James
Shepherd
Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Brother of
George Shepherd Jr, John Shepherd Sr, Ann Shepherd, Robert A. Shepherd, Mary Shepherd [half], James Shepherd [half] and Elizabeth (Shepherd) Shelton
Husband of
Lucy (Unknown) Shepherd
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died about
at about age 75
in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
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| Created 5 May 2011
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Biography
James was mentioned in his father’s Will of 1750/1:
- Item: I give and bequesth unto my loving wife Elezebeth (sic) the gray Mare. Item: My will and Desire is, that the two first Colts that the Mares shall bring, shall be my two sons Robbart (sic) and James, and that James to have all my Carpenter Tools.[1]
"Before the start of the Revolution, James, [his brothers] John and Robert moved to Wilkes County, N. C. James settled on the north side of the Yadkin River opposite the mouth of Moravian Creek . . . " -- David H. Reece,
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Sources
- ↑ http://www.reddiesrivershepherds.com/gswill.html Will Book "B", 1749 - 1759, pp. 78 - 79, Spotsylvania, VA. ; Will Written: Jan. 10, 1750, Will Probated, Oct. 1, 1751
See also:
- "Thomas and Nancy (Stanton) Shepherd", Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Vol II (Doris Cline Ward, Editor), 1987, p. 337.
- Shepherd, Nancy Aiken, "James and Nancy Shepherd Family," Heritage of Macon County - North Carolina (Winston-Salem: Hunter, 1987) p.458
- Harrill, Katherine Standridge, "George and Elizabeth Mary Angelicke Day," Heritage of Macon County - North Carolina, Vol. 2 (Franklin, NC: Macon County Historical Society, 1998) p. 418
- "Thomas and Nancy (Stanton) Shepherd", Heritage of Old Buncombe County, Vol II (Doris Cline Ward, Editor), 1987, p. 337
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Pip Sheppard
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 838 markers, haplogroup R-CTS13034, FTDNA kit #770555, MitoYDNA ID T13649 [compare]
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~1.56%
C Hurst :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A974588 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Gwen Baker :
23andMe, yourDNAportal GWE5523c9b3
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~1.56%
Seth Webster :
23andMe
-
~1.17%
Pip Sheppard :
23andMe, GEDmatch A888563 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A888563 [compare], Ancestry member tsheppard1960
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~1.17%
T. J. Shepherd :
23andMe, GEDmatch NW5923227 [compare]
-
~1.17%
Lindsey (Shepherd) Rowland :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KY2988136 [compare], Ancestry member lsrowland69
-
~0.78%
Rebecca (Gilreath) Rich :
23andMe, GEDmatch SJ7792469 [compare]
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~0.78%
George Robert Bowers :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Dwight Childers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A470313 [compare], Ancestry member dwight162
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FN82862 [compare], FTDNA kit #N82862
-
~0.78%
Alan Spalding :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T707872 [compare], Ancestry member spaldal
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T707872 [compare], FTDNA kit #119286
-
~0.78%
Sharlee Doxey :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
James Spalding :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #895073
-
~0.78%
Nathan Horner :
MyHeritage DNA
-
~0.39%
~1.56%
Monica (Haynes) Davis :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M733393 [compare], Ancestry member znmdavis
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~0.39%
Alisa (Shepard) Brake :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member AlisaFayeShepardBrake
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Greg Klima :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Ray Stewart :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Sefton23
-
~0.39%
Joseph Allen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A131463 [compare], Ancestry member bikemtns
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~0.39%
Anonymous (Heinz) McClure :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A968435 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Tammy (Orr) Hyde :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CP2072812 [compare], Ancestry member squat66
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~0.39%
Heli Peterson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A728292 [compare], Ancestry member helilynn09
+
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A728292 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Bob Moon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A250046 [compare], Ancestry member atlmoons
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Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Shepherd-1777 and Shepherd-423 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents and dates. Variance in places to be added to biography until a primary resource can be added
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by Esmé (Pieterse) van der Westhuizen
Rejected matches › James Shepherd (1730-) › Cecil James Shepherd › James P. Shepherd › › Harvey James Shepherd › James B. Shepherd › James Allan Shepherd › James Edward Shepherd (1902-) › James Harrison Shepherd › James N Shepherd › James Richard Shepherd (abt.1848-) › James Michael Shepard › James Howard Sheppard › James Ryal Sheppard (1851-1927) › James G. Shepard › James (Shepherd) Sheppard › James E. Shepard › James T. Sheppard
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