Shepard, Elizabeth

Notes:

BIRTH: Westfield Vital Records, A:27 (FHL #185474).
CHR: "The Publick Records of the Church of Christ at Westfield" (typescript, n.d.), 28 (FHL #185469).
MAR: Westfield Vital Records, A:221 (FHL #185474).

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Elizabeth married Sackett, Isaac on 18 Dec 1735 in Westfield,Hampden,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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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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]

Notes:

BIRTH: No birth rec found. See evidence 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). Date and place of birth are conjecture. It is known that Edmund Hart lived in Weymouth from 1636-1664. See George W. Chamberlain, GENEALOGIES OF THE EARLY FAMILIES OF WEYMOUTH (Weymouth, MA, 1923; repr Baltimore, 1984), 256 (FHL #974.47/W1 D2c). Also see Clifford L. Stott, "William Shepard, Father of John Shepard of Westfield, Massachusetts," TAG, 70(1995):82-83 (FHL #974 D25aga).
MAR: Evidence of the mar of William Shepard and Experience Hart is cited in Shepard, SHEPARD FAMILIES, 3:93-96, and in Stott, "William Shepard," 82-83. Also see Westfield land grants of John Shepard to satisfy grants made to John's father (not named) and his "grandfather Hart," apparently Edmund Hart, who died in Westfield in 1673 ("Land Grants and Highways From the Early Records of Westfield" [typescript, 1896], vol. 1, pt. 2, p. 59 [FHL #1502828]). Also see estate recs of Edmund Hart, indicating William Shepard owed a debt to the estate, Hampshire Co. Probate 1:148 (FHL #879184).
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: Experience was last known living on 18 Oct 1677, her date of divorce.

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Year of birth is calculated from age 12 on chr rec, below. Place of birth is unknown, as it is uncertain where the family was residing in 1642. Matthew Woodruff was in the Conn. Colony by 1 Jun 1643, when he was a defendant in a law suit, but the town of residence is not stated (J. H. Trumbull and Charles J. Hoadly, eds, THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE COLONY OF CONNECTICUT, 15 vols. [Hartford, 1850-90], 1:87-88 [FHL #974.6 N2c]. The family was in Farmington by Feb 1653, when Matthew purchased his homestead (Susan Woodruff Abbott, WOODRUFF GENEALOGY [Milford, CT, 1963], 1 [FHL #929.273 W86a]).
CHR: Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:54 (FHL #004241).
MAR #1: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 177 (FHL #002974).
MAR #2: No mar rec found. Children Nathaniel and Joseph Woodruff are referred to in the inv of estate of Sarah Woodruff of Farmington, 2 Feb 1691/2, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:527 (FHL #974.6 P2m). The same two children are identified as children of his 2nd wife in the distribution of the estate of Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, 3 Dec 1691, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:526-27. Sarah Woodruff is identified in the inv of the estate of her father John North [of Farmington?], 12 Feb 1691/2; and distribution of estate, 3 Mar 1691/2, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Manwaring, DIGEST, 1:491-92.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the inv of estate of Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, 18 Nov 1691, adm and distribution 3 Dec 1691 (Ibid, 1:526-27).

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Matthew married Plumbe, Mary on 16 Jun 1668 in Milford,New Haven,CT. Mary (daughter of Plumbe, Robert and Baldwin, Mary) was christened in Feb 1644/1645 in Milford,New Haven,CT; died before 1686. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CHR: Milford 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:3 (FHL #004936).
MAR: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 177 (FHL #002974).
DEATH: No death rec found. Mary must have been dead by 1686, by which time Matthew Woodruff was married to Sarah North.

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. The death rec of Edmund's wife is found in Weymouth vital recs, but her name is not given. Edmund may have married a sister of George Phelps of Windsor and Westfield, Conn. Elisha, son of Edmund Hart, deceased, chose his "uncle" George Phelps for his guardian. See estate recs of Edmund Hart, below. It is also possible that Phelps married a sister of Edmund Hart or that Edmund Hart and George Phelps married sisters.
DEATH: No death rec found. See the adm of estate of Edmund Hart of Westfield, who died "by the imediate hand of God in thunder & lightening," as a jury concluded, 30 Sep 1673, inv 15 Jul 1673, Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:147, 148, 154 (FHL #879184).
NOTE: Edmund Hart, "lately of Weymouth," purchased land in Westfield from Praisever Turner of Northampton, 17 Oct 1664 (Hampshire Co. Deeds [Springfield Reg], A:58 [FHL #844486]).

