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Major Robert Sheppard 1604 – 1654 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Aug 1604

Birth Location: Surry, Virginia

Death Date: 1654

Death Location: Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States

Father: Robert Jr.

Mother: Elizabeth James

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Major Robert Sheppard was born in 1604 in Surry, Virginia, the child of Robert Sheppard Jr. and Elizabeth James. Major Robert Sheppard passed away in 1654 in Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Major Robert Sheppard was born in 1604 in Surry, Virginia, the child of Robert Sheppard Jr. and Elizabeth James.
  • Major Robert Sheppard passed away in 1654 in Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States.

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Major Sheppard's Ancestors

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Major Sheppard
1604 – 1654
Birth Place: Surry, Virginia
Parents
Robert Sheppard Jr.
1590 – 1614
Tenterden, Kent, England
Elizabeth James
1590 – 1614
Kent, England
Grandparents
Robert (Shepherd) 14ggf
1566 – 1596
Ratcliff, London, England
Agnes (Byrchett) 14ggm
1566 – 1596
Hatherleigh, Devon, England
Thomas Marsh
1534 – 1599
Louth,,Lincolnshire,England
Constance (Hamby (Royal Blood) Line)
1549 – 1617
Maltby,,Lincolnshire,England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Marsh
1500 – 1573
Margaret Walker
1505 – 1591
John Hamby
1514 – 1573
Jane Pickering
1525 – 1573
2nd-Great-Grandparents
JOHN WALKER
1481 – 1531
JOANNA NEWTON
1485 – 1580
George Hamby
1490 – 1521
Margaret Green
1490 – 1560
Richard Pickering
1500 – 1528
Hannah Pickering
1500 – 1525

Major Sheppard's Timeline

2 Records

1604
Aug 1604
Birth of Major Robert Sheppard in Surry, Virginia
Surry, Virginia
1654
1654
Age 50
Death of Major Robert Sheppard in Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States
Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Aug 1604
    Event Place: Surry, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1654
    Event Place: Surry, Surry, Virginia, United States

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