Born in Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Lovelace (Bigg) Bigg-Wither
and Margaret Elizabeth (Blachford) Bigg
Wife of
John Jeremiah Awdry
— married
15 Jan 1795 in Wootton St Lawrence, Hampshire, England
Descendants 
Mother of
John Wither Awdry, Jane (Awdry) Short, Ambrose Awdry, Priscilla Awdry, Catherine Laura (Awdry) Stainforth, Charles Awdry, Henry Goddard Awdry, Alethea Sophia Awdry, Margaret Lucy Awdry and Walter Herbert Awdry
Died
at age 75
in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Sep 2022
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Biography
Jane was born in 1770 at Chilton Foliat, Wiltshire, England. She was the daughter of Rev. Lovelace Bigg and his second wife Margaret Blachford.[1] Her name was changed to Bigg-Wither in 1789 when her father inherited the Manydown estates from a cousin.
She grew up at Manydown and would have been acquainted with its many visitors, including the future author Jane Austen.
She married solicitor John Awdry in 1795 at Wootton St Lawrence, near Manydown.[2] They initially resided at Notton House at Lacock, Wiltshire, and had 9 children there, but when her husband was ordered to seek a milder climate for his health in 1814 they moved to the South Coast and let Notton House out. Later in life they returned to Wiltshire but lived at South Wraxall.
In 1841 she was recorded living with her son Henry at Melksham. John was elsewhere at that time.[3]
John passed away in 1844.
She passed away in 1846, presumably at Melksham or South Wraxall. She was buried at Melksham.[4]
Sources
- ↑ "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6D3M-JSCS : 25 February 2022), Jenney Bigg, 1770.
- ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKH9-GX4 : 12 March 2020), Jane Bigg in entry for John Awdry, 1795.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M73T-WPT : 25 May 2019), Jane Awdry in household of Henery Awdry, Melksham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England; Reference Number: 1368/22
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHGD-SZJ
- https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/2017/04/258-awdry-of-seend-house-and-notton.html
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