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Jane Cary, in religion Helena of the Cross.
Born: 1625 in Borley, Essex.
Died: 10 Mar 1699 in Liège.

father: John Cary Esq of Essex
mother: Judith Stavely

Sepulchrines, Liège choir nun.
She entered 21 Nov 1642.

She professed 31 Jan 1644, aged 19.

Discreet
Procuratrix 1658 - 1661
Sub-Prioress 1661 - 1662
Procuratrix 1666 - 1671
Procuratrix 1677 - 1682
Procuratrix 1683 - 1688
Procuratrix 1690 - 1693

She was the great aunt of Cecilia Cary.
She was the sister of Frances Cary.

Sources: Chap: 2.

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Family tree (Cary)

Notes:

Bibliographical dictionary has father from Tor Abbey, Devon

The Chapter Book places Borley in Suffolk but it is on the border and the historical gazetteer places it in Essex.

Father was John Cary of Long Melford, d. 1639, uncle of Sir George Cary of Torre Abbey, d. 1678. See H. Watkins, House of Stuart and the Cary Family: James II and Torre Abbey (1920), p. 9.