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Sheppard, the year before his death, built a large brick house on his property, and died soon afterwards; the house is still standing, and the place is now owned by that enterprising cit- izen, Richard Laning, the son of John Laning. The following are the names of Joseph Sheppard's children :- David born 1758 ; Lydia, 1760; Ruth, 17th of 11th month, 1763; Isaac, 1766; Mary, and Lucy 11th month, 1773.
Amos, the son of Philip Sheppard, born about 1750, subse- quently married Hannah Westcott, and died in 1788, at middle age ; his widow married John Mulford. Josiah, the eldest son of Amos and Hannah W. Sheppard, born 14th of 9th month, 1778; his wife was Charlotte Westcott, daughter of Henry and Jane Harris Westcott. He died 4th of 10th month, 1850. His son Henry was born 3d of 6th month, 1808, married and lives in Fairfield township, near Cedarville ; they have a family of children. Jane, the daughter of Josiah, born in 1811, and died a young woman in 1828. Hannah, the daughter of Josiah and Charlotte W. Sheppard, born 23d of 10th month, 1813, married Ephraim Glaspey ; they have a family of children, and reside near the city of Bridgeton. Harriet, the fourth child of Josiah . and Charlotte W. Sheppard, born 19th of 2d month, 1816, mar- ried James Sheppard Kelsay in 1837 ; they have seven children. Martha, the daughter of Amos and Hannah W. Sheppard, born in 1780, subsequently married Charles Westcott, of Sayre's Neck, Cumberland county. She and her husband afterward moved to Covington, Kentucky, where she died in the winter of 1868, leaving children. Hannah, daughter of Philip and Mary Sheppard, married Ephraim Shaw; they had three children- Harvey, Mary and Lydia. Lydia, the youngest, in 1810 mar- ried Henry Whitaker. They reside at Millville, and have a large family of children, most of whom are married. Mary, daughter of Philip and Mary Sheppard, never married, and died 17th of 5th month, 1799, aged abont fifty years.
Naomi, daughter of Philip, married William Conner ; they had three children. Abigail, the eldest, born 31st of 8th month, 1764, married Thomas Brooks in 1789; they had ten children. Thomas died 16th of 9th month, 1829, and his widow, Abigail Brooks, died 19th of 8th month, 1841, aged seventy- seven years. Prudence, born 1766, and her first husband was James Sheppard, son of Elias and Susanna Sheppard, (James was a nephew of Mark Sheppard, who was one of the first of the Sheppard family that became a member of the Society of Friends.) Prudence had one daughter by her first husband, James Sheppard, which died in infancy. Her second husband was
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William Johnson. William and Prudence Johnson had eight children. She died 2d of 9th month, 1860 ; her last husband, William Johnson, died 17th of 2d month, 1831. David Conner, son of Naomi, left his native state and went to North Carolina, and there married and had a large family of children. Ichabod, son of Philip and Sarah Bennett Sheppard, born 11th of 12th month, 1769, married Ruth Sheppard, daughter of Joel and Hannah Jenkins Sheppard, (Joel was the eousin of Ichabod, being the son of Ephraim Sheppard.) Ichabod and his wife had two children-Phebe and Naomi. Ichabod died 22d of 4th month, 1799, and his widow, Ruth Sheppard, married David Bateman, a minister in the Baptist denomination ; they had three sons- Isaac, Daniel and David Bateman. Ruth, their mother, departed this life 29th of 7th month, 1806. Soon after that event David Bateman and his three sons-Isaac, Daniel and David-removed to Ohio, where their children, or some of them, are still living. Phebe, daughter of Ichabod and Ruth Sheppard, married 28th of 3d month, 1819, John Reeves. There were two children by that connection-one daughter living at this time in the city of . Bridgeton, and a son residing near Shiloh. Naomi, second daughter of Ichabod and Ruth Sheppard, born 17th of 9th month, 1800, and in 1817 she married Jonathan Young, who was afterwards drowned at sea; they had five children, all of whom died young, excepting Lewis Young, who is a resident of Bridgeton.
