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Shepard, John

Male Abt 1672 - 1756  (84 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Shepard, John was born about 1672 in Connecticut(?); died on 10 Aug 1756 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: No birth rec found. Date of birth is calculated from age 84 on gravestone, below. Evidence that he was born in New England and the identification of his parents is cited in Gerald Faulkner Shepard, comp, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, ed Donald Lines Jacobus, 3 vols. (New Havem, 1973), 3:93-96 (FHL #929.273 Sh47j). Also see land grants in Westfield laid out to John Shepard to satisfy grants made to his "grandfather Hart" and to his father ("Land Grants and Highways From the Early Records of Westfield," typescr, 1896, vol 1, pt. 2, p. 59 [FHL #1508828]). Estate recs of Edmund Hart (John's grandfather) mention debt owed to his estate by William Shepard (Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:148 [FHL #879184]). John may have been born in Conn., as his parents were divorced there when John was about 5 years of age (J. H. Trumbull and Charles J. Hoadly, eds, THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, 15 vols. [Hartford, 1850-90], 2:327 [FHL #974.6 N2c]). Also see Clifford L. Stott, "William Shepard, Father of John Shepard of Westfield, Massachusetts," TAG, 70(1995):82-83 (FHL #974 D25aga).
    MAR #1: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
    MAR #2: Ibid. Wife is called "widow Abigail King." Shepard, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES, 3:96, indicates her maiden name was Sackett and the widow of David King. No evidence has been found.
    DEATH: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 74 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).
    BUR: Ibid
    OCC: Planter, cooper, Deacon in Westfield Church.

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    SEAL S1,2: IGI

    John married Woodruff, Elizabeth on 21 Dec 1703 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Woodruff, Matthew and Plumbe, Mary) was born about 1679 in of Farmington,Hartford,CT; died on 14 Oct 1731 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Shepard, Jonathan  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Sep 1704 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 27 May 1705 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 6 Oct 1756 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    2. 3. Shepard, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Nov 1706 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 24 Nov 1706 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 8 Aug 1783 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    3. 4. Shepard, Ezekiel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Nov 1709 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 27 Nov 1709 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 2 Aug 1743 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    4. 5. Shepard, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Feb 1712 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 15 Feb 1712 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    5. 6. Shepard, Sarah  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Apr 1715 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 17 Apr 1715 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 7 Mar 1749/1750 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    6. 7. Shepard, David  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jan 1717/1718 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 26 Jan 1717/1718 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 3 Jul 1743 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    7. 8. Shepard, Mary  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jun 1725 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 20 Jun 1725 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 8 Jul 1743 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    John married Sackett, Abigail on 24 May 1733 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Shepard, Jonathan Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 27 Sep 1704 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 27 May 1705 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 6 Oct 1756 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 22 (FHL #185469).
    MAR: Thomas Bridgman, ed, "Marriages in Northampton, 1653-1850" (transcript, n.d.), 8 (FHL #186165 item 2). Mar intentions are recorded in Westfield Vital Records, A:197 (FHL #185474).
    DEATH: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 74 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).
    BUR: Ibid.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    Jonathan married Lankton, Rachel on 2 Jul 1730 in Northampton,Hampshire,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Shepard, John Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 18 Nov 1706 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 24 Nov 1706 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 8 Aug 1783 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 23 (FHL #185469).
    MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    DEATH: Ibid.
    BUR: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 74 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).
    OCC: Deacon in Westfield Church; also called "Seargt" on some recs.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    John married Noble, Elizabeth on 20 May 1731 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Noble, Thomas and Dewey, Elizabeth) was born on 3 Jan 1705/1706 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 6 Jan 1705/1706 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 12 Nov 1793 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Shepard, Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Apr 1732 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 1 Oct 1732 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 10 Feb 1786 in Sheffield,Berkshire,MA; was buried in Barnard Cemetery,Sheffield,Berkshire,MA.
    2. 10. Shepard, John  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Nov 1733 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 21 Nov 1733 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died after 1800 in Hebron,Washington,NY(?).
    3. 11. Shepard, Experience  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Jan 1735/1736 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 25 Jan 1735/1736 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    4. 12. Shepard, William  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Nov 1737 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 27 Nov 1737 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 16 Nov 1817 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    5. 13. Shepard, Silas  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Oct 1739 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 10 Nov 1739 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 13 Aug 1747 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    6. 14. Shepard, Enoch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jul 1741 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 19 Jul 1741 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 13 Sep 1741 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
    7. 15. Shepard, Enoch  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Oct 1742 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 31 Oct 1742 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 15/17 Sep 1821 in Marietta,Washington,OH; was buried in Mound Cemetery,Marietta,Washington,OH.
    8. 16. Shepard, David  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 23 Oct 1744 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 28 Oct 1744 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 12 Dec 1818 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY.
    9. 17. Shepard, Gideon  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Jan 1746/1747 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 11 Jan 1746/1747 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 28 Dec 1790 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.

