Elizabeth Jackson Colvin (abt. 1803 - 1856)

Born about 10 Oct 1803 in Calcutta, India

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Colvin — married 17 Jun 1822 in Calcutta, India

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1856 at about age 52 in Thorncroft, Leatherhead, Surrey, England

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Biography

Elizabeth was born in Calcutta, India, about 1803, daughter of James Colvin and Maria Jackson.^[1]

On the 17th June 1822, she married Alexander Colvin in Calcutta.^[2]

Enumeration from the 1851 census of England:

• Alexander Colvin, head, married, age 64, East India Agent, born in Scotland
• Elizabeth, wife, married, age 47, born in East Indies
• Helen, daughter, unmarried, age 20, born in Marylebone, London
• Mary, daughter, age 11 [or 16], scholar at home; born at Little Bealings, Suffolk
• Elizabeth, do., age 10, do.; born in Paddington, London
• Madaline, do., age 7, do., ...
• Hanna K.[?], do., age 6, do., ...
• Alexander, son, age 5, do., ...
• Mathew L.D. Devetre, visitor, widower, age 57, Interest of Money; born in Irthington, Cumberland
• ... with a governess, butler, and a household of upstairs and downstairs servants
• census place: Thorncroft, Leatherhead, Surrey.^[3]

Elizabeth Jackson Colvin née Colvin died on the 8th March 1856 at Thorncroft House in Leatherhead, Surrey, aged fifty-two years.^[4]

Children of the marriage included:

• Maria Colvin (b.1823, d.1823);
• Infant son (b.1824, d.1825);
• Alexander Colvin (1826–1827);
• Helen Colvin (1830–1879);
• James Colquhoun Colvin (1834–1914);
• Maria Colvin (b.1838, d.1838);
• Mary Colvin (1839–1896);
• Elizabeth Henrietta Colvin (1841–1938);
• Madeline Colvin (1843–1916);
• Anna Harriet Colvin (1844–1876); and
• Alexander Colvin (1845–1906).

Research notes

• The date of baptism has been used to approximate the date of birth.

Sources

1. ↑ British India Office. Ecclesiastical Returns. Baptism: “Register of Christenings in Bengal and Bahar AD 1803. 1803 Calcutta November. November 19th Elizabeth Jackson Daughter of James Colvin and Maria his Wife born 10th October 1803.” Original record held by The British Library (London); digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-06-29).
2. ↑ British India Office. Ecclesiastical Returns. Marriage: “655 Alexander Colvin of the Firm of Mess’rs Colvin & Co, Bachelor, and Elizabeth Colvin of Calcutta, spinster were Married at St John’s Cathedral in Calcutta aforesaid by Licence this Seventeenth Day of June in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Twenty two.—by me Joseph Parson Junior Chaplain at the Presidency of Fort William The Marriage was Solemnized between us – Alex: Colvin E’th Colvin In the presence of – James Colvin M. Ainslie W.B. Bayley William Russell W. Ainslie A. Mactier.” Original record held by The British Library (London); digital image online at findmypast.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick by subscription, 2018-06-29).
3. ↑ England 1851 Census. Alexander Colvin, age 64, with wife, Elizabeth, and children, in Thorncroft, Leatherhead, Surrey. Original record: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851 (Kew, Surrey: The National Archives of the UK); PRO ref. HO107, piece 1592, folio 504, pg. 27, household schedule no. 96, enumeration district no. 1b, registration district: Epsom, sub-registration district: Carshalton. Digital image online at ancestry.ca (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-06-29, by subscription).
4. ↑ Morning Chronicle, 12 March 1856 (pg 8). Death notice: “On the 8th inst., at Thorncroft, Leatherhead, Elizabeth Jackson, wife of Alexander Colvin, Esq.” Digital image online at The British Newspaper Archive, britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk (accessed by Alison Kilpatrick 2018-06-28, by subscription).

Links

• Wikipedia: Colvin family