Jane Glanville (b. Evelyn, sister)

Jane, the second daughter of Richard Evelyn,  was twenty-six when her father died.

Jane did not marry till 1647, when over thirty years old she married George Glanville of Devonshire. She had one son, William Glanville, whose daughter, Frances Glanville, married William Evelyn of St. Clere, Kent.

Jane died in December 1651, and was buried at Wotton on the 19th of that month. Her brother John was abroad when she died. On January 2, 1652, he writes in his Diary : “ News of my sister Glanville’s death in childbed, which exceedingly affected me.”

Referring entries

• The Will of Richard Evelyn (John Evelyn’s father)
• Wednesday 6 April 1644
• Monday 28 June 1641

• Book: “The history of the Evelyn family: with a special memoir of William John Evelyn”    By Helen Evelyn.