| 1. | Shepard, William died after 18 Oct 1677 in Boston,Suffolk,MA. Notes:
MAR: Evidence of the mar of William Shepard and Experience Hart is cited in Gerald Faulkner Shepard, comp, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES OF NEW ENGLAND, ed Donald Lines Jacobus, 3 vols. (New Haven, 1973), 3:93-96 (FHL #929.273 Sh47j). Also see land grants laid out to John Shepard in Westfield to satisfy grants made to his father (not named) and his "grandfather Hart," apparently Edmund Hart, who died in Westfield in 1673. See "Land Grants and Highways From the Early Records of Westfield" (typescript, 1896), vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 59 (FHL #1502828). The estate recs of Edmund Hart indicate William Shepard owed a debt to the estate (Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:148 [FHL #879184]). Also see Clifford L. Stott, "William Shepard, Father of John Shepard of Westfield, Massachusetts," TAG, 70(1995):82-83 (FHL #974 D25aga).
DIV: 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). Divorced 18 Oct 1677.
DEATH: Account of William Shepard's death is found in narrative of Enoch Shepard (b. 1742), cited in Shepard, THE SHEPARD FAMILIES, 3:94 (FHL #929.273 Sh47j). He was last known living on 18 Oct 1677, date of divorce.
William married Hart, Experience about 1671, and was divorced. Experience (daughter of Hart, Edmund and (unknown)) was born about 1648 in Weymouth,Norfolk,MA; died after 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Shepard, John was born about 1672 in Connecticut(?); died on 10 Aug 1756 in Westfield,Hampden,MA; was buried in Mechanic St. Cemetery,Westfield,Hampden,MA.
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