Betsy Jones

Biography
It would seem that Betsy Johnson was born about mid-1845 as she was baptized at St Mary's Anglican Church in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand on 2nd November 1845.

Twenty years later Betsy married Matthew Jenkins Jones on 24th October 1865 at the Henui Anglican Church in New Plymouth. [1] The couple had three children, two boys and a girl.

Betsy died of tuberculosis [TB] on 17th May 1876 at the age of 30. [2] [3] Although her two young boys were then aged 9 and 6, their younger sister had died as a three-year-old about 12 months earlier so Mary was buried with her daughter. [4]

Sources
↑ St Mary’s Anglican Church Marriage Register Matthew Jenkins Jones, 24 years, carpenter, in New Zealand 11 years; married Betsy Johnson, 20 years, spinster.
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Rhys Jones, Tuesday, April 14, 2015.
↑ New Zealand Death Certificate: Registration District New Plymouth: Betsy Jones died 17 May 1876 at Raleigh West; usual residence: Raleigh West [district now known as Waitara] female, 30 years, died of pulmonary consumption; born at New Plymouth; in New Zealand 30 years; father John Johnson, farmer; mother Mary nee Leadbeater; buried on [blank] at Te Henui Cemetery; minister taking burial: Archdeacon Henry Goveth [Episcopalian]; married to Matthew Jenkins Jones, Henui Church, New Plymouth aged 20 years; living issue: males, 2; informant M J Jones, husband.
↑ New Plymouth's Te Henui Cemetery Headstone Transcript: To the memory of Mary Minna, beloved child of Matthew and Betsy Jones, died 2 April 1875 aged 3 years; also Betsy, beloved wife of Matthew Jones, died 17 May 1876, 30 years.