Born in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Daughter of Abraham Shepard
and Judith (Sill) Shepard
Sister of
Sarah (Shepard) Hartwell, Abraham Shepard, Judith (Shepard) Pettibone, Hepzibah Shepard, Mary (Shepherd) Lanier [half], Hannah (Shepard) Rugg and Mary (UNKNOWN) Tolles [half]
Wife of
Daniel Adams II
— married
1696 in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
Wife of
Joseph Pettibone
— married
1714 in Simsbury, Ct.
Descendants 
Mother of
Thankful (Adams) Wilcoxson, Daniel Adams III, Abraham Adams, Hannah (Adams) Mills, James Adams and Bathsheba (Pettibone) Merrill
Died
at age 41
in Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut
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Biography
Thanks was born 30 Jan 1683. Thanks Shepard .[1] Thanks' first husband was Daniel Adams, with whom she had at least 5 children. The married Bet. 1702 - 1703 [2] She passed away in 1724. [3]
She died 02 NOV 1724 Simsbury, Hartford, CT, USA[4]
Sources
- ↑ The Shepard Families Of New England, volume I, Ralph Shepard Of Dedham, compiled by Gerald Faulkner Shepard, edited by Donald Lines Jacobus
- ↑ The Shepard Families Of New England, volume I, Ralph Shepard Of Dedham, compiled by Gerald Faulkner Shepard, edited by Donald Lines Jacobus
- ↑ Entered by Tom Bredehoft, Apr 26, 2012
- ↑ Barbour's Index to the Vital Records of CT, Simsbury pg. 121
- Adams Family Ancestors and Descendants of Parmentio Adams (1747-1809) Gerald J. Parsons
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thankful by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thankful:
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Are Thankful (Adams) Wilcoxson and Thanks(Adams) Wilcox the same person, just different variations of the last name?
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by Alice (Galligan) Glassen
Rejected matches › Mary Hester (Phelps) Adams (1658-1715)
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