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William Shakespeare and his wife Anne had three children. The eldest, Susanna, was baptised on 26 May 1583. They also had twins, Judith and Hamnet, baptised on 2 February 1585. Shakespeare had four grandchildren who all died without heirs, so there are no direct descendants of his line today.
- Susanna Shakespeare
- Hamnet Shakespeare
- Judith Shakespeare
On 5 June 1607, Susanna married Dr John Hall, a well known and prosperous Stratford physician. Susanna’s marriage to John Hall likely pleased Shakespeare tremendously, for Shakespeare appointed John and Susanna executors of his will. Susanna moved into Hall’s Croft – John Hall’s family homeafter the wedding, and on 21 February 1608 gave birth to Wi...
Little is known about Hamnet Shakespeare. He was probably raised principally by his mother Anne in the Henley Street house belonging to his grandfather. By the time Hamnet was four, his father was already a London playwright, and as William Shakespeare’s popularity grew over the years, he was likely not regularly at home in Stratford with his famil...
Unlike Susanna, Shakespeare’s daughter Judith appears to have led something of a less upstanding life. Judith married a vintner called Thomas Quiney in February 1616 which brought scandal onto William Shakespeare. Thomas Quiney did not receive the necessary license for a wedding during Lent before he and Judith got married, and so the couple were e...
William and Anne Shakespeare had three children. Their first child was Susanna, born a mere six months after the wedding of her parents. She was christened on May 26, 1583, and twins arrived in January, 1585.
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Susanna Hall (nee Shakespeare) was the elder of Shakespeare’s two daughters. She was baptised on 26th May 1583 at Holy Trinity church in Stratford upon Avon and died on 11th July 1649. She married Dr John Hall in 1607.
Did William Shakespeare have children? William and Anne Shakespeare had three children – two daughters and a son. Susanna was born in 1583 and then, in 1585, the couple had twins, Judith and Hamnet .
Sep 5, 2019 · Who was Shakespeare’s family? Did he have children? Are there direct descendants around today? Here's what we know about Shakespeare's family history.
In 1582, Shakespeare married a woman eight years his senior, Anne Hathaway. The couple first had a daughter named Susanna, then twins - Judith and Hamnet. The circumstances of Hamnet's death...
