Deborah (Hall) Shepard (1744 - 1771)

Born 17 Aug 1744 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Shepard — married 9 Dec 1762 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island

Died 5 Mar 1771 at age 26 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

DEBORAH HALL SHEPARD

• d/o: Seth Hall and Abigail Albee
• b: 17 Aug 1744, Bellingham, MA
• m: 13 Nov 1762, Bellingham, MA; to: Daniel Shepard
• --- Same marriage reported: 9 Dec 1762, Cumberland, RI
• d: 5 Mar 1771, Bellingham, MA
• children: Abigail(1763), Freelove(1765), Ezra(1768), Deborah(1770)

Note

Original hand-writen record in Bellingham Vital Records (entry 116) clearly states 'Mrs Deborah Hall' -- Was Deborah married previously, before Daniel?

Deborah's father Seth wrote a will in 1780, after Deborah died, and he names Deborah's children (Abigail, Freelove and Ezra) in this document.

Sources

• * Compiled by Gerald Faulkner Shepard, Edited by Donald Lines Jacobus; The Shepard Families of New England, Volume I, Ralph Shepard of Dedham; The New Haven Colony Historical Society; New Haven, Connecticut; 1971.

Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, 2018; Database on-line: Bellingham, MA, Vital Record Transcriptions, Page 113 of 222. Original data: Vital Records of Bellingham, MA, to the Year 1850, New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1904; Pages: 37 (Hall Births), 113 (Hall Marriages), 187 (Hall Deaths), 210 (Deborah death).

Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, 2014; Database on-line: Vol 03: Providence County: Birth, Marriages, Deaths, Page 242 of 473. Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850, Volume 3, Providence County; Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, Providence, RI.

Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, 2015; Database on-line: Suffolk County Probate Records, Vol. 78-79, 1779-1780, Image 525 of 698. Original data: Massachusetts County, District and Probate Court, 1636-1899; Will of Seth Hall, Number 17245.