Anne Oldfield (abt. 1683 - 1730)

Born about 1 Jan 1683 in London, England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1730 at about age 47 in London, England

Biography

Anne Oldfield is Notable.

Anne Oldfield (d. 23 Oct 1730), was an English actress. Her mother apparently went by the name Anne but had married as Elizabeth Blanchard [...].^[1][2]

Anne was born in London in 1683. Her father was a soldier, James Oldfield. Her mother was either Elizabeth Blanchard. They married in St Martin's In The Fields on 4 Dec 1682. Her grandfather owned a tavern and left her father several properties. He however mortgaged these which resulted in Anne and her mother being placed in financial difficulty when he died young.Oldfield and her mother went to live first with her uncle George, who paid for her education, and later with her aunt, Mrs Voss (later Wood, and formerly the mistress of Sir Godfrey Kneller), in the Mitre tavern, St James.

children

She had two illegit. sons:^[3]

1. Arthur,^[1] son of Arthur Mainwaring of Ightfield, Shropshire.^[1][4]
2. Charles (d. 13 Apr 1812 Grosvenor Street), son of Charles Churchill; m. Catherine Walpole.^[1][3]

Will

• Proved 02 Nov 1730^[3]

Death

Anne was buried at Westminster Abbey.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Anne Oldfield. Westminster Abbey. Web.
2. ↑ Milling, J. (2020). Oldfield, Anne (1683–1730)," Oxford DNB. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/20677
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900/Oldfield, Anne. WikiSource.org.
4. ↑ Wikipedia: Arthur Maynwaring (09 Jul 1668 – 13 Nov 1712), s/o Charles Maynwaring of Ightfield & Katherine, dau. of Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal, Cheshire.

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