  3. 4.  Shepard, Ezekiel Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 23 Nov 1709 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 27 Nov 1709 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 2 Aug 1743 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 26 (FHL #185469).
    MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:191a. This is a mar intention; actual mar rec not found.
    DEATH: Ibid.

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    BEPS: IGI

    Ezekiel married Woodruff, Thankful in (int) 25 Sep 1742 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 5.  Shepard, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 14 Feb 1712 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 15 Feb 1712 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 28 (FHL #185469).
    MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:221 (FHL #185474).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    Elizabeth married Sackett, Isaac on 18 Dec 1735 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Shepard, Sarah Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 24 Apr 1715 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 17 Apr 1715 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 7 Mar 1749/1750 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 31 (FHL #185469). The birth or chr date must be in error, as the chr date is before birth date.
    MAR: "Westfield Marriage Records as obtained from the Files at City Hall" (typescript, 1937), unpaginated (FHL #974.426/W2 V2wm).
    DEATH: "Westfield Birth and Death Records as obtained from the Files at City Hall" (typescript, 1937), unpaginated (FHL #6101770).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    Sarah married King, Aaron on 9 May 1748 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 7.  Shepard, David Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 22 Jan 1717/1718 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 26 Jan 1717/1718 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 3 Jul 1743 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 33 (FHL #185469).
    DEATH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
    BUR: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 73 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEP: IGI


  7. 8.  Shepard, Mary Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 15 Jun 1725 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 20 Jun 1725 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 8 Jul 1743 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 40 (FHL #185469).
    DEATH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEP: IGI



Generation: 3

  1. 9.  Shepard, Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 24 Apr 1732 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 1 Oct 1732 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 10 Feb 1786 in Sheffield,Berkshire,MA; was buried in Barnard Cemetery,Sheffield,Berkshire,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 48 (FHL #185469).
    MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:28 (FHL #185474).
    DEATH: Elsie Huntley, comp, "Sheffield Cemetery Records" (typescript, 1940), 676 (FHL #250312). Death date of 16 Feb 1786 is found in Gerald Faulkner Shepard, comp, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, ed Donald Lines Jacobus, 3 vols. (New Haven, 1973), 3:100 (FHL #929.273 Sh47j).
    BUR: Huntley, "Sheffield Cemetery Records," 676.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    Elizabeth married Root, Azariah on 2 May 1751 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 10.  Shepard, John Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 8 Nov 1733 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 21 Nov 1733 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died after 1800 in Hebron,Washington,NY(?).

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 50 (FHL #185469).
    MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:236 (FHL #185474).
    DEATH: No death rec found. John was living in 1800 at Hebron, NY. See Gerald Faulkner Shepard, comp, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, ed Donald Lines Jacobus, 3 vols. (New Haven, 1973), 3:100-101 (FHL #929.273 Sh47j).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    John married Sackett, Elizabeth on 6 Mar 1755 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 11.  Shepard, Experience Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 20 Jan 1735/1736 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 25 Jan 1735/1736 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 54 (FHL #185469).
    MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:144 (FHL #185474).
    NOTE: The Rice family settled in Lewis Co., NY.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    Experience married Rice, Abner on 8 Aug 1754 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 12.  Shepard, William Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 20 Nov 1737 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 27 Nov 1737 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 16 Nov 1817 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 56 (FHL #185469).
    MAR: Westfield Vital Records, B:35 (FHL #185474).
    DEATH: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 75 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).
    BUR: Ibid.
    OCC: General of army that suppressed Shays's Rebellion.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    William married Dewey, Sarah on 31 Jan 1760 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Shepard, Silas Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 29 Oct 1739 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 10 Nov 1739 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 13 Aug 1747 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 60 (FHL #185469).
    DEATH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    SEAL P: IGI


  6. 14.  Shepard, Enoch Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 13 Jul 1741 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 19 Jul 1741 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 13 Sep 1741 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 61 (FHL #185469).
    DEATH: Ibid.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEP: IGI


