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Jane Williams

Early life and family

Where Carden and Jane's goldsmith shop was

Jane Williams (born Jane Terry) was born on the 2 of December 1771 in Cork, Ireland. She was the fourth born to silversmith Carden Terry (1742-1821) son to John Terry who was one of the burgesses of Cork city and Catherine Webb (?-1784) born to Stonewall Webb who was also a silversmith. She was a sister to Sarah Terry (1766-1809), Martha Terry (1768-1773), Catherine Terry (1769-1809), Mary Terry (1773), Stowell Webb Terry (1777-1831), Martha Terry (1778-1818), Carden Terry (1780-1845) and Hester Terry (1781-1803). She was a member of a big family and unfortunately some of her siblings died very young, Martha Terry dying at 5 and Mary Terry not even making it past the age of one, though this was quite common for the time. Carden opened a goldsmiths shop on the Main Street at the corner of Meeting House Lane as stated by the Cork journal 23rd of July 1764. That same year he and Catherine Webb married at Kilworth and moved into a house in Broad Lane. There was a legislation in 1784 that required all the gold or silversmiths in Cork to register with the company the Dublin Assay Office. This was costly as they had to have their work assayed and stamped there, it also slowed up the process of producing their work. With Carden's family being politically powerful in Cork he was able to become a free man in 1785. He was then able to set up an assay in Cork city meaning goldsmiths saved a lot on time and costs. Jane met her husband, John Williams (1771-1806), through her father. He was Carden’s apprentice and he married Jane in 1791, at St. Peters Church in Cork. In 1795 Carden brought John into a partnership and they ran the business together. Jane and John were married for 15 years and had 7 children together, 5 sons and 2 daughters.