William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in 1582. They had three children together: Susanna, born in 1583; and twins Hamnet and Judith, born in 1585. Hamnet tragically died of plague at age 11 in 1596. Susanna married Dr. John Hall in 1607 and they had one daughter, Elizabeth. Judith married Thomas Quiney in 1616 and they had three sons, all of whom died in infancy or childhood. Shakespeare's only grandchild to survive to adulthood was his granddaughter Elizabeth Hall.

1. Shakespeare’s
Family Life

2. • Married in 1582 to Anne Hathaway, who
was pregnant at the time with their first
daughter.
Married Life

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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage

4. • William Shakespeare had three children.
• Susanna was born in May 1583, six months
after the wedding of her parents Anne
Hathaway and William Shakespeare. The
baptism of Susanna Shakespeare took place
in Stratford Parish Church on May 26th 1583.

5. Two years later in 1585 Anne and
William's twins, Hamnet and Judith
Shakespeare, were born. The baptism of
Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare took
place in Stratford Parish Church on
February 2nd 1585.The twins were named
after two very close friends of William
and Anne, the baker Hamnet Sadler and
his wife, Judith. These were the three
legitimate children of the Bard.

6. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S SON, HAMNET
Little is known about the life of William
Shakespeare's son Hamnet. He was raised in
his grandfather's house predominantly by his
mother Anne as his father's work in Theatre
was based in London. There are no records
that show that Hamnet Shakespeare ever
attended a school although it was customary
for a boy from Hamnet's background to have
had an education.

7. Neither of Hamnet's sisters had an
education and neither of them were able
to read or write. There were constant
outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague,
otherwise known as the Black Death or
the Black Plague, during Elizabethan times
and in 1596 Hamnet contracted the
deadly disease and died at the age of
eleven. Shakespeare's son Hamnet was
buried in Stratford on August 11, 1596.

8. HAMNET

9. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S DAUGHTER, SUSANNA
Anne raised all of her children including her daughters in
Stratford. The first we hear of Susanna is in 1606 when
on May 5th Susanna was named as a recusant for not
attending an Easter Day Church service. When Susanna
was 24 years old she announced her betrothal to Dr.
John Hall. Hall had settled in Stratford around 1600,
where he founded a prosperous medical practice and
became one of the town's leading citizens. The wedding
took place on June 5th 1607. Susanna's marriage to the
noted physician must have pleased Anne and William
enormously.

10. Evidence of the esteem that Shakespeare held
for Dr. John Hall and his marriage to his
daughter was that Shakespeare appointed John
and Susanna executors of his will. (Dr. Hall and
Susanna inherited and moved into New Place
after Shakespeare's death). Susanna gave birth
to a baby girl eight months after her wedding to
Dr. John Hall. Anne and William's
granddaughter, Elizabeth, was baptized February
21, 1608 at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford.
William and Dr. Hall also had mutual business
interests as they were known to have travelled
to London on business concerning Stratford
tithes.

11. SUSANA

12. WILLIAM AND ANNE'S DAUGHTER, JUDITH
Anne and William's younger daughter, Judith,
the youngest of the Bard's children was
betrothed to Richard Quiney. Anne and
William would have initially approved of the
betrothal of Judith and Thomas as Quiney
came from a good family. In view of the
changes in his family's circumstances, and his
own advancing years and possibly declining
health, William Shakepeare prudently drafts
his will on January 25th 1616, a few days
before Judith and Quiney's marriage.

13. Judith married Thomas Quiney, a vintner
and tavern owner from Stratford, on
February 10th 1616. Judith was 31 and
Thomas Quiney was 27 years of age. The
initial approval of the marriage quickly
changed with the scandalous news that
Thomas Quiney had made another girl
pregnant. Anne must have been
desperately worried about Judith. The
scandal would have spread through
Stratford.

14. JUDITH

15. It then appeared that Quiney did not
receive the special licence necessary for a
wedding during lent before his marriage.
The situation was really serious and
on March 12th Judith and Thomas were
excommunicated. William must have been
mortified with the turn of events. He
summoned his lawyer and promptly
modifies and signs his will on March 25th
1616.

16. The modification of the will was to ensure that
Judith would receive a sum of money (£300)
inherited in her own name. Shakespeare leaves the
bulk of his fortune to his daughter, Susanna. On
March 26th Quiney was prosecuted for 'carnal
copulation' with a woman named Margaret
Wheeler, who had died in childbirth that month
along with her baby by Quiney. He confessed and
was sentenced to perform public penance. His
penalty, however, was commuted to a small fine of
five shillings and private penance.

17. WILLIAM AND ANNE'S GRANDCHILDREN
Richard and Judith Quiney had three children giving the
Bard three Quiney grandchildren:
Shakespeare Quiney was born in Nov 1616. He died in
infancy, aged 6 months, in May 1617.
Richard Quiney was born in Oct 1617. He died in Jan 1639
aged 21 (possibly of the plague).
Thomas Quiney was born in Jan 1619. He also died in Jan
1639, the same month as his brother, aged 19 (possibly of
the plague). So none of the children of Judith survived to
continue the Shakespeare line.
Susanna and Dr. John Hall had just the one daughter,
Elizabeth who was born in 1608. Elizabeth was the only
grandchild that William Shakespeare knew as his other
grandchildren were born after his death in 1616.

18. Elizabeth married Thomas Nashe in 1629. They were
married for just six years when in 1635 Thomas Nashe
died. He was buried in the chancel of Holy Trinity
Church next to Elizabeth's grandfather, William
Shakespeare. Elizabeth married again. Her second
marriage was to Sir John Bernard (1604 - 1674) and so
Elizabeth received the title Lady Elizabeth Bernard.
Although she inherited the family estate and was
married twice Elizabeth had no children of her own.

19. And so ends the direct line of William Shakespeare
TIMELINE - CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN OF ANNE & WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
1583 May 26, The baptism of Susanna in Stratford Parish Church Susanna was the
first of Anne and William's children, born six months after the wedding of her
parents.
1585 Anne and William's children - twins, Hamnet and Judith Shakespeare, were
born
1585 February 2, The baptism of Hamnet and Judith Shake-speare in Stratford
Parish Church
1596 August 11, Hamnet Shakespeare died, possibly from the plague, at the age of
eleven. He was buried in Stratford
1607 June 5, Marriage of Anne and William's daughter Susanna to Dr. John Hall
1608 February 21, The baptism of Elizabeth Hall Anne and William's granddaughter
1616 February 10th - Marriage of Anne and William's daughter Judith to Thomas
Quiney
1616 March 12th Judith and Thomas are excommunicated
1616 November - Shakespeare Quiney, Judith Quiney's son ( Anne and William
Shakespeare's grandson) was born.

20. 1617 May - Shakespeare Quiney dies just six months old
1617 October - Richard Quiney was born
1619 January - Thomas Quiney was born
1629 Elizabeth Hall marries Thomas Nashe (1575 -1635)
1635 Thomas Nashe, husband of Elizabeth Hall, dies and is buried
in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church
1639 January 28th January Richard Quiney dies, possibly of the
plague
1639 January Thomas Quiney dies ,possibly of the plague
1649 Dr. John Hall, husband of Susanna, dies and is buried in the
chancel of Holy Trinity Church
1649 Elizabeth Hall marries Sir John Bernard (1604 - 1674)
1649 Susanna (Shake-speare) Hall dies and is buried next to her
mother and father in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church, Stratford
1670 Lady Elizabeth Hall Bernard dies leaving no heirs
TIMELINE OF CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN
So ends the legitimate children and grandchildren - the direct line
of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway.