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Joan Shakespeare (married name Joan Hart; baptised 15 April 1569 – buried 4 November 1646) was the sister of William Shakespeare. She is the only member of the family whose known descendants continue down to the present day.
Dec 16, 2021 · Joan Shakespeare was the fifth child and only surviving daughter of John Shakespeare, glover, of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, and his wife Mary Arden. She was baptised on 15 April 1569 at Holy Trinity, Stratford, and entered in the parish register as "Jone the daughter of John Shakspere."
- Female
- November 4, 1646
- William Hart
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The following is an imagined account from the life of Joan Shakespeare (also known as Joan Hart), William Shakespeare's sister, and the only sibling to outlive him. She married hatter William Hart in the late 1590's.
Mar 31, 2024 · Born in 1569, five years after the famous bard, she was the only one of William’s seven siblings to survive him. We know that Joan married a hatter, William Hart, had four children, and lived in...
Mar 21, 2024 · By analysing digital copies of an incredibly rare and obscure 17th century Italian religious text, a University of Bristol academic has revealed that a long-lost document previously thought to have been written by William Shakespeare’s father belongs in fact to his relatively unknown sister Joan.
Mar 18, 2017 · Joan Shakespeare was baptised in September 1558 but sadly died two months later, her sister Margaret was baptised on December 2 nd 1562 she died aged one. Both were thought to have caught the prolific and deadly bubonic plague. Happily William, John and Mary’s first born son was born in 1564.
Joan Shakespeare. (b. 1558) Quick Reference. a Sister of William, baptized 15 September 1558; died young.
