Ann (Sheldon) Dudley (1709 - 1793)

Born 8 Feb 1709 in Brackanagh, King's County, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of John Dudley — married 5 Feb 1738 in Mountrath, Queen's County, Ireland

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1793 at age 83 in Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland

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Biography

Ann was a Friend (Quaker)

Ann was born 1709 in Brackanagh, King's County, Ireland^[1] and died in 1793.^[2][3] She is buried in Knockballymaher Quaker Burial Ground, Knock, County Tipperary.^[4]

She was the granddaughter of William Edmundson, founder of Quakerism in Ireland.^[5] She married John Dudley in 1738.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMMVM-1%2F0071&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F16200 : accessed 04 April 2021), birth of Ann Sheldon in Brackanagh King's Co on 8d 12mo (Feb) 1708 (1709), father: Eleazer, mother: Susanna; citing Mountmellick MM family list 1641-1798, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
2. ↑ FindMyPast.com (London, UK), Death, Quaker parish records, Mountmellick Meeting; "wife of John Dudley". Anne Dudley.
3. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Deaths,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F41904 : accessed 04 April 2021), death of Ann Dudley on 12d 1mo (Jan) 1793, buried in Knockballymaher; citing Register of deaths, MOUNTMELLICK, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
4. ↑ Findagrave.com.
5. ↑ Dean Dudley, History of the Dudley Family (Wakefield, MA: 1886ff. ) v. 1, p. 503 Archive.org.
6. ↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMARR%2F6978B : accessed 04 April 2021), marriage of Ann Sheldon and John Dudley son of Large Dudley of Roscrea co Tipparary in Mountmelick And Mountrath, Queens on 5d 2mo (Apr) 1738; citing Leinster QM births, marriages & burials 1650-99 (approx.), Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.