Harvey, son of Philip and Sarah B. Sheppard married in 1797, Hannah Smith, of Greenwich, daughter of Isaae and Cyn- thia Smith; he had one daughter-Hannah, by his first marriage. She married in 1818, John Test, the son of Francis Test, Jr. John and his second wife, Hannah S. Test, removed to Indiana. He studied law, and was elected to Congress during Andrew Jackson's administration. He was an uncle to Joseph Test, who resides in Salem. The second wife of Harvey Sheppard was Ruth Ogden, daughter of Elmer and Charlotte Ogden, of Fair- field township; they had three children-Philip, Abi and Ruth. The third wife of Harvey Sheppard was Amelia Davis, of Shiloh ; he and his last wife went west in 1818. Phebe, daughter of Philip Sheppard, married Joseph Newcomb. They lived in Back Neck, and had two children-Joseph and Sarah S. Newcomb. William, son of Philip Sheppard, born 29th of 11th month, 1778, married 8th of 2d month, 1803, Matilda Westcott, daughter of Henry and Jane Harris Westeott ; they had six children-Ichabod, William, Sarah, Harris, Phebe and Elmer Ogden Sheppard.
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Joel, son of Ephraim and Sarah Dennis Sheppard, born in 1748, married Hannah Jenkins, who was born 1749 and died in 1807; she left seven children, Dennis, Ruth, Sarah, Lydia, Amy, Elizabeth and Reuben Sheppard. Joel's second wife was Letitia Platts, widow of David Platts and daughter of David Gilman ; they had no issue. His third wife was Sarah Davis, of Shiloh ; they had no children. Joel was deacon in the old Cohansey Church, and was a large farmer, living in Hopewell township, and was a prominent citizen. Dennis, son of Joel and Hannah Sheppard, married a young woman by the name of Ayars. They moved to one of the Western States in 1817. Ruth, daughter of Joel Sheppard, married Ichabod, son of Philip and a cousin of her father. Sarah, daughter of Joel and Han- nah J. Sheppard, born 1775, married in 1799 Samuel Bond Davis, son of Elnathan and Susannah Bond Davis. Elnathan was the greatest surveyor in his generation in this section of the State, for many years after the Revolution. The late Josiah Harrison, of Salem, who died aged over ninety years, who was a surveyor in his early life, told me a short time previous to his death that he regarded Elnathan Davis as captain general of the surveyors of Salem and Cumberland counties. Samuel B and Sarah Davis had several children, one of whom, Jarman A. Davis, lives in Shiloh, and is a Justice of the Peace. Lydia Sheppard, daughter of Joel, married in 1804 Oswell Ayars ; they had children but they are all deceased. Amy, daughter of Joel and Hannah Sheppard, born 15th of 2d month, 1780; in 1803 she married Oliver Harris, son of Robert Harris. Oliver and Amy Harris had seven children-Hosea, Hannah S., Mary, Eliza, Samuel S. and Robert. Eliza was born 14th of 10th month, 1808, and in 1826 married Hezekiah Johnson ; they moved to Oregon and are still living. One of their children is Franklin Johnson, D. D.,pastor of a Baptist Church, at Newark, New Jersey. He is the author of several commentaries on the International Sunday School Lessons, now in general use. Samuel, son of Oliver and Amy Harris, was born 24th of 11th month, 1813. Eliz- abeth, daughter of Joel and Hannah Sheppard, in 1805 mar- ried Eli Bereman. Soon after their marriage they moved to Highland county, Ohio; they had issue. Reuben, son of Joel and Hannah Sheppard, married Elizabeth W. Dare. Reuben and his wife moved to Ohio in 1817; they had one son-Wil- liam Alfred Sheppard, who was a physician at New Vienna, Clinton county, Ohio. He died in 1871, leaving children, one of whom, Henry A. Sheppard, is a lawyer at Hillsboro, Ohio.
Abner, second son of Ephraim and Sarah Dennis Sheppard,
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born 28th of 5th month, 1750; his first wife was Mary Dowd- ney, who died about fifteen months after their marriage, leaving one child. Abner's second wife was Ruth Paulin; she died 1st month, 1797. His third wife was Mary McGear, widow of John McGear ; she died 29th of 4th month, 1809, and his fourth wife was Elizabethi Fithian. Abner was a farmer, and lived in Hope- well township the greater part of his life. At the time of the American Revolution he was in the Militia, and was in Colonel Hand's regiment at the fight of Quinton's Bridge, and took part in the battle; he died 12th of 3d month, 1824. The follow- ing are the names of his children-Mary, Ephraim, (who died young,) Henry, Temperance, Phebe, Prudence, Delanah, Lafay- ette, Ruth, Mary and Ephraim Elmer Sheppard.