  7. 15.  Shepard, Enoch Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 23 Oct 1742 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 31 Oct 1742 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 15/17 Sep 1821 in Marietta,Washington,OH; was buried in Mound Cemetery,Marietta,Washington,OH.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 65 (FHL #185469).
    MAR #1: Westfield Vital Records, B:70 (FHL #185474).
    MAR #2: Gerald Faulkner Shepard, comp, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, ed Donald Lines Jacobus, 3 vols. (New Haven, 1973), 3:102-103 (FHL #929.273 Sh47j). Margaret is the sister of Patrick Gass of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
    DEATH: Ibid. Died on 15 or 17 Sep 1821. Also see the will of Enoch Shepard, 22 Aug 1821, proved Nov 1821, ABSTRACTS OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS OF ESTATES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO (Columbus, OH, n.d.), unpaginated (FHL #977.198 P28p). Document mentions "children of first marriage" and "children of second marriage by wife Margaret."
    BUR: PIONEER CEMETERIES OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO, Guernsey County Genealogical Society (Cambridge, OH, 1981), 27 (FHL #977.198/M1 V3p).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS1,2: IGI (mar to Margaret Gass "cleared" on 1992 IGI).

    Enoch married Dewey, Esther on 15 Mar 1762 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Enoch married Gass, Margaret on 13 Nov 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 16.  Shepard, David Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 23 Oct 1744 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 28 Oct 1744 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 12 Dec 1818 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 69 (FHL #185469).
    MAR #1: Westfield Vital Records, B:132 (FHL #185474).
    MAR #2: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 179 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
    DEATH: Family rec in the David Shepard Revolutionary War pension file, National Archives, #W6034 (FHL #972169).
    OCC: Physician, Yale Graduate of 1766, Revolutionary War militia captain and surgeon.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS1,2: IGI

    David married Clapp, Margaret on 3 Dec 1767 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. Margaret was born on 10 Aug 1749 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 10 Feb 1769 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Shepard, Margaret  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Sep 1768 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    David married Mather, Lucinda on 7 Jan 1773 in Chester,Hampden,MA. Lucinda (daughter of Mather, Richard and Burbank, Lois) was christened on 11 May 1755 in Suffield,Hartford,CT; died on 12 Dec 1842 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Shepard, Mather  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Mar 1774 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died on 17 Jun 1823 in Canajoharie,Montgomery,NY.
    2. 20. Shepard, David  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Jun 1777 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died on 5 Nov 1828 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY.
    3. 21. Shepard, Lucinda  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Jun 1782 in Chester,Hampden,MA.
    4. 22. Shepard, Harriet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 May 1785 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died after 14 Sep 1844.
    5. 23. Shepard, Fanny  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 May 1787 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died on 3 Oct 1815.
    6. 24. Shepard, Horace  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Feb 1789 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died after 14 Sep 1844.

  9. 17.  Shepard, Gideon Descendancy chart to this point (3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 6 Jan 1746/1747 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 11 Jan 1746/1747 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 28 Dec 1790 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
    CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 74 (FHL #185469).
    MAR: Westfield Vital Records, B:117 (FHL #185474).
    DEATH: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 74 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).
    BUR: Ibid.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    Gideon married Noble, Silence on 13 Nov 1766 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 18.  Shepard, Margaret Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 1 Sep 1768 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, B:132 (FHL #185474).
    MAR #1: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 179 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
    MAR #2: No mar rec found in orig sources. See Gerald Faulkner Shepard, comp, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, ed Donald Lines Jacobus, 3 vols. (New Haven, 1973), 3:126-27 (FHL #929.272 Sh47j). Dwight was of Pittsfield, Mass.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS1: IGI

    Family/Spouse: Dwight, (unknown). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Margaret married Rust, Justin on 31 Aug 1787 in Chester,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 19.  Shepard, Mather Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 19 Mar 1774 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died on 17 Jun 1823 in Canajoharie,Montgomery,NY.

