Sources: FWS leaflet #1 & #6
NATHANIEL SHEPARDSON (Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* lived at Arnold's Mills in Cumberland, RI. He was “admitted to freedom” on the first Wednesday in May, 1759. He was a member of the state legislature for several terms and was prominent in Revolutionary times. He was known as “Squire Shepardson.” He died April 23, 1817. He married (1) Sarah Follett, who died March 11, 1773, and (2) Elizabeth ——. Children:
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #6, #7, & GCS history
ANCEL SHEPARDSON (John4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* married on July 25, 1782, Charlotte Colgrove, who was born February 20, 1762.
Sometime after 1782, like many other early settlers, ever seeking greater opportunities and security for their families, Ancel and his wife, Charlotte, left East Haddam, CT., and located at Middletown, Rutland County, Vermont. It is assumed that the children, listed in the Shepardson History, were born in one or the other of the above places. In 1805, approximately, Ancel, his wife and children, arrived in Fairfax, Franklin County, VT, and settled on a farm.
Four of the children, listed in the 1907 Shepardson History, namely: Daniel, Asa, Clarissa and Calista, some married and with families, later moved from Fairfax to Ohio and established homes in that state. Their son and grandson, each named Daniel, lived in Granville, OH, where each served as deacon in the Baptist church and trustee of Denison University for many years. In 1883, from his diary, WILLIE SANFORD SHEPARSON, made a trip to Ohio and visited many of these families or their descendants.
Ancel was a successful farmer, a good businessman and the entire family was active in town and church affairs. With his son, Ancel, Jr., and others, a sawmill was built on Stone's Brook for the manufacture of lumber, a forge and blacksmith shop were added later, thus continuing in the footsteps of the first Daniel, tilling the soil and the blacksmith trade. The descendants of Ancel, Jr. further added to the establishment on Stone's Brook and the locality became known as Shepardson's Hollow.
While no trace remains today of the extensive operations carried on there, this small pleasant valley still retains the name.
Ancel, Sr., died in Fairfax, Franklin County, VT on February 9, 1840, at the age of 82. His wife, Charlotte (Colgrove) died in Fairfax on February 23, 1850, at 88 years of age. Both are buried in Bailey Cemetery in West Fletcher, Franklin County, VT. This now abandoned cemetery is located on the farm owned, at the time of their deaths, by their son, Joel (#6 below).
From records in an old Bible, owned in 1973, by the family of Herbert Dennison Shepardson of Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont, the following more complete information was obtained regarding the children of ANCEL and CHARLOTTE (COLGROVE) SHEPARDSON.
The first three couples migrated to Granville, OH. Those with the Shepardson name died there. Calista and Uri Colgrove also migrated to Ohio — Alexandria where Calista died Aug. 13, 1861.
*This line changed from John4, Nathaniel3 to John4, John3 in leaflet #7.
**Information on marriages & deaths has been deleted since those are in each person's 6th Generation history.
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #2, #6, & Shepardsons.org
JONATHAN SHEPARDSON (Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* married March 4, 1756, in Attleboro, MA, Miriam Follett. In the Attleboro records, Book 1, page 158, where this marriage by Rev. Habijab Weld is mentioned, she is called “Mrs. Follett.” In Book 1, page 46, two children are named of “Jonathan Shepardson, Jr., and Miriam who before marriage was Follett,” the date of one of these in the record being incorrect. She may have been a widow or the “Mrs.” being a mistake, she may have been the Miriam Follett who was daughter of Isaac and Sarah (Carpenter) Follett. They were married June 1, 1727, and their third child. Miriam, would fit in so far as age is concerned with Jonathan Shepardson's wife, as she was born February 11, 1733-4. Probably about 1765 the family moved to Templeton, MA, having lived a while in Cumberland, RI, and again in 1790 to Royalston, MA. Jonathan and his wife both died the same day, December 3, 18045. (No record of death or burial in Royalston, Templeton, Athol, or Richmond). Jonathan was the first Shepardson to live in Royalston. Their grandson, Daniel, son of Daniel, was the founder of Shepardson College, the women's department of Denison University at Granville, OH. Children:
*Nathaniel's & Jonathan's line was changed from Nathaniel4, Nathaniel3 to Jonathan4, Nathaniel3 in leaflet #6.
