Shepard, Margaret

Notes:

BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, B:132 (FHL #185474).
MAR #1: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 179 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
MAR #2: No mar rec found in orig sources. See Gerald Faulkner Shepard, comp, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, ed Donald Lines Jacobus, 3 vols. (New Haven, 1973), 3:126-27 (FHL #929.272 Sh47j). Dwight was of Pittsfield, Mass.

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Family/Spouse: Dwight, (unknown). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Rust, Justin on 31 Aug 1787 in Chester,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 69 (FHL #185469).
MAR #1: Westfield Vital Records, B:132 (FHL #185474).
MAR #2: VITAL RECORDS OF CHESTER (Boston, 1911), 179 (FHL #974.426/C1 V2v).
DEATH: Family rec in the David Shepard Revolutionary War pension file, National Archives, #W6034 (FHL #972169).
OCC: Physician, Yale Graduate of 1766, Revolutionary War militia captain and surgeon.

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David married Clapp, Margaret on 3 Dec 1767 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. Margaret was born on 10 Aug 1749 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 10 Feb 1769 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:174a (FHL #185474). Also see the mention of Margaret's father, Ezra Clap, in the family record in David Shepard Revolutionary War pension file, National Archives, #W6034 (FHL #972169).
MAR: Westfield Vital Records, B:132 (FHL #185474).
DEATH: Ibid.
BUR: Inez Stevens Lederer, comp, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 74 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).

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Notes:

BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 23 (FHL #185469).
MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
DEATH: Ibid.
BUR: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 74 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).
OCC: Deacon in Westfield Church; also called "Seargt" on some recs.

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John married Noble, Elizabeth on 20 May 1731 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Noble, Thomas and Dewey, Elizabeth) was born on 3 Jan 1705/1706 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 6 Jan 1705/1706 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 12 Nov 1793 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:55 (FHL #185474).
CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 22 (FHL #185469).
MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:200 (FHL #185474).
DEATH: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 74 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).
BUR: Ibid.

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Notes:

BIRTH: No birth rec found. Date of birth is calculated from age 84 on gravestone, below. Evidence that he was born in New England and the identification of his parents is cited in Gerald Faulkner Shepard, comp, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, ed Donald Lines Jacobus, 3 vols. (New Havem, 1973), 3:93-96 (FHL #929.273 Sh47j). Also see land grants in Westfield laid out to John Shepard to satisfy grants made to his "grandfather Hart" and to his father ("Land Grants and Highways From the Early Records of Westfield," typescr, 1896, vol 1, pt. 2, p. 59 [FHL #1508828]). Estate recs of Edmund Hart (John's grandfather) mention debt owed to his estate by William Shepard (Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:148 [FHL #879184]). John may have been born in Conn., as his parents were divorced there when John was about 5 years of age (J. H. Trumbull and Charles J. Hoadly, eds, THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, 15 vols. [Hartford, 1850-90], 2:327 [FHL #974.6 N2c]). Also see Clifford L. Stott, "William Shepard, Father of John Shepard of Westfield, Massachusetts," TAG, 70(1995):82-83 (FHL #974 D25aga).
MAR #1: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
MAR #2: Ibid. Wife is called "widow Abigail King." Shepard, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES, 3:96, indicates her maiden name was Sackett and the widow of David King. No evidence has been found.
DEATH: Inez Stevens Lederer, ed, "Tombstone Inscriptions of the Older Cemeteries of Westfield" (typescript, 1946), 74 (FHL #974.426/W2 V22d).
BUR: Ibid
OCC: Planter, cooper, Deacon in Westfield Church.

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John married Woodruff, Elizabeth on 21 Dec 1703 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Woodruff, Matthew and Plumbe, Mary) was born about 1679 in of Farmington,Hartford,CT; died on 14 Oct 1731 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Elizabeth is identified as a 12-year-old dau in the inv of estate of her father, Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, 18 Nov 1691, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:526-27 (FHL #974.6 P2m). Elizabeth's place of birth is unclear. The family was in Milford as late as 1673, when son John was born. Matthew and wife joined the Congregational Church at Farmington on 1 Mar 1678/80. See Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:101 (FHL #004241).
MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
DEATH: Ibid.

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Notes:

BIRTH: Springfield Vital Records, 1:12 (FHL #185414).
MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:55 (FHL #185474).
DEATH: Ibid.
OCC: Deacon in Westfield 1st Church.

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Thomas married Dewey, Elizabeth on 19 Dec 1695 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. Elizabeth (daughter of Dewey, Thomas and Hawes, Constant) was born on 10 Jan 1676 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 11 Apr 1680 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 2 Oct 1757 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:10 (FHL #185474).
CHR: Westfield 1st Congregational Church recs (FHL #185468).
MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:55.
DEATH: Ibid. Also recorded in "An Account or Register of Deaths of those Deceased in Westfield, 1728-1836 (from the Records of the First Church)" (typescript, 1936), 2 (FHL #185469 item 3). Aged 82 yrs.

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