James Sheppard, the son of Ephraim and Sarah Dennis Shep- pard, was born 25th of 12th month, 1752. His wife was Han- nah Brooks, whom he married 23d of 1st month, 1774; she died in 1777. His second wife was Keziah Barber; they were mar- ried in 1778. She died 11th of 6th month, 1824, and James, her husband, 3d of 6th month, 1825. He was a deacon in Co- hansey Baptist Church, a farmer and a large land owner in Hopewell township, and had an excellent character for npright- ness in his dealings with his fellow men, and was greatly re- spected by all who knew him. The children of James and Hannah B. Sheppard were David and Phebe Sheppard, and by his second wife, Keziah Barber Sheppard, Hannah, Rachel, Mary, Joseph, William, Prudence, Rebecca, Phebe and Hope. Most of these children lived to grow up and marry. William, the son of James Sheppard, born 30th of 7th month, 1785, married 23d of 3d month, 1808, Ann Husted, daughter of Henry and Ann Sheppard Husted, of Shrewsbury Neck. Wil- liam was an ordained minister of the Baptist denomination, but never had charge of a church. He was a farmer, and preached as he had opportunity. They had thirteen children.
Hannah, the daughter of Ephraim and Sarah Sheppard, born about 1754, married Daniel Moore; she died about 1784. Rachel, another daughter, born in 1761, married James Sayre, who was wounded at the massacre at Hancock's Bridge in 1778. Ephraim, son of Ephraim and Sarah, moved to Salem, and married Eliza- beth, widow of John Challis, and mother of John and James Challis; (the latter afterward became an ordained minister among the Baptists.) Elizabeth Milbank, mother of these chil- dren, was born at Waltham, England, 2d of 5th month, 1770. Ephraim and his wife, Elizabeth M. Sheppard, had one daugh- ter, Mary W., born in 1809.
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David, son of Joseph and Mary Sheppard, born 1758, married in 1783, Phebe, daughter of Providence and Sarah Ludlam ; she died in 1799, leaving six children. Sarah, the eldest child, married in 1803, William Walker, a resident of Upper Allo- ways Creek, Salem county ; they had three children. Phebe Walker, their eldest daughter, married Thomas Bilderback, of Allowaystown ; they have children. William Sheppard, a son, married Ann Stow, and lived on the homestead farm until his death; since that event his widow and his daughters have resided in Salem. Charles H. Walker owns and resides upon the homestead farm.
Joseph, the son of David and Phebe L. Sheppard, born 9th of 1st month, 1786, was elected pastor of the First Baptist Church at Salem, in 1809, and was pastor of said church until 1829, and then removed to Mount Holly, where he continued as pastor seven years, but his health failing him he resigned his pastoral charge and moved to Camden. He never took another pastoral charge, but preached occasionally when health per- mitted ; he died in Camden in 1838, in the fifty-third year of his age. His wife was Hannah F. Budd; they had four chil- dren-Mary, Phebe Ann, Hannah and Josephine Sheppard ; they all married but Hannah. Phebe Ann lived in the state of Georgia. Josephine lived in Washington, D. C., but died a few years ago. David Sheppard's second wife was Miriam Smith, widow of Isaac Smith ; she died in 1815, and David in 1827. He was a deacon of Cohansey Church, and was a promi- nent citizen. For many years he lived on the homestead farm in Fairfield township, but in later years he moved to Bridgeton, and built a large brick mansion on the west side of the Cohansey, where his son, Isaac A. Sheppard, lived and died. The dwelling is now known as Ivy Hall Seminary for ladies. Providence Ludlam, son of David Sheppard, born 21st of 2d month, 1788, married Mary Letson, of New Brunswick, New Jersey. One of their children, Ebenezer L. Sheppard, lives in Pittsgrove township, and is a member and clerk of the Pittsgrove Baptist Church. He has recently written and published a historical sketch of that church. William Ludlam and David were twin sons of David Sheppard, and were born 6th month, 1790. William died in 1823, and never married. David, his brother, studied for a physician, but died suddenly about the time he was ready to commence the practice of his profession. Ercurius, the son of David, married Martha Lupodius, of New Brunswick. She is still living, but Ercurius is deceased. He left three chil- dren-Mary, Sarah and Martha. Ebenezer, the son of David,
