Anne Sancho (1733–1817)
Identifiers
- Grubstreet: 5361
Occupations
- Tobacconist & Grocer
Ann(e) Sancho, née Osborne (1733–1817), married former slave (Charles) Ignatius Sancho on 17 December 1758 in St. Margaret's Church, Westminster. She was, according to her husband's first biographer Joseph Jekyll, "a very deserving woman of West-Indian origin." The couple established a grocery store on 29 January 1774 at 20 Charles Street, Westminster. They had seven children, all baptized at St. Margaret's:
Frances Joanna (1761–1815)
Ann Alice (1763–1805)
Elizabeth Bruce (1766–1837)
Jonathan William (1768–1770)
Lydia (1771–1776)
Katherine Margaret (1773–1779)
William Leach Osborne (1775–1810).