Brief Life History of John
When John Shepherd was born in 1753, in Queen Anne's, Maryland, United States, his father, William Shepherd, was 34 and his mother, Katherine Hildreth, was 30. He married Leah Linder in 1786, in Brooke, Stafford, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He died on 1 May 1815, in Brooke, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Kadesh Chapel, Brooke, West Virginia, United States.
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- John Shepherd, "Find A Grave Index"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Shepherd - burial: ;
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
Maryland is the 7th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English schepeherde ‘shepherd’ (Old English scēaphyrde, scēap‐weard).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘shepherd’, for example German and Jewish Schäfer (see Schaefer ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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