Oliver Shepard (abt. 1742 - 1830)

Born about 9 Dec 1742 in Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Zerviah (Hatch) Shephard — married 29 Nov 1775 in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire

Descendants

Died 1 Aug 1830 at about age 87 in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Birth

Oliver Shepard was the son of Jonathan Shepard and Love (Palmer) Shepard of Coventry, Connecticut. The 1992 history of Alstead, New Hampshire, says that Oliver was the brother of Amos Shepard, who was the son of Jonathan Shepard of Coventry.^[1] He was probably the child whose birth record is transcribed as "Olive Shepard," born to Jonathan and Love Shepard at Coventry on 9 Dec 1742.^[2] His gravestone says he was in his 88th year when he died in August 1830.^[3]

Marriage

Oliver Shepard and Zerviah Hatch, both of Alstead, New Hampshire, married at Walpole, New Hampshire, on 29 Nov 1775.^[4]

Death

The gravestone of Capt. Oliver Shepard at the Alstead Center Cemetery in Alstead, New Hampshire, says that he died on 1 Aug 1830, in his 88th year.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Helen H. Frink, Alstead Through The Years: 1763-1990' (Alstead, N. H., 1992), pages 59-60
2. ↑ FamilySearch transcription of the birth record of Olive Shepard, in Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch > Olive Shepard, 1742.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Photo of gravestone of Capt. Oliver Shepard (Find A Grave: Memorial #14980082)
4. ↑ Transcription made in 1905 by the town clerk of Walpole, New Hampshire of the marriage record of Oliver Shepard and Zerviah Hatch, in New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, database, FamilySearch > Index to marriages, early to 1900 > (Sa - Se) Swain to Snell > image 2201 of 5011; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.

See also:

• Ernest Eugene Whitney. "'Shubael and Rebecca (Larriford) Starns and Their Ten Children," in Connecticut Nutmegger, Volume 46 (2013) Page 155 (subscription required)