Sheepheard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Ireland

Etymology of Sheepheard

From the Boernician clans of the ancient Scottish-English border region comes the name Sheepheard. It is a name for a shepherd, one who guarded sheep. In Scotland, the name was often Latinized as pastor in early charters. 1 In this latter case, the Biblical reference to paschal lamb, the Lamb of God or Agnus Dei should be understood.

Early Origins of the Sheepheard family

Early History of the Sheepheard family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Sheepheard research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1513, 1565, 1605, 1649 and 1890 are included under the topic Early Sheepheard History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Sheepheard Spelling Variations

Spelling rules only evolved in the last few centuries with the invention of the printing press and the first dictionaries. Spelling variations are extremely common in names from before that period. Sheepheard has been spelled Shepherd, Sheppard, Shepphard, Sheepheard, Sheepherd, Shippert, Shepard, Shephard and many more.

Early Notables of the Sheepheard family

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Migration of the Sheepheard family to Ireland

Some of the Sheepheard family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Sheepheard family

After making their great crossing, many Boernician-Scottish families settled along the east coast of North America. When the War of Independence broke out, United Empire Loyalists moved north to Canada while the rest stayed to fight. The ancestors of many of these Scots still populate the continent. This century, through Clan societies and other Scottish organizations, they began to rediscover their collective national heritage. Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Sheepheard or a variant listed above: John Shepherd, who sailed from Aberdeen to Quebec in 1834 and settled near Brantford Ontario; John Shepherd was a Loyalist with the Royal Garrison Battalion, who moved to Nova Scotia in 1784..