Joseph was born in 1736. Joseph Shepherd ... He passed away in 1788.[1] Possibly there was a first Joseph who died within the year, as the birth record disagrees with the profile.
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 [1]
Joseph Shepard
Birth Event Date: 25 Mar 1735
Event Place: Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Father's Name: Nathaniel Shepard
Mother's Name: Sarah
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 [2]
Joseph Shepard
purpose of Marriage Event Date: 17 Dec 1757
Event Place: Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Billing
Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register.) [3]
Joseph SHEPHERD
Death 4/19/1788
Location Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Original Text Deaths in Milton, Mass
Volume Name 44 Page 49
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph: