Elizabeth was born in Shearsby, Leicestershire and was baptised there on 7 Aug 1791 [1], the daughter of John and Elizabeth Weston.
She completed suicide by drowning, aged 22, on 12 July 1813 .
She was buried in Shearsby on 15 July 1813, in a ceremony conducted by curate J. P. Chambers [2][3].
An inquest was held on 20 July which was widely reported. [4][5]. "On Tuesday last an inquest was held on the body of Elizabeth Weston, of Shearsby, Leicestershire, who was found drowned in a pond. It appeared that this unfortunate young creature was courted by a young man of her own neighbourhood, who by the most specious professions of honour, prevailed up on her to yield to his desire, and by whom she became pregnant. The refusal on his part to fulfil his plighted faith, had such an effect on her mind, that after writing him a farewell letter, replete with love, tenderness and forgiveness, she formed the resolution to commit the rash act. As soon as the youth heard of the fatal event, he was instantly seized with such compunctious visitations, that it was only by force he was prevented from destroying himself, and he now lies in the most deplorable state of outrageous madness."
Elizabeth Weston was born in Leicestershire, England.
↑ "England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPW1-TB8Y : 6 June 2018), Elizth Weston, 7 Aug 1791; records extracted by findmypast, images digitized by FamilySearch; citing Baptism, Shearsby, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, page , Citing the Record Office of Leicestershire, Leicester, and Rutland, Wigston, UK.
↑ "Leicestershire Burials," database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBPRS%2FLEICS%2FBUR%2F00187864
: accessed 10 Jan 2022), burial of Elizabeth Weston on 15 Jul 1813 at Shearsby; citing Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records, ref. DE3132/1; Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland.
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