parentage

• hard to figure out: As she was born before the relationship of Jane Preston and Wm. Alberson, she is either the dau of Jane and another man or the dau. of Wm. and another woman. (I have chosen Jane and Samuel Sharples but there is only strong leading documentation on this that does not meet all burdens of proof) see <DISCUSSIONS> ~• MMvB Oct 1, 2019
  

Genetically, for any descendants the choice may not matter much: Ann's line did not produce any known grandchildren.

background

"December 16, 1688, he (William Alberson, Ann's step-father) located a tract of land in Gloucester Township, on a branch of Timber creek, called Otter branch. This property he bequeathed by will, 1709, to his son Josiah, June 1, 1698. William (1) conveyed his land in Newton township to his son William, and soon after this removed to Byberry, on Poquessink creek, Bucks County, Pa. Here he purchased large properties, consisting of mills and lands, some of which formerly belonged to Walter Forrest . In 1692 he purchased of Andrew Robeson a tract in Gloucester County {which he later gave to his son Abraham}.

He died in Poquessink in 1709, leaving a will, proved January 17, 1709, in which he mentions his wife Hannah, seven children, and his son-in-law, Jervis Stoddale. William married Hannah Druit, daughter of Morgan Druit. Hannah Druit Albertson transferred her certificate from Abington to Philadelphia meeting in 1729.

Ann, d 1696; m, first, Walter Forrest; second, John Kaighn, 1694.

see list of Newton weddings online at: Newton Marriages < There are 41 Albertson weddings recorded on this comprehensive document.

http://books.google.com/books?id=L5E-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA437&lpg=PA437&dq...

By 1686 Ann and her 1st husband Walter were in Salem County.
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t9f488495;view...

parentage

• We know that her father was living in Ireland around the time of her birth. This doesn't prove she was born there..
• It seems that her father's wife Jane may not be Ann's mother

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SPECULATION This unidentified child may have grown to adulthood in Ireland where both parents later went. The child may be the groom in: https://search.findmypast.com/record?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FMMVG-1%2F013... the wedding of John Sharples and Mary Metcalfe. There are two other Sharples at the wedding: Mary and Hannah.

By the way: This child's mother went on to a liason and marrige with William Alberson of Castledermot, a couple that had emigrated to the Province of West Jersey between 1681 & 1682.

Willam and Jane may have taken Ann (and other children) with them. William may have formally or informall adopted Ann and given her his surname. (There is little way William can be the father of Ann unless he had a partner before getting involved with Jane Preston.)