**Refer to Footnote #8. Putting the footnote numbers next to the children causes spacing issues on the website.
***Fraternal twins.
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #2, & #6, & Shepardsons.org
JONATHAN SHEPARDSON (Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) moved from Attleboro, MA, to Cumberland, RI, then to Templeton, MA, where he died in 1790. The Systematic History Fund “Vital Records of Templeton” shows no trace of this family. He married, May 9, 1730, Abigail Fuller, who was born July 6, 1704, daughter of John and Joanna (Shepardson) Fuller, and the children whose dates are given below are recorded in Attleboro. The Attleboro records show no other Jonathan of this generation who might be confused with this line, but Joseph Shepardson, who gathered extensive notes about the family, all of which were destroyed by fire before publication, reports that Jonathan's wife, “Merriam, died in 1771 very aged,” and says children were Jonathan, born January 3, 1735, Nathaniel and Joanna. As he was a direct descendant of this line and collected his notes more than fifty years ago (1907) when his grandfather, born in 1775, was alive and living on the next farm, his record must be trusted. The name Abigail (or Nabby) is found in this family for several generations. A second marriage to “Merriam” might explain this uncertainty. Children:
Sources: FWS leaflet #7 & GCS History
JOHN SHEPARDSON (John3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* married (1) August 8, 1728, Abigail Richardson, born April 18, 1709, daughter of William and Rebecca (Vinton) Richardson. She died November 30, 1830. The “Richardson Memorial” says she married John Shepard, but as I obtained my record elsewhere with same date of marriage and as her sister Hannah married John's brother Daniel, I am inclined to accept her as wife of John Shepardson. Probably after her death he moved to Ash Swamp, later called East Haddam, CT, where he married (2) Hepsibah Lord, daughter of Sergt. William Lord of East Haddam, signing an agreement regarding the estate of the latter October 29, 1736. (See III. Manwaring: Early Connecticut Probate Records, page 178.) The records of East Haddam previous to May 29, 1832, are said to be in Colchester. The printed records of Colchester give no help, and correspondence with the town clerks of Colchester and East Haddam has yielded nothing satisfactory. He died aged 105 years. From various sources names of children have been secured, although the list is subject to correction (1912).
*The information & lineage from leaflets #1 & #6 was superseded/replaced by this information from leaflet #7.
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #2, & #4 - #6, & Shepardsons.org
DANIEL SHEPARDSON (Daniel1) succeeded his father as blacksmith at Malden. He was a freeman of Middlesex County, MA, May 29, 1674, and took the oath of fidelity December 15, 1674. He married April 11, 1668, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Call, Sr., named above, and widow of Mr. Samuel Tingley* of Malden. She was baptized February 21, 1640-1. He moved to Attleboro where he purchased the company share owned by Elizabeth, Hannah and Lydia Winchester. He had fifty acres about half a mile from "Old Town" on the Bay Road. He was long called "old goodman Daniel Shepardson." He came near losing his property at one time, as the Attleboro records indicate. He was selectman of Attleboro in 1698. He died August 3, 1723, Attleboro, MA. His wife, Elizabeth, died February, 1715. The two children last named are recorded in Rehoboth. So far as known his children were:
*Samuel Tingley
He is supposed to have been the son of Palmer Tingle (spelling Tingley later), who came in the ship Planter in 1635. He is supposed to have married, 1635-1640, Anna Fosdick, daughter of Stephen Fosdick of Charlestown, 1635. She was born 1615 and died 1681. Her second husband was James Barrett of Charlestown (seven children). Samuel Tingley was born before 1643 and married September 20, 1663, Elizabeth Call, daughter of Thomas and Bennett (————) Call. They had two sons, Samuel, born February 1665-6, died 1714, and Thomas, born July 1667, died September 23, 1724. Over 9,000 descendants are listed in "The Tingley Family," a volume of 894 pages, published in 1910 by Raymon M. Tingly of Herrick Center, Pa. Marrying as her second husband Daniel Shepardson, she became also the ancestress of all American Shepardsons.
