Person:Anne Sheppard (1)

Name	Anne Sheppard
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	Abt 1642	Jamestown, Surry, Virginia
Marriage	Abt 1660	Surry County, Virginiato Thomas Hart
Marriage	4 Jan 1669	Surry, Virginiato William Newsom
Death^[1]	20 Mar 1710/11	Surry County, Virginia

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).

Note: IGI has "1645" as birthdate, but with a marriage date of 1660, abt. 1642/3 is more likely. More research may be necessary.
Anne Sheppard and Family, in Dorman, John Frederick. Adventurers of purse and person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, c2004, 4th edition)
pp. 583-585.

Summary: Anne Sheppard was married three times.

1. Thomas Hart, son of Henry and Elizabeth Hart, who patented, 3 July 1648, 100 acres at Smith's Fort in the area which later became Surry County. He was deceased by 10 June 1669 when the list of Surry County tithables gives only "the widow Hart."

2. William Newsom, who deposed, 7 May 1672, he was aged 24 and who, in presenting the account of the estate of Thomas Hart, 4 Nov. 1674, mentioned "my wife's third part" with the rest "due the three orphans of Thomas Hart, deceased, vizt: Henry, Thomas, and Robert Hart." Newsom's will, 10 June, 1691-5 Sept. 1691, named his wife Anne, four sons and two daughters.

3. George Foster, who deposed, 4 Sept. 1694, that he was aged 55, and on 2 Jan. 1693/4 rendered an account of William Newsom's estate, which on 4 March following was shown indebted to "George Foster and Anne his wife, one of the executors of the said deceased." Foster left a will, 16 Dec. 1697-4 Jan. 1696/8.