Thomas Shepard (1744 - 1815)

Born 24 Jan 1744 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts [uncertain]

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Died 18 Jul 1815 at age 71 in Copenhagen, Lewis, New York

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Biography

Thomas was born in Massachusetts on January 24, 1744. ^[1] He married Mollie Baldwin and they had nine children before leaving the State for New York.^[1]

Isaac b 27 Aug 1777

Jacob b 15 Apr 1779

Joseph b 24 Mar 1781

Benjamin b 3 Jan 1783

Amos b 10 Oct 1785

Obed b 13 Nov 1787

Mary b 28 Sep 1789

David b 29 Aug 1790

Thomas b 29 Sep 1792

Thomas and Mollie came to Denmark in Lewis County between 1800 and 1807^[2] and the 1810 census records them in a household of four. ^[3]

Thomas died at age 71 in Lewis, New York on July 18, 1815 and he is buried in Riverview Cemetary. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jacobus, Donald Lines. The Shepard Families of New England, Vol 1. New Haven, CT: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1971. Page 72. https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/519424-the-shepard-families-of-new-england-vol-1?viewer=1&offset=0#page=39&viewer=picture&o=info&n=0&q=
2. ↑ Oakes, Rensselaer Allston. Genealogical and Family History of the County of Jefferson, New York. Higginson Book Company, 1905. Page 1068.https://books.google.com/books?id=T8kpAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Oakes,+Rensselaer+Allston.+Genealogical+and+Family+History+of+the+County+of+Jefferson,+New+York.+Higginson+Book+Company,+1905.&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMo8L47MroAhWCG80KHbGCCfMQ6AEwAHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&q=shepard&f=false
3. ↑ US Census 1810; Census Place: New York, Lewis, New York; Roll: 28; Page: 693; Image: 00119; Family History Library Film: 0181382
4. ↑ <Find A Grave: Memorial #24957132