Person:Anne Charlton (5)

Her parentage is not certain - see sources.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet ancestry : a study in colonial and medieval families. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, c2004)
   p.760.
2.   Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Bulkeley Genealogy: Rev. Peter Bulkeley--Being an Account of His Career, His Ancestry, the Ancestry of His Two Wives, and His Relatives in England and New England, together with a Genealogy of His Descendants through the Seventh American Generation. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1933)
   pages 13-14 (footnote).

   After providing evidence (an inquisition) that the Anne Charlton who married Randall Grosvenor was the daughter of Richard Charlton of Apley (not the daughter of his son William as stated in a published Grosvenor pedigree), Jacobus goes on to say:
   'It is proper to call attention to Publications of the Harleian Society, vol 29 (Shropshire), p. 519, where it is stated that Francis Yonge of Kenton, Shropshire, married Anne daughter of Richard Charlton of Apley and had an incredible number of children. Since their eldest grandson was Sheriff in 1548, this Anne may have been born as early as 1460, which would indicate that she may have been sister instead of daughter of Richard. Or it is possible, as often happened, that her Christian name was erroneously stated in the pedigree.'

3.   Richardson, Douglas, and Kimball G. Everingham. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005)
   page 178.

   Richardson lists both Anne Charlton, wife of Randall Grosvenor, and Anne Charlton, wife of Francis Yonge, as daughters of Richard Charlton, and cites Currer-Briggs English Wills of Colonial Families (1972): 3-8 as "evidence for existence of two daughters named Anne". He also acknowledges (without commenting on) Jacobus's speculation that the wife of Francis Yonge may have been Richard's sister rather than his daughter.

   Not having access to the cited work, it is not clear what the evidence for Richard having two daughters named Anne is, but it is possible that a will has been misinterpreted as evidence that the wife of Francis Yonge was the daughter of Richard of Apley, when she was actually his sister. On page 760 of Plantagenet Ancestry, also by Richardson, the author gives the marriage date of Anne Charlton and Francis Yonge as "say 1470-1475", which seems a bit early for the daughter of a man who was born about 1450 (Bulkeley Ancestry, page 13 and Magna Carta Ancestry, page 178).
   
   None of this is conclusive evidence that Anne the wife of Francis Yonge was Richard's sister rather than daughter, but the dates alone would seem to argue for it being more likely.