Jane Phillips was born in Boldre in 1840 to William and Hannah (nee Gregory) of Beaulieu Rails, the youngest of their 13 children.

The Rev. Comyn’s notebooks show William and Hannah, who were married on 23rd Oct 1813, living at the site of the property currently called the Saeter (BRN23a) with their eldest two sons. William was an agricultural labourer.  By the 1840’s they were living on Shrubb’s Hill as shown in the Tithe map (below)

The 1851 census lists Jane, her parents and 3 older sisters living in Beaulieu Rails.

​By 1861 Jane (20) was living with her parents on Shrubbs Hill, East End. Two years later, aged 22, she married Alfred White (19) on 2nd October 1863 at Boldre Church. Neither could read or write and so made their marks on their marriage certificate.

​The marriage was short lived as she died less than 5 years later. She was buried by the Rev. John Bartlett Burt on 12th February 1868 at East Boldre’s Baptist chapel.