Jane Lancaster

Events

Date of Baptism: 25 December 1759.

Place of Baptism: St Nicholas, Whitehaven, Cumberland.

The baptism is given in the bishop's transcripts to the parish register.

Date of Death: 22 January 1840.

Place of Death: West Derby registration district.

The date is given with the record of probate of Jane's will. The death certificate gives the age at death as 81.

Relationships

Father: William Lancaster.

Jane's father is named in her baptism record.

Mother: Elizabeth Williams.

Jane's mother is named Eliz. in her baptism record. Elizabeth's surname is given in her marriage record.

Spouse: Isaac Hinde. Married 1 July 1786 in Whitehaven (Holy Trinity).

The marriage is given in the bishop’s transcripts to the parish register.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Elizabeth Hinde (baptized 27 February 1789) married Richard Bale 22 August 1808 at St Anne's, Liverpool.

Isaac Hinde

Samuel Hinde (baptized 1 October 1795) married Mary Kennedy 17 November 1817 at St James’, Whitehaven.

Jane Hinde (born 24 May 1809).

Evidence

Jane Hind's will:

This is the last Will and Testament of me Jane Hind of Whitehaven in the County of Cumberland Widow In the first place I direct all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid off and discharged and charge all my real and personal estate therewith I give and devise unto my grand daughter Jane the wife of Mr Bullen my dwellinghouse Garden and hereditaments at Parton in the parish of Moresby in Cumberland To hold to her her (sic) heirs and assigns for ever. I give to my grand son John Hind my large Family Bible I bequeath to my brother Samuel Lancaster ten pounds I give to my said Grand daughter Jane Bullen all my wearing apparel And as to all the rest residue and remainder of my real and personal estate and effects I give devise and bequeath the same to my son in Law Richard Bale and Joseph Bullen of Liverpool their heirs executors and administrators upon trust immediately after my decease to sell the same by public sale or private contract as they may think proper and convert the same into money and to divide the money to arise thereby equally between my five grand Children the said Jane Bullen, Isabella Shepherd Bale, John Hind, Samuel Hind and Elizabeth Hind their respective executors administrators and assigns equally share and share alike And I appoint the said Richard Bale and Joseph Bullen trustees and executors of this my Will In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth day of September 1837 Jane X Hind her mark and Seal Signed seal published and declared by the the (sic) said testatrix as and hor her last will and testament in the presence of us who in her presence have subscribed our names as witnesses

Pet: Hodgson William Lumb Jun^r Thomas Fletcher

The sixteenth day of July 1840 Joseph Bullen on of the executors in this Will named was sworn in common form (power being reserved to Richard Bale to take upon himself the execution of the said will when he shall lawfully request the same) And he further made oath that the testatrix’s personal estate and effects within the Diocese of Chester were under the value of £ 200 Before me T. S Bowstead Surrogate

Probate issued Dated 25th July 1840

The testatrix died January 22^nd 1840

Commentary

There were three Janes baptized in Whitehaven in the time period. Jane's mention of her brother Samuel in her will makes her parentage clear, as Samuel also appears in the 1841 and 1851 censuses, with his age and place of birth confirming his identity.

Jane's last child, Jane, seems to have been born suspiciously late. The Jane Bullen named as a grandchild in Jane Lancaster's will was a daughter of Richard Bale and Elizabeth Hinde, and was born in 1809, according to censuses. No baptism for her has turned up, although baptism records for Richard and Elizabeth's other children exist. Perhaps Jane Lancaster's granddaughter was baptized as her daughter, although the motive for this is unclear, since Jane Hinde was born nine months after the marriage of Richard Bale and Elizabeth Hinde. Jane is not mentioned in Isaac’s will.

References

Isaac Hind and Jane Lancaster, marriage, Whitehaven Holy Trinity, bishop’s transcripts of the parish registers; FHL microfilm 90678, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Will of Jane Hind. Register copy of wills from the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Chester, volume 11, 1840-1841. FHL microfilm 90081.