**My family's line was changed from Nathaniel3 to John3 in leaflet #6.
Sources: FWS leaflets #1 & #6, & WKS history
AMOS SHEPARDSON (John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married (1) Margaret Pidge, March 30, 1732, (2) Debora Cook, August 7, 1702. He died in Attleboro in his 94th year. His will was presented for probate December 1, 1795. Inventory of his estate taken April 5, 1796, showed $868.85. The boys of the family generally followed the sea. Children recorded in Attleboro:
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #5 & #6
ZEPHANIAH SHEPARDSON (Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Attleboro until about 1770, when with his three brothers and their families be went to Guilford, Vermont. He married (1) Ruth Hills (born July 1, 1733, died October 16, 1782), daughter of Samuel and Mary Hills; (2) Demaris, widow of David Church. She died July 28, 1797, aged 54 years 10 months; (3) Mrs. Lucinda Chase of Halifax, VT, June 1, 1798. She died "at the Chinesee Country of a fever" September 30, 1809. He died October 16, 1804. Handwritten note on leaflet #1: “Genessee country,” then unreadable. DWS Note: Believe correction to “Chinesee country.”
The town records at Guilford, VT, show that in 1770 Sam'l Curtis deeded Lot 125 in Guilford Township, Windham County, VT, consisting of 100 acres, to Zephaniah Shepardson, yeoman, of Attleborough, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay, for a consideration of £60. His brother, John Shepardson, was a witness to the above deed.
At the first recorded town meeting of Guilford the record reads:
"May ye 19th, 1772. Then the freeholers and other inhabeits of the Tract of Land called Guildford, in County of Cumberland and Province of New York, met together and by a majority of vots made choyce of:
"1. Samuel Nichol, Esq., Moderator of said meeting.
"2d. John Shepardson, Town Clerk.
*3-12 Omitted
"13th, Zephaniah Shepardson, Hezekiah Stowell and John Barney, overseers of poor."
At the town meeting in 1773 he was appointed to the positions of constable, of overseer of highways and of overseer of poor, and in 1776 elected a surveyor of highways. His stock marking is thus recorded:
"Be it remembered that all the cattle, sheep and swine in the town of Guilford that is marked with two square holes one above the other through the right ear, and a cross on the left ear, is Zephaniah Shepardson. Guilford, 25th ————, 1802. WILLIAM BIGELOW, Town Clerk."
Zephaniah Shepardson, with his brothers Daniel and John and their sons, took an active part in the controversy respecting the New Hampshire Grants from 1770 to 1786, Zephaniah and Daniel supporting the New York government, which attempted to retain jurisdiction over Cumberland County (now Windham County, VT), while John, first favoring New York, was afterward equally active in supporting the Vermont government. B. H. Hall, in his "History of Eastern Vermont," gives a full account of the controversy.
Zephaniah was one of about one hundred who received land granted to the "sufferers in opposing" the Government of Vermont by New York State. He received in 1786 a grant of 100 acres and his son Joseph 263 acres in Montgomery County (now Town of Bainbridge, Chenango County, NY). An entire township was given to the "Vermont sufferers." He, however, did not leave Guilford. His homestead was the original lot 125 in Guilford and his house a frame structure standing high, with hip roof and without ells or additions, was burned in the sixties. The new house replacing it, now (1907) occupied by Charles Shepardson, was erected upon the old foundations. He was called "Lieutenant," and in a deed of December 10, 1793, giving half of Lot 125 in Guilford to his son Jared of Guilford, yeoman, for £260, he is mentioned as "Zephaniah Shepardson, Gentleman." He died in Guilford, October 16, 1804, "of a bilious complaint on thirty-six hours after attacked."
His will, presented for probate in District of Marlboro, Brattleboro, VT, November 3, 1804, by Lucinda Shepardson, his widow, is curious, though in a form commonly used at that time. It reads as follows:
In the Name of God, Amen, the 20th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two, I, Zephaniah Shepardson of Guilford, in the County of Windham and State of Vermont, Gentlemen, being in a considerable state of health in body and mind and memory, thanks be given to God therefore. Therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last will and testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave it and my body I recommend to the earth to be buried in a decent and christian manner at the discretion of my executrix, nothing doubting of the word of God that at the general resurrection there shall be a reservation of all things and that when he who is our life shall appear I shall be like him, complete in body and soul preserved and raised by the mighty power of God.
