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Generation: 1
1. | Shepard, Margaret was born on 1 Sep 1768 in Westfield,Hampden,MA (daughter of Shepard, David and Clapp, 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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BEPS1: IGI
Family/Spouse: Dwight, (unknown). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Margaret married Rust, Justin on 31 Aug 1787 in Chester,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 2
2. | Shepard, David was born on 23 Oct 1744 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 28 Oct 1744 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA (son of Shepard, John and Noble, Elizabeth); died on 12 Dec 1818 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY. 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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BEPS1,2: IGI
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]
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3. | Clapp, 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. 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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BEPS: IGI
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Generation: 3
4. | Shepard, John was born on 18 Nov 1706 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 24 Nov 1706 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA (son of Shepard, John and Woodruff, Elizabeth); died on 8 Aug 1783 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA. 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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BEPS: IGI
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]
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5. | Noble, 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 (daughter of Noble, Thomas and Dewey, Elizabeth); died on 12 Nov 1793 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA. 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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BEPS: IGI
Children:
- Shepard, Elizabeth was born on 24 Apr 1732 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 1 Oct 1732 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 10 Feb 1786 in Sheffield,Berkshire,MA; was buried in Barnard Cemetery,Sheffield,Berkshire,MA.
- Shepard, John was born on 8 Nov 1733 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 21 Nov 1733 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died after 1800 in Hebron,Washington,NY(?).
- Shepard, Experience was born on 20 Jan 1735/1736 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 25 Jan 1735/1736 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Shepard, William was born on 20 Nov 1737 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 27 Nov 1737 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 16 Nov 1817 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Shepard, Silas was born on 29 Oct 1739 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 10 Nov 1739 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 13 Aug 1747 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Shepard, Enoch was born on 13 Jul 1741 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 19 Jul 1741 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 13 Sep 1741 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Shepard, Enoch was born on 23 Oct 1742 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 31 Oct 1742 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 15/17 Sep 1821 in Marietta,Washington,OH; was buried in Mound Cemetery,Marietta,Washington,OH.
- 2. Shepard, David was born on 23 Oct 1744 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 28 Oct 1744 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 12 Dec 1818 in Amsterdam,Montgomery,NY.
- Shepard, Gideon was born on 6 Jan 1746/1747 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 11 Jan 1746/1747 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 28 Dec 1790 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
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Generation: 4
8. | Shepard, John was born about 1672 in Connecticut(?) (son of Shepard, William and Hart, Experience); died on 10 Aug 1756 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA. 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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SEAL S1,2: IGI
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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9. | Woodruff, Elizabeth was born about 1679 in of Farmington,Hartford,CT (daughter of Woodruff, Matthew and Plumbe, Mary); died on 14 Oct 1731 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. Notes:
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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BEPS: IGI
Children:
- Shepard, Jonathan was born on 27 Sep 1704 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 27 May 1705 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 6 Oct 1756 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- 4. Shepard, John was born on 18 Nov 1706 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 24 Nov 1706 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 8 Aug 1783 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Shepard, Ezekiel was born on 23 Nov 1709 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 27 Nov 1709 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 2 Aug 1743 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Shepard, Elizabeth was born on 14 Feb 1712 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 15 Feb 1712 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Shepard, Sarah was born on 24 Apr 1715 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 17 Apr 1715 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 7 Mar 1749/1750 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Shepard, David was born on 22 Jan 1717/1718 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 26 Jan 1717/1718 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 3 Jul 1743 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Shepard, Mary was born on 15 Jun 1725 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 20 Jun 1725 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 8 Jul 1743 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
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10. | Noble, Thomas was born on 14 Jan 1665/1666 in Springfield,Hampden,MA (son of Noble, Thomas and Warriner, Hannah); died on 29 Jul 1750 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. 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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BEPS: IGI
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]
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11. | Dewey, Elizabeth was born on 10 Jan 1676 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 11 Apr 1680 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA (daughter of Dewey, Thomas and Hawes, Constant); died on 2 Oct 1757 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. 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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BEPS: IGI
Children:
- Noble, Thomas was born on 10 Sep 1696 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 11 Oct 1696 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 18 Feb 1775 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Noble, Job was born on 28 Jan 1698/1699 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened in Feb 1698/1699 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 25 Jun 1699 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Noble, Jonathan was born on 1 May 1700 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 5 May 1700 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died in Nov 1719 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Noble, Seth was born on 30 Oct 1702 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 2 Nov 1702 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 4 Dec 1702 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Noble, Israel was born on 20 Sep 1703 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 26 Sep 1703 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 5 Jun 1759 in Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- 5. Noble, 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.
- Noble, Lois was born on 4 Jul 1708 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 13 Jul 1708 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Noble, Ebenezer was born on 11 Oct 1711 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 7 Oct 1711 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died in Jul 1775 in Suffield,Hartford,CT.
- Noble, Thankful was born on 31 May 1714 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened on 6 Jun 1714 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Noble, Anna was born on 30 Oct 1716 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened in 1716 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
- Noble, Jonathan was born on 23 May 1721 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was christened in 1721 in 1st Cong'l Church,Westfield,Hampden,MA; died on 11 Apr 1781 in Simsbury,Hartford,CT.
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