We were at our favorite antique store in Lambertville, New Jersey, Kline's Court Antiques, and I was chatting with the owner, Mindy, about what my latest passion was......................
HERITAGE RETURNED.
She then went looking into cubbies, underneath drawers, searching behind things...
What she came up with was THE OLDEST THING I'VE EVER RESEARCHED !
It was deed......... and a will distribution.
This deed has Christiana Seeley Dare, (1728-1801), and widow of John Dare ( 1713-1785), along with her son and his wife, Seeley (1749-1811) & Hannah Dare (1752-?) selling a saw mill to David Sayre Sheppard, (1757-1827) It's dated April 12, 1794...........................
This, I believe, is the distribution for David Sayre Sheppard's will.
David was born on March 16, 1757 and died November 24, 1827.
Included in this certificate are his children from two wives, Sarah Ludlam Walker 1784-1814) (When she died in 1814, her portion went to her heirs), Joseph Sheppard (1786-1838), Ercurius Ludlam Sheppard (1793-1859), Providence Ludlam Sheppard (1788-1860), Isaac Aplin Sheppard (1806-1863), & Mary Sheppard Hann (1804-1885).
APPARENTLY David Sayre Sheppard had A LOT of property to disperse.
Let the games begin.
Lest You Forget,
Michael
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