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Solomon Shepherd Jr. (abt. 1738 - 1816)

Solomon Shepherd Jr. aka Shepard
Born about in Lancaster County, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , and
Husband of — married 19 Oct 1763 in Menallen, York County, Pennsylvaniamap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died at about age 78 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Biography

Solomon was a Friend (Quaker)

This person is an ancestor of President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.[1]

Solomon Shepherd Jr., son of Solomon & Jane (Wilson) Shepherd, married Margaret Blackburn 10th m 19, 1763 at Menallen meeting.[2]

Solomon & Margaret first settled in the Menallen area where their first four or five children were born. They later moved to Westmoreland County Pennsylvania. Solomon & Margaret together had 10 children.[3]

1776 Project
Solomon Shepherd Jr. performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Solomon Shepherd Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A208059.

Solomon Shepherd is recognized by the DAR for his patriotic service during the American Revolution. His estate suffered depreciation in 1781. [4]

Sources

  1. ↑ Roberts, Gary Boyd; Ancestors of American Presidents Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.
  2. ↑ Gibson, Evelyn. Blackburn and Allied Descendants (1978), published by the Blackburn Family Association http://blackburn-tree.org/PDFs/GibsonBook.pdf; see (30) Margaret Blackburn
  3. ↑ Gibson, Third Generation page 40-41
  4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 6, 2020), "Record of Solomon Shepherd", Ancestor # A208059.




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Russ Livingston
Shepherd-2333 and Shepherd-3356 appear to represent the same person because: Similar birth dates. I have In my tree Solomon son of Sh-3356 as a brother to kids of Sh-2333 Rebecca and Joseph.
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