John Shepherd

Abt 1705 - Bef 1740  (< 35 years)

• Name	John Shepherd  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Abt 1705	Accomack County, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Male
  Will - Named in Grand Fathers will	10 Feb 1709	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [4]
  	He was named as grandson John Shepheard, under age 21.
  Will - Named in Uncles will	23 Jun 1725	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [5]
  	He was named as John the son of my brother Maurice Sheppard in the will of John Hall.
  Will - Named in Fathers will	6 Jul 1727	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  	In his will Morris Shepherd gave to wife Edmond Memora 1/2 my land during her widowhood and then to revert to my son John Shepherd. To son John plantation where I now live on the south side of Nandua Creek, also 1/2 of the mill belonging to me and Robert Andrews, also my part of the sloop. Wife and son John Extrs. Witt: William Fletcher, Brenden Fletcher and Daniell Rogers.
  Reference Identifier	Acc
  Record ID	6955
  Death	Bef 25 Mar 1740	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [6]
  	It was on this date that the widow Catherine Shepherd was named to settle the estate of John Shepherd. Edmund Baily and Edmund Allen were the securities.
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Shepherd,   b. Abt 1625   d. Bef 5 Apr 1709, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 84 years)  (Grandfather)  Joan Toast,   b. Abt 1635  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I6955	MilesFiles23
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2017

  
  

  Father	Morris Shepherd,   b. Abt 1686, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 4 Feb 1728/29, Accomack County, Virginia, USA (Age < 43 years)
  Mother	Edmund Memoria [39] Scarburgh,   b. Abt 1683, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1703  [7]
  Family ID	F11110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine (48) Harmanson,   b. Abt 1712, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Abt 1765 (Age 53 years)  Other Partners: ╚═Richard Drummond, III,   b. Abt 1714, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. 22 Feb 1751, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age 37 years)  m. Abt 1740    ╚═Ralph Justice, (Burgess),   b. Abt 1705, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Bef 17 Dec 1759, Accomack County, Virginia, USA  (Age < 54 years)  m. 1756
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Accomack County, Virginia, USA   [3, 6, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Margaret (128) Shepherd,   b. Abt 1730, Northampton County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ Edward Ker  (Age < 65 years)  m. Abt 1753   2. Elizabeth (129) Shepherd,   b. Abt 1732, Accomack County, Virginia, USA d. Yes, date unknown ╚═ John Harmanson  m. Abt 1750
  Family ID	F15752	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1705 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Grand Fathers will - 10 Feb 1709 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Uncles will - 23 Jun 1725 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Will - Named in Fathers will - 6 Jul 1727 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Marriage - Abt 1730 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA Death - Bef 25 Mar 1740 - Accomack County, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Lucy Ames Edwards & Nannie Ames Mears, Ames, Mears and Allied Lines of Accomack County, Virginia, (Lucy A. Edwards, 1967), p94, 20. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 86 (will of Morris Shepherd), 570. [S888] John Frederick Dorman, Dorman, Adv of Purse & Person, 4th Ed, Vol 2, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2005), p. 713 (O'Neil-Robins Family), 888. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 43 (will of John Shephard), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 76 (will of John Hall), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 113 (adm. of John Shephard), 570. [S570] Stratton Nottingham, Accomack Co, VA, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1990), p. 50 (will of Tabitha Bell), 570. [S572] Ralph T. Whitelaw, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties), in a 2 volume set, (Gloucester, Mass.: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 664 (tract A26, Morris Shepherd Part), 572.