Jacob
Shepard
Born in Attleborough, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel Shepard
and Mindwell Woodward
Brother of
Richard Everett [half], Jonathan Shepard, Nathaniel Shepard, Ebenezer Shepard Sr, Mindwell (Shepard) Robinson, Isaac Shepard, Hannah (Shepard) Stanley, Hannah (Everett) Freeman [half], Penuel Everett [half] and Levi Everett [half]
Husband of
Patience (Holbrook) Shepard
— married
15 Dec 1773 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Husband of
Grace (Perry) Shepard
— married
24 Nov 1785 in Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Descendants 
Died
at age 78
in Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Feb 2015
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Biography
Sources
- 1st marriage - "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH81-CVH : 10 November 2020), Jacob Shepard, 6 Dec 1773; citing Marriage, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011132.
- 2nd marriage - "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH4D-76B : 10 November 2020), Jacob Shepherd, 24 Nov 1785; citing Marriage, Sturbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009532.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 May 2020), memorial page for Jacob Shepard (13 Dec 1749–6 Apr 1827), Find A Grave: Memorial #133442514, citing Old Burial Ground, Sturbridge, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by James Bianco (contributor 47745493) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jacob:
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