Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Mackey and Shepard families tomorrow! It is always a day for keeping in touch with one another over a fine meal and conversation. I can imagine that this Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut family celebrated this holiday in the 1700s, much like we'll do tomorrow.
Here is a picture of Hebron's Old Town Hall.
I find it interesting that our grandmother, Fanny Carver Shepard's ancestors lived in Hebron from 1702 to 1828. Their surnames were: CARVER, TARBOX, FILER, PINNEY, PHELPS, LAIGHTON, and BURNHAM. In a way, it sort of reminds me of how many Shepard and Mackey families have lived in the Akron, Summit, Ohio area for that long c. 1918 to 2018...and all of our various surnames. (The Shepards came to Akron a bit later, in the 1920s.)
Ashbel, Anne and all their children were born in Hebron:
1732 Ann
1734 Ashbel
1737 Asenath, our ancestor
1740 Ursula
1742 Olive
1746 Oliver
1746 Isaac
1748 Abigail
1749 Martha
1751 Roswell
1752 Elihu
ASHBEL PHELPS
BORN: 1704 in Hebron, Tolland, CT
MARRIED: 9 Nov 1731 in Tarrington, CT
DIED: 18 Oct 1787 in Hebron, CT
BURIED:Anne and Ashbel, at the Andover Road Cemetery in Hebron
ANNE PINNEY
BORN: 24 Jan 1712 in Hebron
DIED: 28 Jan 1789 in Hebron
SOURCES: "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F73K-1W5 : 11 February 2018; "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LW-M8M : 12 May 2016), Asaell Phelps and Anne Pinney, Marriage 09 Nov 1731, Hebor, Tolland, Connecticut, United States; Connecticut State Library, Hartford; FHL microfilm 1,376,165;Ashbel Phelps, "Find A Grave Index"database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGV-V89T : 13 December 2015), Ashbel Phelps, 1787; Burial, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States of America, Andover Road Cemetery; citing record ID 123122185, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com;
Ann Pinney, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WW-MJM : 11 February 2018), Ann Pinney, 24 Jan 1712; citing ; Anna Phelps in entry for Asahel Phelps, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"database,FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7KK-8X8 : 9 February 2018), Anna Phelps in entry for Asahel Phelps, 18 Oct 1787; citing , reference item 4 p 340; FHL microfilm 1,376,165; Anna Pinney Phelps, "Find A Grave Index"FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGV-V89Y : 11 July 2016), Anna Pinney Phelps, 1789; Burial, Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States of America, Andover Road Cemetery; citing record ID 123122160, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
