James Jakeman (1806 - ?)

Third Great-grandfather.

Born:  21 or 24 September 1806 in Astwood Banks, Worcestershire, or Coughton, Warwickshire, England
Died:  October 1882 ? in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England

Father: Job Jakeman (born c. 1777 in Sanborn, Warwickshire, England)
Mother:  Elizabeth Jane Bradbury (born c. 1781 in Sanborn, Warwickshire, England)
  *** I have no more information about these families.

Siblings: ???

Married: Ann Field on 13 November 1833 in Beoley, Worcestershire, England

Children:
   Joseph Field, 1831 (illegitimate son of Ann Field and Joseph Such)
   Henry Jakeman, 1834
   Sarah Jakeman, 1836
   William Jakeman, 1838
   Elizabeth Jakeman, 1838 (William and Elizabeth were twins who died at birth.)
   Ellen or Eleanor Jakeman, 1839
   Susan Jakeman, 1842
   Mary Jakeman, 1845
   Edward Jakeman, 1848
   David Jakeman, 1851
   James Thomas Jakeman, 1852

* Joseph adopted his mother's maiden name and that was the name used by his children.

James Jakeman was a needle-maker, and the area where the family lived was the world center for needle-making.  For a look at the area, I recommend the short video on the Forge Mill Needle Museum web site. Redditch once produced 90% of the world's needles.

Ann Field (1810 - 1882)

Third Great-grandmother.

Born:  24 February 1810 in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England
Died:  9 October 1882 in Beaver, Beaver County, Utah

Father: Edward Field
Mother: Susannah or Susan Turner

Siblings:
   Edward field, c. 1804
   William Field, c. 1806

The information I received from my mother said that Ann Field caused a big scandal when she decided to abandon her husband and sons Edward and David in England to go to Utah and live with other Mormons. It said that she was disowned by her family in England.

However, I have found a conflicting story on a couple of LDS websites that claimed that Ann was listed as a widow on the 1861 census in England before she immigrated to Utah. Is someone trying to clear her reputation? The problem with that is that Edward was about 13 and David about 10 when she left them. I doubt she was have left them without a father to care for them.

Mary and James Thomas traveled to the US with her on the ship Amazon.