Jane Powys

     Jane was born in 1600 in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England. She was the daughter of William Powyes & Elizabeth. Jane married Thomas Holbrook, son of William Holbrook I and Edith Sanders, on 12 September 1616 in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England, at St. John the Baptist Church. On 20 March 1634, Jane & her husband, Thomas, left from the port of Weymouth in Dorsetshire, with the Hull Company aboard the ship, "Marygould", bound for New England. They came a shore at Boston on 5 May 1635. Among the passengers on the ship were Thomas Holbrooke aged 34 years, his wife: Jane aged 34 years; children: John aged 11 years, Thomas aged 10 years, Anne aged 5 years, Elizabeth aged 1 year. They came from the parish of Broadway, Somersetshire, England. The passengers went to Wessaguscus where in July the name changed to Weymouth..^1,2 Jane departed this life between 31 December 1673 and 24 April 1677 in Weymouth, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Her son, John, was named executor to her husband's will as she was then deceased.