Anne Crook, wife of John Darbyshire
Dates: Active after 1727; daughter Abigail married Thomas Clayton
Biography
Second of the five sisters who inherited the Crook estate as co-heirs after the death of Richard Crook. The VCH states that the manor of Abram seems to have been her portion.
Notes / Sources
The precise legal partition is expressed cautiously by the VCH.
Research sources:
- W. Farrer and J. Brownbill, A History of the County of Lancaster, Volume IV, 1911, Abram section, pp. 113-114 and notes 25-26, citing J. Leyland, Local Gleanings, and the 1734 lease. — https://archive.org/stream/cu31924088434562/cu31924088434562_djvu.txt
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