William Jett  and son FRANCIS

    William Jett  accompanied his parents and siblings on the voyage to Virginia, landing in about 1663.  He survived the Indian uprising of the Northern Neck, and married, ca 1680, Elizabeth Hoskins Wood, born around 1643, the daughter of Anthony Hoskins and Joyce Jones, of Accomack county, Va. Elizabeth was the widow of Cornelius Wood who died around 1678; Cornelius had witnessed the will of Elizabeth's 2nd stepfather, Lawrence Washington, in 1675.

    William died in what was then Richmond county, sometime before July of 1698, and left a will, listed in a will book that was lost during the War Between the States.    Elizabeth died not long after her jusband, and her daughter, Mary, administered her estate .  William and Elizabeth left the following children;

    Anthony Hoskins, William's father-in-law, had arrived in Accomack County, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, in 1630 aboard the George, from London.  He had the first license to operate an ordinary, in the county, and went on to become a very wealthy businessman, and member of the House Of Burgesses, along with his father-in-law, Capt. William Jones.  After Anthony's death, Joyce went on to marry 3 more times (2)to  Alexander Fleming, with whom she had 2 more daughters.   (3) Lawrence Washington, who was one of the original Washington brothers who emigrated to Va from England.  Joyce had a son, John, with Lawrence, who died in 1677.  Joyce's   last husband (4) James Yates, seems to have gone through her considerable fortune, and her son John wrote his half sister in England that he had "nothing left of my father"! 

    William and Elizabeth Hoskins Jett's children were;

1. Francis, date of birth unknown, married Sarah Claxton or Saxton first, and Elizabeth Underwood Thatcher, widow of Sylvester Thatcher, who died in 1718.  Francis died intestate, ca 1722 as indicated by the granting of administration papers on 8 Feb, 1723.    (Francis is my line, and it continues through his son PETER JETT, and only known child, who is on another page. )
2.  Peter, born around 1682 in Sittingbourn Parish, and married Margaret James, probably the widow of Francis James.    There is an interesting note entry in the Richmond Co, Va order book 6, 1715,  that records the indictment of Peter Jett for living in adultry with Margaret James.  The indictment was dismissed in 1716 and it seemes likely that Peter and his bride married in one fo the dissisent churches rather than the Anglical Churches, at that time the established church of Virginia.  Peter died childless, in 1728
3. John born ca 1690 in Old Rappahannock co, and married a Gladis?, whose surname is unknown.  HE died in 1754, Westmoreland county, and his will was probate in the same year. Gladis Jett died in 1739, and her will is in Will Book 9, pg 31 of the Westmoreland county records.
4. Mary...nothing is known of her

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