 Judith Shakespeare was the daughter of William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway . She was the younger sister of Susanna and the twin sister of Hamnet . Hamnet , however , died at the age of eleven . Her baptism on 2 February 1585 was recorded as “ <unk> Shakespeare ” by the vicar , Richard Barton of Coventry , in the parish register for Holy Trinity Church , Stratford @-@ upon @-@ Avon . The twins were named after a husband and wife , Hamnet and Judith Sadler , who were friends of the parents . Hamnet Sadler was a baker in Stratford . 
