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Amos Shepardson

Amos Shepardson

Male 1752 - 1811  (58 years)


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  • Name Amos Shepardson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Birth 25 Mar 1752  Mendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 7, 8, 10
    Gender Male 
    Death 1811  [11
    • probate not settled until 1817
    Person ID I460  My Tree
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Father Amos Shepardson,   b. 5 May 1734, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rebecca Galloway,   b. 28 Feb 1733, Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1810, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Unknown 
    Children 
     1. Nathan Shepardson,   b. 1776, R. Island Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F135  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Hannah Norcross,   b. 15 Sep 1754, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1817 (Age > 64 years) 
    Marriage 1 Oct 1778  Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 9, 12
    Children 
     1. Hawley Shepardson  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Hannah Shepardson  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Joanna Shepardson  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Abigail Shepardson,   b. 1 Mar 1765, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1845, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Lewis Shepardson,   b. 1781, Lanesboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1858, Lanesboro, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Lovett N Shepardson,   b. 24 Mar 1792, Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1875, Lenox, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Leonard Shepardson,   b. 1793   d. 24 Feb 1829, Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F134  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2025 

  • Photos
    Amos Shepardson Intent of Marriage to Hannah Norcross
    Amos Shepardson Intent of Marriage to Hannah Norcross
    Amos Shepardson - auction of real estate
    Amos Shepardson - auction of real estate
    Amos Shepardson's Estate Notice
    Amos Shepardson's Estate Notice
    newspapers.com The Pittsfield Sun (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) 04 Feb 1818, p. 4, Amos Shepardson's Estate
    Amos Shepardson's Estate - claims of creditors 1817
    Amos Shepardson's Estate - claims of creditors 1817
    Amos Shepardson - auction of real estate
    Amos Shepardson - auction of real estate
    Amos Shepardson's estate - Administrator Benjamin Lapham
    Amos Shepardson's estate - Administrator Benjamin Lapham
    Amos Shepardson's Estate - administrator Holley Shepardson
    Amos Shepardson's Estate - administrator Holley Shepardson
    FTDNA Match
    FTDNA Match
    Amos Shepardson and Hannah Norcross Marriage Record
    Amos Shepardson and Hannah Norcross Marriage Record
    A History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts : for 150 years : pg. 535
    A History of the Town of Northfield, Massachusetts : for 150 years : pg. 535
    Rhoda (Packard) Mills Shepherdson
    Amos Shepardson's Estate - creditors
    Amos Shepardson's Estate - creditors

  • Sources 
    1. [S327] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).

    2. [S333] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620-1988, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).Original data: Town and C;).

    3. [S242] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Nationa;), Year: 1810; Census Place: Florida, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 17; Page: 173; Image: 0205625; Family History Library Film: 00151.
      1810 United States Federal Census
      1810 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1810; Census Place: Florida, Berkshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 17; Page: 173; Image: 00151; Family History Library Film: 0205625


    4. [S60] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2018;), Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850.
      Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
      Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850
      Boston, Massachusetts; Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts to the Year 1850


    5. [S332] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;), Book Title: The Shepardson family : branches of the family in the United States when the first census was taken in 1790.

    6. [S242] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Third Census of the United States, 1810. (NARA microfilm publication M252, 71 rolls). Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Nationa;), Year: 1810; Census Place: Warwick, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 19; Page: 227; Image: 00239; Family History Library Film: 0205627.
      1810 United States Federal Census
      1810 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1810; Census Place: Warwick, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll: 19; Page: 227; Image: 00239; Family History Library Film: 0205627


    7. [S350] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).

    8. [S210] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea;).
      Birth date: 1750
      Birth place: Massachusetts
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=agbi&h=1521217&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    9. [S345] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp., Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data - With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Famil;).

    10. [S178] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).

    11. [S321] Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, Berkshire County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1761-1900, (Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society; Date: 2017;), Amos Shepardson 1817 - Berkshire Cases 2000-3999, p. 3484:29.
      https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/berkshire-county-ma-probate-file-papers-1761-1900/image/?pageName=3484:29&volumeId=48367&rId=68575216

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