General Amos Shepard

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General Amos Shepard

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Birthplace: Coventry, Tolland, CT, British North America
Death: January 01, 1812 (67)
Place of Burial: Allstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Jonathan Shepard, Sr. and Love Shepard
Husband of Thankful Shepard
Brother of Prudence Ladd; Jonathan Shepard, Jr.; Capt. Oliver Shepard; Deacon Nathaniel Shepard; Anna King and 11 others
Half brother of Samuel Shepard

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About General Amos Shepard

Amos Shepard was commissioned Ensign of the 1st Co., 1st Conn. Regt., captained by Maj.-Gen. David Wooster, April 1775. He was promoted to Lieutenant 1 May 1775 and was discharged the following December.

He continued in military service after removal to Alstead, being Captain in Col. Benjamin Bellow's Regt. of N.H. Militia which reinforced the army at Ticonderoga in 1777.

He later rose to the rank of General and served many years as a member of the General Court and was president of the State Senate.

General Shepard had no children.

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General Amos Shepard's Timeline

1744
October 8, 1744
Coventry, Tolland, CT, British North America
1812
January 1, 1812
Age 67
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Allstead Center Cemetery, Allstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States