Everyone on the Shakespeare family tree
Each person on this Shakespeare family tree has a row. Choose a period to list the people alive in it.
All 25 people on the chart are listed.
| Portrait | Person | Years | Life | On the chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS | Richard ShakespeareGrandfather | c. 1490–bef. 1561 | A farmer of Snitterfield. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| RA | Robert ArdenGrandfather | ?–1556 | A landowning farmer of Wilmcote. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| RH | Richard HathawayFather of Anne | ?–1581 | He died at Shottery in 1581. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
| JS | John ShakespeareFather, glover | c. 1531–1601 | High bailiff of Stratford in 1568. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| MA | Mary ArdenMother | c. 1537–1608 | She bore eight children. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| JS | Joan ShakespeareFirst child | 1558– | She died in infancy. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
| MS | Margaret ShakespeareSecond child | 1562–1563 | She died at four months. Sources5 | Find on the chart |
 | William ShakespearePlaywright and actor | 1564–1616 | The third child and eldest son. Sources6 | Find on the chart |
| AH | Anne HathawayWife of William | c. 1556–1623 | She married him in 1582. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
| GS | Gilbert ShakespeareBrother | 1566–1612 | He died in 1612. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| JH | Joan HartSister | 1569–1646 | The only sibling to outlive William. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| AS | Anne ShakespeareSister | 1571–1579 | She died at seven. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| RS | Richard ShakespeareBrother | 1574–1613 | He died in 1613. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| ES | Edmund ShakespeareBrother, actor | 1580–1607 | Buried at Southwark in 1607. Sources1 | Find on the chart |
| JH | John HallHusband of Susanna | 1575–1635 | A physician of Stratford. Sources8 | Find on the chart |
| SH | Susanna HallElder daughter | 1583–1649 | She inherited New Place. Sources8 | Find on the chart |
| HS | Hamnet ShakespeareOnly son | 1585–1596 | He died at eleven. Sources7 | Find on the chart |
| JQ | Judith QuineyYounger daughter | 1585–1662 | Twin of Hamnet. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
| TQ | Thomas QuineyHusband of Judith | c. 1589– | A vintner of Stratford. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
 | Thomas NashFirst husband of Elizabeth | 1593–1647 | He died in 1647. Sources10 | Find on the chart |
 | Elizabeth HallLast grandchild | 1608–1670 | Her death ended the line. Sources3 | Find on the chart |
| JB | John BarnardSecond husband of Elizabeth | 1604–1674 | Knighted in 1661. Sources10 | Find on the chart |
| SQ | Shakespeare QuineySon of Judith | 1616–1617 | He lived six months. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
| RQ | Richard QuineySon of Judith | 1618–1639 | He died unmarried. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
| TQ | Thomas QuineySon of Judith | 1620–1639 | He died unmarried. Sources9 | Find on the chart |
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- APAGenogram Builder. (2026, November 10). The Shakespeare family tree, from Snitterfield to the last grandchild. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/shakespeare-family-tree
- MLA“The Shakespeare Family Tree, from Snitterfield to the Last Grandchild.” Genogram Builder, 10 Nov. 2026, https://genogrambuilder.org/history/shakespeare-family-tree.
- ChicagoGenogram Builder. “The Shakespeare Family Tree, from Snitterfield to the Last Grandchild.” Last modified November 10, 2026. https://genogrambuilder.org/history/shakespeare-family-tree.
- HarvardGenogram Builder (2026) The Shakespeare Family Tree, from Snitterfield to the Last Grandchild. Available at: https://genogrambuilder.org/history/shakespeare-family-tree (Accessed: 10 November 2026).
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Sources
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Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Portrait credits
Each name leads to the file on Wikimedia Commons. The portraits in the article are in the public domain or under CC0.
- William Shakespeare, Martin Droeshout, 1623.
- Elizabeth Hall, Unknown artist, about 1640.
- Thomas Nash, Unknown artist, about 1640.
- The house in Henley Street where John and Mary raised their children, engraved for the Illustrated London News in 1847, William James Linton after Edward Duncan, 1847.
