Person:John Shepard (9)

m. Bef 1673
  1. Deacon John ShepardAbt 1673 - 1756
m. 21 Dec 1703
  1. Jonathan Shepard1704 - 1756
  2. Deacon John Shepard1706 - 1783
  3. Ezekiel Shepard1709 - 1743
m. 24 May 1733
Facts and Events
Name[1] Deacon John Shepard
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1673 New England, United States
Marriage 21 Dec 1703 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Woodruff
Baptism[1] 27 May 1705 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 24 May 1733 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Sackett
Death[1] 10 Aug 1756 Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[2] Old Burying Ground, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

For a discussion of the probable parents of this John Shepard, see the sketch of John2 Shepard in The Shepard Families of New England, pp. 3:93-96

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 JW 1. (Deacon) John2 Shepard, in Shepard, Gerald Faulkner, and Donald Lines Jacobus. The Shepard Families of New England. (New Haven [Connecticut]: New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1971-1973)
    3:96.

    "JW 1. (Deacon) John2 Shepard, born in New England about 1673, died at Westfield, Mass., 10 Aug. 1756, in 84th year (g.s.); … He had several pieces of land laid out to him in Westfield, including (in 1710) 10 acres to satisfy a grant made to his grandfather Hart. [Westfield Proprietors' Records.] He purchased land there from John Fowler of Westfield, 29 July 1696. [Hampden County Land.] He and his wife Elizabeth became members of the church in Westfield, 27 May 1705, being then baptized; and he was elected Deacon, Dec. 1730."

  2. Deacon John Shepard Sr., in Find A Grave.