Jane FOX

Jane FOX[1]

Female Abt 1652 - 1709  (~ 57 years)

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  • Name Jane FOX 
    Born Abt 1652 
    Gender Female 
    Buried 23 Nov 1709 
    Person ID I5704  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 

    Father John FOX,   b. Abt 1605, Birchington, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 9 Jan 1660/1661, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Mother Joan aka Jane RUSSELL,   b. Abt 1602, St. Peter, Thanet, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 11 Oct 1689, Ashford, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1628  St. Margaret, Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • Fox, John, of Minster in Thanet, husbandman, batchelor, about 23, son of John Fox of Birchington, who consents, as is testified by John Pollin of Monkton, husbandman, and Joan Russell of Minster aforesaid, virgin, about 26, daughter of Thomas Russell of St. Peter's in Thanet, who also consents. At St. Margaret's Canterbury. July 18, 1628.


      Possible marriage:
      First name(s) John
      Last name Fox
      Occupation Husbandman
      Residence Wye
      Marital status Widower
      Marriage year 1631
      Marriage date 24 Sep 1631
      Marriage place Kingsnorth
      Spouse's first name(s) Jane
      Spouse's last name Wood
      Spouse's birth year 1608
      Spouse's age 23
      Spouse's residence Allington
      Notes Shown as FAWKES in lic. d.of (blank)wid.Charing
      County Kent
      Country England
      Record set Kent, East Kent Marriage Index 1538-1754
      Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
      Subcategory Parish Marriages
      Collections from England, Great Britain

      Possible marriage:
      First name(s) John
      Last name Fox
      Marriage year 1627
      Marriage date 16 Oct 1626
      Place Wye, Ss Gregory & Martin
      Spouse's first name(s) Joane
      Spouse's last name Nethersoll
      County Kent
      Country England
      Register year range 1603-1730
      Archive Canterbury Cathedral Archives
      Archive reference U3/174/1/A2
    Family ID F2033  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Richard RUCK,   c. 10 Feb 1649/1650, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 12 Jun 1705, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married 26 Feb 1679  St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth RUCK,   c. 20 Jan 1681, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Thomas RUCK,   c. 15 May 1684, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John RUCK,   c. 10 Dec 1685, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 17 May 1768, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 82 years)
     4. Jane RUCK,   c. 18 Mar 1687, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Mary RUCK,   c. 30 Aug 1690, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Richard RUCK,   c. 20 Sep 1693, Elham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F2018  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John GLOVER,   bur. 25 Aug 1678, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26 May 1674  Boughton Aluph, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas ^ GLOVER,   c. 6 Feb 1674/1675, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 9 Feb 1674/1675, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. John ^ GLOVER,   c. 14 Aug 1678, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 26 Aug 1678, Wye, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F2032  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S78] Will, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), 4 Nov 1709.
      Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, Will of JANE RUCK, of Elham, 4 Nov 1709

      IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN, I, JANE RUCK, of Elham in the County of Kent, widow, being sick in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory (God be praised), do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following:

      Inprimus: I resign my soul into the hands of almighty God my merciful Creator hoping for salvation only by the merits of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and my body I commit to the earth to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor hereafter named.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto my youngest daughter MARY RUCK my feather bed with the bedstedle as it now stands ready furnished at Mr. Russell in Elham and also my red suite of curtains belonging to the bed I usually lay upon in the house wherein I now dwell and also I give unto her my said daughter MARY, one cheststand in my lodging chamber marked J.R. with all the linen whatsoever which hath for sometime been loockt [sic: locked] up in the same, my other three married daughters having had the like quantity of linen given to each of them heretofore.

      Item, I further give and bequeath unto my said daughter MARY, one case of drawers, the looking glass standing over it and a pair of andirons with brass heads being in my lodging chamber and also I give unto her two pewter dishes standing upon the shelf inn the lower room belonging to the house where I now dwell and one copper skillet all which to be delivered unto my said daughter MARY within three months next after my decease by my Executor hereafter named.

      Item, I give and bequeath unto my son RICHARD RUCK one chest marked R.R. standing in my lodging chamber and all the linen whatsoever which is now and hath of late been usually lockt [sic] up in it to be delivered to him likewise by my said Executor.

      Item, I give unto my three married daughters, ELIZABETH, ANNE and JANE a silver spoon a piece and unto my said daughter MARY my small silver cup.

      Item, all the rest of my goods, chattels and personal estate whatsoever my debts, funeral expenses and charges of proving this my said Will being first paid and discharged, I give and devise to be equally divided amongst my said four daughters, ELIZABETH, ANNE, JANE and MARY by my said Executor share and share alike and of this my last Will and Testament I do nominate my very aged friend and [appears to be a line missing] CALEB SHEAF or his assigns, I give and devise the same unto my two children MARY RUCK and RICHARD RUCK, their heirs and assigns forever.

      In witness whereof I the said JANE RUCK have hereunto set my hand and seal the fourth day of November in the eighth year of the reign of our sovereign Lady Queen Anne of Great Britain, Anno Domini 1709.

      The mark of JANE RUCK.

      Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said JANE RUCK to be her last Will and Testament in the presence of, the makr of Sarah Sladden, Elizabeth Simmonds, John Simmonds

      PROBATE granted [incomplete]

    2. [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), 18 Jul 1628.

      Fox, John, of Minster in Thanet, husbandman, batchelor, about 23, son of John Fox of Birchington, who consents, as is testified by John Pollin of Monkton, husbandman, and Joan Russell of Minster aforesaid, virgin, about 26, daughter of Thomas Russell of St. Peter's in Thanet, who also consents. At St. Margaret's Canterbury. July 18, 1628.

    3. [S98] Marriage Licences, Archdeaconry of Canterbury, Joseph Meadows Cowper and Arthur J. Willis, (England, Canterbury: Cross and Jackman, 1892-1898, c1967-1971), Fourth Series, 1677-1700, Col. 497, 26 Feb 1679.

      Ruck, Richard, of Elham, maltster, batchelor, 30, and Jane Glover of Wye, widow. At. St. Mary Bredin, Canterbury. Feb. 26, 1679.