Jane Hussey 
Jane was born in 1553 in Caythorpe, Kent, England.1 Jane's father was Thomas Hussey and her mother was Bridget Bowes. Her paternal grandparents were Giles De Hussey and Jane Pigott. She had two brothers and a sister, named George, John and Elizabeth. She was the second youngest of the four children. She died at the age of 41 on December 29th, 1594 in Dover, Kent, England. She was buried in St James Church Yard, Dover, Kent, England.2 1 General Notes
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Analysis of Parentage of Jane Hussey.
Jane Hussey is widely accepted and documented as having lived between 1534 and 1584, with William Eaton as her husband. From that point things get murky. Who was her father? Some say Thomas Shepherd. Why Thomas Shepherd? No one has documented how they arrived at this name and why she would have a different name than her father. Other people have listed Rev Christopher Hussey as her father. The problem with this is that he was born after she died, according to her will she died in 1584, and he was born in 1598. Others list other Hussey?s. I am using Thomas Hussey and Bridget Bowes as her parents. The time frame is right and Thomas mother's name was Jane. People frequently named their children after their parents. Jane is a recurring Hussey name. Again it is too early to predict exactly who her parents were without documentation. Someone needs to do the leg work of checking official records in the Hussey areas of England to settle this. For now Thomas and Bridget are the best bet. Thomas Shepherd can not be ruled out. However, the probability that he was her father is much lower that some one with the name of Hussey. Of course there is the chance that she married a Hussey and was windowed. If so who and why do we have her fathers name and not her dead husbands name. It does not make sense. Thomas Hussey and Bridget Bowes makes more sense.
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The following sources list Jane Hussey as the wife of William Eaton and mother of Peter Eaton. The confusion with Thomas Shepherd arises out the mismatch of Elizabeth Shepherd as William Eaton's wife. The probability of Jane, William and Peter being as I have them here is higher then the alleged Shepherd linkage which has no source origin other than the internet.
Title: History Genealogical and Biographical of the Eaton Families by Nellie Zada Rice Molyneux. Pub. 1911
Page: page 101-104, 273
Title: Dow, Ball, Eaton and Allied Families, Grace Ann (Ball) Dow. Pub 1943 (NEHGR lending library)
Page: p. 67
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1500 in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England
- b.BET 1516 AND 1526 in Dover, Kent, England
- b.1399 in Clotheram, Yorkshire, England d.1466
- b.1429 in Little Harwood, Buckinghamshire, England d.02 Sep 1469
- b.1408 in Plumpton, Yorkshire, England
- b.1465 in Little Harwood, Buckinghamshire, England d.16 May 1513
- b.1432 in Sewerby, Yorkshire, England
- b.1500 in Clotheram, Yorkshire, England d.29 Oct 1596 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England
- b.1460 in Little Harwood, Buckinghamshire, England
- b.1553 in Caythorpe, Kent, England d.29 Dec 1594 in Dover, Kent, England
- b.BET 1522 AND 1526 in Aske, Kent, England d.1575 in Caythorpe, Kent, England
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1 Michael R Neuman
2 Our Royal Ancestors
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john_d_newport&id=I11580
2 Our Royal Ancestors
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=john_d_newport&id=I11580
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