Reeves, Jane Vale

Summary

Father: Israel REEVES
Mother: Susannah (nee HILL)

Birth: 5 October 1811, London
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: 1897, Sussex
Death Source: FreeBMD

Spouse1: George COLBY

Narrative

Jane Vale REEVES was baptised in November 1811 at the Parish Church of St Marylebone in London Middlesex where her parents are recorded as Israel Reeves and Susannah, his wife.

When Jane was 8 years old. her mother Susannah REEVES died and was buried on 4 August 1820 in the parish of St Mary-Le-Bone, in the county of Middlesex. Jane became an orphan on the death of her father Israel Reeves, who was buried on 13 May 1824 also in the parish of St Mary-Le-Bone, when Jane would have been 13 years old.

On 7 October 1824, Jane’s paternal grandfather, Israel Reeves wrote a new will, in which he named Jane Veal (sic) Reeves. He specifically refers to ” .. seven children and my said grand daughter ..” who receive equal shares. Jane was the only minor named.

On her grandfather’s death in 1828, Jane’s share of his estate was held in trust for her by his executors until she attained the age of 21 in 1832.

In November 1839, at the Parish Church of St Nicholas, Brighton, Jane Vale REEVES marries George COLBY. Both are of full age (Jane would have been 28 years old) and both are resident at 42 Cannon Place, Brighton. Jane is a Spinster and has no rank or profession recorded. She names her father as John (sic) REEVES whose rank or profession was a Wine Merchant.

There are presently no confirmed sightings of Jane and George Colby on the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census returns for England and Wales.

On the 1871 census, Jane COLBY, age 58 (sic, 59 expected) appears as a lodger in the household of William and Sarah BENHAM at 13 Bedford Place, Brighton. Jane was born in Marylebone, is a Widow and is described as an Annuitant.

On the 1881 census, Jane COLBY, age 67 appears as a lodger at 9 St Peters Place, Brighton. The head of Household is Ann WALKER, a Lodging House Keeper. Jane is enumerated on a separate schedule and described as a widow, born London, Middlesex. She has no occupation recorded.

On the 1891 census, Jane Colby, age 74 (sic, 79 expected) appears as a lodger in the household of Joseph and Louisa WYMARK at 125 Western Road, Brighton. Jane is a widow Living on her Own Means and was born in London.

FreeBMD has a death registration for Jane Vale COLBY during the fourth quarter of 1897 in the Brighton Registration District. She was 86 years old, so born around 1811, which neatly sits our subject. The Probate Register confirms Jane was still living at 125 Western Road, Brighton when she died.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Baptism
Baptism:    FamilySearch     https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NPQ6-KTL
                     Ancestry LMA Collection
Marriage1:  FreeBMD     1839, December quarter, Brighton Registration District
                     FamilySearch     https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVVF-3JY
Death:         FreeBMD     1897, December quarter, Brighton Registration District
Probate:     https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=Colby&yearOfDeath=1897&page=2#calendar accessed 18Feb2019
                   
1841 Census:  
1851 Census:  
1861 Census:  
1871 Census:   RG10, Piece 1087, Folio 129 face, Page 53, Schedule 152
1881 Census:   RG11, Piece 1096, Folio 46 face, Page 29, Schedule 152
1891 Census:   RG12, Piece 0815, Folio 25 face, Page 43, Schedule 186
                   
Burial of Mother:  Ancestry LMA Collection - Parish Register Page 154, entry number 1226
Burial of Father:    Ancestry LMA Collection - Parish Register Page 112, entry number 891