Born: ca. 1610 England
Died: April 4, 1662 Northampton, Massachusetts
Buried: in the minister's plot in the Northampton cemetery
Married: by 1635 in England William Janes
Immigration: ca. 1637 with William and son Joseph.
Records:
1639 - New Haven, CT - settled there with her husband William.
1656 - Northampton, MA - the family moved with 9 children between ages of newborn and 26 years of age.
1662 - April 23 - Northampton, MA - Mary's burial is listed in the town meeting minutes:
In February, 1659, the town voted "that the burying place shalbee upon the meeting house hill," and it is probable that all interments to that time had been made there. The selection of this place so near the meeting house, was undoubtedly in accordance with the system of parish church yards that prevailed in their old English homes. Three years after, when the new meeting house was located upon another site, it was concluded to change the position of the burying ground. But eleven deaths had been recorded up to the commencement of the year 1661. A committee, chosen in that year "to finde out a convenient place for yt vse," reported, April 23, 1662, in favor of a position on Bridge Street, "at the furthest corner of the Sequestered Mynisters Lott wher Mrs. Jeanes was buried." Mary, wife of William Janes, died April 4, 1662, and was probably buried there in anticipation of the determination to use this lot for such a purpose. The portion of the minister's lot selected was at the north-east corner of the present cemetery, and is still known as the "old part." The quantity of land set apart was not defined, but in after years, when it became necessary to fence the plot, its bounds were established. Since that time it has been several times enlarged. [Trumbull, James. History of Northampton, Massachusetts, from Its Settlement in 1654, Northampton, MA: Press of Gazette, 1898]
Children:
Joseph
Elisha
Nathaniel
Abigail
Ruth
Jacob
William
Rebecca
Jeremiah
Ebenezer
Jonathan
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