Jane Read

Jane was born in 1788 to George and Sarah (nee Thurl) and was baptised on 24th August 1788 at Beaulieu church.

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William Rixon​​​​

William was born in 1785 to John and Elizabeth (nee Phillips), the second of their ten children.

 

He married Jane on 21st October 1812 at Boldre church. ​Comyn's notebooks (c 1817) show William and Jane Rexon (nee Reade) living in Buley Rails where the old cottage sits that is part of the now much larger Willow Cottage property.

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William was baptised into the Baptist church in 1829 aged 44. He was one of the members who left to form a second Baptist church at Masseys Lane and served that new church as deacon from 1834 - 1846.

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The census of 1841 lists William (a farmer) and Jane living with Ann (10, their daughter?), William's mother Elizabeth (75) and Emily Gardner (1) in Beaulieu Rails. Some family trees on Ancestry UK suggest they had a daughter Ann in 1830 but no parish records seem to exist to back this up. The only mention of Ann Rixon is in this 1841 census.

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The 1851 census list William (an agricultural labourer) and Jane living together in Beaulieu Rails. ​In 1861 census they are shown still living in Beaulieu Rails with visitors John and Ann Biles and their 6 month old son, also John.

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Jane and William were buried by the Rev John Bartlett Burt on 29th July 2024 and 10th December 19871 respectively.