"Maybe the original research on life of agricultural laborers in England in the 19th century will help you understand your ancestor better. John Jacklin, an agricultural laborer, who lived in Whaddon, Cambridgeshire, England also presided over a Mormon congregation for decades, an unlikely combination."
Well worth perusing this site to gain an understanding of life in rural Cambridgeshire in the 19th century, the reasons some of the Jacklins emigrated to the USA and where they setttled once they arrived.