Ahnentafel #170 - (--?--) Shepherd

(--?--) Shepherd

We are probably related to these people in some way, it's just a matter of finding the connection.

Generation I.
1. Thomas Shepherd immigrated from Wales to Maryland, lived, Prince George County, MD, d. 1698, wife unknown

Generation II.
2. William Shepherd of Prince George, Co., d. ca. 1741/45 md. Sarah (--?--)

• 4. Thomas
• 5. William Jr. of Rock Creek
• 6. John

3. John of Prince George, Co., d. 1726 md. (--?--)

• 7. John md. Jane - had issue, lived in Frederick Co., VA
• 8. Nathan - lived in Frederick Co., VA
• 9. William - lived in Frederick Co., VA

Generation III.
4. Thomas Shepherd b. 1705, Prince George Co., d. 1776 in Shepherdstown, WV. He obtained several thousand acres of land and founded Shepherdstown, Virginia (now West Virginia) in 1762.  Thomas married Elizabeth Van Metre and they had five sons and four daughters.

• 10. David
• 11. Sarah b. 1736?, d. Oct. 18, 1780 md. Thomas Thornburgh
• 12. Elizabeth 1738 d. 1788 md. William Brown
• 13. William
• 14. Thomas 1743 d. 1792 md. Susan Hulse - not our line
• 15. John 1749 d. Red Oak, OH July 31, 1812 md. Martha Nelson - not our line
• 16. Mary 1752 twin, d. 1825 md. 1) John Feay & 2) Samuel Buchanan
• 17. Martha 1752 twin d. Brooke Co., VA. ca. 1825 md. Isaac Holmes
• 18. Abraham 1754 d. Sep. 7, 1822 md. Eleanor Strode - not our line
• 19. Susanna 1758, d. Apr. 13, 1835 md. John Eoff

6. John Shepherd of Frederick Co., VA, md. Sarah (--?--).  He left a will dated 9 Dec. 1764 and probated 13 Feb. 1764.

• 20. William md. (--?--) - inherited land in Frederick Co., VA
• 21. Thomas md. Leah (--?--) - inherited land in Frederick Co., VA
• 22. Nathan inherited his father's home in Frederick Co., VA
• 23. Sarah
• 24. Drusilla
• 25. Margaret

Generation IV
10. David b. 1734 d. Ohio Co., VA [Ohio] Feb. 2, 1795, md. Rachel Teague

• 26. Edward
• 27. Abraham
• 28. Elijah
• 29. Moses b. Sep. 11, 1763, d. Apr. 29, 1832 md. Lydia Boggs - no issue
• 30. Elizabeth b. ca. 1755, d. 1792 md. 1) William mcIntire; 2) John Lee
• 31. Sarah  d. Oct. 25, 1832 md. 1) Francis Duke, 2) Levi Springer
• 32. Ruth b. ca. 1757, d. ?  md. John Mills
• 33. William d. 1777 md. Rebecca McCullough ca. 1776 - not our line

13. William b. 1740, d. 1824, md. Mary Clarke

• 34. Thomas
• 35. William
• 36. Sarah

20. William

• 37. John

21. Thomas md. Leah (--?--)

• 38. John
• 39. Joseph
• 40. David
• 41. Sarah md. Matthias Spong June 1817

Smyth, Samuel. A Genealogy of the Duke-Shepherd-Van Metre Family, Lancaster, PA: Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1909.

Child:
Elizabeth b. ca. 1786