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                               _Sampson SHEPHERD ___|
                              | (1708 - 1777)       |
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 _Thomas SHEPHERD ____________|
| (1745 - 1787)               |
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|                             |_Martha MAYO ________|
|                               (1713 - 1791)       |
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|--James SHEPHERD 
|  (1767 - 1853)
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|                              _Daniel HIGHSMITH ___|
|                             | (1710 - 1771)       |
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|_Elizabeth Martha HIGHSMITH _|
  (1749 - 1769)               |
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                              |_Ann BECK ___________|
                                (1715 - 1772)       |
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