Major Robert SHEPPARD

1604 - 1654  (50 years)

• Name	Major Robert SHEPPARD  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	1604	Tenterden, Ashford Borough, Kent, England   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Jul 1654	Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States   [3, 5]
  Burial	Bacons Castle, Surry County, Virginia, United States of America   [5]
  Person ID	I9763	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard SHEPHERD,   b. 1583, Donington, Lincolnshire, England d. of Donington, Lincolnshire, England
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary BENSON,   b. 1584, Donington in Holland, Lincolnshire, England d. 1625, Donington in Holland, Lincolnshire, England (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	9 Nov 1603	Donington in Holland, Lincolnshire, England
  Family ID	F2847	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann CARTER,   b. 1615, of Donington, Lincolnshire, England d. of Donington, Lincolnshire, England
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Priscilla SHEPHERD,   b. 1639, of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England d. of Gosberton, Lincolnshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Rich. SHEPHARD,   b. 1635, Donington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom d. of Donington, Lincolnshire, England  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Prisilla ENGHAM,   b. 1604, of Kent, England d. 1645, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 41 years)
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. John SHEPARD,   b. 1627, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 1655 (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Mary SHEPHERD,   b. 1629, Surry, Virginia, United States d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Dorothy SHEPHERD,   b. 1627, Virginia, United States d. 1669, Virginia, United States (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family 3	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)
  _MARRIED	N
  Children	1. Rebecca Winn COGAN COGGIN,   b. 1650   d. Aft 1711, Surry, Surry, Virginia, USA (Age > 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Rev. JOHN SHEPPARD\SHEPHERD,   b. 1648, Jamestown, James, Virginia, USA d. 30 Jun 1683, Surry, Virginia, USA (Age 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Priscilla SHEPHERD,   b. 1651, Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Elizabeth "WidowJones" SHEPHERD,   b. 1639, Long Bennington, Lincolnshire, England d. 3 Sep 1666, Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age 27 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. *Susanna SHEPPARD,   b. 1653, Surry County, Virginia, USA d. 20 Mar 1711, , Surry, Virginia, USA (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Robert SHEPHERD,   b. 1650, Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States d. 24 Sep 1670, Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States (Age 20 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. 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)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Sep 2024

  
  

• 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

  [S720] Martin, Barbara, "Hart" (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paday/dobbers/hartpossibles.htm, c2011). [S1753] Historic Jamestown (http://historicjamestowne.org/history/genealogy-records/s/). [S1731] Beard Family Tree (www.ancestry.com, c2011). [S11] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Tree, 1,1030::0. [S320] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA;), 1,60525::0.