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Shakespeare’s Line – #MuseItUp

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Shakespeare's Family Tree

Shakespeare’s Family Tree

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be able to claim you were directly descended to William Shakespeare?

But that’s unlikely to happen.  Sadly, his only son, Hamnet died aged eleven, of Bubonic Plague.  His eldest daughter, Susanna married Dr. John Hall and they had a daughter, Elizabeth, but despite marrying twice, she didn’t have any children.  Hamnet’s twin, Judith, married Richard Quiney and had three children – Shakespeare who died aged six months, Thomas who died aged nineteen and Richard who died aged twenty-one. And with that, William’s direct line finished.

Of course, since William lived in London and his wife, Anne, lived in Stratford upon Avon, he might have had illegitimate children but presumably, they wouldn’t have had his surname. There have been whispers of illegitimate children but there doesn’t seem to be any proof, so it’s unlikely anyone will ever be able to claim to be directly related to the Bard, with confidence.

But we can all dream, can’t we?

Daffodil was in a unique position of knowing people in a family tree, who were several generations apart. To find out how, click here to go to the Muse It Up Publishing site to buy a copy of the ebook, ‘Daffodil and the Thin Place’. #MuseItUp

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