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Anne Barbara Clavering, in religion Mary Ann.
Born: 1730 in Callaly, Northd.
Died: 8 Nov 1795 in Hammersmith, Middx, aged 65.

father: Ralph Clavering Esq of Callaly, Northd
mother: Mary Stapleton of Ponteland, Northd

Benedictines, Pontoise choir nun.
She was clothed 15 Jan 1750.
She left 1786 when the convent closed.

Benedictines, Dunkirk choir nun.
She arrived Jun 1786.
She left after 1786 .

She professed 5 Oct 1751, aged 21/22.

Abbess 1765 - 1786 , Pontoise

She was the sister of Barbara Clavering.
She was the kinswoman of Mary Stapleton, Elizabeth Stapleton, Charlotte Stapleton, Elizabeth Erington.
She was the great niece of Dorothy Widdrington, Elizabeth Widdrington.

Sources: Dunkirk History: 108, 137; VO G151 Examinations; VO 68H10; Ghent Annals: 88.

Family tree (Stapleton)
Family tree (Widdrington)

Notes:

Grandmother a Widdrington