Anne (Wickham) Grundy (1662 - aft. 1722)

Born 9 Jan 1662 in The Rock, County Wicklow, Ireland

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Anne was a Friend (Quaker)

Anne Wickham (or Whigam) was born 9 January 1661/2 at The Rock, County Wicklow, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Coleman) Wickham. The Wickhams were also Quakers. John Wickham was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Wickham, of Shannington, Gloucestershire. The Wickham family lived at Kilmurry, County Wicklow.

Marriage in the Quaker community required the approval of the entire “meetings” of both men and women. And this approval needed to be requested twice. Since Samuel and Anne came from different counties, approval of both sets of meetings was needed. In the Wexford meeting records we read the following:

“Samuel Grundy and Anne Wickham have presented themselves and signified their intention of Marriage to this meeting, and it is signifyed that they have their parents consent, therefore Friends of Wicklow and Wexford are desired to make what further Enquiry about their Cleerness [sic] as they see meet, and to take Care to get a Certificate from his parents and send it to this meeting at their second presentation.”

They had 13 children. Samuel and Anne left the Ballyconnick area in 1720. In 1722, they were living at Ballynapierce, in the Parish of St. John's, County Wexford. Nothing further is known about them after this date.

Sources

• Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMMV11M-1%2F0019&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F13104 : accessed 30 September 2019), birth of Ann Wickham in Rorke, psh of Arklow, co Wicklow on 9d 11mo (Jan) 1661 (1662), father: John, mother: Elizabeth; citing Wicklow MM Family lists 1677-1800 and sufferings, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
• Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Family Lists, image, FindMyPast (https://search.findmypast.ie/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FQM1M-1%2F0285&parentid=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBIRTH%2F31969 : accessed 29 September 2019), marriage of Samuel Grundy and Anne daughter of John Wickham on 29d 2mo (Apr) 1680; citing Wexford MM Burials 1659-1811, Family list 1641-1804, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.