And as to touching such worldly estate where with it has pleased God to bless me with in this life, that I have not disposed of heretofore, I now give, demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form: Imprimis—I give and bequeath to Lucinda Shepardson, my lawful wife, all my cows and all my sheep and other meat stock, my horse and side-saddle, together with my cutter, and the tackling thereto helonging, and the one‑half of my wearing apparel, together with all my other movables. Items—I give to my son Zephaniah Shepardson, and to my daughter Ruth Barney, and to my son William Shepardson, and to my son Jared Shepardson, and to my daughter Demaris Billings Shepardson, and to my son David Church Shepardson, each of them twelve and one‑half cents, together with the one‑half of my wearing apparel, equally divided among them, having, given each of them their proportion out of my estate heretofore. Item—I give to my beloved grandson, William Shepardson, my saddle on which I ride. My wife, Lucinda Shepardson, likewise I constitute, make and ordain my sole executrix of this my last will and testament. And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other former wills, testaments, legacies, bequeaths and executors by me in any ways before named, willed or bequeathed, ratifying this and no other to be my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.
ZEPHANIAH SHEPARDSON.
Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Zephaniah Shepardson as his last will and testament in the presence of subscribers, John Slator, William Chaver, Hannah Palmer.
Children, the first five born in Attleboro, MA:
*Handwritten in the left margin in front of David Church (7): looks like “did” or “died”
Sources: FWS leaflets #1 & #7
JONATHAN SHEPARDSON (John4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* married in East Haddam, Connecticut, April 29, 1767, Susanna Lord. They had two children. He married a second time and had two other children. Family tradition says his son Jonathan was “an only son,” which may have been true from the maternal viewpoint. The family moved from Connecticut to New York many years ago & there are descendants in Smyrna, NY. For many reasons, after long study, it is believed that his children were:
Sources: FWS leaflet #3 & #6
ELIJAH SHEPARDSON (Amos4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married Mary ——, who died in Providence, RI, in 1794, aged 50. He probably followed the sea, as he is called "Captain" in record of his death at Seekonk, November 9, 1787, of "mole on the throat". The census record of 1790 shows that the family consisted of two males and three females not counting the mother. His father's will, probated December 1, 1795, mentions "heirs of Elijah", of whom one was:
*"It appears also that a Richard Bowen, but of what family is not clearly known, died and was buried in the burial ground attached to Rehoboth, and the Bowen arms, a stag trippant with an arrow stuck in his back, were cut on his tombstone, thus furnishing a strong proof that he was of the ancient family of the Bowens of Glamorganshire." (See Bowen Genealogy.)
Sources: FWS leaflets #3 & #6
ZEBEDIAH SHEPARDSON (Amos4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married Deborah Cook, intentions published in Norton, MA, August 7, 1762. He is called "Captain" in record of his death in Rehoboth, May 12, 1810. He was probably the one mentioned in the Mass. Revolutionary rolls who was commissioned as commander of the schooner "Resolution", a privateer, July 20, 1778. Zebulon Shepardson, 1st Lieutenant on same vessel, may have been his son. No record of children except two daughters named in his will.
