Brief Life History of Shepherd
When Shepherd Gray was born on 9 April 1814, in Thomaston, Knox, Maine, United States, his father, Leverett Gray, was 37 and his mother, Rebecca Sears, was 30. He married Hannah Thorndike on 5 November 1835, in St. George, Knox, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in South Thomaston, Lincoln, Maine, United States in 1850 and South Thomaston, Knox, Maine, United States in 1860. He died on 21 January 1882, in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Owls Head, Knox, Maine, United States.
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- Shepard Gray in household of Abijah Sherman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Shepherd Gray, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Shepherd Gray, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us, meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.
English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg, grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, gray’, including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see McGreevy . In North America, this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.
French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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