Source: FWS leaflet #4

ANNA SHEPARDSON (Samuel6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married Joseph Barney of Guilford, VA, July 1807. He was born September 28, 1788, son of James and Thankful (March) Barney, and grandson of Capt. John and Rebecca (Martin) Barney of Guilford. They settled first in Jefferson County, New York, near Sackett's Harbor in Ellisburg, but later, after 1824, moved to Lorain County, OH, and settled near the mouth of the Black river. He died January 15, 1862. She died April 16, 1876. Children: Link to Related Families.



Source: FamilySearch.org

ENOCH SHEPARDSON (Noah6, Daniel5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married Harriot Philonia Nye* (born about 1780) on December 5, 1805 in Guilford, VT. He died September 21, 1845, Manchester, VT. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

JARED SHEPARDSON (Joseph6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Guilford, VT, and Monroe, OH, where he died October 11, 1825. He married at Zanesville, OH, August 2, 1812, Matilda Denison, daughter of William and Nancy Denison. She died in Johnson County, Iowa, December 13, 1863. He was called "Captain." Children, born in Muskingum County, OH:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

ELIAS SHEPARDSON (William6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in West Brooksville, ME, where he died of consumption. He married Mary Wasson (Masson ?). Children (none living in 1906):


Source: FWS leaflet #5

REUBEN SHEPARDSON (William6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) purchased in 1816 an interest in a blacksmith shop and wool carding business in Guilford, VT. He sold out in 1818 and moved to Gerry, NY, where he bought a farm adjoining his cousin, PLINY SHEPARDSON, and there lived the remainder of his life. He married Roxey Phelps. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

WILLIAM SHEPARDSON (William6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived at Guilford, VT, and Claremont, NH. He was married December 15, 1808, at Guilford, by the Rev. Jason Chamberlain, to Harriett Cambridge of Guilford. He died December 28, 1830, at Claremont, NH. Children: 8th Gen: William, Reuben, Simeon, George


Source: FWS leaflet #5

JOHN BARNEY SHEPARDSON (Zephaniah6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1), always called "Barney," was a farmer of Guilford, VT. He married (1) Lydia Morey in Guilford, VT, who died October 14, 1844, aged 33; (2) in 1847, Prudence Wheeler (born in Halifax), who married (2) A. W. Putnam of Guilford. He died April 8, 1861, in Guilford. His homestead of 140 acres which he received from his father, was in 1884 occupied by his unmarried daughter, Emma. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

CLARK SHEPARDSON (Zephaniah6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married December 18, 1827, in Vermont to Lurinda Franklin and then lived ten years in Massachusetts, moving from there to Milwaukee, WI. He was originally a blacksmith, but in Milwaukee became a builder and contractor and acquired considerable property. In 1874 he went to the Pacific coast and thereafter spent the winters at San Jose, CA, and summers at Milwaukee. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding at San Jose in 1877, at which all their children and families were present excepting one son-in-law and two of the six grandchildren. He died March 25, 1885, in Milwaukee. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

LEWIS SHEPARDSON (Zephaniah6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1), a farmer of Guilford, VT; married February 27, 1822, Sarah Gibbs, born June 29, 1799; died October 23, 1873; daughter of Edmund and Phoebe (Preston) Gibbs and sister of Susan Gibbs of Jamaica, VT, who married Otis Shepardson (Samuel6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1). He died in Guilford October 16, 1875. Children: 8th Gen: Hart, Henry, Lewis



*FWS had "Clarke" in Leaflet #5. Corrected to "Clark." See JANETTE THANKFUL SHEPARDSON (daughter of James7) above & HENRY CLARK SHEPARDSON. Confirmed on Ancestry.com

**Twins

Source: FWS leaflet #5

JAMES SHEPARDSON (Zephaniah6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Guilford and then for a quarter of a century was a farmer of Halifax, VT. He married Philena Wilcox (sister of John, Stephen and Eunice), who was born May 23, 1796, in Halifax; died May 29, 1871. He suffered from paralysis his last years, and the week before his death (October 22, 1880) fell, breaking his hip. Children, born in Guilford, VT:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

MARTIN SHEPARDSON (Zephaniah6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Guilford, VT, and died October 27, 1871, at Dover, VT. He married Sarah Matthews in Somerset, VT who died 1867. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

ZEPHANIAH SHEPARDSON (Zephaniah6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) was a carpenter and farmer of Guilford. VT He married (1) Eunice ———, who died July 30, 1821, aged 24 years 5 months; (2) Mary (Polly), daughter of Joseph and Sabra Perry, born at Newfane, VT. Died November 5, 1868, aged 76 years 8 months. He died at Guilford, July 17, 1875, of dropsy. His will of July 18, 1870, gave his sister, Sophrona Wilcox, all his real and personal property. He had one daughter:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

IRA SHEPARDSON (Zephaniah6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) moved to New York State, where he died April 7, 1870. Children may have been:


Sources: WKS & DMDS Histories

RHODA SHEPARDSON (Seth6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) moved to Erie County, PA, around 1820 where she married John White. In later life she lived in Topeka, KS. Anna Shepardson, only child of Seth Sr. to be born in Pennsylvania, married Norris White, brother of her sister's husband. Later in life, she also lived in Topeka. John White was a Methodist minister (above information taken from "My Life in the Ministry," by Geo. L. Shepardson.



Sources: WKS & DMDS Histories, & FamilySearch.org

JOHN SHEPARDSON (Seth6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) moved with his father to Waterford Township, Erie County, PA, when he was about eleven years old. When Seth Sr. became too old to run the farm, John took it over and ran it until his death. It must have been a large holding and successful, as he is listed as paying taxes of $319.00 for the years 1859 and 1860, which was quite a large tax figure for those days. He married Elizabeth Upham of McKeen, PA on September 22, 1831. She was born in Massachusetts in 1813. He died May 6, 1897. He was not listed in the census of 1870 although his wife and children are. The deed of John Shepardson is to be found in deed book 43, Waterford Township, page 596 and recorded May 6, 1872. The deed mentions he was deceased at this time and is signed by his wife Elizabeth, John Augustus and his wife Carrie, Alfred and his wife Josephine, Stephen and his wife Abigail, Dr. F. Shepardson who was 26 and unmarried, Adelaide A. Shepardson and Clarrissa Electa, a widow. The farm was sold at this time and interesting description is given. The boundary lines are given as from the corner marked by a stump to a hollow tree, etc., as was the custom in those days. His will was not probated until approximately ten years after his death, June 5, 1879. His will is quite lengthy. Children:


Sources: WKS & DMDS Histories

NEWELL SHEPARDSON (Seth6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) moved to Erie County, PA, with his father around 1820. His wife's name is unknown but it is known that she preceded him in death. He lived in Waterford Township from 1820 to 1849 when he died, July 30, 1849, preceding his father in death. At his death, both children were minors between the ages of 11 to 16 years, and the court appointed Aaron Ormsby guardian. Children:


Sources: WKS & DMDS Histories

DANIEL SHEPARDSON (Seth6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) moved to Waterford Township, Erie County, PA, around 1820, with his father. He was a farmer by trade throughout his lifetime. Married Alma (last name unknown) who was born 1802, Massachusetts and died 1860. He and his wife moved to upper Canada in 1824 where they lived for three years, then moved to New York State for a very short time. They returned to upper Canada for another three years time, then moved back to Erie County, PA, where he farmed 1833 to 1849 when the sold his farm there and bought one in Blackberry Township, Kane County, IL. Daniel along with his brother John was named executor of his father's will and when Seth6 died, he returned to Eric County, for a short stay to settle the estate there.


The following is a list of his holdings in Kane County, IL, taken from the records of Kane County Deed and Record Books, Book 27, Page 261:

Eli Barber and Pauline H. his wife to Daniel Shepardson, June 18, 1850 W. D. $800

E½ of NE¼ of Sec. 11 Twp. 39 N, R 7 E 80 acres

also part of W½ of Sec. 27, Twp. 40 N, R 7 E. 5 acres


Book 67, Page 355:

David Wheeler and Judith, his wife to Daniel Shepardson, February 20, 1861, W. D. $711.33

N.E. ¼ of S.E. ¼ of Sec. 11, Twp. 39 N, R 7 E


Book 70, Page 124 (a mortgage made to Peter Johnson):

Daniel Shepardson of Blackberry Twp. to Peter Johnson of the same place.

Mortgage November 12, 1861 $900

NE¼ of SE¼ Sec. 11 Twp. 39 N, R 7 E½

E½ of NE½ of Sec. 11 Twp. 39 N, R 7 E

Cancellation March 19, 1872 signed by Peter Johnson alongside of mortgage. (However Daniel and is wife died before this so most likely some of the boys paid off this note after his death and sale of the farm.) Farm valued at $5,500 in tax list of 1860.


The exact date of Daniel's death is not known, but it was before the farm was sold in April 1865. By 1870 there were no Shepardsons in Blackberry Township, Kane County, IL. In Record Book 91, Page 7:


Joseph Shepard, Atty. for Elbert C. Shepardson, Daniel Franklin Shepardson Jr., George L. Shepardson, Maria Updyke, and Emeline Shepardson to (sale of all property in Twp.)


Edward Hayes, April 8, 1865, etc. same description of properties as above.


Children:


Sources: WKS & DMDS Histories

SETH SHEPARDSON, JR. (Seth6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) was born in Guilford, VT, as were all the other male members of the family. Exact date unknown. Moved to Erie County with his father around 1820. He is at the end of the alphabetical list of people who were taxable and voted in 1823 and not the year before. He voted No. 128 on the voting rolls. There is no record of him in Waterford after 1826. His last residence was in Springwater, N.Y. He died there on April 20, 1863. Has a gravestone on his grave. He married (1) Electa Bleeds; (2) Freelone Upham; (3) Minerva Blakesley in Crawford County, PA. She died 1876; (4) Minerva Worden. Children: first two with Electra, third with Freelone, next four with Minerva Blakesley, last four with Minerva Worden.



*Della May Dewy Shepardson had April 17, 1846 as Seth's birthdate, then in the next paragraph, where she had his bio, she had March 16, 1846. Given that the birthdate of his first child, George Dexter was March 16, 1872, I think she mistyped Seth's birthdate in his bio paragraph. April 17, 1846 matches both FamilyHistory.org & Ancestry.com.



Sources: WKS & DMDS Histories

JOEL C. SHEPARDSON (Seth6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) was born in Vermont, exact date unknown. He moved to Erie County, PA, with his father around 1820. He was a farmer by trade and is listed on the Waterford Township tax list as paying $67.00 taxes for the years 1859 and 1860. Not listed the following years. I know nothing of who he married or of any children.

SEVENTH GENERATION

Source: FWS leaflet #4

JOHN SHEPARDSON (Samuel6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) was a farmer and cheesemaker. He lived one mile west of Guilford Center, VA. He married July 4, 1814, Parmelia Steadman of Leyden, MA, daughter of Philemon and Lucy (Babcock) Steadman. Her tombstone records that she died August 18, 1863, aged 72. He died January 8, 1870. In his old age William W. Barney was appointed as his guardian. Inventory of his estate showed property valued at $1,200. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #4

SAMUEL SHEPARDSON (Samuel6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a physician and lived in Green River, VT. He married March 6, 1817, Miss Phoebe Kemp of Guilford, VT. (She had previously married David Cudworth, whose three children were adopted by her second husband in 1823.) Their names are not definitely known—1907.) He died August 23, 1866. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #4

OTIS SHEPARDSON (Samuel6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married March 23, 1817, Susan Gibbs of Jamaica, VT. She was born in Stratton, VT. October 13, 1796, daughter of Edmund Gibbs (born September 28, 1761, at Westminster, MA) and Phoebe (Preston) Gibbs (born 1761 in Athol, MA). Guilford records call him "Captain" in 1826. He moved, in November 1835, to Mongo, La Grange County, Indiana, where he lived until his death, May 7, 1843. He was a man of strong physique. His death was hastened by an injury received in a test of strength with some of his companions. His widow died December 17, 1880. During their first winter in Indiana they lived in a windowless log cabin with puncheon floor. Children born in Guilford, VT, except the last:


Source: FWS leaflet #4

ELIJAH SHEPARDSON (Samuel6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) is said to have married (1) ———, who did not long survive. He was living in Watertown, Jefferson County, NY, in 1817, but in 1822 was in Princeton, KY. He married (2) Mary Parrish Dudley of Lexington, KY. Their children were born in Princeton, Caldwell County, KY. He died there before June 26, 1844. They were married by Rev. Richard Beard, dean of Princeton College, KY. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #4

PLINY SHEPARDSON (Samuel6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married (1) February 4, 1821, Rachel Tisdale of Guilford, VT. They removed in 1825 to Gerry, Chautauqua County, NY, where she died September 21, 1854. He married (2) at Guilford, VT, February 7, 1855, Triphena M. Kingsley. A tribute to his memory by James Starr, written at the time of his death (July 22, 1871) says: "Pliny Shepardson shared in the hardships and privations so familiar to all early settlers of Gerry. He was a man of close observation, great energy and perseverance. By his industry and economy, never by speculation, he achieved a fair degree of success always by the slow but sure way. In after years with more means he achieved greater success. He was always the friend and encourager of the industrious young man." He was proud of his ancestry and had a good memory for details. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #4

SOPHIA SHEPARDSON (Samuel6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) was a woman of great ability with more education and culture than were usual for her sex in her day. She was a handsome person, as pictures and reports from her descendants bear witness. She married November 27, 1820, John Winthrop Bissell* of Gill, MA. Shortly after their marriage they moved to Montague, MA, and settled on a farm on the stage road, about a mile from Montague village and about the same distance from North Sunderland. The house was still standing in 1906. He was a manufacturer of hats in Greenfield, MA. He carried on a sort of private banking business and used to boast that he never had to resort to the law to collect a debt. He was born September 23, 1794, and died February 8, 1876. His wife died August 15, 1864. They are buried in Springfield, MA, where he died. Children: *Link to Related Families.


Source: FWS leaflet #4

PARMELIA SHEPARDSON (Samuel6, John5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married June 19, 1824, Zelotus Barney*. He is reported to have been the son of John Barney, Jr., and thus grandson of Capt. John Barney, whose daughter Anna married SAMUEL SHEPARDSON; but several have reported him to have been a brother of Joseph Barney, who married ANNA SHEPARDSON (8), in which case he was the son of James and Thankful (March) Barney. The Guilford records give the name of wife of John Barney as "Ruth." They settled first at Adams, NY, near where his wife's sisters, Chloe and Anna, located. Later they moved to OH, where she died at Sandusky, July 23, 1849, of the cholera, which was epidemic that year. He died in Macomb, Hancock County, OH, in August 1877. Children: *Link to Related Families, Barney Family


Source: FWS leaflet #5

WILLIAM HENRY SHEPARDSON (Joseph6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Leyden and Colerain, MA. He married January 23, 1823, Mary (Polly) Baker of Leyden, daughter of Benjamin Baker (Benjamin and Mary (Sherman) Baker) and his wife, Hannah Tucker. In October 1835, with his family, he moved from Colerain to Norwich, OH. He died August 31, 1846, in Union County, IA. Children, first five born in Colerain, last in Norwich:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

JAMES PACKER SHEPARDSON (Joseph6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) was a blacksmith, and at an early day went to Ohio, first to Coshocton County, but finally located in Lower Sandusky (now Fremont, Marion County), where he died October 24, 1834. He married and had one daughter, and perhaps more.


Source: FWS leaflet #5

HORATIO JEFFERSON SHEPARDSON (Joseph6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1), a farmer of Colerain, MA, had previously lived in Guilford and Brattleboro, VT. He married February 8, 1827, Mary Sophia Brown (born July 23, 1808, died May 20, 1892) of Colerain, daughter Of Thomas and Rachel (Franklin) Brown. He and his wife spent their last days at the home of their daughter Sibyl in Greenfield, MA, where he died November 15, 1886. Children, all born at Colerain:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

JOHN SHEPARDSON (Jared6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) moved from Halifax, VT, in 1817 with his mother's family to Gerry, NY. Here he married Nancy, daughter of Gilbert Strong of Gerry, and settled upon a farm. Later he moved to West Dunville, Canada, where he died October 20, 1840. His widow returned to Gerry and lived with her father until 1843, when she married (2) Gilbert Sweet. Children born in Gerry, NY:


Source: FWS leaflet #5

WILLIAM SHEPARDSON (Jared6, Zephaniah5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Halifax, VT, until thirteen years of age, when his mother moved with her family of small children to Gerry, NY. Here he learned the carpenter's trade and also engaged in cutting and collecting logs on the banks of Chautauqua and Cassadaugua Creeks, floating them down the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers to Cincinnati, where they were sold. In the Ohio the logs were floated in rafts, a raft frequently covering an acre of area. In 1838 he went to Cincinnati with logs, going from there by water to St. Louis, where he worked at carpentering for several months before returning to Gerry. His last logging and rafting trip to Cincinnati was in 1844. He married January 14, 1829, Hannah Eaton (born at Waterville, VT, July 23, 1807, died at Sugar Grove, IL, November 11, 1887), daughter of Sylvenus Eaton (Jonathan4, Jonathan3, John2, John1) and Almira Sloan (Alexander).


In August 1845, two wagons left Gerry for Illinois. In one was the family of Newton Sterns, a party of four. The second wagon, owned by William Shepardson, contained beside himself, his wife and three children and the family of James Wesson, making a party of eleven. The older members of the party walked. The party passed by way of Erie, PA, and after a period of six weeks, with a stop of one week for repairs and rest in Indiana and one day mired in the mud on Calumet Flats, within sight of Chicago, reached Naperville, De Kalb County, IL, October 9, 1845, the home of Mr. Thayer, formerly of Gerry. They decided to go no farther west. That winter William Shepardson secured work with the Illinois and Michigan Canal at Lockport, receiving $1.50 per day for himself and team. The next spring he moved to Paw Paw Township, De Kalb County, IL, where he secured a 40-acre tract from the government at $1.25 per acre, living in a log cabin until 1847, when he moved into his new home. He was a Justice of Peace in 1847 and for several years thereafter; was a supervisor of Paw Paw in 1852 and 1854 and a member of the Illinois Legislature, 1852-4. The records of the Johnson Grove Baptist Church, Clinton Township, De Kalb County, IL, for October 1857, read: "William Shepardson was rec'd a member of the church by experience, formerly connected with the Methodist." A week or two later his wife was received, and for the next few years he served frequently on committees of the church.


In 1862 he sold his farm, which had increased to 228 acres, to his son, Sylvenus and moved to Aurora, IL, living until his death in the brick house which he purchased at 204 Galena Street. In Aurora he held the offices of Justice of Peace, Notary Public, and also Police Magistrate for many years. In politics he voted for Fremont and was a Republican during the war, but later in life was a Democrat. He died at Aurora, IL, July 24, 1882, of paralysis and was buried in Lake Street Cemetery. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #7

ALLEN CHURCH SHEPARDSON (Noah6, Amos5, Amos4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married January 8, 1821, Mary Ann Barker, who was born May 2, 1795, and moved to Coldwater, MI, where he was a miller. He died February 1, 1871 in Coldwater, MI. His children lived in Hodunk, Branch County, MI.


Source: FWS leaflet #7

NOAH SHEPARDSON (Noah6, Amos5, Amos4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Hebron, VT, then moved to Saratoga, NY, and after 1840, lived in South Adams, MA, where he died July 6, 1866. He married in North Dorset, VT, May 7, 1826, Betsey E. Curtiss, who was born December 22, 1804. She died in South Adams, April 18, 1865. He was a physician. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #7 & RDS History

OTIS SHEPARDSON (Noah6, Amos5, Amos4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married (1) December 25, 1827, Lydia C. Calvin, who was born October 25, 1806, and died December 30, 1866; (2) August 28, 1867, Mary C. Barber, who was born November 9, 1840. He lived in Lyndonville, NY, where he was a farmer and a man of much influence in the community. He died March 1, 1887. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #7

ADAH SHEPARDSON (Noah6, Amos5, Amos4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married Lewis Merritt Walker, April 21, 1829. He was born February 24, 1808, and died January 16, 1892. She died January 17, 1901. He was a farmer in Chippenhook, VT, and a man of much influence. He was a member of the Vermont legislature, as his father and grandfather were before him. Children:


Source: FWS leaflet #7

ERASTUS COOK SHEPARDSON (William6, William5, John4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married Tryphenia Colson June 5, 1825. She died August 15, 1869. He died March 14, 1893. They had five children and also adopted J. H. Shepardson, son of John H. Shepardson, brother of Erastus (see JOHN HUBBARD SHEPARDSON below). Resided Pooleville, NY until 1855, when he moved to Shattucks Grove, IL, where he lived until his death. Children:


Sources: FWS leaflet #7 & ???

JOHN HUBBARD SHEPARDSON (William6, William5, John4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married ———. One child:


Source: FWS leaflet #7

JOSEPH SHEPARDSON (Joseph6, Jonathan5, John4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married (1) Jerusha Pratt, by whom he had five children, (2) Rebecca Rathburn June 8, 1831, by whom he also had five children; (3) about 1852, Sally (Jeffrys) Gould, without issue. He died 6 July 52, 1855. All his descendants spell the name Shepherdson. He resided in Chenango, Broome County, NY. Children:


Source: FWS 1906 leaflet

DANIEL MORSE SHEPARDSON (Daniel6, Ancel5, John4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1), born in Granville, Ohio; was a farmer there until he retired from active labor. Succeeded his father as deacon of the Granville Baptist Church. Member of the Board of Trustees of Denison University since 1863. Was one of the prominent citizens of Granville for many years. He married, November 8, 1848, Abby L., daughter of Jatham W. and Lucy H. (Chilson) Durant. She was born in Vermont, October 1, 1827, and died in Granville, May 14, 1904. Children:


Sources: FWS leaflet #1 & GCS History

SAMUEL CARLETON SHEPARDSON (Joel6, Ancel5, John4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) came to Fletcher in 1838 at 14 years of age with his family. He married October 3, 1850 Emily Robinson, born April 28, 1823, daughter of Joseph and Junia (Montague) Robinson of Fletcher. He died in Fletcher July 14, 1903. Emily died February 23, 1906. Both buried Binghamville Cemetery. 4 children, all born in Fletcher:



On October 3, 1900, Samuel and his wife, Emily, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their farm home in West Fletcher, VT.

Sources: FWS leaflets #3 & #6

NATHANIEL SHEPARDSON (Isaac6, Nathaniel5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* died in Bridgewater (now Brockton) MA, in 1872. He married four times. He seems to have lived in Dedham and Wrentham before settling in Bridgewater. He married Sally Edison, daughter of Seth Edison, October 28, 1808, Nancy Edson, March 4, 1815, the Edsons being of Bridgewater, and Polly Reynolds of Stoughton in 1852. The name of the fourth wife is unknown (1907) likewise name of one of his children if the statement of a grandson that he had twelve is true. Children:


Sources: FWS leaflets #3 & #6

JAMES SHEPARDSON (Isaac6, Nathaniel5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* lived in Franklin, MA, where he died. Children:


Sources: FWS leaflets #3 & #6

JOHN SHEPARDSON (Isaac6, Nathaniel5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* married and probably lived in Wrentham, MA. Children:


Sources: FWS leaflets #3 & #6

ISAAC SHEPARDSON (Isaac6, Nathaniel5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* died in Wrentham, MA. Children:


Sources: FWS leaflets #3 & #6, & FamilySearch.org

JONATHAN SHEPARDSON (Isaac6, Nathaniel5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1)* married Esther Richardson. Children:


 

*Replaces the line of Isaac6, Isaac5, Nathaniel4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1.

**Not in FamilySearch.org.

Sources: FWS leaflet #7 & Shepardsons.org

JONATHAN SHEPARDSON (Daniel6, Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Royalston, MA, where he was a farmer. He also had a blacksmith shop. He married March 29, 1825, Nancy Jaseph4 (previously married, Warwick, MA).


He was well educated for a man of this time, and spent a number of years of his early manhood teaching school. After he was married he made his home at the foot of Doane Hill in West Royalston, MA. He went into the lumber business sawing boards from logs using a vertical up-and-down saw. After Nancy’s death (July 6, 1869), Jonathan lived with his daughter12 until he died, January 18, 1875. Children (7 sons, 1 daughter)12:


 

*Refer to Footnote #2 for Quincy, #1 for Lucius & Erastus Andrew, #2 & #12 for Joseph, #5 for Jonathan, #1 & #12 for Mary, #2 for Charles, & #12 for unnamed son. Putting the footnote numbers next to the children causes spacing issues on the website.

Source: Shepardsons.org

PRUDENCE (PRUDA) SHEPARDSON (Daniel6, Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married *William Moore1 (born 1804) of Montague, MA, intentions published February 6, 1826. She died June 26, 18775 & he died May 13, 18805, both in Royalston, MA. Both are buried in Olde Centre Cemetery, Royalston, MA. Children: *Link to Related Families, Moore Family


 

*Refer to Footnote #2 for Alfrida, #2 & #3 for William, Mary, & Sophia, #1 & #2 for John, & #2 & #12 for Henry. Putting the footnote numbers next to the children causes spacing issues on the website.

Source: Shepardsons.org

MILLIE SHEPARDSON (Daniel6, Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married George Washington Moore, Jr.* (born September 29, 1811, Putney, VT). Marriage intention was recorded on April 14, 1832 in Warwick, Franklin, MA. She died August 22, 1893. He died December 28, 1859, both in Athol, MA. Children: * Link to Related Families, Moore Family.


Sources: FWS leaflet #2, Shepardsons.org, & FamilySearch.org

DANIEL SHEPARDSON6 (Rev.) (Daniel6, Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1), born in Royalston, Worcester County, MA, was the first of the family name in America to attend college, spending two years at Amherst College and two years at Brown University. Alpha Delta Phi. Did not graduate, but received honorary degree of Master of Arts from Granville College (now Denison University) in 1846 and same degree from Brown University in 1853, also the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of Lewisburg (now Bucknell University) in 1872. Moved to Ohio in 1841, traveling by stage to Albany, thence by packet boat on the Erie Canal thirteen days and nights to Buffalo, thence six more days by lake and the Ohio Canal to Newark, Licking County. Baptist minister in Zanesville, Cincinnati, Cheviot and Piqua. Principal of Woodward High School, Cincinnati, 1855-1862, and for sixteen years member of Board of Examiners and Inspectors of Schools in that city. Principal of the Young Ladies' Institute, Granville, OH, 1868-1887, and founder of Shepardson College, the women's department of Denison University. Member of Board of Trustees of Denison University 1843-1860 and 1880-1889. He died in Granville, December 9, 1899. He married (1) Harriet S. Wilcox, February 13, 1841 in Sandisfield, MA. She died in Newark, OH, August 1841; (2) Harriet Bestor Beard of Zanesville, OH, December 1, 1842. She died in Cincinnati, OH, June 9, 1853; (3) Eliza Ann Smart* (born March 21, 1835, daughter of James Rogers and Hannah (Mulloy) Smart), June 18, 1854, in Orange, Meigs County, OH. 12 Children, 4 died in infancy12: *Link to Related Families, Smart Family.


Sources: FWS leaflet #2, Shepardsons.org, & FamilySearch.org

DAVID COOK SHEPARDSON (Daniel6, Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married Emily Grout4 (born 1808) of Warwick, MA, intentions published October 26, 1835. He lived most of his adult life in Warwick, MA. He was a farmer but also had a saw mill and was in the lumber business. Emily died September 10, 188211 & he died September 9, 189311. Both buried in Warwick, MA. Children (4 boys and 2 girls12):



*Refer to Footnotes #11 & #12 for Zorada (Zorabia), & Footnote #11 for Martha & Hosmer. Putting the footnote numbers next to the children causes spacing issues on the website.

Sources: FWS leaflet #2 & Shepardsons.org

JOHN SHEPARDSON (Rev.) (Daniel6, Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) was ordained as a Baptist Pastor in the New Salem & Prescott Church, 184212. He married (1) Marie A. Chamberlin4 (died Aug, 187312) of New Salem, MA, June 7, 1843; married (2) ———, August 18, 187412. Died December 14, 1889 at Taunton, MA. Children:


Sources: FWS leaflet #2 & Shepardsons.org

ERI SHEPARDSON1 (Danniel6, Jonathan5, Jonathan4, Nathaniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) lived in Royalston, MA. Married (1) Sarah Elvira1 Bemis12 (1814-1862), January 5, 18434; (2) Julia M.1 (1843-1916). He was a farmer and a lumberer. Eri was a charter member of the Masonic lodge, Star Lodge, of Athol. He served as the treasurer of the lodge for 25 consecutive years. He died March 5, 1895. Sarah & Julia buried in Royalston next to Eri. Children (all born to Sarah):



*Refer to Footnote #1 for John, Susan, & Luke, & Footnotes #1 & #12 for Delia. Putting the footnote numbers next to the children causes spacing issues on the website.


Source: FamilySearch.org

NOAH SHEPARDSON, JR. (Noah6, Daniel5, Daniel4, John3, Daniel2, Daniel1) married (1) Cynthia Nye (born about 1788, daughter of William and Mary (Purrington) Nye) on September 27, 1804 in Halifax, VT; (2) Polly Bixby (born about 1789, daughter of David and Sally (Aldrich) Bixby) on December 22, 1808 in Guilford, VT; (3) Juliana Nichols (born September 2, 1791, daughter of Deacon and Rhoda (Carpenter) Nichols). Noah died May 23, 1867 and Juliana died December 25, 1870, both in Guilford, VT. Children, first with Polly, others with Juliana:


 

*I believe that Harriot & Cynthia Nye are related, although I can’t find any information to confirm it.