• BIRTH: 20 JAN 1771, ____
• DEATH: 1840, ____
• SOURCE NOTES: [N1773]

• MARRIAGE: 1 JAN 1801, Shelby County, Kentucky

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 _John VAN CLEAVE ____|
| (1739 - 1840)       |
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|--Benjamin VAN CLEAVE 
|  (1771 - 1840)
|                                             _William SHEPHERD Sr._
|                                            | (1680 - 1741)        
|                      _Thomas SHEPHERD Sr.__|
|                     | (1705 - 1776) m 1731 |
|                     |                      |_Sarah COCHRAN _______
|                     |                        (1683 - ....)        
|_Mary SHEPHERD ______|
  (.... - 1781)       |
                      |                       _John VAN METER III___
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                      |_Elizabeth VAN METER _|
                        (1715 - 1793) m 1731 |
                                             |_Margaret MULINAUR ___