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Thomas BOOTH (c.1786–1869)
His wife Mrs Jane BOOTH, née Scrivener (c.1790–1862)
St Giles section: Row 7, Grave B41

Thomas Booth was born in Northamptonshire in c.1786 (with his place of birth in that county given as Welford in 1851 and Brackley in 1861). He was living in Warwickshire at the time of his marriage in 1816.

Jane Scrivener was born in c.1790, with her place of birth given as Gresse Green, Northamptonshire in the 1851 census and as Oddington, Oxfordshire in 1861. Northamptonshire seems more likely, in which case she is probably the Jane Scrivener, daughter of Richard & Ann Scrivener, who was born on 13 March 1790 and baptised at the Independent Chapel at Pottespury & Yardley Gobion, Northampton on 4 April. Jane came from a prominent Baptist family and is likely to be related to both the Eleanor Scrivener who married Michael Underhill (parents of Charles Underhill, Mayor of Oxford) at Oddington on 10 November 1812, and to the Jane Elizabeth Scrivener who married Stephen Best (the illegitimate son of Mary Best, later the wife of Joseph Baylis) at St Giles's Church on 19 August 1849. Jane appears to have been living in Oddington (which lies midway between Islip and Charlton-on-Otmoor) by 1816.

On 26 November 1816 at Oddington Church, Thomas Booth married Jane Scrivener, and the witnesses to the wedding included Sir James Scrivener, Bart; Job Scrivener, Esq.; and Joseph and James Scrivener. They evidently moved to Welford Lodge, Northamptonshire and then in the early 1820s:to Charlton-on-Otmoor. They had the following children:

• William Booth (born at Welford Lodge, Northamptonshire on 12 January 1817 and baptised at Welford Independent Chapel on 19 October)
• Alfred Scrivener Booth (born at Welford Lodge, Northamptonshire on 22 July 1818 and baptised at Welford Independent Chapel on 24 August)
• Job Booth (born at Welford Lodge, Northamptonshire on 15 September 1820 and baptised at Welford Independent Chapel on 27 November)
• Ann Booth (born at Welford Lodge, Northamptonshire on 10 August 1822 and baptised at Welford Independent Chapel on 15 September)
• Jane Booth (born at Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxfordshire on 11 June 1826 and baptised at Bicester Independent Chapel on 6 August)
• Mary Eleanor Booth (born at Charlton-on-Otmoor, Oxfordshire on 11 June 1828 and baptised at Bicester Independent Chapel on 21 September.

At the time of the 1851 census Thomas Booth (66) was living at 3 Egremont Place, Hastings, Sussex with his wife Jane (61), and their daughter Jane (23). He is described as an agricultural labourer rather than a farmer, which seems odd: but this seems to be the right family, especially as their daughter Jane was listed as being born at Charlton-on-Otmoor.

At the time of the 1861 census Thomas Booth (75) was described as a retired farmer and was living at Charlton-on-Otmoor with his wife Jane (71). Their daughter Jane (34) was now the housekeeper at 64 Great Dover Street, Newington, London to her older brother William, a widower of 44 who was a grocer's traveller, and their son Alfred was the grocer at 31 St Giles' Street in Oxford.

Mrs Booth died at Charlton-on-Otmoor the following year:

† Mrs Jane Booth née Scrivener died at Charlton-on-Otmoor at the age of 72 on 24 July 1862 and was buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery on 28 July (burial recorded in the parish register of St Giles’s Church).

As Thomas and Jane Booth had never lived in Oxford, they probably obtained a plot in the St Giles' section of the cemetery through their son Alfred. Alfred himself died less than seven months after his mother, and since his burial on 12 February 1863 is recorded in the parish register of St Giles' Church, he too was almost certainly buried in St Sepulchre's Cemetery, possibly in the grave with an illegible inscription immediately to the right of this one; and Alfred's infant son Sydney may have been buried there the year before on 20 May 1862.

Thomas Booth evidently moved to Staines, Middlesex after his wife’s death, probably to live with his son Job, who was a tallow chandler there. He died in Staines seven years later, and his body was returned to Oxford to be buried with her.

† Thomas Booth died at Staines, Middlesex at the age of 83 on 2 September 1869 and was buried at St Sepulchre’s Cemetery on 7 September (burial recorded in the parish register of St Giles’s Church).