Sea Captain Edward Shepard, (immigrant)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1647, Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts
• Property: 24 Feb 1650, Dorchester, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts
• Other-Begin: 23 Jan 1667, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts
• Other-Begin: 17 Jul 1674, Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut
• Will: 4 Oct 1674, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts; written

Notes:

shown to be son of John Shepard and Rebecca Waller
also shown to be son of Edward Shepard and Katherine Becham
neither supported.

findagrave:
Birth: Jun. 27, 1596, England
Death: Oct. 1, 1674
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Massachusetts, USA
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THE SHEPARD FAMILIES
OF NEW ENGLAND
V O L U M E II
EDWARD SHEPARD OF CAMBRIDGE
C O M P I L E D B Y
GERALD FAULKNER SHEPARD
EDITED BY
DONALD LINES JACOBUS
THE NEW HAVEN COLONY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
1972


Edward was the son of Edward Shepard Sr. & Katherine Becham. He married Violet Charnold on December 6, 1620 in Erwarton, Suffolk, England. To this union, 5 children were born.

He Brought his family to this country in 1637 and was an English sea captain.
He and his wife were among the first settlers of Cambridge, Mass., and there spent the remainder of their days.

Calls himself a mariner in two deeds. Harvard's steward also recorded wheat from Edward Shepard's vessel. He married a 2nd time to Mary Pond. Edward Shepard became a man of property in Cambridge, and his will is still in existence. His will is dated August 20, 1680.

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EDWARD SHEPARD OF CAMBRIDGE
E I , EDWARD J SHEPARD , born in England, died at Cambridge, Mass. , {before 20 June} 1680 ; married first Violet Wolterton, who died at Cambridge 9 Jan 1648 /9; married second , about 1650. Marv f ) Pond, widow of
Robert Pond ol Dorchester, Mass. Edward Shepard who described himself in deeds and his will as a mariner,
settled in Cambridge by 1642. He was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay, 10 May 1643.

The valuable list of members of Lhe Church of Cambridge 1658-1667 written by Rev. Jonathan Mitchell gives the following account: ?'Edward Shepard member in f. Com. [full Communion]. So was also his first wife Violet deceased. Their children that were in minority when He Joyned are
"Abigail now living at Dedham.
"Deborah now also at Dedham.
"Sarah now dwelling at Braintree.
"The eldest of these aged 12 years the 2d., 10: the 3d., 7. yeares when their parents joyned here being all baptized in England. Mary now the wife of the foresaid Edward Shepard was dismissed hither from Ch. at Dorchester & is in f. C. with us. Her daughter Mary Pond baptized at
Dorchester was 11 years old at her mothers joyning with us."

The identity of Edward Shepard s wife Violet has occasioned much controversy. Her only son, John Shepard, married for his first wife a Hartford, Conn., girl, and removed to Hartford before the death of Gregory Wolterton of that town. Wolterton made his will 17 July 1674, dying shortly after,
and in his will remembered many relatives of his own and of his several wives. One of the first legacies is that of four acres to John Shepard, Sr., son of Edward Shepard, the said John to pay 20 shillings each to his father Edward, to his sister Deborah Fairbanks, his sister Sara Tomson, and his
sister Abigail?s children. Thus he left something to four of Edward Shepard?s five children, only omitting the eldest Shepard girl, Elizabeth; but shortly before making the will, he had given land by deed to Elizabeth (Shepard) (Strickland) Disborough for life, to go at her death to her four Strickland sons; and in the will he gave £2 to Elizabeth wife of John Andrews. Jr., whom we can identify as Elizabeth Shepard 's only daughter. Thus, he made some provision for all of Violet Shepard?s children or their representatives.
Furthermore, in 1668, Winthrop's Medical Journal mentions that he treated one of the Strickland boys [children of Elizabeth Shepard] at G[oodmanj Wolterton's house in Elartford; so the Stricklands were then visiting or
living with Wolterton. Finally, when Edward?s son John received a legacyin the will of the childless brother of John Shepard's wife, while John was still living in Cambridge (1654), he appointed his uncle Gregory '?Winterton" to collect this legacy for him in Hartford. It seems extremely probable, from the foregoing, that Edward Shepard?s wife Violet was a sister of Gregory Wolterton.



Property:
]On 24 Feb. 1650, Edward Shepard of Cambridge, mariner, conveyed to John Blackman land in Dorchester lately belonging to Robert Pond, deceased. [Suffolk County Deeds.] John Blackman had married his stepdaughter, Mary Pond.

Other-Begin:
On 23 Jan. 1666/7, Robert Shepard , described as servant of Edward Shepard, was accused of the paternity of the child of Rachel Smith, servant to Robert Parker, and Edward and John Shepard went on his bond.
[Middlesex County Court Records,]
It is unlikely that a son would be described as servant [i.e., apprentice], but Robert may have been a nephew or grandnephew.

Other-Begin:
will of Gregory Wolterton
date 17 Jul 1674

I give unto John Shepeard Sener, the son of Edward Shepard, one peece of Land, by estimation fower acres be it more or
les, lying and buting upon benieme harbor east, paul peck south, John Bidall north, and upon Paul Peck and John Bidall west; and he is for to pay Twenty shilings to his
father Edward Shepard, Twenty shillings to his sister Debora Fairbanks, and Twenty to his Sister sara Thompson, and twenty shillings to his Sister's abovesed Children

Will:
Edward's will, dated 4 Oct. 1674, proved June 1680, named wife Mary, a double share to son John, and single shares to daughters Elizabeth and Deborah, the children of Daniel Pond by testator's daughter Abigail dec'd, and daughter Sarah. [Middlesex Probate ]
Children, born in England:
E 2 i. John-, b. ca. 1627.
E 3 ii. Elizabeth, b. ca. 1629.
E 4 iii, Abigail, b. ca. 1631.
E 5 iv. Deborah, b. ca. 1633.
E 6 v. Sarah, b. ca. 1636.
References'. Shurtleff. Records of Massachusetts Bay, 2: 293; Sharpies, Records of the Church of Christ at Cambridge 1632-1830 (1906), p. 7.

Edward married Violet Wolterton (or Stanley, or Charnould), (immigrant) on 6 Dec 1620 in England. Violet (daughter of Stephen* Wolterton, (immigrant) and Susannah* Peabody or Sheppard, (immigrant)) was born about 1600 in England; died on 9 Jan 1649 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elizabeth Shepard, (immigrant) was born before 4 Nov 1621 in Mistley, Essex, England; was christened on 4 Nov 1621 in Mistley, Essex, England; died before 30 Mar 1694 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut; was buried on 30 Mar 1694 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut.
2. Deborah Shepard, (immigrant) was born on 5 Nov 1631 in Lawton, Essex, England; died on 7 Sep 1705 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut.
3. Sergeant John Shepard, Sr. (immigrant) was born before 5 Nov 1623 in Lawford, Essex, England; was christened on 5 Nov 1623 in Lawford, Essex Co, England; died on 12 Jun 1707 in Hartford, Hartford Co, Connecticut.
4. Abigail Shepard, (immigrant) was born on 12 Oct 1627 in Lawford, Essex, England; died on 5 Jul 1661 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts.
5. Sarah Shepard, (immigrant) was born about 1636 in England; died on 15 Jan 1679 in Braintree, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts.

Edward married Mrs. Mary (..) Pond before 1667 in Cambridge, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]