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born 23d of 7th month, 1798, died 6th month, 1814. Mary, the daughter of David and Miriam Sheppard, his second wife, married in 1824, Jonathan J. Hann ; they had two children- Maria and Mary Hann. The latter married Joseph Moore, homeopathie physician, of Bridgeton; she died in 1860. Isaac A. Sheppard, son of David, born in 1806, married Sth of 4th month, 1828, Jane H. Bennett; she died in 1839, aged thirty-five years. Isaac's second wife was Hannah B. McLean, whom he married in 1841, but she only lived a little over a year. His third wife was Margaretta E. Little, who is still living ; they were married in 1850. Isaac A. Sheppard died suddenly in his office in 1863, having been found dead sitting in his chair. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church of Bridgeton. His oldest son, Isaac A., born in 1829, died 11th of 4th month, 1832. Jane B., daughter of Isaac A. Sheppard, born in 1831, married in 1868, Horatio J. Mulford, the eldest son of the late Henry Mulford, of Bridgeton. Horatio, with his brother Isaac W., and his sisters, were the originators and principal benefactors of the South Jersey Institute, a school for both sexes, located in Bridgeton. The cost of the building has been estimated at $60,000. It has a fine corps of teachers, and has been in operation six years, during which time it has established a reputation equal to the best educational institutions in the country. Horatio's wife, Jane Mulford, like her father, died suddenly, and was found dead sitting in her chair, on the even- ing of 9th of 2d month, 1874. She was a woman of great usefulness in the church and in the community, and her loss was deeply felt by all. She left one child, a son, Horatio Jones Mulford, Jr., who was born in 1869. There were seven other children of Isaac A. Sheppard's-Miriam, Theodore, Francis, Charles, Elizabeth, Frank and Frederick.
Isaac, son of Joseph and Mary Sheppard, born in 1766, mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Jeremiah Bennett; she died in 1797. Isaac's second wife was Jane Harris Westcott, the widow of Henry Westcott, and daughter of Ephraim and Jane Harris, of Fairfield township. His third wife was Abigail B. Husted, widow of Henry Husted, and daughter of Ichabod Bishop. Isaac Sheppard died 16th of 12th month, 1815. He had five children-Isaac, the eldest, never married; Henry, the second son of Isaac and Sarah Sheppard, married 27th of 3d month, 1811, Eunice Westcott. Soon after their marriage they moved to one of the Western States, and Henry died there. His widow returned to her native state and died in 1868. They had a family of children. Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Sarah
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Sheppard, born 23d of 11th month, 1797, married 17th of 3d month, 1819, Elmer Ogden ; she died 21st of 12th month, 1853; he lives in Greenwich, and has several children. Ephraim, the son of Isaac and Jane H. Sheppard, born 15th of 8th month, 1801, married in 1819, Jane, daughter of Jehiel and Mary Westcott; she died in 1823. His second wife was Mary, daughter of John and Mary B. Westcott, of Fairfield ; she died in 1842, and he died 9th of 7th month, 1848. His children by his first wife were Ephraim, the eldest, who went west, and died there; and Elias Sheppard, who died young .- Mary Jane, daughter of Ephraim and Mary Sheppard, mar- ried Charles Campbell. Isaac Aplin Sheppard, son of Ephraim and Mary Sheppard, went to Philadelphia to live, and subse- quently was elected a member of the Pennsylvania Legislature for several sessions. Isaac is the head of the great stove firm of I. A. Sheppard & Company. Joseph, the son of Ephraim Sheppard, married Sarah Flanagin, of Sculltown ; he now lives in Camden county, between Haddonfield and Camden.
Lucy, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Sheppard, born in 11th month, 1773, married Isaac, son of Isaac and Judith Wheaton, in 1792; Isaae was born in 9th month, 1769. By that connection there were seven children-Joseph, the eldest, born 17th of 3d month, 1795, died 3d of 3d month, 1871, never married. Their second son, Providence Ludlam Wheaton, born 21st of 4th month, 1798, died 1st of 3d month, 1867; his wife was Ruth Foster ; they had one son-Andrew Evans Wheaton, who resides at Greenwich with his mother. Mary Sheppard Wheaton, the eldest daughter of Isaac and Lucy S. Wheaton was born 20th of 11th month, 1799; she was the second wife of Henry Mulford. Their three oldest children were Anna, Maria, Hannah and Isaac W. Mulford. William Wheaton, the son of Isaac and Lucy Wheaton, was born 18th of 4th month, 1801, is living in Hopewell township, and has a large family of children. Isaac Wheaton, born 26th of 2d month, 1803, died 6th of 7th month, 1846, leaving no children. Hannah, the daughter of Isaac and Lucy S. Wheaton, born 25th of 3d month, in 1805, married in 1823 Gabriel Davis Hall, of Bacon's Neck, son of Ebenezer Hall. Gabriel and his wife had several chil- dren. She died 31st of 8th month, 1849.
