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Elizabeth Shepard (Van Metre)

Also Known As: "Elizabeth VanMetre Sheppard"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Somerset County, New Jersey, Colonial America
Death: June 1793 (77)
Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, Virginia, now West Virginia, United States
Place of Burial: Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John 'The Indian Trader' Van Meter and Margaret Van Meter
Wife of Capt. Thomas C. Shepherd, Sr.
Mother of Col. David Shepherd; Rebecca Warnock; Sarah Thornburg; Lawrence Shepherd, Sr.; William Shepherd and 15 others
Sister of Johannes Jansen Van Meter; Rebecca Janson Hedges; Isaac van Metre; Henry Hendrick Van Meter; Rachel Lessige and 7 others
Half sister of Johannes Jansen Van Meter; Maria Jones and Sarah Jansen Davis

MEMORIAL ID: 6827669 🪦
Managed by: Private User
Last Updated:

About Elizabeth Shepard

Daughter of John Vanmetre

Wife of Thomas C. Shepherd Sr.

Children: William, Thomas, John, Abraham, Susannah, Martha, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, David.

Grandson Thomas Thornburgh (Martha's?)
Son William's children: Thomas, William, Sarah

Reference:

  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6827669/elizabeth-shepherd: accessed February 15, 2024), memorial page for Elizabeth VanMeter Shepherd (1715–1792), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6827669, citing Shepherd Burial Ground, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA; Originally Created by: Dennis Coil (contributor 46553514); Added: Oct 6, 2002; Maintained by HJ (contributor 46937296); Sponsored by MRD (contributor 48350564).

Elizabeth Vanmeter Shepherd BIRTH 1715 Somerset County, New Jersey, USA DEATH 1792 (aged 76–77) Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Shepherd Burial Ground Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6827669



Children:

Rebecca Shepherd 1733-Deceased

David Shepherd 1734-1795

William Shepherd 1736-1824

Sarah Shepard 1737-1780

Elizabeth Shepherd 1738-1788

Mary Baldwin Sheppard 1742-1814

Thomas C. Shepherd II 1743-1792

John Shepherd 1749-1812

Mary Shepherd 1752-1812

Abraham Shepard 1754-1822

Susanna Shepherd 1758-1835

Martha Shepherd 1752-1825



https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6827669/elizabeth-shepherd Daughter of John Vanmetre

Wife of Thomas C. Shepherd Sr.

Children: William, Thomas, John, Abraham, Susannah, Martha, Sarah, Elizabeth, Mary, David.

Grandson Thomas Thornburgh (Martha's?) Son William's children: Thomas, William, Sarah


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GEDCOM Source

@R-1098072798@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

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Elizabeth Shepard's Timeline

1715
September 3, 1715
Somerset County, New Jersey, Colonial America
1734
January 17, 1734
Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, Colonial America
1734
Halifax, North Carolina, USA
1735
1735
Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States
1736
1736
Shepherdstown, Berkeley, West Virginia, United States
1737
1737
Orange County, Virginia
1737
Virginia, United States
1738
October 3, 1738
Mecklenburg, Frederick, Virginia, United States