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Her life
Name Jane Yeo Birth Bef 2 Apr 1783 Puriton, Somerset, England 
[1, 2, 3] Christening 2 Apr 1783 St Michael’s Church, Puriton, Somerset, England 
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Baptismal Record: Jane Yeo (1783) Gender Female Residence 14 May 1806 Puriton, Somerset, England [4, 5] Residence 1813-1815 Woolavington, Somerset, England [6, 7] Bequest 24 Jul 1819 South Brent, Somerset, England [8] A share of his land in Pawlett, as tenant in common with her sisters Mary and Sarah, from her father George Yeo Bequest 24 Jul 1819 South Brent, Somerset, England [9] Life interest in his messuage and land in East Pennard, after her husband Joseph’s death, from her father George Yeo Residence 1816-1823 Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England [10, 11, 12, 13] Census 6 Jun 1841 Puriton, Somerset, England [14] Age: 50 - Age recorded as 50; her 1783 baptism makes her 58.
1841 Census: Puriton, Somerset 
1841 Census: Puriton, Somerset (1841) (2) Residence 1842 Puriton, Somerset, England [15] Census 30 Mar 1851 Puriton, Somerset, England [16] Age: 68 
1851 Census: Puriton, Somerset Occupation 30 Mar 1851 [16] Annuitant Residence 22 Dec 1851 Puriton, Somerset, England [17] Will 22 Dec 1851 Puriton, Somerset, England [17] 
Will: Jane Good, Puriton (1851-1857) (3) Death 2 Jun 1857 Bridge Street, St James, Taunton, Somerset, England [18] Age: 74 years Cause: Heart disease and Bronchitis 
Death Certificate: Jane Good (1857) Burial 9 Jun 1857 St Michael’s Church, Puriton, Somerset, England [19] Age: 74 years 
Burial Record: Jane Good (1857) Probate 17 Dec 1857 [20, 21] Proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury by her son George Yeo Good, executor; power reserved to her sons Joseph Good and Benjamin Good 
Probate: Jane Good (1857)
Index to the death duty registers, 1857 (IR 27/321).Person ID I257 Barnes • Whitmore • Cocks • Westlake | Cocks family Last Modified 3 Nov 2026
Parents’ family
Father George Yeo, b. Bef 19 Oct 1761, Pawlett, Somerset, England d. 24 Jul 1819, South Brent, Somerset, England (Age > 57 years)Mother Betty Good, b. Bef 31 Aug 1761, Puriton, Somerset, England d. Bef Aug 1792, Puriton, Somerset, England (Age < 30 years)Marriage 19 Sep 1782 St Michael’s Church, Puriton, Somerset, England [22] - George Yeo (minor, of Stawell in the parish of Moorlinch), Betty Good (spinster, of this parish). Married by licence, with the consent of George’s lawful guardian. George signed, Betty signed. Witnesses: Thomas Good and George [Lydo?].
Marriage Record: George Yeo and Betty Good (1782) Family ID F246 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family with Joseph Good
Family 
Joseph Good, b. Bef 3 Jun 1771, Cossington, Somerset, England d. 28 Feb 1840, Puriton, Somerset, England (Age > 68 years) [23, 24, 25, 26]Marriage 14 May 1806 St Michael’s Church, Puriton, Somerset, England [4, 5] Type: Licence - Joseph Good, bachelor; Jane Yeo, spinster. Witnesses: Jacob [Watson?] and John Dawbin.
