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Jacob Shepherd 1760–1829 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1760

Birth Location: Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: Feb 1829

Death Location: Guilford, North Carolina, United States

Father: SGT Shepherd

Mother: Catherine Shepherd

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Jacob Shepherd was born in 1760 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, the child of Sgt William Wilhelm Shaver Schaeffer Shepherd And Catherine Shepherd. Jacob Shepherd passed away in 1829 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Jacob Shepherd was born in 1760 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, the child of Sgt William Wilhelm Shaver Schaeffer Shepherd And Catherine Shepherd.
  • Jacob Shepherd passed away in 1829 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

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Jacob Shepherd's Ancestors

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Jacob Shepherd
1760–1829
Birth Place: Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Parents
SGT William (Wilhelm) Shaver (Schaeffer) Shepherd
1727–1801
Germany
Catherine Shepherd
1730–
Grandparents
William Shepherd
1697–1780
Pagham, Sussex, England, UK
Elizabeth Wakeford
1713–1746
Pagham, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Stephen (Piercy)
1676–1719
Dorothy Smith
1684–1734
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Smith
1665–1732
Elizabeth Percivall
1641–1683

Jacob Shepherd's Timeline

2 Records

1760
1760
Birth of Jacob Shepherd in Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Guilford, North Carolina, United States
1829
Feb 1829
Age 69
Death of Jacob Shepherd in Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1760
    Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 1829
    Event Place: Guilford, North Carolina, United States

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