Ann Withers

c1764-1851

Anne was baptised on the 4^th March 1764 at St Andrew, Boxford, Berkshire, the daughter of John and Jane Withers (nee King) who were married on the 30^th September 1751, in Kempford, Gloucestershire. John was a Farmer from Boxford and Jane was from Kempford.

John and Jane also had the following children baptised at St Andrew, Boxford:

John, 9^th November 1752

Matthew, 28^th June 1754 (died aged 78, buried 26^th December 1831, at St Andrew Boxford)

Mary, 11^th September 1757

Robert, 11^th November 1759 (died aged 81, buried 17^th April 1841, at St Andrew Boxford)

Thomas, 27^th December 1761

and

George, 1767 in Greenham

In 1841 Ann (70) was recorded as Independent, living in Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berkshire. (surname recorded as Witters on ancestry)

The 1851 census records Ann (84) as a Needlewoman, lodging in the Rose & Thistle Yard, Northcroft Lane, Newbury, Berkshire.

Ann died in 1851, (age at death recorded as 84) she was laid to rest in the Newtown Road Cemetery on the 17^th May.

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