    Notes:

    BIRTH: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 88 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
    MAR #1: VITAL RECORDS OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, 2 vols. (Boston, 1944-45), 2:147 (FHL #974.426/W1 V2n). Mar intentions were filed at Chester Oct 1796 (VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER, 179).
    MAR #2: Shepard, SHEPARD FAMILIES, 3:127.
    DEATH: Family rec in the David Shepard Revolutionary War pension file, National Archives, #W6034 (FHL #972169).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS1: IGI

    Mather married Day, Harriet on 1 Mar 1797 in West Springfield,Hampden,MA. Harriet (daughter of Day, Daniel and Van Horn, Anna) was born on 8 May 1776 in West Springfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 19 Nov 1793 in 1st Cong'l Church,West Springfield,Hampden,MA; died on 17 Aug 1813 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY; was buried in Pine Grove Cemetery,Tribes Hill,Montgomery,NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Shepard, Lydia  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Jul 1799 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died on 24 Mar 1864 in West Springfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Meeting House Hill Cem.,West Springfield,Hampden,MA.
    2. 26. Shepard, Alfred Day  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jul 1801 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died on 31 Mar 1869 in Watervliet,Albany,NY.
    3. 27. Shepard, Evelina  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Aug 1806 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY; died on 13 Dec 1885 in New York City,New York,NY; was buried on 16 Dec 1885 in Woodlawn Cemetery,New York City,New York,NY.
    4. 28. Shepard, Nancy  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1810 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY.
    5. 29. Shepard, Samuel Mather  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Jul 1813 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY; died on 31 Oct 1890 in Albany,Albany,NY.
    6. 30. Shepard, Darius Vernon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1817 in Herkimer Co., NY; died in 1881 in Smethport, McKean, PA.

    Mather married House, Elizabeth in 1817. Elizabeth was born about 1786/1787; died about 1835/1836. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Shepard, Harriet  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1818 in Opingham,Montgomery,NY.
    2. 32. Shepard, Susan  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1819 in Palatine,Montgomery,NY.
    3. 33. Shepard, William C.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1820 in Montgomery Co.,NY; died on 1 Jan 1862 in Waterford,Saratoga,NY; was buried in New Cemetery,Waterford,Saratoga,NY.
    4. 34. Shepard, George Mather  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1823 in Canajoharie,Montgomery,NY.

  3. 20.  Shepard, David Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 8 Jun 1777 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died on 5 Nov 1828 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY.

    Notes:

    CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 87 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
    MAR: No mar rec found. The death of Betsey, wife of David Shepard, is recorded in a family rec in the David Shepard Revolutionary War pension file, National Archives, #W6034 (FHL #972169).
    DEATH: Family rec, David Shepard pension file, above.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEP: IGI

    Family/Spouse: Betsey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 21.  Shepard, Lucinda Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 12 Jun 1782 in Chester,Hampden,MA.

    Notes:

    CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 88 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
    MAR: Ibid, 179. This is a mar intention; actual mar rec not found.

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    Lucinda married King, Martin in (int) 13 Jan 1801 in Chester,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 22.  Shepard, Harriet Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 17 May 1785 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died after 14 Sep 1844.

    Notes:

    CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 87 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
    DEATH: No death rec found. Harriet was living at Amsterdam, NY, unmarried, on 14 Sep 1844. See Harriet's declaration in the David Shepard Revolutionary War pension file, National Archives, #W6034 (FHL #972169).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEP: IGI


  6. 23.  Shepard, Fanny Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 20 May 1787 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died on 3 Oct 1815.

    Notes:

    CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 87 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
    MAR: "Records of Reformed Dutch Church of Fonda formerly the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga" (typescript, 1917; NYGBS), 1:195 (FHL #534214). Husband's surname was "Setton" on church rec; she was called Fanny "Seaton" on family rec, below.
    DEATH: Family rec in the David Shepard Revolutionary War pension file, National Archives, #W6034 (FHL #972169).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEPS: IGI

    Fanny married Seaton, Joseph on 17 May 1807 in Fonda,Montgomery,NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 24.  Shepard, Horace Descendancy chart to this point (16.David3, 3.John2, 1.John1) was born on 5 Feb 1789 in Chester,Hampden,MA; died after 14 Sep 1844.

    Notes:

    CHR: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 87 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
    MAR: Gerald Faulkner Shepard, comp, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, ed Donald Lines Jacobus, 3 vols. (New Haven, 1973), 3:128 (FHL #929.273 Sh47j).
    DEATH: No death rec found. Horace was living at Amsterdam, NY, 14 Sep 1844. See his declaration in the David Shepard Revolutionary War pension file, National Archives, #W6034 (FHL #972169).

    ~LDS ORDINANCES
    BEP: IGI

    Family/Spouse: Ramser, Sally. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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