Henry, son of Abner and Ruth Sheppard, was born in 1787, and married in 12th month, 1815, Margaret Lummis ; she died 11th of 8th month, 1817. Henry's second wife was Sarah B. Ogden, widow of Jolın B. Ogden. They were married in 3d month, 1819; she died in 1858, and her husband, Henry
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Sheppard, in 30th of 7th month, 1867. He was a hatter, and fol- lowed the business many years in Bridgeton, where he settled early in life. He was postmaster for several years in that town. All his children were by his second wife, Sarah B. Ogden. Jane Buek, daughter of Henry and Sarah B. Sheppard, born 11th of 12th month, 1819, married in 1840, to Lorenzo Fisler Lee ; he died 17th of 7th month, 1848, leaving a widow and four children-Henry Sheppard, Jr., born 8th of 11th month, 1821, inarried 3d of 4th month, 1845, Rhoda S. Nixon, daughter of Jeremiah Nixon. A short time after their marriage they moved to Springfield, Green county, Missouri; and he has prospered there. For many years he and his brother Charles did the leading mercantile business of the place, but both have now retired from active business. Henry commanded one of the regiments of the militia of the state, and was out several times during the Rebellion. That part of the state suffered much from the war. They have four children-Francis Henry, John Nixon, Mary Thompson and Margaret Sheppard. Charles, son of Henry and Sarah Sheppard, born 5th of 9th month, 1823, married 5th of 11th month, 1856, Luey Dow, daughter of Ira and Mary Dow, of East Hardwick, Vermont; Charles and his family are living at Springfield, Missouri ; he being cashier of Greene County National Bank. There are three more children of Henry Sheppard, Sr .- Sarah, Margaret and Joseph Ogden, who reside in Bridgeton. Joseph is a physician, and during the Rebellion for a time served as a surgeon in the army.
Ephraim Elmer, son of Abner and Mary Sheppard, born 2d of 10th month, 1804, married 1st of 5th month, 1828, Jane Eliz- abeth Dare, daughter of David and Rebecca Fithian Dare .- They reside in Bridgeton. Ephraim was elected Clerk of the county of Cumberland in 1852 and served to 1857. He was appointed a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for said county in 1863, and re-appointed in 1868, and was elected Mayor of Bridgeton in the spring of 1873. His term expired in 1876. Ephraim and his wife had eight children. Ephraim Elmer, Jr., born 19th of 3d month, 1830, married 2d of 4th month, 1856, Cinderilla Maxson Bonham, daughter of Hezekiah Bon- ham, of Shiloh. They had several children, four of whom are living. They reside at Elmer, Salem county. Elizabeth R. Sheppard, born 6th of 4th month, 1832, married in 1850 George W. Elwell. They live in Bridgeton, and have one son, Albert Sheppard, born 17th of 3d month, 1853, who is a druggist. Ruth N. Sheppard, daughter of Ephraim, born 21st of 12th inonth, 1834, is not married. David Dare Sheppard, son of
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Ephraim, born 15th of 6th month, 1836, married 18th of 10th month, 1866, Cornelia Albertson, daughter of Amos Buzby, of Pilesgrove. He was in the dry goods business in Bridgeton until 1870, when he moved to Springfield, Missouri, and went into business with his brother, William D. Sheppard, John Caldwell Calhoun, son of Ephraim Sheppard, born 23d of 4th month, 1840, married in 1861, Jane Elizabeth Smith, of Philadelphia, and resides in that city. William D. Sheppard, son of Ephraim, born 28th of 2d month, 1842, married 18th of 3d month, 1869, Josephine M. Trull, daughter of Nathaniel Trull, of North Tewsbury, Massachusetts. He moved to Spring- field, Missouri, in the fall of 1866, and is in business with his brother, David Sheppard. Enoch Fithian Sheppard, son of Ephraim, born 21st of 8th month, 1843, died in 1846. Charles E., son of Ephraim and Jane Elizabeth Sheppard, born 1st of 11th month, 1846. He is a lawyer, and resides in Bridgeton.
