Ann Winchurch (née Shaw) 1793 - 1875
Ann was my great great grandmother, born in Dudley in 1793, died in Aston, Birmingham in 1875. Update August 2019 Since I wrote the post below, I have taken the Ancestry autosomal DNA test. This has led to some fascinating discoveries in my quest to identify my wider family. I began quite soon to notice that there was no evidence from DNA links to confirm the identity of Ann as being born Ann (or Nancy) Brooks. In fact I realised that I was getting closer matches with members of the Shaw family of Dudley than I would have expected as a result of my 4g grandmother (Thomas Winchurch's mother) being born Sarah Shaw. To cut a long story short, I now believe that Ann was born Nancy Shaw to Benjamin and Hannah (nee Johnson) Shaw in Dudley in 1793. She probably married Benjamin Shakespear in Kingswinford in 1814 - there is a corresponding marriage record. It looks as though Benjamin was in the army and was discharged in 1815. He might have been involved and possibly injured in the