Anne Brailsford (née Shepley)

Née Anne Shepley, sister of Arthur Heathcote Heathcote (q.v.), and wife of Thomas Brailsford (q.v.), and beneficiary under her grandfather's will.

1. Daughter of James Shepley and Elizabeth Heathcote who was the daughter and co-heiress of William Heathcote of Demerara and Stancliffe Hall. Married Thomas Brailsford of Barkwith House, Toft Hall and Toft Grange, Lincolnshire 14/01/1815. Died 22/11/1837 at Barkwith.

T71/887 British Guiana claim nos. 2401A-C and 2411A-C.

1. Kerrie Brailsford, 'Brailsford Family Forum' http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brailsford/thomas_barkwith_house.htm [accessed 24/05/2011]. This site is carefully sourced. Marriage at Findmypast.co.uk, England Marriages 1538-1973 [database online]; copy of marriage record held by Kerrie Brailsford [email 04/01/2018]. The death of an Ann [sic] Brailsford was registered at Horncastle, a few miles from East and West Barkwith, Q4 1837. Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote, Account of Some of the Families Bearing the Name of Heathcote (1899) pp. 207-208.

We are grateful to Kerrie Brailsford and Miranda Kaufman for their assistance with compiling this entry.