The descendants of John and Thomas Sheppard, the emi- grants from Ireland, are more difficult to follow than the de- scendants of David, the emigrant. John married, and his eldest son, Dickinson, was born as early as 1685, and became a large landholder. In 1722 he purchased 1,400 acres of land on the south side of Antuxet creek. In the following year he made another purchase of 1,600 acres adjoining his first purchase, all in the township of Downe, Cumberland county. Dickinson and his wife, Eve Sheppard, had seven children-Patience, Stephen, Dickinson, Jr., John, Jonadab, Ann and Eve Sheppard.
Mark Sheppard, son of John, (probably the John who was the son of Dickinson, and grandson of John, the emigrant,) was born in 1728. His parents were members of the Baptist Church, but he, when a young man, was convinced of the principles of the Society of Friends, applied for membership, and was received by the Society. By his first wife he had a daughter, Mary Sheppard, who married James, son of John and Mary Stewart, of Alloways Creek. She died young, leaving no issue. Mark Sheppard's second wife was Mary Craven, whom he married in 1760. By that connection there were four children-Thomas, born 12th of 11th month, 1764; Sarah, born 2d of 5th month, 1769 ; William, born 7th of 2d month, 1772, and Josiah, born 5th of 4th month, 1774. Mark Sheppard, the father, died the 16th of 5th month, 1780, aged fifty-two years. During his life he resided in Bacon's Neck. His son, William Sheppard, afterward married the widow of Ebenezer Hall, by whom he had five children, as follows : William married a young woman at Shiloh, a Seventh-day Baptist; Mary married Zebedee Clement; Charles
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married the daughter of Isaac Jones, of Conshohocken ; Rich- ard's first wife was Ann, daughter of Rachel Stewart, of Salem. She died young, leaving one daughter, Rachel Ann, who married Anthony Conard, near Wilmington, Delaware. She is deceased. Richard's second wife is Martha Holmes, daughter of Samuel Holmes, formerly of Upper Penn's Neck. Richard and his wife live at this time at Westfield, Burlington county. Casper W., the youngest son of William Sheppard, married the daugh- ter of the late Henry Mulford. Casper died several years ago.
David Sheppard, who lived in Bacon's Neck, was probably a brother of Dickinson. David and his wife, Ann Sheppard, had six children-David, Abel, Thomas, Prudence, Lucy and Phebe. David, their father, died in 1771, and his son Abel succeeded his father on the homestead in Bacon's Neck. Abel and Abigail Sheppard had nine children. Caleb, their son, born 1757, lived in Bacon's Neck on his father's property during his life.
Job Sheppard, born 1706, was the first pastor of the Baptist Church, at Mill Hollow, near Salem; he died with the small-pox, 2d of 3d month, 1757, and was buried in the graveyard at that place. He and his wife, Catharine Sheppard, had thirteen chil- dren. Elnathan, their oldest son, married and lived in Hope- well township, near the old Cohansey Church. Job Sheppard, Jr., was born 6th of 7th month, 1735, married Rachel, daughter of Thomas Mulford, of Cumberland. Job and his wife lived in Hopewell, near Bowentown. They had seven children. Belbe Sheppard, son of Job and Catharine Sheppard, was born abont 1737, married and resided in Alloways Creek. He died in 1764, and from him the Sheppard family in Lower Alloways Creek descend. Elizabeth, daughter of Job and Catharine Sheppard, married, but died young and left no issue. Jemima Sheppard, daughter of Job, married and left no issue. Daniel, son of Job and Catharine Sheppard, married a young woman, a resident of Salem. They had one son-Daniel Sheppard. Kerenhap- puch, daughter of Job Sheppard,lived in Lower Alloways Creek. Rebecca, daughter of Job and Catharine Sheppard, married Jon- athan Bowen, of Bowentown, she being his first wife. She died young, leaving one child, which died in infancy. Her husband was the grandfather of the late Dr. William S. Bowen, of Bridgeton. Catharine, daughter of Job, died when about sixteen years old. Cumberland Sheppard, son of Job and Catharine, married Amy Matlack, of Gloucester county. He lived and died there with his wife. They had several children. Martha, daughter of Job, married Isaac Mulford, of Hopewell. She did not live more than a year or two after that event. She left one child.
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