Person:Ann Jeeves (2)

Ann Jeeves was baptised on 2nd February 1701 at Hitchin in Hertfordshire, daughter of Mary Jeeves, formerly Law, and her husband William Jeeves, a baker. She was the ninth of the couple's ten children, but the youngest to survive infancy. When Ann was 14 years old her mother Mary died. Just under five years later, when Ann was 19 years old, her father William died too.

Just over a year after her father's death, Ann had a son named John Barnes. John's father was a woolcomber named William Barnes, but Ann and William were not married at the time. They married six months after John's birth in the tiny village of Letchworth just outside Hitchin, marrying by licence rather than having banns called at Hitchin church. After their marriage, Ann and William had a further two children: Mary in 1723 and William in 1725.

Ann died aged just 29 years old, being buried at Hitchin on 10th August 1730.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Hitchin. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   1700
   February
   The 2d day was Baptized Anne the daughter of William Jeeves - Baker
   [i.e. 2 Feb 1700/1]

2. ↑ Church of England. Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Hitchin. (Hertford: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies).

   1730
   August
   10th was bur[ie]d Ann the Wife of Will[ia]m Barns, Wool[com]ber