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Last name Shepperd
First name Morris
Display name Morris Shepperd
Birth date 1774
Gender m
Affiliations Society of Friends
Bio notes Morris Fletcher Sheppard was the son of Moses and Hannah Sheppard of Abington Monthly Meeting. He transferred his membership to Motherkiln in Delaware in 1797, and then to Horsham two years later. In 1805 he acknowledged his marriage out-of-unity at Farmington but was finally disowned by Farmington in 1814. Lived in Jerusalem near outlet of Crooked Lake, first cousin to Nathan Shepperd. Hosted Isaac Coates in 1803.

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Isaac Coates Journal of Journeys to the Indian Country