Anne Shuttleworth was born about 1634, in Luddington, Lincolnshire, England. She married Robert Godfrey on 10 May 1655, in Luddington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She died in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name mostly from one or other of three places called Shuttleworth in Lancashire, though occasionally from Shuttleworth, now Littleworth, in Rossington (Yorkshire), or Shuttlewood in Bolsover (Derbyshire). The Lancashire and Yorkshire placenames derive from Old English scyt(t)els ‘bolt, bar’, probably also meaning ‘something that can be barred or bolted’, + worth ‘enclosure’, while the Derbyshire placename comes from Old English scyt(t)els + wudu ‘wood’.
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