Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Tombstone Tuesday ~ John Shackford, died 1738 Portsmouth, New Hampshire


This tombstone was photographed at the Point of Graves, Portsmouth, New Hampshire



HERE LYES BURIED
THE BODY OF
Mr. JOHN SHACKFORD
AGED 60 YEARS
DIED OCTr. Ye 3rd
1738

John Shackford, son of immigrant William Shackford and Deborah Trickey, was born about 1678 and died 3 October 1738 in Portsmouth.  He married Sarah Hudson around 1699.  They had seven children:  Paul, John, Mary, Deborah, Mary, Sarah and Elizabeth.   John was a block maker and wharf owner in Portsmouth.  He left a will which is discussed in this blog post by Joanne Shackford Parkes:  https://shackfordgenealogy.weebly.com/shackford-blog/category/sarah-hudson    


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Heather Wilkinson Rojo, "Tombstone Tuesday ~ John Shackford, died 1738 Portsmouth, New Hampshire", Nutfield Genealogy, posted July 10, 2018, ( https://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2018/07/tombstone-tuesday-john-shackford-died.html: accessed [access date]). 

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