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Abraham Shepherd Sr 1780–1847 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1780

Birth Location: Loudoun, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 1847

Death Location: Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA

Father: Laurence Shephard

Mother: Anna Shepherd

Spouse(s): Mary Payne

Children(s): Holman Shepherd, Annas Shepherd, Abram Jr, Mary Shepherd, Albert Shepherd, Walker Shepherd, William Shepherd, James Shepherd, Suzy Shepherd

The story of Abraham Shepherd Sr began in 1780 in Loudoun, Virginia, USA. Abraham Shepherd Sr married Mary Polly Payne, and had children including Abram Shepherd Jr, Albert Gallatin Shepherd, Annas Shepherd, Holman R Shepherd, James Payne Shepherd, Mary Shepherd, Suzy Shepherd, Walker Shepherd, William Edwin Shepherd. Abraham Shepherd Sr passed away in 1847 in Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Abraham Shepherd Sr began in 1780 in Loudoun, Virginia, USA.
  • Abraham Shepherd Sr married Mary Polly Payne, and had children including Abram Shepherd Jr, Albert Gallatin Shepherd, Annas Shepherd, Holman R Shepherd, James Payne Shepherd, Mary Shepherd, Suzy Shepherd, Walker Shepherd, William Edwin Shepherd.
  • Abraham Shepherd Sr passed away in 1847 in Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Laurence Shephard
1737–1842
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Anna Shepherd
1746–1850
Birth Location: Loudoun, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Mary Payne
1784–1829
Birth Location: Warm Springs, Bath, Virginia, USA
MP

Children(s)

Holman Shepherd
1811–1883
Birth Location: Fluvanna County, Virginia, USA
HS
Annas Shepherd
1810–
Birth Location: –
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Abram Jr
1809–1880
Birth Location: Palmyra, Fluvanna, VA, Virginia, USA
AJ
Mary Shepherd
1812–
Birth Location: –
MS
Albert Shepherd
1807–1853
Birth Location: Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA
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Walker Shepherd
1815–
Birth Location: –
WS
William Shepherd
1811–1876
Birth Location: Palmyra, Fluvanna, Alabama, USA
WS
James Shepherd
1805–1844
Birth Location: Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA
JS
Suzy Shepherd
1810–
Birth Location: –
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Abraham Sr's Ancestors

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Abraham Sr
1780–1847
Birth Place: Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Parents
Laurence Shephard
1737–1842
Virginia, USA
Anna (Brown) Shepherd
1746–1850
Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Captain (Thomas Cochran Shepherd) Sr
1705–1776
Shepherdstown, Berkley, West Virginia, USA
Phillip (A.) Brown
1720–1807
Fluvanna Co, VA
Great-Grandparents
William Shepard
1675–1741
Sarah
1680–1717
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Shepard
1645–1726
Mary Ellis
1655–1691

