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Rachel Penfield Shepard

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Birth	:	28 Feb 1780
Death	:	26 Oct 1865
Burial	:	Trinity Church Cemetery, Portland, Middlesex County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5792618, -72.6346893
Description	:	age 86 ------------------------- (VI) Elijah, son of Thomas and Mercy (Sears) Shepard, was born March 18, 1782, at Chatham ; married November 20, 1806, Rachel, daughter of Simeon and Penelope (Eddy) Penfield, of Chatham. She was born February 28, 1780. Simeon Penfield, father of Rachel, was born about 1755, at Chatham, was a soldier in the revolution, a pensioner on the list of 1832 and again in 1840, when his age was given as eighty-five. The Penfields were numerous in Chatham and gave their name to Penfield Hill, where they lived. The family of Elijah Shepard belonged to the Episcopal Church. He... Read More	age 86 ------------------------- (VI) Elijah, son of Thomas and Mercy (Sears) Shepard, was born March 18, 1782, at Chatham ; married November 20, 1806, Rachel, daughter of Simeon and Penelope (Eddy) Penfield, of Chatham. She was born February 28, 1780. Simeon Penfield, father of Rachel, was born about 1755, at Chatham, was a soldier in the revolution, a pensioner on the list of 1832 and again in 1840, when his age was given as eighty-five. The Penfields were numerous in Chatham and gave their name to Penfield Hill, where they lived. The family of Elijah Shepard belonged to the Episcopal Church. He is said to have been a ship builder. He died August 28, 1823, leaving to his wife the problem of providing for four young children. Later on, she made her home with her son Edward, the only one of the family to remain in Chatham or Portland, but shortly before her death, removed to Bristol and died there, October 25, 1865, at the home of her daughter Harriet. **********************************************************************New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial, A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation -------------------------

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Latitude: 41.5792618
Longitude: -72.6346893

Family Members:

Parent

Simeon Penfield

(1754 - 1844)

Penelope Eddy Penfield

(1751 - 1811)

Spouse

Elijah Shepard

(1782 - 1823)

Siblings

Asahel Penfield

(1781 - 1792)

Ansel Penfield

(1783 - 1809)

Aseneath Penfield Hurlburt

(1793 - 1870)

Children

Alden Shepard

(1807 - 1813)

Ansel Penfield Shepard

(1809 - 1813)

Edward Shepard

(1813 - 1889)

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