Anne Williams Brown was born on 26 Aug 1813, daughter of William Williams Brown and Margaret (nee Duncan). She was christened on 31 October 1813 at Salem Chapel on Hunslet Lane.
Anne married Thomas Benyon on 16 July 1835 and they had the following children:
- Jane Marguerite (1838- )
- Anne Williams (1839- )
- Thomas (1840- )
- Mary M (1841- )
- William Henry (1842- )
- Joseph S (1844- )
The 1841 census shows Thomas and Anne with their first four children and 12 servants living at Gledhow Hall.
At the time of the 1851 Census the family were living in their home at Gledhow Hall.
Anne died on 18 December 1852 and is remembered on the gravestone in St Matthew’s churchyard.
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
MARGARET BROCKDEN
WIFE OF
WILLIAM WILLIAMS BROWN ESQR
OF CHAPEL ALLERTON
BORN AT PHILADELPHIA,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
11 SEPR 1794
DIED 23 MAY 1820
AGED 25 YEARS
ALSO
OF THEIR DAUGHTER
ANNE WILLIAMS
WIFE OF
THOMAS BENYON ESQR
GLEDHOW HALL
DIED 18 DECR 1852
AGED 39 YEARS