Jane Phillips was born in Boldre in 1841 to William and Hannah (nee Gregory) of Beaulieu Rails, one of their 13 children. Her father was an agricultural labourer.

 

The Rev. Comyn’s notebooks show William and Hannah, who were married on 23rd Oct 1813, living with at the site of the property currently called the Saeter.

 

Hannah was baptised at the chapel in November 1843 aged 46 but there is no record of Jane’s baptism as an adult at the chapel.

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By 1861 Jane was living with her parents on Scrubbs Hill, East End.

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Jane, aged 22, married Alfred White, aged 19, on 2nd October 1863 at Boldre Church by Reginald E Molyneux. Neither could read or write and so made their marks on their marriage certificate.

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She was buried by the Rev. John Bartlett Burt on 12th February 1868.