Person:Ann Webster (16)

Ann Wesbter's origins have yet to be confirmed. If the age given when she died was correct, then she was born around 1740. One possibility is that she was the Ann Webster baptised at Exton in Rutland on 19th May 1741.

Ann's first confirmed sighting is on 6th April 1765, when she was married at Tickencote in Rutland to a Joseph Mason. After their marriage, Ann and Joseph settled at Exton, having seven children baptised there between 1767 and 1783.

Ann's first known grandchild was born in 1796. She had at least 21 grandchildren born in her lifetime.

Ann was buried at Exton on 19th November 1813. She was said to be 73 years old. Joseph survived her by three months.

1.   Exton, Rutland, England. Parish Registers (Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office, Wigston).

   Possible baptism:
   1741 / May 19th Ann daughter of W[illia]m & Catharine Webster

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Exton, Rutland, England. Parish Registers (Leicestershire & Rutland Record Office, Wigston).

   BURIALS in the Parish of Exton in the County of Rutland in the Year 1813
   No.	Name	Abode	When buried	Age	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   8	Anne Mason	Exton	Nov[embe]r 19	73 [1739/40]	J. Elliott, Vicar