Ann Sharples (née Longworth; 1546 – 1590) was the 11th great-grandmother of Cometan, classified as one of Cometan’s distant paternal ancestors in the Stringfellow family line. Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Ann is recorded as having been the daughter of Margaret Trafford Longworth (1527 – 1590) and the wife of Andrew Sharples (aliad Ward; 1545 – 1595). Ann understood to habe given birth to at least one son named Lawrence and to have died at the age of forty-four in Bolton.
In Cometanic ancestry, Ann is categorised as part of the 13th generation retrograde, classifying her as a distant ancestor of Cometan.