George BOX (1615-1648)
and Jane LONGLEY (1621-?)
George Box
and Jane Longley were my 8x Great Grandparents. (Click
here
to see their place in my pedigree chart.) They married by
licence on 6 October 1642 at the parish church of St. John sub Castro in
Lewes, Sussex. Their marriage licence was issued on 19 September 1642
by the Archdeaconry of Lewes, which recorded that George was a yeoman of
Ardingly. Jane was a spinster of Horsted Keynes. The sponsors of
the licence were George himself and George Beard a yeoman of Horsted
Keynes. Jane's surname was recorded as Longly in the marriage licence
and Langley in the marriage entry. Previously, George had married Joanne, possibly
Joanne Lumley on 19 September 1640 at St. John under the Castle, Lewes
(name and date from The Weald website, but not shown in the Sussex marriage
index, therefore, needs to be checked against the original register), or Joan Newman on 14 June 1641 in Friston, Sussex.
George Boxe
was baptised on 16 April 1615 in Barcombe,
Sussex. He was the son of
William Bokes
(c1575-1620) and Susanna Beard (1582-1617). He was buried on 2 September
1648 in Barcombe. He was mentioned in his father's will of 1620 as the
youngest of 3 sons and was left a legacy of £50 when he reached the
age of 21. He was mentioned as deceased in his Uncle
Jeremy Beard's will dated 13 December 1651. Jeremy left 20
shillings to each of George's children, although he did not name them in his
will.
Joane's
date and place of birth/baptism are unknown, to me. She died in
childbirth and was buried on 14 March 1641/2 in Ardingly, Sussex. A
Jone Newman was baptised on 18 March 1608 in Barcombe, the
daughter of Jasper Newman and probably Agnes Snapp.
Jane Longley
was baptised on 14 January 1620/1 in Horsted Keynes, Sussex. She was
the daughter of John Longley
(c1570-1639) and
Elizabeth Balcombe
(c1575-1622). She was mentioned in her father's will and was left a
legacy of £100 which was to paid when she reached 21 or on her day of
marriage, but this was on condition she gave a full discharge and release of
all legacies given to her in the last will of Thomas Bellinger
her grandfather, otherwise she was to receive £6. Given that Jane was only about 27 when she was widowed
with 2 or maybe more young children, might she have remarried? The Barcombe marriage registers records that a Jane [blank]
married Jacob French on 3 February 1652/3. They were
both then said to be of Ringmer. But between 1648 and 1660 parish
registers in many parishes were poorly maintained and Jane's possible
remarriage may have not have been recorded. After George's death, was
she taken in by the Box family, or perhaps she went back to her own family
in Horsted Keynes, or maybe she was able to cope alone. Her son was
buried in Ardingly in 1655, but was Jane also there at that time, or had her
sons been sent to stay with relatives in Ardingly?
George Box and Joane had 1 known child:
-
William Box
was baptised on 14 March 1641/2 in
Ardingly and buried there on 20 March 1641/2. He was described in
the burial register as the infant son of George and Joane Box.
George Box and
Jane Longley had 2 known children:
-
George Box
was buried on 30
June 1655 in Ardingly and the burial register recorded that he was a
youth.
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William Boxe
was baptised on 1 January 1647/8 in Barcombe. He married twice,
firstly to
Mary Vynall in 1679 and then to
Susan Vinall in 1681. (They have
their own page.)
I have checked a
transcript of the Lindfield parish registers and the baptism from 1644-47
are missing. I have also checked transcripts of Chailey, Plumpton and
Wivelsfield baptisms, and there were no Box baptisms there between 1642-48.
The parish registers of Ardingly are imperfect from 1643-45 owing to a
change of minister.
