Joane Roise

  Noted events in her life were:

• Will. ⁵⁶²
The will of Joane Smyth of the town of St. Albans in the County of Hertford, widow, 27 Jan 1601. to daughter Agnes, now wife of Hugh Fitch, 40 shillings. To Jerymy Fitch, Zacharie Fitch, Mary Fitch and agnes Fitch, the sons and daughters of the said Hugh Fitch, 40 shillings apiece at the age of twenty-one. To Joane Howe and Elizabeth Howe, daughters of Thomas Howe, 50 shilllings apiece. Residue of goods and chattels to daughter Margaret, now wife of the said Thomas Howe, which said Margaret Howe I make sole executrix. Hugh Gilbert and John Longe overseers. Signed 30 May 102. Withnesses: Hugh Gilbert, John Long, Thomas Howe and Canon Rawlyn notary. Proved 21 June 1602 by Margaret Howe, daughter and executrix. [Archdeaconry of St. Albans, Clapton, 203.]

~The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, April 1909, p. 163

Joane married John Smyth. (John Smyth was born about 1545 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, died in St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England and was buried in St. Albans Abbey, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England.)