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Elizabeth (Wither) Heathcote (1773 - 1855)

Elizabeth Heathcote formerly Wither aka Bigg, Bigg-Wither
Born in Manydown Park, Hampshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Wife of — married 11 Jan 1798 [location unknown]
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Died at age 81 in Hursley, Hampshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Elizabeth daughter of Lovelace Bigg-Wither Esq. of Manydown Park, Hampshire, was born on 21 August 1773. She married Rev. William Heathcote on 11 January 1798. She died at Hursley Park, Hampshire, on 23 March 1855.[1]

She was a personal friend of Jane Austen:[2] her copy of Pride and Prejudice is available online at https://archive.org/details/prideprejudiceno121aust/page/n1/mode/2up.

Sources

  1. Evelyn D. Heathcote, M.A., An Account of Some of the Families Bearing the Name of Heathcote which have Descended out of the County of Derby. (Winchester: Warren and Son, 1899) page 132
  2. https://www.hampshire-history.com/death-of-jane-austen-1817/




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LNAB was Bigg. Her father changed his name to Bigg-Wither after her birth.
posted by Stephen Heathcote

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