William and Eleanor, and later Anna became followers of the Reverend Oliver Heywood who was a nonconformist minister.
On 6 May 1703 her husband died and she and her brother-in-law, Daniel Cotton, had to look after the four surviving children.
The eldest daughter Frances was married to William Vernon who looked after their Warmingham forge and the second daughter, Anna, married Edward Kendall who co-managed the Staffordshire works.
In 1716 Anna started to retire and she transferred her control of the Colne bridge forge to her son William.
[3] She told John Spencer but he appears to have taken little notice as they had to remind him of £600 owed to them and for not receiving the May 1717 accounts.