Who were the Nuns?

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

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Anna Westby, in religion Anna.
Born: 1656 in Lancs.
Died: aft 1725 in Ghent.

father: George Westby of Rawcliffe, Lancs
mother: Margaret Hesketh of Mains, Little Singleton, Lancs

Benedictines, Ghent choir nun.
She was clothed 21 Nov 1679, aged 23.

She professed 30 Oct 1680, aged 24.

Novice Mistress in 1711

She was the great aunt of Maria Agnes Gilibrand.
She was the niece of Ann Wesby.

Sources: Ghent Annals: 44, 55, 60; RAG K2294: 39r, 59v.

Family tree (Hesketh and Norris of Speke)
Family tree (Westby-Allen of Rossall-Worthington-Haydock)

Notes:

in Foster, Lancs Pedigrees

She was half niece of GP285, who was daughter of her grandfather's first wife. She was probably cousin of GB247