Did Ann Glover remarry? [closed]

Question

Anne Glover was born in 1582 to Sir William Glover, married Barne Roberts about 1600, was widowed in 1610, having born 3 sons and 5 nameless daughters in that decade.

About 20 years later, according to the Visitation of Essex 1634 https://archive.org/details/visitationsofess13metc/page/516/mode/2up she became the 5th wife of serial remarrier John Wallinger [[Wallinger-55]] and bore him another 4 children or so in the next 5 years, when she would have been over 50 years old. All the other wives died after such usage, but I don't see any burial for this Ann (there is a burial for wife #4 Anna, who must be distinguished).

I think there must be an error or a confusion here. For one thing, the Visitation doesn't call her father SIR William, which they usually don't omit. It doesn't help that the Chelmsford parish registers are inaccessible. But if there was another Ann daughter of William Glover, I haven't found her, despite creating what may be a duplicate.

Comments

According to the profile of her son Sir William Roberts https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Roberts-12151  the identification of Anne as the wife of Barne Roberts is not certain - but the evidence of the memorial inscription suggests that she was the one.

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In his Nuncupative Will Barne Roberts makes no mention of a son William Robert - he only refers to his Wife Anne; daughters Anne, Francis (sic) and Mary; son Richard plus the child his wife is now expecting.  The Will was made the 'latter end of January 1610/11 and Admon was granted to Anne his wife on 22nd February 1610/11.

Also - Sir William Glover knight, citizen and Alderman of London made his Will on 17th October 1603 and he refers to his son-in-law Barne Roberts and his grandchild Anne Roberts.

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So the daughter Anne could be the granddaughter Anne. Say she was the firstborn, she would have been like 30 if she married John Wallinger in like 1631.  That makes more sense.

In the profile of Richard Roberts is mention of a Will, but I find no evidence that it is his.

Son Barne Roberts the younger should have been alive at the time of his father's Will - he didn't die until like 1617. So both twins were not named.

Fascinating thing - the Will on the first page of 2 was witnessed by Randall Wallinger - one of the sons of John Wallinger with his first wife Mary Langehorne.

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Could the twins have been the child his wife was expecting when the will was made?

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The twins were born in 1604, according to all sources. But Anne could have been firstborn, like 1601 or 2.

I really do think A Baker has nailed it here, except it's kind of disgusting for a man of 50 who's done for 4 previous wives to take a young woman like that.

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Re: 'could the twins have been the child his wife was expecting when the will was made?'

There is a baptism at St Stephen Coleman Street on 11th July 1611 for "Elizabeth the daughter of Mr Barne Roberts."

Also - the National Archives website has the following Court of Chancery pleading 1631 "Glover v Wallenger; Plaintiff - Anne Glover, widow; Defendants - John Wallenger and William Clark; Subject - Personal estate of William Glover, London".

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My math is off - Ann Roberts would have been 30 at the time of the marriage. Which makes me wonder if she was a widow at the time of the marriage, as well. That was Wallinger's MO - to marry the widowed daughters of burgesses.

A marriage record could solve that. I have never found a record for one of his marriages.

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I always wish I could know what was really going on behind those short titles

Answer 1

The answer is - No.  The Anne, daughter of William Glover, who married John Wallinger as his fifth wife, was not this Anne Glover, widow of Barne Roberts, but a different Anne, daughter of an unrelated William Glover, "Citizen and Founder of London" but not a Sir William.