Jane

Abt 1785 - 1885  (~ 100 years)

• Name	Jane
  Born	Abt 1785	England, United Kingdom   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Research Overview	1825 -1885	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  The references to Jane Johnston are very confusing. It appears that her first husband, William, died before 1825. In that year Jane Johnston signed an indenture for her son James, about nine years old, to be apprenticed to the blacksmith Robert Pitt, at Ferryland. About the same time, it appears Jane entered a relationship with James Fitzpatrick and had two children by him. Although no marriage record has been found married their children, baptised in the Church of England, were recorded under the surname of Fitzpatrick. In the first baptism in 1826, the parents were recorded as James and Jane Fitzpatrick but for the second child in 1828, only Jane Fitzpatrick's name is recorded. This could just be an oversight, or it could indicate that James Fitzpatrick had died. In 1833, a female recorded as Jane "Johnston" of Caplin Bay, had a daughter, Mary, baptised in St. Luke's CE Parish at Ferryland (no father named - no other details given). There is no evidence that William and Jane had a daughter named Jane so it is possible that Jane "Johnston" Fitzpatrick could also be the mother of this child. She would have been about 48 years old when this child was born. It is hard to draw any conclusions since references to this individual's surname vary depending who was recording the reference. In 1837, Ferryland Court records show Jane Fitzpatrick requested that her son James be released from his (1825) apprenticeship agreement with Robert Pitt, because Pitt had not properly fulfilled his contract with her son. (PANL, GN 5/4/C/1, Ferryland, box 1, 93, Jane Fitzpatrick v. Robert Pitt, 9 January 1837). In 1842, Robert Carter, while referring to Elizabeth Jane Fitzpatrick in his diary, he names her mother as Jane Johnston, not Jane Fitzpatrick. In the St. John's newspaper article that reported her death at Ferryland in May 1885 (age 100), she is referred to as Mrs. William Johnson.
  Died	5 May 1885	Ferryland, Newfoundland   [1]
  Births, Deaths, Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers (1810-1890): Mrs. William Johnson died at Ferryland on May 5, 1885, age 100 yrs, there 75 yrs. This brief obituary fits Jane, wife of William Johnston of Caplin Bay, since there was only one Johnston family living in Ferryland parish. Obviously at the age of 100 she would have been living with someone else at Ferryland, possibly some of her son James' family. It is interesting to note that she came to the Ferryland area about 1810.
  Buried	Abt 7 May 1885  [2]
  Person ID	I1502	Families of Calvert (Caplin Bay), Newfoundland
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2017

  
  

  Family 1	William Johnston,   b. England, United Kingdom ,   d. Bef 1825, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  Children	1. James Johnston,   b. 30 Nov 1816, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Abt 18 Oct 1880, Ferryland, Newfoundland  (Age 63 years) + 2. William Johnston,   b. Aft 1816, Ferryland, Newfoundland ,   d. 11 Apr 1907, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 90 years)   3. Nicholas F. Johnston,   b. Abt 1821, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 9 Dec 1912, Ferryland, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 91 years)
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	James Fitzpatrick,   d. Bef May 1828, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland
  Married	Abt 1826
  No marriage record has been found for James Fitzpatrick and Jane Johnston, however it appears this couple was married since Jane is recorded under that surname in later documents.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Jane Fitzpatrick,   b. Abt Sep 1826, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Aft 1842  (Age ~ 16 years)   2. Nicholas John Fitzpatrick,   b. Abt May 1828, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2015
  Family ID	F1380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Non-Marital Relationship	Abt 1833	Caplin Bay, Newfoundland   [2]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Johnston,   b. Abt Jul 1833, Caplin Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 28 Jul 1874, Ferryland, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F1982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1785 - England, United Kingdom Non-Marital Relationship - Abt 1833 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Research Overview - 1825 -1885 - Caplin Bay, Newfoundland Died - 5 May 1885 - Ferryland, Newfoundland  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S33] Births, Deaths and Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers 1810-1890, Maritime History Archives, Memorial University of Newfoundland, (Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, 2004. A fully searchable CD containing more than 40,000 transcribed entries for births, deaths and marriages). [S90] Approximate date based on another recorded event, Reddigan, Kevin, (A date calculated by using a recorded date and a person's age, or by estimating the most likely date, based on other recorded life events).