William Shakespeare was an amazing man who was a play writer and poet who made many plays including Macbeth, the tempest and Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was born at Stratford-upon-Avon in a house in Henley Street. His mother, Mary Arden, was one of the daughters of Robert Arden, a yeoman farmer of Wilmcote: his father, John Shakespeare, was a glover and wool dealer of good standing who held the office of Bailiff of the Borough in 1568. William Shakespeare had one wife. He married this woman at the age of 18. Her name was Anne Hathaway she was born 1589 to 1616. William. Shakespeare and Ann Hathaway had 3 children 1 son named Banner Shakespeare and 2 daughters named Judith quiney and Susanna hall.