Harris Bigg-Wither

Harris Bigg-Wither c. 1805

Harris Bigg-Wither (21 years old at the time) proposed to Jane (who was almost 27). She accepted and changed her mind by the morning. Did this play a role in her plotting for Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma? Steventon was two and a half miles from Manydown and the two families knew each other well. After being turned down, Harris went on to marry Anne Howe Frith two years later and they had 10 children together.