Gamnet Shakespeare

Shakespeare Gamnet (Shakespeare, Hamnet) - the only son of William, the twin brother of Judith, baptized 2 February 1585 Twins named after Gamneta and Judith Sadler, friends and neighbors of the family of Shakespeare, who owned a bakery at the intersection of High Street and Sheep Street . When Sadler's son was born, they named him William. After giving birth to twins, the couple Shakespeares children were not born. It did not fit the style of the time, when the custom had large families. Anne, wife of William was only thirty years old when born Gamnet and Judith, far before the end of their childbearing years. It is possible that at birth there were some complications. Gamnet buried 11 August 1596, he was eleven. We do not know why the death of the son of Shakespeare, although at the end of the year in Stratford there was a high death rate from typhoid and dysentery.