Who were the Nuns?

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

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Anna Wakeman, in religion Agnes.
Born: 1629.
Died: 1700-1703 in Ghent.

Born Beckford, Gloucs/Bedhampton, Hants?

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

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.
She was clothed 9 Jan 1649, aged 20.

She professed 6 Feb 1650, aged 21.

Dean in 1696

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

Sources: Ghent Annals list: 198; Ghent Annals: 21, 50, 54; RAG K2292: 121r, 131r.

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