Ann Pendlebury was born in 1737 in Blackrod, Deane Lancashire. Ann was the daughter of Ralph Pendlebury and Margaret Leyland
She married James Higson on April 5 1763. James was the son of Giles Higson and Sarah Lythogoe and brother of Mary Higson who married Anns Brother Henry Pendlebury
Ann and James had eight children (seven sons and one daughter)
- Giles Higson Born 1767
- Richard Higson Born 1769 ; Died before 1772
- Gerard Higson Born 1771
- Richard Higson Born 1772
- James Higson Born 1773
- Alice Higson Born 1775
- John Higson Born 1777
- Peter Higson Born 1779