Marriage Record: Joseph Good and Jane Yeo (1806) 
Marriage Licence: Joseph Good and Jane Yeo (1806) (2) Children + 1. Mary Good, b. Bef 18 Mar 1807, Cossington, Somerset, England + 2. Joseph Good, b. Bef 5 Feb 1808, Cossington, Somerset, England d. 7 Feb 1879, 2 Oxford Terrace, Poplar, Middlesex, England (Age > 71 years)3. Ann Good, b. Bef 27 Dec 1809, Cossington, Somerset, England 4. Sarah Good, b. Bef 24 Apr 1812, Cossington, Somerset, England d. Bef 29 Mar 1817, Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England (Age < 4 years)+ 5. George Yeo Good, b. Bef 18 Oct 1813, Woolavington, Somerset, England d. Bef 13 Jun 1898, Bridgwater, Somerset, England (Age < 84 years)6. Jane Good, b. Bef 23 Mar 1815, Woolavington, Somerset, England 7. Joanna Yeo Good, b. Bef 7 Nov 1816, Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England d. 13 Jun 1852, Shadwell, Middlesex, England (Age > 35 years)8. Benjamin Good, b. Bef 11 Mar 1818, Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England d. Bef 7 Oct 1821, Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England (Age < 3 years)9. Sarah Good, b. Bef 4 Mar 1820, Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England d. Bef 17 Nov 1821, Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England (Age < 1 years)10. Benjamin Good, b. Bef 26 Sep 1823, Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England Family ID F232 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Oct 2026
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Event Map 
Birth - Bef 2 Apr 1783 - Puriton, Somerset, England 
Christening - 2 Apr 1783 - St Michael’s Church, Puriton, Somerset, England Residence - 14 May 1806 - Puriton, Somerset, England Marriage - Type: Licence - 14 May 1806 - St Michael’s Church, Puriton, Somerset, England 
Child - Mary Good - Bef 18 Mar 1807 - Cossington, Somerset, England Child - Joseph Good - Bef 5 Feb 1808 - Cossington, Somerset, England Child - Ann Good - Bef 27 Dec 1809 - Cossington, Somerset, England Child - Sarah Good - Bef 24 Apr 1812 - Cossington, Somerset, England 
Child - George Yeo Good - Bef 18 Oct 1813 - Woolavington, Somerset, England Residence - 1813-1815 - Woolavington, Somerset, England Child - Jane Good - Bef 23 Mar 1815 - Woolavington, Somerset, England 
Child - Joanna Yeo Good - Bef 7 Nov 1816 - Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England Child - Benjamin Good - Bef 11 Mar 1818 - Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England 
Bequest - A share of his land in Pawlett, as tenant in common with her sisters Mary and Sarah, from her father George Yeo - 24 Jul 1819 - South Brent, Somerset, England Bequest - Life interest in his messuage and land in East Pennard, after her husband Joseph’s death, from her father George Yeo - 24 Jul 1819 - South Brent, Somerset, England Child - Sarah Good - Bef 4 Mar 1820 - Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England Residence - 1816-1823 - Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England Child - Benjamin Good - Bef 26 Sep 1823 - Chilton Trinity, Somerset, England Census - Age: 50 - 6 Jun 1841 - Puriton, Somerset, England Residence - 1842 - Puriton, Somerset, England Census - Age: 68 - 30 Mar 1851 - Puriton, Somerset, England Residence - 22 Dec 1851 - Puriton, Somerset, England Will - 22 Dec 1851 - Puriton, Somerset, England 
Death - Age: 74 years,Cause: Heart disease and Bronchitis - 2 Jun 1857 - Bridge Street, St James, Taunton, Somerset, England Burial - Age: 74 years - 9 Jun 1857 - St Michael’s Church, Puriton, Somerset, England = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S419] Baptismal Record: Jane Yeo (1783), 2 Apr 1783, fol. 161 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1482] Death Certificate: Jane Good (1857), 2 Jun 1857, 1857 Q2, Taunton, Vol 5c, pg 267; Taunton St James, entry 189 (Reliability: 2).
Aged 74 at her death on 2 Jun 1857, so born between 3 Jun 1782 and 2 Jun 1783. - [S421] Marriage Licence: Joseph Good and Jane Yeo (1806), 9 May 1806, Allegation, 9 May 1806 (Reliability: 2).
Of full age at the allegation of 9 May 1806. - [S420] Marriage Record: Joseph Good and Jane Yeo (1806), 14 May 1806, pg 9, no. 27 (Reliability: 3).
- [S421] Marriage Licence: Joseph Good and Jane Yeo (1806), 9 May 1806, Bond and allegation, 9 May 1806 (Reliability: 3).
