Born: December 20, 1696 in Marblehead, Massachusetts
Died: ?
Spouse: John Cann, m. January
12, 1726 at Marblehead, Massachusetts.
Children: John Cann
?
Father’s name: Jean Langlois of
Jersey, England.
Mother’s name: Sara
(Maugier) Langlois of Trinity Church, Jersey, England, b.
about 1672.
English appears as Jane’s
maiden name. However, her parents were
the Langlois.
I believe that she took the name English when she arrived in
Massachusetts. Another descendant of the
of the Langlois/Maugier family has offered the this suggestion:
“Anglois is old French for Anglais
(English). Langlois and Langlais
are surnames meaning "the English man". Both Langlois
and Mauger(Maugier) are Channel Island and Norman names. They are also
names of emigrants out of Larochelle
where several of the Langlais and Maugiers may have been protestants.
So Langlois seems to have re-arrived across the short
sea a number of times.
So it is ironic that Jane, in possibly wanting to render her name more English sounding, just translated it: Jane English!”
Thanks to Dominique Paré
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