Ann Cooper

Sir Anthony Ashley married 1) Jane Okeover 2) Philippa Sheldon. His only child (1st wife) was Anne, who married Sir John Cooper of Rockbourne. She was the mother of Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper, later the first Earl of Shaftesbury.

As a condition of Sir John Cooper's marriage to Anne Ashley, her father (Sir Anthony Ashley) required that John Cooper's heir use the surname of Ashley-Cooper. Furthermore, he required that if an Ashley-Cooper male ever achieved nobility, the title should carry the name of Ashley. In turn, by her marriage to John, Anne Ashley transferred the legal right of ownership of the Ashley estate at Wimborne St Giles to her husband, John Cooper. This agreement was made prior to 1622, when John Cooper, himself, was created a Baronet. John and Anne's first son and heir was born on 22 July 1621 at his grandfather's home at Wimborne St Giles. Accordingly, the oldest son and heir of John Cooper was christened Anthony Ashley-Cooper at birth. All his younger siblings remained Coopers

Gravesite Details
Buried July 21, 1628.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/161558906/anne-cowper

Christening
20 July 1595
St Andrew Holborn Above the Bars with St George the Martyr, Holborn, London, England, United Kingdom
Anne
Mentioned in the Record of John Cooper (Anne's Son)
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Anne
Mentioned in the Record of Joane Cooper (Anne's Daughter)
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Anne
Mentioned in the Record of Thomas Cooper (Anne's Son)
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Ann
Mentioned in the Record of Simon Cooper (Ann's Son)
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https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/c...
Describe The Record (Notes)
Anne, da. and h. of Sir Anthony Ashley, 1st Bt., of Wimborne St. Giles; bro. of George Cooper

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