In 1731 Anne Newell was bequeathed £100 in her father's Will, to be paid to her when she turns twenty one.
Writing her Will in March 1752 Mary Newell of Wootton Bassett, widow, named her daughter Mary Woolley to whose children Mary Newell made bequests.
In 1777 Anne Woolley was the sole executrix of her late husband's Will.
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Ann Woolley, widow
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Abstract of the Will of Anne Woolley of Wootton Bassett in the County of Wilts, Widow, written 1 Dec 1785, proved 3 Oct 1787. 4
Reiterates the will of her late husband Cornelius Woolley in regard to the bequests made to herself and their children, advising that out of the proceeds of his personal estate which she inherited on his death she 'advanced and paid considerable sums of money' for the benefit of her son John Woolley and in apprenticing and placing out their other two sons George Woolley and Cornelius Woolley. As such, she bequeaths only £5 each to her said sons.
Gives, devises and bequeaths to her three daughters Mary Woolley, Elizabeth Woolley and Anne Tompson her dwelling house with stable, outhouses, gardens and closes.
All the rest of her real estate as well as her stock in trade and other personal estate, she gives to her daughters, along with a legacy of £33 6s. 8d. with interest to each of them from their grandmother Mary Newell.
Appoints her daughters Mary Woolley, Elizabeth Woolley and Anne Tompson co-executrices of her last will and testament.
(Signed)
Witnesses: M. Newell, Elizabeth Sitcomb, Robt Washbourn
Anne married Cornelius Woolley alias Gillmore, son of George Gillmore alias Woolley and Elizabeth, on 20 Aug 1748 in Abbey of St. Peter & St. Paul, Bath, Somerset, England. (Cornelius Woolley was born about 1715 in Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, England and was buried on 16 Aug 1761 in Wootton Bassett St. Bartholomew & All Saints, Wiltshire, England.)
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