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Ann Taylor

b.Est 1675 Sussex, England

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H. Nicholas CardAbt 1668 -
W. Ann TaylorEst 1675 -

m. 13 Jan 1699

Nicholas CardAbt 1699 -
Nicholas CardAbt 1701 -
Anne CardAbt 1704 - Abt 1720
Adam CardAbt 1706 -
Edess CardAbt 1707 -
Katherine CardAbt 1710 -
Walter CardAbt 1712 -
Mary CardAbt 1715 -

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Name^[9]	Ann Taylor
Married Name^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]	Anne Card
Married Name^[8]	Ann Card
Gender	Female
Birth`^?`	Est 1675	Sussex, England
Marriage	13 Jan 1699	Worth, Sussex, Englandto Nicholas Card

The first known record that mentions Ann Taylor is her marriage to Nicholas Card in Worth, Sussex, on 13 Jan 1699. From this it can be estimated she was born around 1675, making her 24 when she married and 40 when her last known child was born. There are a number of possible baptism records in Sussex:

Anne Taylor d. of John & Anne bap. 23 Jan 1671 in Ringmer, Sussex (about 21 miles from East Grinstead)
Anne Taylor d. of John & Anne bap. 4 May 1680 in Ringmer, Sussex (about 21 miles from East Grinstead)
Ann Taylor d. of Thomas & Ann bap. 20 Dec 1682 in Henfield, Sussex (about 22 miles from East Grinstead)
Ann Taillor d. of William bap. 2 May 1683 in Petworth, Sussex (about 34 miles from East Grinstead)
Ann Taylor d. of Samll & Ann bap. 6 Apr 1684 in Piddinghoe, Sussex (about 27 miles from East Grinstead)

and in Surrey:

Anna Taylor d. of Edward bap. 28 Jul 1672 in Croydon, Surrey {about 20 miles from East Grinstead)
Ann Tayler d. of Tho. bap. 20 Oct 1672 in Horley, Surrey {about 9 miles from East Grinstead)
Anne Taylor d. of Edward bap. 21 May 1676 in Limpsfield, Surrey (about 12 miles from East Grinstead)
Ann Taylor d. of John & Ann bap. 11 Aug 1678 in Dorking, Surrey (about 22 miles from East Grinstead)
Anne Taylor d. of John bap. 4 Jan 1679 in Wonersh, Surrey (about 32 miles from East Grinstead)
Anne Taylor d. of Thomas & Rebekah bap. 3 Mar 1684 in Richmond, Surrey (about 50 miles from East Grinstead)

However she could also be related to one of the Taylor families in East Grinstead (or elsewhere) but have a missing baptism record.

Ann's husband Nicholas Card was the son of Gualter (Walter) Card and his wife Margaret. Nicholas was baptised 30 April 1668 in East Grinstead, Sussex. Some people have transcribed the baptism record as giving his mother's name as "Mary Margaret", however having looked at the original record it's more likely that the "Mary" is part of the date for the next entry i.e. "May". The marriage record for Nicholas' parents is also difficult to read and his mother's surname has been transcribed as Mills or Hook by different sources.

Nicholas had two known elder siblings, both also baptised at East Grinstead: Ediffe/Edisse bap. 19 Oct 1663 and Thomas bap. 25 Oct 1665. Thomas married Elizabeth Midhurst in East Grinstead in 1696 however no further records have yet been found that definitely relate to Thomas or Ediffe. A list of records from 1600-1800 that include the name "Card" (or similar) in the area of East Grinstead can be found here.

Both of Nicholas' parents lived to see him marry Ann and have children. No record has yet been found for Nicholas' father Gualter's death, but his mother Margaret was buried in East Grinstead on 5 Oct 1706.

Nicholas and Ann had eight known children, all baptised at East Grinstead:

Nicholas bap. 27 Sep 1699. Although no burial record has been found for him he must have died young because another son was christened Nicholas shortly afterwards
Nicholas bap. 9 Jun 1701. There is a possible marriage record for a Nicholas Card marrying an Ann White in Godstone (10 miles from East Grinstead) in 1733, however more evidence is needed to conclude these are the same person. He may be one of the Nicholas Card's buried in East Grinstead in Aug 1736/7 or Feb 1744/5 - both records just give the name and date without any more detail.
Anne bap. 8 Sep 1704, bur. "a young maid" 6 Nov 1720.
Edess bap. 24 Feb 1707. She married Robert Matthew of "Betsworth" (Betchworth) on 29 Sep 1731. The marriage was registered at Fleet Prison/Rules of the Fleet, a destination for weddings outside of the usual church rules, which normally required banns to be posted for three weeks prior to the marriage or a marriage license to be granted. There were other church rules around residency requirements and times during the year when marriages were not to be performed. For more information on Fleet Marriages see Wikipedia. Edess was likely the mother of a son John born out of wedlock and baptised in East Grinstead on 14 Dec 1729.
Walter bap. 10 Oct 1712. There are burial records in East Grinstead for a Walter Card bur. 24 Nov 1795 and a Catherine wife of Walter bur. 12 Jan 1794 who could be this Walter and his wife however no marriage record or records of children's baptisms have been found to corroborate whether this Walter stayed in the area.
Mary bap. 17 Jun 1715. She married George Creasey in 1738 and had at least 8 children.

It is not yet known when Ann or Nicholas died. There are a couple of possible burial records for Nicholas in East Grinstead in Aug 1736/7 or Feb 1744/5 however both records just give the name and date without any more detail. There is a possible burial record for Ann in East Grinstead on 15 Feb 1761 which states the person buried was a widow, but doesn't say who her husband was. Without further evidence it's not confirmed if any of these entries are for Ann or her husband.

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General history

East Grinstead was a busy town with a population of around 1,500 in the early 1700s. It was on the main road from Lewes (the county town of Sussex) to London and it had many inns which served the travelers.

"The High Street contains one of the longest continuous runs of 14th-century timber-framed buildings in England. Other notable buildings in the town include Sackville College, the sandstone almshouse built in 1609 where the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas" was written by John Mason Neale" (in 1853) - Wikipedia

Ann was likely born during the reign of restoration monarch Charles II and lived through the reigns of James II, William III & Mary II, Anne, George I, and George II.

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