Ann Cowley (née Hawker)

Beneficiary of an annuity of £50 p.a. purchased in 1774 by John Aylett Stow (q.v.) from John Abel Ward (q.v.) secured on the latter's property including enslaved people on Nevis. In his will made in 1776 (proved in 1781), Stow said that Ann Cowley nee Hawker was entitled to half the annuity on the joint lives of her and Mary Steward, and to the whole if she was the survivor. In the event, she appears to have died in 1780.

1. Ann Cowley nee Hawker married at Great Baddow 07/11/1774 the Rev. Charles Cowley, Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, Oct. 13, 1764. S. of Richard, of Chingford, Essex. School, Eton. Matric. Michs. 1766. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 18, 1768; priest, Mar. 11, 1770; R. of Goldhanger, Essex, 1770-98.

Burial of Mrs Ann Cowley Great Baddow 10/10/1780, Ancestry.com, Mrs Ann Cowley in the Essex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database online].

1. Ancestry.com, Ann Hawker in the Essex, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1518-1960 [database online]; Ancestry.com Cambridge University Alumni 1261-1900 [database online}.