the town of Brimfield, its settlement was commenced in 1717, and William Janes, grandson of the first William, the emigrant, was among the first, or nearly so, in purchasing and preparing for the future abode in his family.  He might have removed there with his young family as soon as a part of his five hundred acre purchase was cleared and partially improved, and convenient buildings erected for their occupancy.  The dates are not at hand to determine the point.  But his oldest son was not born till 1713, and his youngest son was born in 1734.  Their births are all recorded in Lebanon, and his mother, Mary, died in Lebanon 1736.  The distance being about forty miles from Lebanon to Brimfield, no doubt a part of the family remained till after the death of their grandmother, Mary, and perhaps all of them spent their winters there till Brimfield could be made to seem to them a real home.  His oldest, Jonathan, married Irene Bradford, granddaughter of Governor Bradford.


Records:
1718 - Sept. 15 - Lebanon, Connecticut - William is named in his father Abel's will:

Imp. I Give to my son William Janes besides the Land I have already given him, do now Give & bequeath to my sd son that Twenty (?) acres of Land wc (?) I bought of Stephen Tilden in Lebanon & two thirds of my Comon right and also to have one halfe of ye fruit of ye new orchard for the ---- of nine years.

And further my will is that all the Legacys above mentioned should be payed within two  after my Decease by my Executors here further my will is that William Janes my son shall have Liberty of highway threw my land from his farm to the County Road from Lebanon to Windham & further my will is that my wife Mary Janes & My son William Janes be sole Executors of this my Last Will & Testament. 

1735-1738 - Lebanon, Connecticut - Thomas Newcombe Account Book 

The following names are copied from the account book of Thomas Newcombe, kept by him at Lebanon, Ct., in the years 1735-48. The names followed by a (x) are mentioned in the accounts. 

• Nathaniel Fitch, Joseph Fitch 
• Wm. Janes, sons Jonathan(x), Abel (x) and Timothy (x)
• Benajah Loomis (x), Ephraim Loomis, Ezekiel Loomis, Israel Loomis, John Loomis of the Crank, Nathaniel Loomis, Zachariah Loomis
• Benjamin Lothrop
• John Powell (x), Roland Powell, Stephen Powell, Truman Powell
• Ebenezer Tildon, Isaac Tildon, Joshua Tildon (x)

1752 - William admitted to the Brimfield Congregational Church

Children:
Jonathan 
Abigail b. 1714 md. Joshua Allen
Timothy b. 1716 md. Mary Colton 1753

• Sarah b. 1754
• Louisa b. 1760
• Abigail b. 1762
• Timothy (?)
• Elijah (?)

Mary b. 1720
Abel b. 1724

• Timothy b. 1757 
• Abel
• Louisa

William b. 1726, d. 1810 md. Hannah Cheney

• William b. 1758 md. Nabby Belknap, children: Caphira, Alban, Sophia, Dexter, Betsy, Oril, Norman, Eudocia, Hannah & Harriet
• Peleg Cheney b. 1760 md. Patty Coy 1782, children: Augustus, Cynthia, Timothy, Flavilla, Adotia, Clementina, William
• Cynthia b. 1763
• Silas b. 1765, d. 1765, 1 day old 
• Hannah b. 1766, d. 1767 8 months old
• Nathan b. 1768
• Hannah b. 1770
• Elizabeth b. 1772
• Lavinia b. 1775
• Simon b. 1781, d. 1849 md. Chloe Shumway, children: Lewis, Edward, George

Elijah b. 1729, d. 1783 md. Lucy Crocker 1756

• Elijah b. 1758, d. 1823 md. Phebe Gay
• Israel Champion b. 1760, d. 1817 md. 1) Mary Marsh 1787, 2) Lucina Reeves, children: Horace, Elijah, Lucy, Anna, Elijah, Mary, Lucina, Polly, Electa, Betsy
• Isaac b. 1762, died young
• Cyrus b. 1765 md. 1) Electa Williston & 2) Lavina Holbrook, children: Abel, Horace, Alvan, Alvan (2nd), Austin, Velina, Harvey, Sophia
• Lucy b. 1766 md. Wait Wooster, children: Dorastus, Abel, Mary, Benjamin
• Parthena b. 1768 md. Asa Backus ca. 1790, children: Simon, Elijah, Mary, Asa
• Abel b. 1770, d. 1779 age 9
• Polly b. 1772, d. 1852 md. Eli Stone, children: Lucy, Isaac, Betsy, Mary, Silas, Eli, Hiram, Lyman, Lucy (2), Elijah
• Elisha b. 1774, d. 1828 md. Bethia Huntington, children: Harriet, Elijah, Laura, Mary, Olive
• Liberty b. 1776, d. 1851 md. Clarinda Fuller, children: Isaac, Nelson
• Property b. 1778, d. 1813 md. Charlotte Psalmist, children: Issac, Delia

Sarah b. 1731, d. 1783
Israel b. 1734 md. Abigail Fay 1765

• Orsamus b. 1765, d. 1846 md. Ruth Shepherd, children: Ruth, Mary, Nancy, Eunice
• Chloe b. 1766, d. 1767
• Thankful b. 1767
• Nabby b. 1769
• Sarah / Sally b. 1771
• Chloe b. 1773
• Israel b. 1774
• Levi b. 1775 md. Mary Lombard ca. 1799, children: Sumner, Dexter, Chloe, Tirza, Lyman, Nancy, Joseph

Revised 1/13/2019