Anne Brailsford (née Shepley)

Profile & Legacies Summary

???? - 1837

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

Née Anne Shepley, sister of Arthur Heathcote Heathcote (q.v.), and wife of Thomas Brailsford (q.v.), and beneficiary under her grandfather's will.

Daughter of James Shepley and Elizabeth Heathcote who was the daughter and co-heiress of William Heathcote of Demerara and Stancliffe Hall. Married Thomas Brailsford of Barkwith House, Toft Hall and Toft Grange, Lincolnshire 14/01/1815. Died 22/11/1837 at Barkwith.

Sources

T71/887 British Guiana claim nos. 2401A-C and 2411A-C.

Kerrie Brailsford, 'Brailsford Family Forum' http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brailsford/thomas_barkwith_house.htm [accessed 24/05/2011]. This site is carefully sourced. Marriage at Findmypast.co.uk, England Marriages 1538-1973 [database online]; copy of marriage record held by Kerrie Brailsford [email 04/01/2018]. The death of an Ann [sic] Brailsford was registered at Horncastle, a few miles from East and West Barkwith, Q4 1837. Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote, Account of Some of the Families Bearing the Name of Heathcote (1899) pp. 207-208.

We are grateful to Kerrie Brailsford and Miranda Kaufman for their assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Absentee?

British/Irish

Maiden Name

Shepley

Name in compensation records

Ann Brailsford

Spouse

Thomas Brailsford

Children

11 children

Associated Claims (3)

Associated Estates (1)

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