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Buried:	25/02/1859

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Cemetery accounts

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Name at death	Jane Twitchen
Date of burial	23/02/1859
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Unconsecrated Ground - Common Interment
By whom buried	Rev'd. Wm. Ashley
Account Entry	Book 1 - Page 45

Accounts Entry for Jane Twitchen
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Reproduced with kind permission

Biographical Information

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Jane Twitchen c1780-1859

Jane Twitchen

c1780-1859

Jane, her parents, siblings and early life:

Jane was baptised on the 10^th November 1780, at St Nicolas Church, Newbury, the daughter of John and Martha Salter (nee Pierce/Peirce) who were married on the 26^th May 1777, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

Jane’s mother Martha Peirce was born c 1756. Martha died aged 39 in 1795, she was buried on the 2^nd June, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

John Salter was born c1755. John remarried on the 21^st September 1801, at St Nicolas, Newbury. His 2^nd wife was a widow, Elizabeth Biggs. In 1815 John (59) a Publican and Elizabeth (60) were living at the Catherine Wheel, Market Place, Newbury. John died in 1829, he was buried on the 23^rd January, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

John and Martha also had the following children baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury:

John, 13^th October 1778

Thomas Peirce, 14^th February 1783

Francis Peirce, 25^th March 1787

Sarah, 19^th June 1789

Joseph Peirce, 9^th October 1791

Jane in later life:

Jane Salter gave birth to a daughter, Jane, born 12^th April 1801. She was baptised 1^st May (reputed father John Twitchin)

Jane married John Twitchin on the 16^th July 1801, at St Nicolas, Newbury.

(John Twitchen was a Sawyer. He was baptised on the 16^th August 1779, at St Nicolas, Newbury, the son of Richard and Ann Twitchen (nee Cumner) who were married on the on the 11^th October 1778, at St Nicolas, Newbury).

John and Jane also had the following children baptised at St Nicolas, Newbury:

Sarah, born 23^rd December 1802, baptised 23^rd January 1803

Benjamin, born 7^th November 1807, baptised 9^th December 1807

Joseph, born 14^th January 1811, baptised 8^th January 1812

Eliza, baptised 7^th May 1815

Benjamin, 25^th February 1818

Richard, baptised 15^th July 1820

In 1815 Jane (35) and her daughter Eliza were recorded lodging at a lodging house in Red Lion Yard, on the west side of Northbrook Street, Newbury.

The 1841 census records Jane (60) as a Laundress, living in Newtown Road Newbury. (Surname recorded as Switchew on ancestry)

In 1851 Jane Twitching (74) was recorded lodging in Old Newtown Road, Newbury.

Jane died aged 81 in 1859, she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 23^rd February.

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