Abraham Sr's Descendants

1.
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Abraham (Shepherd) Sr (1780–1847) m. Mary (Polly) Payne (1784–1829)
  1. 1. Holman (R) Shepherd 1811–1883 m. Jane 1812–1862 m. Louise Webb 1833–
    1. 1. Hasseltine (J.) Shepherd 1835–1896 m. Charles (John Saunders) Sr 1821–1917
      1. 1. Sarah (J) Johnson 1877–1957 m. Otho (Cane) Johnson 1865–1944
        1. 1. Lillie (Mae) Johnson 1905–2002 m. Clarence (Wheat Kritzer) Sr. 1902–1929
        2. 2. Arthur (Lawrence Johnson) Sr 1895–1962 m. Beatrice Hamilton 1901–1987
        3. 3. Forest (Eugene) Johnson 1898–1960 m. Reeves Green 1907–1990
        4. 4. Richard (W) Johnson 1889–1934
        5. 5. Pearl (Maria) Johnson 1903–1986 m. John (David) Hurt 1900–1967
      2. 2. Annie (Elizabeth) Saunders 1872–1957 m. John (Bowman) Minor 1869–1927
        1. 1. Eva (Judson) Minor 1904–1985 m. Russell (Randolph Hughes) Sr 1903–1973
        2. 2. Ruby (Elizabeth) Minor 1903–1950 m. George (Winborne Blanchard) Sr. 1899–1977
        3. 3. Ethel (May) Minor 1909–1979 m. Emmett (Hasting) McGehee 1909–1990
      3. 3. John (Holman Saunders) Sr 1853–1934 m. Maria (A) Payne 1853–1930
        1. 1. Elsie (May) Saunders 1895–1982 m. Ernest Hamersly 1887–
        2. 2. Luther (Rice) Saunders 1886–1958
        3. 3. John (Holman Saunders) Jr. 1885–1927 m. Cora (Lee) Oliver 1884–1964
        4. 4. Paul (Herring) Saunders 1891–1951
        5. 5. Franklin (Judson) Saunders 1893–1939 m. Constance Pendleton 1896–1974
        6. 6. Otey (Maria) Saunders 1889–1942 m. Jacob (Watkins) Brown 1884–1939
        7. 7. Horace Saunders 1890–1951
        8. 8. William (Jordan) Saunders 1884–1953 m. Martha (Jane) Toney 1885–1960
      4. 4. Laura Saunders 1856–1919 m. Frederick (Hampton) Sanders 1855–1932
        1. 1. Nellie (H.) Sanders 1883–1943 m. Everette (Superior) Clary 1886–1955
        2. 2. Roberta (Pearl) Sanders 1885–1956 m. James (Worthington) Alvey 1894–1957
        3. 3. Monette Sanders 1882–
      5. 5. William (J.) Saunders 1859– m. Eugenia (Nixon) Johnson 1867–1941
        1. 1. Alberta Saunders 1885–1943
        2. 2. William (E) Saunders 1899–1946
        3. 3. Norella (Ruth) Saunders 1897–1978 m. Charles (Eaton) Creecy 1887–1959
        4. 4. Bernice (Booth) Saunders 1893–1977 m. Andrew (Halstead) Bernadou 1890–1958
        5. 5. Helen (W) Saunders 1903–1947 m. Harry (Gordon) Cole 1899–1971
        6. 6. Eva Saunders 1889–1969 m. Charles (Chapin) Childs 1888–1957
      6. 6. Julian Saunders 1868– m. Elizabeth Royster 1886–1952
        1. 1. Lillie (Singleton) Saunders 1912–2005 m. Cecil (Trent) Fulp 1914–1985
      7. 7. Charles Saunders 1856–1949 m. Rosa (Blanche) Payne 1867–1950
        1. 1. Thomas (Randolph) Saunders 1893–1986 m. Mary (Marie) Ballard 1900–1992
        2. 2. Nimrod (Herring) Saunders 1909–1974 m. Eloise Knighton 1913–1971
        3. 3. Katherine Saunders 1903–1975 m. John (Henry) Baker 1894–1962
        4. 4. Ollie (Payne) Saunders 1905–2003 m. John (Herbert) Morris 1895–1972
        5. 5. Grace (Frances) Saunders 1892–1976 m. Charles (Buck) Jones 1871–1962 m. Robert (Lee) Gentry 1887–1918
        6. 6. Willie (Kyger) Saunders 1912–1952 m. Margaret (Paige) Atkinson 1911–1992
        7. 7. Charles (Tucker Saunders) Sr 1898–1970
        8. 8. Carr (Richard) Saunders 1908–1942 m. Minerva (J) Martin 1909–1970
        9. 9. Sadie (Amanda) Saunders 1900–1960 m. Ira (Thomas) Hall 1900–1968
      8. 8. Richard (S) Saunders 1866–1946 m. Lulu Hartsock 1875–1956
        1. 1. Pearl (F) Saunders 1904–1987 m. Theodore (Sidney) Bauer 1904–1977
        2. 2. Paul (J) Saunders 1895–1977
        3. 3. Richard (F Saunders) Jr 1900–1960 m. Mildred (N) Saunders 1905–1997 m. Gertrude (J) Morgan 1902–
        4. 4. Jesse Saunders 1898–1965 m. Mary (Lillian) Walden 1900–1957
    2. 2. Katherine Shepherd 1865–1947 m. Thomas (Jackson) Shepherd 1863–1948
      1. 1. Nellie (P) Shepherd 1903–2000
      2. 2. Joseph (Elbert) Shepherd 1896–1932
      3. 3. Bertha (Louise) Shepherd 1894–1977
      4. 4. Marion (Holman) Shepherd 1898–1983
      5. 5. Ethyl Shepherd 1905–1971
      6. 6. Clarence (W.) Shepherd 1901–1977
    3. 3. James (H.) Shepherd 1870–
    4. 4. Ann (E) Sheppard 1867–
    5. 5. Marion (H) Shepherd 1872–1915
    6. 6. William (Holman) Shepherd 1843–1916
  2. 2. Annas Shepherd 1810–
  3. 3. Abram (Shepherd) Jr 1809–1880 m. Mary (Lucy) Timberlake 1814–1895
    1. 1. Rosa (Christiana) Shepherd 1852–1937
    2. 2. James (Osgood Shepherd) Sr 1848–1921
    3. 3. Lucy (Virginia) Shepherd 1845–1923
    4. 4. Walker (Franklin) Shepherd 1840–1861
    5. 5. Cornelia (Anne) Shepherd 1833–1919
    6. 6. Abram Shepherd 1843–1923
  4. 4. Mary Shepherd 1812–
  5. 5. Albert (Gallatin) Shepherd 1807–1853
  6. 6. Walker Shepherd 1815–
  7. 7. William (Edwin) Shepherd 1811–1876
  8. 8. James (Payne) Shepherd 1805–1844
  9. 9. Suzy Shepherd 1810–

Abraham Sr's Timeline

3 Records

1780
1780
Birth of Abraham Shepherd Sr in Loudoun, Virginia, USA
Loudoun, Virginia, USA
1804
06 Jun 1804
Age 24
Abraham Shepherd Sr was married in Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA
Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA
1847
1847
Age 67
Death of Abraham Shepherd Sr in Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA
Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Loudoun, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 06 Jun 1804
    Event Place: Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1847
    Event Place: Palmyra, Fluvanna, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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