SHEPARD, Jacob^[1]

1739 - 1798  (59 years)

• Name	SHEPARD, Jacob
  Birth	17 Apr 1739	Stoughton, MA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave	FindAGrave Memorial 27219134
  _COLOR	11
  Death	21 Jun 1798	Canton, MA
  Burial	Canton, MA
  	Address: Canton Corner Cemetery
  Person ID	I6299	Puffers
  Last Modified	24 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	SHEPHARD, Thomas,   b. Abt 1708, Brookline, MA d. 4 Feb 1782, Stoughton, MA (Age 74 years)
  Mother	MORSE, Amity,   b. 9 Nov 1710, Canton, MA d. 7 Mar 1748, Stoughton, MA (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1735	Stoughton, MA
  Family ID	F7275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PUFFER, Bathsheba,   b. 15 Nov 1745, Stoughton, MA d. 23 Feb 1809, Canton, MA (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	5 Dec 1765	Stoughton, MA   [1, 3]
  Children	1. SHEPARD, Thomas,   b. 16 Oct 1766, Stoughton, MA d. 18 Jan 1835, Canton, MA (Age 68 years)   2. SHEPARD, Oliver,   b. 16 Oct 1768, Stoughton, MA d. 19 Jan 1854, Canton, MA (Age 85 years)   3. SHEPARD, Jacob,   b. 13 Nov 1770, Stoughton, MA d. 23 Aug 1822, Canton, MA (Age 51 years)   4. SHEPARD, Bathsheba,   b. 9 Jul 1772, Canton, MA d. 23 Sep 1806, Easton, MA (Age 34 years)   5. SHEPARD, Isaac,   b. 12 Sep 1774, Stoughton, MA d. 15 Jan 1817, Canton, MA (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F2371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  He was a Revolutionary War Veteran, served under Major Miller's company a nd regiment of militia. With Capt. James Endicott's company which marc hed on the alarm of April 19, 1775, assisted in fortifying Dorchester H eights, and went to Moon Island when the British fleet was driven out o f Boston Harbor. He was a member of Captain Lyon's company in service a t Castle Island in 1778.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Descendants of George Puffer of Braintree, Massachusetts 1639-2020, Red Letter Edition, 43. [S466] _Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988. [S541] Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915.