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Sister of William Shakespeare

Joan Shakespeare (married name Joan Hart; baptised 15 April – buried 4 November ) was the sister of William Shakespeare. She is the only member of the family whose known descendants continue down to the present day.

Life

Joan was Shakespeare's younger sister.^[a] She married a hatter named William Hart with whom she had four children, William (–), Mary (–), Thomas (–), and Michael (–).

She may have been a secret Catholic, the author of the "J.

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Shakespeare" who wrote a Catholic testament. (See Religious views of William Shakespeare#Shakespeare's family.)

Little is known about Joan's husband, William, apart from the fact that he was sued for debt in and He died in April , and was buried 17 April, a week before William Shakespeare died.

In his will her brother left her a legacy of £20, some clothing and the right to live in the western part of the double family house on Henley Street in Stratford for a nominal yea