Major Robert SHEPPARD, *^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1604 - 1654  (50 years)

• Name	Major Robert SHEPPARD  [5]
  Suffix	*
  Born	1604	Tenterden, Ashford Borough, Kent, England   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	5 Jul 1654	Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States   [1, 5]
  Buried	Bacons Castle, Surry County, Virginia, United States of America   [5]
  Person ID	I12804	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022

  
  

  Father	Richard SHEPHERD,   b. 1583, Donington, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. of Donington, Lincolnshire, England
  Mother	Mary BENSON,   b. 1584, Donington in Holland, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 1625, Donington in Holland, Lincolnshire, England  (Age 41 years)
  Married	9 Nov 1603	Donington in Holland, Lincolnshire, England
  Family ID	F2684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth SPENCER, *,   b. 24 Jan 1625, Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, British American Colonies ,   d. 20 Dec 1655, Jamestown, Surry County, Virginia, British American Colonies  (Age 30 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth "WidowJones" SHEPHERD, !!!,   b. 1639, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 3 Sep 1666, Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States  (Age 27 years)   2. Ann SHEPHARD, *,   b. 1645, Surry County, Virginia, United States of America ,   d. 20 Mar 1711, Surry County, Virginia, United States of America  (Age 66 years)   3. Rev. JOHN SHEPPARD\SHEPHERD,   b. 1648, Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 1683, Surry, Virginia, USA  (Age 35 years)   4. Robert SHEPHERD,   b. 1650, Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States ,   d. 24 Sep 1670, Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States  (Age 20 years)   5. Rebecca Winn COGAN COGGIN,   b. 1650,   d. Aft 1711, Surry, Surry, Virginia, USA  (Age 62 years)   6. Priscilla SHEPHERD,   b. 1651, Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. *Susanna SHEPPARD,   b. 1653, Surry County, Virginia, USA ,   d. 20 Mar 1711, , Surry, Virginia, USA  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F1407	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Prisilla ENGHAM,   b. 1604, of Kent, England ,   d. 1645, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America  (Age 41 years)
  Children	1. Dorothy SHEPHERD,   b. 1627, Virginia, United States ,   d. 1669, Virginia, United States  (Age 42 years)   2. John SHEPARD,   b. 1627, Surry, Virginia, United States ,   d. 1655  (Age 28 years)   3. Mary SHEPHERD,   b. 1629, Surry, Virginia, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F1408	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Ann CARTER,   b. 1615, of Donington, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. of Donington, Lincolnshire, England
  Children	1. Rich. SHEPHARD,   b. 1635, Donington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom ,   d. of Donington, Lincolnshire, England   2. Priscilla SHEPHERD,   b. 1639, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England ,   d. of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F1409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He was one of the early settlers of Jamestown, Virginia. He settled there in the first 18 years after it's establishment in 1607.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2550] Beard Family Tree (www.ancestry.com, c2011). [S2314] Martin, Barbara, "Hart" (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paday/dobbers/hartpossibles.htm, c2011). [S2320] Historic Jamestown (http://historicjamestowne.org/history/genealogy-records/s/). [S3266] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), 1,1030::0., Ancestry Family Tree (Reliability: 0). [S208] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), 1,60525::0. (Reliability: 0).