Dress

Cat no. 57 in Women's Costume 1750-1800, LM Cat 1935, p142

According to a descendant, this is supposed to be the wedding dress of Anne Dight, nee Symonds (see file), but the date does not really support this. The descendant sent the following information: Anne Symonds was born in 1731 at Dowlish Wake, Somerset to Edward Symonds and Honour née Hutchings. Edward was a miller and yeoman of Dowlish Wake. Anne married James Dight at Dowlish Wake on the 14th February 1750. James was born at Donyatt, Somerset in 1729, a son to Mark Dight and his wife Susannah. Anne bore James Dight eight children whose names, dates of birth, and some of their death dates were recorded in the Dight Family Bible by their mother Anne. The record of the names of these eight children also appear in a book entitled ‘A Memoir of the Family of Symonds in Somerset and Dorset’, researched and penned in the 1930s by a Symonds descendant named Henry Symonds.