Person:Ann Gray (18)

Ann Gray was baptised on 26th December 1748 at Heckington in Lincolnshire, daughter of Mary Gray, formerly Whitehead, and her husband John Gray, a farmer.

It seems quite likely that Ann was the Ann Gray who had an illegitimate son called Christopher at Heckington in 1785, with the father said to be a man called Edward Sandy. The baby died young.

Ann's mother died in 1788 and her father in 1790.

On 29th May 1802, aged 53, Ann married William Rasdale at Heckington. He was sixteen years her junior, and worked as a cordwainer and gardener.

William died at Heckington in 1820, aged 54.

Ann survived William by nineteen years. She died at Donington, about six miles south-east of Heckington, on 13th May 1839, aged 90. It was reported that she "retained her faculties to the last". She was buried back at Heckington.

1. ↑ Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   Anno 1748
   Ann Daughter of John Gray Farmer & Mary his Wife Bap[tise]d December 26

2.   Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   Baptisms Anno 1785 / Christopher base born Son of Ann Gray and the reputed Father Edward Sandy baptized February 23rd

3.   Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   Burials Anno 1785 / Christopher base born Son of Ann Gray and the reputed Father Edward Sandy an Infant buried February 25th

4. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Ann RASDALE, June Quarter 1839, Spalding Registration District, Volume 14, page 348, aged 90 [1748/9]

5. ↑ Burials register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Heckington (Lincolnshire). Parish registers, 1559-1968. (Lincoln, England: Lincoln Archives Office, 1993).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Heckington in the County of Lincoln in the Year 1839
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   820	Ann Rasdale alias Rashdale	Donnington, in this County	May 16	90 years [1748/9]	By W. Grice, Offic[iating] Min[iste]r

6. ↑ Lincolnshire Chronicle, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 3, 17 May 1839.

   DIED.
   At Donington, on Monday last, after a short illness, aged 90, Mrs. Ann Rasdall, widow.

7. ↑ Stamford Mercury, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
   Page 3, Friday 17 May 1839.

   On Monday last, at Donington, aged 90, Mrs. Ann Rasdall, widow. She retained her faculties to the last.