Jane Waller
- Born: Abt 1495, Yaxley, Suffolk, England
- Marriage: Thomas Sherman in 1512 in Suffolk, England 707,708
- Died: After 1572, Yaxley, Suffolk, England 707,708
General Notes:
~Charles A. White, Ancestry of Rev. John Sherman and Capt. John Sherman, NEHGR 51:309-315, 1897. Reprinted in English Origins of New England Families, Series 2, Volume 3., p.215. ~ Charles A. White, Wills of the Shermans of Yaxley in Suffolk, England, NEHGR. Reprinted in English Origins of New England Families, Series 2, Volume 3. ~Thomas Townsend Sherman, More Facts About the English Shermans, NEHGR. Reprinted in English Origins of New England Families, Series 2, Volume 3., p.248. ~Ernest B. Blett and Bertha Wheeler, History of the Blett-Wheeler family, Grand Rapids : R.A. Blett, 1983. ~Thomas Townsend Sherman, The Sherman Genealogy . . ., pgs. 23, Will, pg.s 26-28
Noted events in her life were:
• Background Information. 707 Jane's first husband was Thomas Sherman of Yaxley. her second husband was named Gardiner, possible William Gardiner, who was living and owned land in Stoke Ash in Hertesmere Hundred, near Yaxley. Jane's will was dated 10 Jan, 15 Elizabeth (1572/73), and proved 11 Mar 1572/73. In this will it states ". . . I trust to be saued And my bodie to be buried in the churche of Yaxley by my late husbande Thomas Sherman Item I giue and bequeath to the poore of Yaxley . . ." Later in her will she mentions her sons, ". . . I giue vnto Anthonye Sherman my sonne xx of like money I giue vnto James Sherman my sonne xx of like money and suche beasts and neate which be in his possession . . . saied sonnes Anthonye Henry and James bequeathed I will and my mynde is that Thomas Sherman my eldest sonne shall paie it vnto them within twoe yeres next after my decease parcell of five score pound which he oweth me . . ."
Her will is made twenty-two years after the death of her husband Thomas Sherman. ~More Fact About the Shermans of England, NEHGR, Vol. 69, pg. 147-148
Jane married Thomas Sherman, son of John Sherman and Agnes Fuller, in 1512 in Suffolk, England 707.,708 (Thomas Sherman was born about 1490 in Yaxley, Suffolk, England 708 and died on 20 Jan 1551-16 Nov 1551 in Yaxley, Suffolk, England 708.)
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