Ancestry of
Franklin D. Roosevelt

32nd U.S. President

Thomas Shepard III

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• • 8th Generation — 5th Great-grandfather of Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 170 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Shepard Jr.   
  • Mother:
  • Anna Tyng   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 4 Jul 1658 
  • Christening Location:
  • Charlestown (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 8 Jun 1685 
  • Death Location:
  • Charlestown (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Anderson
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Jul 1682 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Charlestown (now Boston), Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Child:
  • Anna Shepard 

• Sources for Thomas Shepard III

  • ¹ Charlestown, MA: Vital Records to 1850, Marriage record for Thomas Shepard and Mary Lynde, widow, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ² Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, Birth record for daughter Anna Shepard, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).
  • ³ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, Baptism for daughter Anna Shepard, FamilySearch.org (Online Database).
  • ⁴ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Charlestown, Records of the First Church (1632-1789), Death record for Thos Shepard, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ⁵ Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Charlestown, Records of the First Church (1632-1789), Baptism for Thomas Shepard, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ⁶ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, (New England Historic and Genealogical Society), 1892, Vol. 46, p. 336.
  • ⁷ Aspinwall, Algernon Aikin, comp., The Aspinwall Genealogy, Rutland, Vermont: The Tuttle Company (1901), 48, Internet Archive (Digital Library).
  • ⁸ Johnson, Alvin Page, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Colonial Ancestors: Their Part in the Making of American History, Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard (1933), 61, Heritage Quest (Digital Library).
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec, or the United States (2 vols.), Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018), 375.
  • ¹⁰ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 469.
  • ¹¹ Shepard, George L., A Genealogical History of William Shepard, of Fossecut, Northamptonshire, England, and Some of His Descendants, Salem, MA: Observer Book and Job Print (1886), 29, 42-43.