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Ruth Sheppard 1677–1695 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1677

Birth Location: Back Neck, Cumberland, NJ, USA

Death Date: 20 Nov 1695

Death Location: Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States

Father: David Sheppard

Mother: Eve WHALEN

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Ruth Sheppard was born in 1677 in Back Neck, Cumberland, NJ, USA, the child of David Sheppard And Eve Walling Whalen. Ruth Sheppard passed away in 1695 in Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.

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Biography

  • Ruth Sheppard was born in 1677 in Back Neck, Cumberland, NJ, USA, the child of David Sheppard And Eve Walling Whalen.
  • Ruth Sheppard passed away in 1695 in Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States.

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Ruth Sheppard's Ancestors

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Ruth Sheppard
1677–1695
Birth Place: Back Neck, Cumberland, NJ, USA
Parents
David Sheppard
1648–1695
Cleagh Keating, Tipperary, , Ireland
Eve (Walling) WHALEN
1651–1704
Probably England or Ireland, but one source says Cohansey, Salem County, New Jersey, USA
Grandparents
David Sheppard
1624–1685
Cleagh Keaton, , Tipperary, Ireland
Rachel Wausborough
1625–1655
Tipperary, Ireland
Joanna Payne
1612–1667
Wethersfield, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sheppard
1590–1648
Eve Whalen
1590–1624
Robert III
1598–1675
Lady Ames
1606–1630
Robartt Adames
1594–1682
Rebecca Peck
1604–1689
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sheppard
1544–1607
Amphyllis Chamberlain
1548–1611
William Whalen
1569–1590
Margaret (Murphy)
1569–1590
Rev Ames
1580–1648
# Hill
1582–1624

Ruth Sheppard's Timeline

2 Records

1677
1677
Birth of Ruth Sheppard in Back Neck, Cumberland, NJ, USA
Back Neck, Cumberland, NJ, USA
1695
20 Nov 1695
Age 18
Death of Ruth Sheppard in Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States
Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1677
    Event Place: Back Neck, Cumberland, NJ, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Nov 1695
    Event Place: Fairfield, Cumberland, New Jersey, United States

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