Edmund married (unknown). (unknown) was born about 1613 in England; died on 20 Aug 1659 in Weymouth,Norfolk,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations. Her name is not found on any rec, including her death rec, which calls her simply "wife of Edmund Hart." Edmund's son, Elisha Hart, chose his "uncle" George Phelps to be his guardian in 1673 (Hampshire Co. Probate, 1:154 [FHL #879184]). Hence, it is possible that Edmund Hart's wife is a sister of George Phelps. Other possibilities also exist.
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF WEYMOUTH, 2 vols. (Boston, 1910), 2:276 (FHL #974.47/W1 V2n).

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. "Hanny Wodrup," wife of Matthew, joined the church at Farmington with daughters "Hanny" and Elizabeth on 2 Apr 1654 (Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:40 [FHL #004241]).
DEATH: No death rec found. See the nuncupative will of Matthew Woodruffof Farmington, 6 Sep 1682, proved 14 Dec 1682, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:390 (FHL #974.6 P2m).Nuncupative wills were usually made on or near the day of death.
OCC: Constable

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Matthew married Hannah. Hannah was born about 1620 in England; died after 6 Sep 1682 in Farmington,Hartford,CT(?). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
MAR: No mar rec found. "Hanny Wodrup", wife of Matthew, joined the church at Farmington with daughters "Hanny" and Elizabeth on 2 Apr 1654 (Farmington 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:40 [FHL #004241]).
DEATH: No death rec found. Hannah is mentioned in the will of her husband, Matthew Woodruff of Farmington, 6 Sep 1682, proved 14 Dec 1682, Hartford District Probate, abstracted in Charles W. Manwaring, ed, DIGESTOF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS, 3 vols. (Hartford, 1904-1906), 1:390 (FHL #974.6 P2m).

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CHR: Ridgewell par reg (FHL #1472667 item 10).
MAR: Milford 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:2 (FHL #004936). Mar rec is undated. Date of mar is given in H. B. Plumb, THE PLUMBS: 1635-1800 (Perly, PA, 1893), 17 (FHL #929.273 P731ph). Authority for date is unknown.
DEATH: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 130 (FHL #002974). Duplicate entry gives death date of "13 Jul" 1655. However, the birth of Robert's last son, Joseph, on 10 Jul 1655 shows that he was by then deceased (Ibid, 129). Also see the probate of the will of Robert Plumb of Milford, 17 Dec 1655 (Charles J. Hoadly, ed, RECORDS OF THE COLONY OR PLANTATION OF NEW HAVEN, 2 vols. [Hartford, 1857-58], 1:158 [FHL #974.6 N2n]). The text of this will is apparently lost.

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Robert married Baldwin, Mary on 9 Jan 1642 in Milford,New Haven,CT. Mary (daughter of Baldwin, Sylvester and (Bryan?), Sarah) was christened on 19 Feb 1625/1626 in Aston Clinton,Bucks,Eng; died on 1 Feb 1707/1708 in Milford,New Haven,CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CHR: Aston Clinton par reg (FHL #1967035).
MAR #1: Milford 1st Congregational Church recs, 1:2 (FHL #004936). Mar rec is undated. Date of mar is found in H. B. Plumb, THE PLUMBS: 1635-1800 (Perly, PA, 1893), 17 (FHL #929.273 P731ph). Authority for date is unknown.
MAR #2: "Milford Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1640-1850," Barbour Collection (typescript, 1925, Conn. State Library, Hartford), 130 (FHL #002974).
DEATH: No death rec found. Death date is from Plumb, THE PLUMBS, 18. Also see the inv of estate of Mary East of Milford, 1 Apr 1708, New Haven District Probate, 3:149 (FHL #005295).

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