Sources: FWS leaflets #3 & #6
AMOS SHEPARDSON of Milford, Mass., may have been a son of AMOS SHEPARDSON (Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) or a son of ELIJAH SHEPARDSON (Amos4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1), although no records are available in 1912 to show this. Whatever his origin, however, Amos Shepardson enlisted in the Revolutionary army from Mansfield, MA, and later from Mendon. He probably was the one who served in the Company of Capt. Israel Threw of Norton in April and May, 1777, in the Rhode Island campaign. He married at Medway (or Milford), MA, about October 1, 1778, Hannah Norcross, daughter of Peter and Johanna (Morse) Norcross. He lived later in Florida, MA, where he is said to have died, although no records are available to show that fact or to indicate the names of his four sons and two daughters supposedly in his family in 1790. So far as known his children were:
It is possible that the unhappy Amos Shepardson, after leaving home and family went to New Hampshire, where he married Rebecca Whitcomb, daughter of Thomas and Anne (Whitney) Whitcomb, who lived awhile in Deerfield, NH, before settling in Norridgewock, Maine. They lived in Hinsdale, NH before moving to Northfield, MA about 1793. The birth dates of the first two children mentioned below indicate that they and the father and mother might make the 3 male and 1 female ascribed to the Hinsdale family in 1790. A tradition says that Amos Shepardson had eleven children by his two wives, although only ten names are known. In 1820 he moved from Northfield to “New York State” where he is supposed to have died at Hague. The names of children by the second wife are similar to those in his father's family. Children:
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #3, & #6
AMOS SHEPARDSON (Amos4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married on August 14, 1755, Abigail Pratt (daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Morse) Pratt) by Rev. Ebenezer White of Norton, North Precinct Parish (later called Mansfield). They had five children, four recorded in Norton and one in Mansfield. The records show their names in a number of land transactions. On January 15, 1773, they receipted for £29 4s 11d as her share of her father's estate. He marched on April 19, 1775, in Capt. Abial Clap's 3rd Company of the Bristol county militia on the Lexington alarm. He enlisted in 1776 in the company of Capt. John Dean of Mansfield for service in Rhode Island. In 1780 he was at Claverack, NY, in the Mansfield Company of Capt. Benjamin Bates. His name is inscribed on the Mansfield tablet of Revolutionary soldiers. He was rated on the assessor's roll of 1781 and 1783 for real estate, £85 15s 0d. There was trouble in the family, and he dropped out of sight. His wife died March 10, 1808. Children:
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #3, & #6
STEPHEN SHEPARDSON (Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married March 15, 1759, Lucy Fisher of Attleboro, MA, inttentions published in Norton February 17, 1759. He moved to Guilford, VT, where he was constable in 1774 and commissioner of highways in 1776. He was captain of a company in the Revolutionary war, which was commissioned February 26, 1776. The Guilford records show him to have been a man of considerable wealth and refer to him as “Stephen Shepardson, gentleman.” He may have had other children besides the following, the first six of whom are recorded in Attleboro:
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #3, #4, & #6, & WKS History
JOHN SHEPARDSON (Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married at Norton, MA, January 17, 1754, Anna Blanchard, daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Pratt) Blanchard. After 1768 he removed from Attleboro to Guilford, VT, of which town he was one of the founders. He was very influential in the movement to make Vermont an independent state and was an ally of the faction led by Thomas Chittenden. During this conflict supporters of the New York position attempted to arrest Shepardson and Benjamin Carpenter. Shepardson avoided arrest, and Carpenter was detained but later released. During the American Revolution he served as a private in the militia company commanded by Comfort Starr (1731‑1812). He eventually obtained a militia commission and rose to the rank of major, the title by which he became commonly known. He was made Town Clerk in 1772 at the first town meeting of Guilford He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives for several years. He served as judge of Windham County's probate court, and was first judge of Windham County. He was a member of Vermont's Governors Council for several years, and from 1778 to 1779 he served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court. He died of consumption January 3, 1802, in Brattleboro and was buried at Guilford Center Cemetery. His wife, Anna, died of old age January 1, 1817, then 87. They had eleven children according to a court record, but names of some are unknown, and no dates seem available. One son died at the age of eighteen. No further recorded. The first five are recorded in Attleboro:
Sources: FWS leaflets #1 & #6
DANIEL SHEPARDSON (Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) moved from Attleboro, MA, to Guilford, VT. He married November 12, 1753, Mary Peck, daughter of Hezekiah Peck of Attleboro, the town records containing this entry, "Daniell Shepardson, Jr., and Mary Peck, daughter of Hezekiah Peck, late of Attleboro, were married by me, the subscriber, November 12, 1753.—Habijah Weld." Children recorded in Attleboro:
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #3, #6, & #7
JOHN SHEPARDSON (Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1)
This line was replaced by the line of JOHN SHEPARDSON (John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) from leaflet #7.
