Jacob Janney

Jacob married Mary Hough on 26 Dec 1705 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America. Mary was born on 6 Sep 1684 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Thomas Janney was born on 27 Feb 1708; died on 8 Jun 1788.

Other Events:

• Baptism: 11 Jan 1634
• Immigration: 1683

Notes:

In 3r. mo., 1695, he and Griffith Owen went to England on a religious visit, he traveled through England and Wales and was taken quite ill, in Spring of 1696 he reached London, but the air did not agree with him, and he started for Cheshire, which place he reached after having been very ill at Hitchin in Hertfordshire, for a considerable time. In 11 mo. 1696, he made his arrangements to return to America in the Spring of 1697, but before his ship sailed his distemper returned, and after having been in England about eighteen months he died at his sister's house, 12 mo. (Feby.) 12, 1696-7, in much quietness of mind, and was buried the 15th at Mobberley.

Thomas Janney, the second son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Worthington) Janney, was born at Styall, in the township of Pownall Fee, parish of Wilmslow, Macclesfield Hundred, county Cheshire, England, in 1633, and according to the church records of Wilmslow parish, was baptized 11 January, 1634. among the numbers of the rural population of Meidland England who in the middle of the seventeenth centruy found, in the religion preached by George Fox, the apiritual rest and strangth they longed for were Thomas and Elizabeth Janney and Their six children.

Buried:
[15da 12mo 1696]

Thomas married Margery Heath on 24 Nov 1660 in Pownall Fee, Cheshire, England. Margery was born on of Horton, Staffordshire; died between 1697 and 1700. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
[24da 9mo 1660]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 27 Jun 1605

Notes:

They became Friends and suffered considerable persecution, including distraint of goods many times, and imprisonment in 1664 for an unspecified length of time, for six months in 1665.[21] Friends met for worship in one another's homes usually twice a week, and then some from each local group gathered once a month to consider the business of the larger group. For this they met in the homes of Thomas Janney, John Badily, John Sharples, Thomas Brassey, John Symcock, and others.[22] In 1679 Thomas, along with 32 other Friends, including Thomas Holmes, George Keith, William Penn, and Thomas Ellwood, signed a testimony against William Rogers of Bristol for circulating a manuscript critical of Robert Barclay's Anarchy of the Ranters without showing it to Barclay or the Second-day meeting in London.[23] This gives an indication of the increasing strength of the Second Day Meeting, and the necessity felt by many Friends to have somewhat more structure to the nascent movement. Thomas's estate inventory, taken 6 Sept. 1678, was valued at £53.19.6; its relative small size is no doubt due to the continued depredations made by unscrupulous informers, constables, and priests. Thomas's will was proved 10 Sept. They had 7 children. [Source: Janney, compiled and copyright by MJP Grundy, 2008]

Thomas married Elizabeth Worthington on 3 Sep 1625 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. Elizabeth was buried in Feb 1682 in Mobberley, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 23 Feb 1579–80, Styal, Cheshire, England

Notes:

Randle Janney, Sr., father of Thomas and Randle, was christened February 23, 1579/80 at Styall, Wilmslow Parish, the eldest child of Thomas and Jone (Worthington) Janny. In 1601/02 he was one of the appraisers of his father's estate, and his name was given as Rondull Janyon. In 1607 he was Churchwarden of Wilmslow Parish. Randle, Sr. died in October 1613 and is buried at Styall. He is mentioned in his father's will.

In 1601/02 he was one of the appraisers of his father's estate, and his name was given as Rondull Janyon. In 1607 he was Churchwarden of Wilmslow Parish. Randle, Sr. died in October 1613 and is buried at Styall.

Randle married Ellen Allrod on 14 Jul 1602 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. Ellen (daughter of John Allred and Custance Higgenson) was born on 15 Aug 1583 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England; was christened on 15 Aug 1583 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England; died on 13 Jan 1643 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England; was buried in Jan 1643 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Traces have been found on the Alrodd/Allred family. Ellen Alrodd/Alredd was the second daughter of John and Custance (Higgenson) Allred christened December 29, 1580 at Wilmslow. John Allred was born December 10, 1564, also at Wilmslow, the son of John Alred, the second of three known children. [Source: Carmen J. Finley, "Hackney, Harlan & Heald - Our Quaker Ancestors", (Computer printed: C. J. Finley, Santa Rosa, CA, 1987), pg. 16]