Ann (Wallis) Blencowe (1656 - 1718)

Born 4 Jun 1656 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

Ancestors

Wife of John Blencowe — married about 1675 in Oxfordshire, England

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1718 at age 61 in England

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Biography

Ann was a British compiler of recipes. Her book was first published more than 200 years after her death.

Ann was born in Oxford in 1656: "Ann the daughter of John Wallis DD born Jun 4 and baptised July 4 1656" ^[1]

Anne Wallis is thought to have had a good education. In 1675 she married a barrister, John Blencowe, who had recently inherited Marston Hall and his family's estate at Marston St. Lawrence in Northamptonshire. She became Anne, Lady Blencowe. The couple had seven children and five survived to be adults.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR211/1/R1/2: Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Ancestry.com
2. ↑ Joan Thirsk, ‘Blencowe , Anne, Lady Blencowe (1656–1718)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2005; online edn, Jan 2007 accessed 17 Nov 2016

• Wikipedia contributors, "Anne Blencowe," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anne_Blencowe&oldid=817717923 (accessed November 22, 2018).
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CKMD-HLPZ : 9 June 2021), Anne Wallis Blencowe, ; Burial, Marston St Lawrence, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England, St. Lawrence Churchyard; citing record ID 181794329, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.