FATHER

Benjamin Patterson

MOTHER

Elizabeth Abigail Safford

HUSBAND

John Shepherd

James G. Jones

CHILDREN with John Shepard or Shepherd

1. Hiram Shepherd b. Abt 1795 MO

2. Solomon Shepherd b. 01/Jan/1800 KY

3. John Shepherd b. 25/Nov/1802 KY

4. Sophia Shepherd b. 1807 KY

5. Benning (Benjamin) Shepherd  b. 1808 KY

Lucretia was a widow by 1810 and is listed as head of household in 1810, Breckinridge Co., KY.  She is listed as between 26-45.  Another female under 10.  The males are: 2 (under 10), 2 (10-15), 1 (1 (16-25), 1 (26-44).  A page from "Margaret Smith's book - my great grandfather and mother" (referring to Benjamin Patterson and Elizabeth Safford Patterson) found in the Breckinridge Library states that Lucretia Patterson married John Shephard 2-29-1795. The older two males in the 1810 household couldn't be her children, but  MAY be children from an earlier marriage of her husband.

The recorded deed below confirms that this Lucretia Patterson was the widow of John Shepherd who married James G. Jones in Perry Co., IN.  In that same county, her daughter, Sophia Shepherd, married William Blanchard.  Sometime after their mother's second marriage, Sophia, by then a widow, and her brother Benjamin Shepard moved to Vermillion Co., IN

Recorded in Deed Book C Breckinridge Co, KY p. 467 "January 9, 1816, David Curtis and Sophia his wife late Sophia Patterson, Isaac Patterson, of Breckinridge County, and James G Jones and Lucretia his wife late Lucretia Shepherd, widow and relict of John Shepherd, dec'd of the Indiana Territory, to Benjamin Patterson of Breckinridge County, whereas Benning Patterson and Hiram Patterson late of New Madrid County, Missouri Territory, died seized in fee of a tract of land each situated in said New Madrid Territory, Territory of Missouri, the said two tracts being the only lands confirmed and granted to the said Benning or Hiram in the said County of New Madrid, and whereas the said Sophia and Lucretia, sisters of the said Benning and Hiram, and Isaac Patterson, brother of the said Benning and Hiram, are each entitled to 1/6th part of the same tracts as heirs and legal representatives, Now the said David Curtis and Sophia his wife, James G. Jones and Lucretia his wife, and Isaac Patterson, for and in consideration of the $5.00 paid by the said Benjamin Patterson, have sold to the said Benjamin Patterson their undivided 3/6ths parts of the said two tracts of land, to which they may be entitled as heirs and legal representatives of the said Benning and Hiram Patterson. Certified and recorded January 9, 1816." See original documents on page for Benjamin Patterson

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