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, & #4 - #6 (no changes from leaflet #6)
DANIEL SHEPARDSON (John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Attleboro, MA, and, as his grandfather and great grandfather before him, followed the blacksmith's trade. He was a lieutenant (ensign) in Capt. Geo. Marcy's Fourth Co. of Col. Jos. Dwight's Ninth Mass. Regt.. in the expedition to Cape Breton in 1745, where the undisciplined militia of New England took Louisburg from the veteran troops of France (N.E. Hist. and Gen. Reg. Vols. 24 and 25). He married in Attleboro, MA, (1) Hannah Richardson, December 9, 1725. She died September 26, 1726, leaving an infant son. He married (2) Mary Washburn of Taunton, MA, May 9, 1728, who survived him. His will, recorded in Taunton, was dated April 13, 1770, and was presented for probate June 11, 1770.
Each of the sons married in Massachusetts and later moved to Guilford in Southern Vermont and became prominent in the early affairs of that town and that part of the state when it was wrested by Vermont from the control of New York. Children, all recorded in Attleboro:
*Corrected from Balkcorn on JES leaflet (FWS leaflet #5).
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, #2, & #4 - #6, & Shepardsons.org
DANIEL SHEPARDSON, blacksmith of Charlestown, MA, coming from Salem. Admitted to the Church in Charleston, June 8, 1633. Removed to Malden, where he died July 26, 1644. His wife was Joanna ———, maiden name and date of marriage unknown. She survived her husband and married (2) Thomas Call, Sr. She died January 30, 1661. The inventory of his estate, taken on "the 25th of the third month 1647," showed £49, 17s, 0d. They may have had children, Amos and Ruth born in 1639, but if so these did not live as they are not mentioned in the father's will. There is the added evidence of the record, "If his wife and 3 children dyed hee gave mee Incr: Nowell his house plot at the same time before the same witnesses." Children:
*Thomas Skinner, Sr.
He was born 1617, Chichester England, married (1) Mary Gooden, born 1621, Chichester, England; (2) Lydia Shepardson after 1680. Children (all with first wife):
Abraham Skinner, born September 29, 1649, Subdeanarie, Chichester, England, married Hannah Lewis. Died 1693/1698, Malden, MA, age 43.
John Skinner, born April 19, 1647, North Mundham, England.
Thomas Skinner, Jr., born July 25, 1645, Chichester, England.
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, & #4 - #6, & WKS history
JOHN SHEPARDSON (Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Attleboro, MA, until about 1697, when he moved to Rehoboth. He married April 9, 1694, Elizabeth Fuller who was born May 12, 1678, and baptized May 30, 1679, daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Wilmarth) Fuller of Attleboro. Inventory of his estate was taken December 3, 1708, showing £64 16s 0d. Children, recorded in Attleboro:
Sources: FWS leaflets #1, 2, & #6, WKS history, & Shepardsons.org
NATHANIEL SHEPARDSON (Daniel2, Daniel1) may have moved from Attleboro, MA, to Rehoboth, where two of his children were baptized, although all are recorded in Attleboro. His wife was Mary ——. From similarity of names and some other circumstances, he may be the one referred to on page 256 of "Hinman's Connecticut Settlers" as "Nathaniel Shippason, widow Mary, of Hebron, estate £207.” He died 1718. The children returned to the old family home after the father's death if these families are identical. The Hinman record mentions "Jonathan, Nathaniel, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Mercy, Joanna and others." Among these "others" was Amos, whose name is found elsewhere. The children whose dates are given are recorded in Attleboro:
*Twins
**No further record. This line was replaced in FWS leaflet #6. See note at Nathaniel below.
***My family's line was changed from John4, Nathaniel3 to John4, John3 in leaflet #6. See note at John below.
Sources: FWS leaflets #1 & #6
NATHANIEL SHEPARDSON (Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1)
FWS Note in leaflet #1: January 1, 1907, I am at sea about this line. There is probability of confusion, too, with Nathaniel, son of Jonathan No. 8. (DWS Note: See Jonathan above.)
This line was replaced by the line of NATHANIEL SHEPARDSON (Nathaniel5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) from FWS leaflet #6.
Sources: FWS leaflet #6 & #7
WILLIAM SHEPARDSON (John4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* lived in East Haddam, CT. His children's names are unknown but there is reason to believe that two of them were: