Elizabeth Shapard

Not Elizabeth Sophia PrIce

biography

From https://shapardhistory.blogspot.com/2016/05/history-of-early-shapar...

Samuel Shapard II (b.c. 1729- d. 1781) was born circa 1729 in King and Queen County, Virginia. He was the first child born from the union of Samuel Shapard and his first wife (name unknown) He was likely named after his paternal grandfather, as this was the English custom for the first born son. Samuel II was educated in his youth and as an adult became financially successful in life. In 1747, at about 18 years of age, Samuel moved to Goochland County, Virginia. In 1748, Samuel married Miss Elizabeth Price, daughter of John and Hannah Price of Goochland County, Virginia. That same year, Elizabeth father deeded the newlyweds 100 acres from his land on Tuckahoe Creek. Samuel was about 23 years of age in 1752 when his father died. In 1756, Samuel and his wife purchased 258 acres of land in Henrico County, Virginia, on the branches of Deep Run Creek. A year later, Samuel sold all of his land in Goochland County to his brother-in-law, William Price, who, in turn, sold the same land to Samuel brother John Shapard in 1759. Elizabeth Shapard died between 1773 and 1781. Samuel Shapard II died in 1781, before November 19th, at the age of about 52 years.

Samuel and Elizabeth had eight children who survived to adulthood:

1. Mildred married William Coutts on September 28, 1775;
2. Elizabeth married Joseph Duvall on September 24, 1773;
3. Mary married Charles Cottrell on September 4, 1777;
4. Frances married Thomas Shoemaker on November 19, 1781;
5. Susanna married Peter Cottrell on November 6, 1778;
6. Hannah married Shadrack Walker on April 12, 1783;
7. Samuel married Mary Allen on December 3, 1787;
8. Reuben married Sarah Cocke on April 24, 1793; and
9. William married Fanny Shaw on July 9, 1797.

Interestingly, all three of Samuel Shapard II sons eventually spelled their surname as Shepard, due to the fact that they were infants (under 21 years of age) at the time of their father death in 1781, and may have lacked the education and future guidance to spell their surname.