John Shepherd Book Genealogical Data Communication(GED)
A GEDCOM or GED file stores info in text form which enables you to transfer genealogical information from one site to another. The one I've posted here contains the info from the John Shepherd book.
*****John Shepherd's Parents
I have run across several files which say that Isaac and Sarah (Cheney) Shepard were the parents of John Shepherd, but that information is incorrect. I first found this file on a "Rootsweb: Harrison LaTour" website many years ago. It is still being repeated by other researchers on Ancestry and Family Search.
Isaac Shepard and Sarah (Cheney) Shepard
If you have Isaac and Sarah Shepard as the parents of John Shepherd born in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania around 1728, please remove them. They are NOT his parents. I am still looking for John's parents in the Philadelphia area.
*****Blackhole Valley, Williams Post and Laurel Sock
"For a time they dwelt in Blackhole Valley, Pa. Then they moved to Williams Post. For a number of years their home was in Laurel Sock, Northumberland County, Pa. Here several of their children were born."
"Lycoming County was formed from Northumberland County on April 13, 1795." Black Hole Valley, Williamsport (Williams Post) and Loyalsock (Laurel Sock) are all places in Lycoming County.
Royalton
"In 1816 Mr. Shepherd, who was then 88 years of age, emigrated with the family of his daughter, Mrs. Margaret Engle, to Royalton, Ohio. Mr. Shepherd drove the first team that ever entered Royalton. Mr. Engle's family was the first one to settle in Royalton township."
"Sometime between 1880 and 1890, the name of Royalton was changed to North Royalton because of another town in Ohio bearing the same name."