- [S364] Parish Baptisms: Woolavington, Somerset, 1813-1887, 18 Oct 1813, 1 (Reliability: 3).
- [S364] Parish Baptisms: Woolavington, Somerset, 1813-1887, 23 Mar 1815, 3 (Reliability: 3).
- [S182] Will: George Yeo, South Brent (1819), 7 Jun 1819, Will, 7 Jun 1819, p. 1 (Reliability: 3).
I give devise and appoint unto my children Jane the Wife of Joseph Good Mary the Wife of John Dawbin and Sarah Yeo their Heirs and Assigns for ever as Tenants in common and not as joint tenants all those several closes of ground hereditaments parts and premises situate in the parish of Pawlett - [S182] Will: George Yeo, South Brent (1819), 7 Jun 1819, Will, 7 Jun 1819, p. 1 (Reliability: 3).
with remainder To the use of my said daughter Jane the Wife of the said Joseph Good and her assigns for and during the term of her natural life without impeachment of waste - [S365] Parish Baptisms: Bridgwater St Mary, Somerset, 1813-1823, 7 Nov 1816, 102 (Reliability: 3).
- [S365] Parish Baptisms: Bridgwater St Mary, Somerset, 1813-1823, 11 Mar 1818, 135 (Reliability: 3).
- [S365] Parish Baptisms: Bridgwater St Mary, Somerset, 1813-1823, 4 Mar 1820, 185 (Reliability: 3).
- [S365] Parish Baptisms: Bridgwater St Mary, Somerset, 1813-1823, 26 Sep 1823, 280 (Reliability: 3).
- [S368] 1841 Census, HO 107/946/18, f. 6, p. 7.
- [S2559] Probate: Joseph Good (1842), 1842, IR 27/261, register 1, folio 15[7?] (Reliability: 3).
The executrix’s residence is given by a ditto mark under “Puriton Somt.” - [S5] 1851 Census, HO 107/1925, f. 418, p. 11.
- [S1516] Will: Jane Good, Puriton (1851), 22 Dec 1851, PROB 11/2261, ff. 350-351, PROB 11/2261. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1482] Death Certificate: Jane Good (1857), 2 Jun 1857, 1857 Q2, Taunton, Vol 5c, pg 267; Taunton St James, entry 189 (Reliability: 3).
- [S366] Parish Burials: Puriton, Somerset, 1813-1904, 42.
- [S1516] Will: Jane Good, Puriton (1851), 17 Dec 1857, PROB 11/2261, ff. 350-351, PROB 11/2261. (Reliability: 3).
- [S2560] Probate: Jane Good (1857), 1857, IR 27/321, folio 93[?] (Reliability: 3).
- [S530] Marriage Record: George Yeo and Betty Good (1782), 19 Sep 1782, Puriton marriage register 1754-1795, p. 29 (Reliability: 3).
- [S182] Will: George Yeo, South Brent (1819), 7 Jun 1819, Will, 7 Jun 1819 (Reliability: 3).
Named as “Jane the Wife of Joseph Good” in her father’s will of 1819. - [S1482] Death Certificate: Jane Good (1857), 2 Jun 1857, 1857 Q2, Taunton, Vol 5c, pg 267; Taunton St James, entry 189 (Reliability: 3).
Described as “Widow of Joseph Good Farmer” on her death certificate. - [S1516] Will: Jane Good, Puriton (1851), 22 Dec 1851, PROB 11/2261, ff. 350-351, PROB 11/2261. (Reliability: 3).
Jane names herself “then the Wife of the said Joseph Good” and leaves the East Pennard land to “my seven children”, naming each. - [S2577] Marriage Record: Benjamin Good and Margaret Mace (1850), 18 Mar 1850, St Alfege, Greenwich, marriage register, pg 28, no. 56 (Reliability: 3).
Benjamin’s marriage entry names his father as “Joseph Good”, “Yeoman”; Charles Sanders, his sister Nancy’s husband, was a witness.
- [S419] Baptismal Record: Jane Yeo (1783), 2 Apr 1783, fol. 161 (Reliability: 3).