Ann Drayton

Ann Fox Drayton (–1742) was an American landowner, prominent in the American South during the early 18th century. Along with her relatives Rebecca and Charlotte, she became known as one of the women of Drayton Hall, which her youngest son, John (1716–1779), built. Drayton Street in Savannah, Georgia, is named for her.

Life and career Ann Fox was born in the second half of the 17th century. After arriving from Barbados in 1678, by Ann's father around 1704.

After her husband's death, she served as the manager of the family estate, and had extensively increased its properties by the time of her death. after she had lent four sawyers to assist colonists in building one of the first homes in the city.