Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Dorothy Wakeman , in religion Anastasia of Jesus.
Born: 1619 in Gloucs.
Died: c. 1669, aged 40.

father: Edward Wakeman Esq of Beckford, Gloucs
mother: Mary Cotton of Warblington, Hants

Carmelites choir nun.
sent to foundation of Neuburg. Har p104

She professed 8 Dec 1650, aged 19.

She was the sister of Ursula Wakeman , Teresa Wakeman , Catherine Wakeman, Lucy Carew , Anna Wakeman, Elizabeth Wakeman.
She was the niece of Chrysogona Marie Wakeman , Margarette Cotton.
She was the cousin of Chrysogona Badger.

Sources: Hardman: 104; Antwerp pb; Antwerp Annals: 491-2.

Family tree (Giffard of Chillington)
Family tree (Shelley of Michelgrove-Cotton of Warblington)
Family tree (Wakeman)

Notes:

Sent with 5 other religious to establish a new foundation: see doc in Hoogstraten Archives image 489