Born in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of Caleb Allen
and Reliance (Holway) Allen
Wife of
David Shepherd
— married
16 Mar 1749 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Allen Shepherd, David Shepherd, Meribah (Shepherd) Howland, Reliance (Shepherd) Howland, Caleb Shepherd, Deborah (Shepherd) Howland, Gideon Shepherd and Anne (Shepherd) Wickham
Died
at age 36
in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
Reliance was a Friend (Quaker)
Reliance was born on 21 Jan 1731 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[1] She was the daughter of Caleb Allen and Reliance (Holway) Allen.[1]
She married David Shepherd on 16 Mar 1749 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.
She passed away in 6d 11m 1767 [6 Nov 1767].[2]
Children
- Children of David and Reliance Shepherd:
- Allen Shepherd, born 12 May 1751;[2] died 8d 11m 1770 [8 Nov 1770].[2]
- David Shepherd, born 30d 7m 1753 [30 Jul 1753].[2]
- Meribah Shepherd, born 7d 7m 1755 [7 Jul 1755].[2]
- Reliance Shepherd, born 7d 1m 1758 [7 Jan 1758].[2]
- Caleb Shepherd, born 1d 12m 1760 [1 Dec 1760].[2]
- Deborah Shepherd, born 14d 5m 1763 [14 May 1763].[2]
- Gideon Shepherd, born 11d 6m 1765 [11 Jun 1765].[2]
- Anne Shepherd, born 28d 10m 1767 [28 Oct 1767].[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-RW68 : 10 November 2020), Reliance Allen, 21 Jan 1731; citing Birth, Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934221.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 86.
- FamilySearch profile.
- Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14078/1262/254677874
- Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/14077/102/254652084
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