Person:Ann Algate (1)

Ann Algate's dates and place of birth are unknown. Her first sighting is in 1701, when she was married at Barnack in Northamptonshire to Edward Newborn. It is quite possible that she was from Barnack, given that the parish registers there only survive from 1696, such that if she or Edward had been baptised there the record of that fact would now be lost.

Fifteen months after their marriage, Edward and Ann had a son, whom they called Francis. Two and a half years later, he was followed by Edward. However, Edward died when only a few days old, and four months after Edward's death, Francis also died, aged three. Thus, Edward and Ann went from briefly having had two children to having no surviving children. A year after Francis's death, they had a daughter, Ann, but she too was to die young, aged 2, in 1709. Edward and Ann were childless again. From 1711 the couple's fortunes appear to have improved. They had a daughter in 1711 and sons in 1713 and 1717, all of whom survived childhood. They named each of these children after one of those they had lost.

Edward died in 1739. Ann appears to have outlived him by 24 years, being buried at Barnack in 1763. Her age is not recorded, but it was over 61 years since her marriage, suggesting she was at least in her late 70s, if not older.^[2]

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Barnack (Northamptonshire). Parish registers, 1695–1974. (Northampton, England: Northamptonshire Record Office).

   bur. 12 Mar 1763: Ann Newborne of Barnack

2. ↑ It is possible that the Ann Newborn buried in 1763 is actually this Ann's daughter (born 1711) - the burial record gives no clue. However, it seems more likely that the younger Ann had moved away, perhaps to marry, and less likely that the older woman would have moved elsewhere.