Mary Arden

Mary Webb was Shakespeare's grandmother. See notes on Henry Alexander Webb (born 1510)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sharonkforehand/page%208Sm...

Sir Henry Alexander Webb married Grace Arden, sister of Robert Arden. Mary Webb (Shakespeare's grandmother) married Robert Arden, brother of Grace.

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Sir John Alexander Webb (1484-1516) - 15th GRGR, an officer in King Henry VIII's army, had four children by an unknown wife, including Mary, Abigail, Sir Henry Alexander Webb and Margaret. Our family is related to Mary and Henry.

Mary Webb (1512-1550) married Robert Arden (1506-1556) and had 2 daughters.

1. Mary Arden Shakespeare (1537-) who married John Shakespeare and gave birth to William . - see below
2. Margaret Arden Webb (1538-1608 ) who married Sir Alexander Webb Sr.

Abigail Webb Shakespeare (1515- ) married her first cousin, Richard Shakespeare in 1532 and had 2 sons- John and Henry.

John Shakespeare also married his first cousin Mary Arden (1537 - ), daughter of Robert Arden & Mary Webb (Abigail's sister), in 1557. They had eight children including William Shakespeare.