Letter #2, To Cassandra, from Steventon, “The Rivers are still at Manydown, and are to be at Ashe tomorrow. I intended to call on the Miss Biggs yesterday had the weather been tolerable.” – Jane Austen, Thursday 14 January 1796
The Rivers family were baronets of Chafford, Kent. They had seven children who were alive in 1796, Thomas a 7th Baronet who died in 1805, James an 8th Baronet who was accidentally killed in 1805, and Revd Henry Rivers a 9th Baronet who was the rector of Martyr Worthy, Hants. He died in 1851. Their sisters were Mary, Emilia, Maria, and Louisa.
Revd Henry Rivers church would have been St. Switchuns, Martyr Worthy, Hampshire, which is a small Anglican church. The bell turret was added in 1865.
Manydown was the home of the Biggs; Harris, Althea, Elizabeth and Catherine. The ladies were friends with Cassandra and Jane.
Ashe is where the ball would be the next night. It is where the Lefroy’s lived and where Tom Lefroy was visiting.
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