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Robert Shepherd 1739–1787 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 November 1739

Birth Location: Turnbull, Bladen County, Colonial America, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 06 Jul 1787

Death Location: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA

Father: Sampson Shepherd

Mother: Martha MAYO

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Robert Shepherd was born in 1739 in Turnbull, Bladen County, Colonial America, North Carolina, USA, the child of Sampson S Shepherd And Martha Mary Mayo. Robert Shepherd passed away in 1787 in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Robert Shepherd was born in 1739 in Turnbull, Bladen County, Colonial America, North Carolina, USA, the child of Sampson S Shepherd And Martha Mary Mayo.
  • Robert Shepherd passed away in 1787 in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA.

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Robert Shepherd's Ancestors

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Robert Shepherd
1739–1787
Birth Place: Turnbull, Bladen County, Colonial America, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Sampson S Shepherd
1708–1777
Virginia
Martha (Mary) MAYO
1713–1791
Barbados
Grandparents
Thomas Shepherd
1671–1722
Currituck, Currituck, North Carolina
Carman (Ruth Nee unknown) Blanchard
1675–1722
Quebec City, Québec, Canada
Maj (William Mayo the) Surveyor
1684–1744
Poulshot, Wiltshire, , England
Frances (Ann) Gould
1693–1731
St. James Parish, Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados
Great-Grandparents
Rev Shepherd
1645–1672
Leontine Savard
1645–1710
Elihu Blanchard
1655–1722
Elizabeth (7)
1660–
Rev Mayo
1656–1691
Lady Hooper
1662–1740
Enoch Gould
1671–1719
Mary Thompson
1670–1697
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Felix Savard
1625–1720
Anabelle Brisson
1627–1664
Jane Townsend
1634–1685
George Hooper
1620–1693
Lady Townsend
1633–1723
Mark Gould
1649–1720
Anne Cranfield
1646–1673
Lancelot Thompson
1658–1729
Sarah Powell
1650–1710

Robert Shepherd's Timeline

2 Records

1739
27 November 1739
Birth of Robert Shepherd in Turnbull, Bladen County, Colonial America, North Carolina, USA
Turnbull, Bladen County, Colonial America, North Carolina, USA
1787
06 Jul 1787
Age 48
Death of Robert Shepherd in Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 November 1739
    Event Place: Turnbull, Bladen County, Colonial America, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 06 Jul 1787
    Event Place: Halifax, Halifax, North Carolina, USA

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