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Sampson Shepherd 1708–1777 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1708

Birth Location: Currituck, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 30 Nov 1777

Death Location: Curritick, North Carolina, USA

Father: Thomas Shepherd

Mother: Carmen Shepherd

Spouse(s): Martha Mayo, Martha Mayo

Children(s): John Shepherd, Mary Shepherd, Charles Shepherd, James Shepherd

Sampson Shepherd was born in 1708 in Currituck, North Carolina, USA, the child of Thomas Shepherd And Carmen Ruth Blanchard Shepherd. Sampson Shepherd married Martha Mayo, and had children including Charles Shepherd, James William Shepherd, John Benedict Shepherd, Mary Frances Shepherd. Sampson Shepherd passed away in 1777 in Curritick, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Sampson Shepherd was born in 1708 in Currituck, North Carolina, USA, the child of Thomas Shepherd And Carmen Ruth Blanchard Shepherd.
  • Sampson Shepherd married Martha Mayo, and had children including Charles Shepherd, James William Shepherd, John Benedict Shepherd, Mary Frances Shepherd.
  • Sampson Shepherd passed away in 1777 in Curritick, North Carolina, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sampson Shepherd's Ancestors

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Sampson Shepherd
1708–1777
Birth Place: Currituck, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Thomas Shepherd
1671–1722
Currituck, Currituck, North Carolina, USA
Carmen (Ruth Blanchard) Shepherd
1675–1722
Quebec City, New France
Grandparents
Israel Shepherd
1645–1672
Currituck, Currituck, North Carolina, United States
Leontine Savard
1645–1710
Sacre Coeur Quebec, French Canada
Great-Grandparents
William Shepherd
1624–1699
Delima Simard
1625–1703
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Frances Kingston
1605–1690

Sampson Shepherd's Descendants

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Sampson Shepherd (1708–30 Nov 1777) m. Martha Mayo (18 Apr 1713–20 Jun 1791) m. Martha Mayo (18 Apr 1713–20 Jun 1791)
  1. 1. John (Benedict) Shepherd 1741–1817 m. Elizabeth Stephens 1749–1832
    1. 1. William (Harrison) Shepherd 1778–1857 m. Mary (A) Herschfield 1795–1861
      1. 1. James (Quary) Shepherd 1817–1891 m. Lucinda Cundiff 1826–1889
        1. 1. William (Harrison) Shepherd 1841–1908 m. Elizabeth (Virginia) Smith 1848–1942 m. Mellisa (Adelaide) Croan –1873
    2. 2. William Shepherd 1776–1857
    3. 3. Adam Shepherd 1765–
  2. 2. Mary (Frances) Shepherd 1729–1790
  3. 3. Charles Shepherd 1737–1837
  4. 4. James (William) Shepherd 1735–1787

Sampson Shepherd's Timeline

4 Records

1707
29 Jul 1707
Sampson Shepherd was baptized in Whaddon,Gloucester,England
Whaddon,Gloucester,England
1708
1708
Birth of Sampson Shepherd in Currituck, North Carolina, USA
Currituck, North Carolina, USA
1777
30 Nov 1777
Age 69
Death of Sampson Shepherd in Curritick, North Carolina, USA
Curritick, North Carolina, USA
1778
11 Dec 1778
Age 70
Sampson Shepherd - Probate in Halifax, North Carolina, USA
Halifax, North Carolina, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1708
    Event Place: Currituck, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 2821.051; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 29 Jul 1707
    Event Place: Whaddon,Gloucester,England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Halifax, North Carolina
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Halifax County); Probate Place: Halifax, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Nov 1777
    Event Place: Curritick, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 11 Dec 1778
    Event Place: Halifax, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, Halifax County, North Carolina, Wills; Author: North Carolina. County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions (Halifax County); Probate Place: Halifax, North Carolina

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