Abigail BILLINGS

[39991]

1 JUL 1677 - DEC 1705

Family 1 : John RANDALL
  1. +John RANDALL

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[39991] See notes for husband john Randall.

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Catherine of BULGARIA

[31783]

____ - ____

Father: Ivan Vladislav, Tsar of BULGARIA
Mother: Marija of BYZANTIUM

Family 1 : Isaac I KOMNENOS

                                                                                                                                                 ________________________________________
                                                                                                                                                |                                        
                                                                                                        ________________________________________|________________________________________
                                                                                                       |                                                                                 
                                                                      _Nicolas, Count in MACEDONIA ____|
                                                                     |                                 |
                                                                     |                                 |                                         ________________________________________
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                                                                     |                                 |________________________________________|________________________________________
                                                                     |                                                                                                                   
                                     _Aaron Amitopulos KOMETOPOULOS _|
                                    | (0944 - ....)                  |
                                    |                                |                                                                           _Smbat I "the Martyr", King of ARMENIA _+
                                    |                                |                                                                          | (.... - 0914)                          
                                    |                                |                                  _Asot II Erkat', Shahanshah of ARMENIA _|________________________________________
                                    |                                |                                 | (.... - 0928)                                                                   
                                    |                                |_Rhipsime Bagratuni of BULGARIA _|
                                    |                                                                  |
                                    |                                                                  |                                         ________________________________________
                                    |                                                                  |                                        |                                        
                                    |                                                                  |________________________________________|________________________________________
                                    |                                                                                                                                                    
 _Ivan Vladislav, Tsar of BULGARIA _|
| (0966 - 1018)                     |
|                                   |                                                                                                            ________________________________________
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|                                                                                                                                                                                        
|
|--Catherine of BULGARIA 
|  
|                                                                                                                                                ________________________________________
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|_Marija of BYZANTIUM ______________|
  (0972 - 1029)                     |
                                    |                                                                                                            ________________________________________
                                    |                                                                                                           |                                        
                                    |                                                                   ________________________________________|________________________________________
                                    |                                                                  |                                                                                 
                                    |                                 _________________________________|
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[31783] See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Bulgaria.

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John FABYAN

DEC 1704 - 3 JUN 1782

Father: John FABYAN
Mother: Mary PICKERING


                                                                                         __
                                                                                        |  
                                                                   _____________________|__
                                                                  |                        
                                             _____________________|
                                            |                     |
                                            |                     |                      __
                                            |                     |                     |  
                                            |                     |_____________________|__
                                            |                                              
                       _John FABYAN ________|
                      | (1657 - 1704) m 1678|
                      |                     |                                            __
                      |                     |                                           |  
                      |                     |                      _____________________|__
                      |                     |                     |                        
                      |                     |_____________________|
                      |                                           |
                      |                                           |                      __
                      |                                           |                     |  
                      |                                           |_____________________|__
                      |                                                                    
 _John FABYAN ________|
| (1681 - 1756) m 1702|
|                     |                                                                  __
|                     |                                                                 |  
|                     |                                            _____________________|__
|                     |                                           |                        
|                     |                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                     |                      __
|                     |                     |                     |                     |  
|                     |                     |                     |_____________________|__
|                     |                     |                                              
|                     |_Sarah HALL _________|
|                       (.... - 1704) m 1678|
|                                           |                                            __
|                                           |                                           |  
|                                           |                      _____________________|__
|                                           |                     |                        
|                                           |_____________________|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |                      __
|                                                                 |                     |  
|                                                                 |_____________________|__
|                                                                                          
|
|--John FABYAN 
|  (1704 - 1782)
|                                                                                        __
|                                                                                       |  
|                                                                  _____________________|__
|                                                                 |                        
|                                            _John PICKERING _____|
|                                           | (.... - 1668)       |
|                                           |                     |                      __
|                                           |                     |                     |  
|                                           |                     |_____________________|__
|                                           |                                              
|                      _Thomas PICKERING ___|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                                            __
|                     |                     |                                           |  
|                     |                     |                      _____________________|__
|                     |                     |                     |                        
|                     |                     |_____________________|
|                     |                                           |
|                     |                                           |                      __
|                     |                                           |                     |  
|                     |                                           |_____________________|__
|                     |                                                                    
|_Mary PICKERING _____|
   m 1702             |
                      |                                                                  __
                      |                                                                 |  
                      |                                            _____________________|__
                      |                                           |                        
                      |                      _John GEE ___________|
                      |                     | (.... - 1669)       |
                      |                     |                     |                      __
                      |                     |                     |                     |  
                      |                     |                     |_____________________|__
                      |                     |                                              
                      |_Mary GEE ___________|
                                            |
                                            |                                            __
                                            |                                           |  
                                            |                      _Balthasar WILLIX ___|__
                                            |                     | (.... - 1651)          
                                            |_Hazelelponi WILLIX _|
                                              (.... - 1714)       |
                                                                  |                      __
                                                                  |                     |  
                                                                  |_____________________|__
                                                                                           

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Lucy Ann GRAY

4 JAN 1831 - 28 MAR 1866

Father: Jesse GRAY
Mother: Eliza C. BAKEMAN

Family 1 : Benjamin HOWARD
  1. +Emery G. HOWARD

                                                                                                _Robert GRAY __________+
                                                                                               | (1680 - 1748) m 1706  
                                                                          _Joshua GRAY ________|_Elizabeth FREETHY ____
                                                                         | (1714 - ....) m 1736  (1686 - ....)         
                                                    _James GRAY _________|
                                                   | (1745 - 1821) m 1765|
                                                   |                     |                      _______________________
                                                   |                     |                     |                       
                                                   |                     |_Jennat ELLIOT ______|_______________________
                                                   |                        m 1736                                     
                       _Christopher Mitchell GRAY _|
                      | (1763 - 1866)              |
                      |                            |                                            _James HOWARD _________
                      |                            |                                           | (1660 - 1708) m 1713  
                      |                            |                      _Edward HOWARD ______|_Mary SHORTRIDGE ______
                      |                            |                     | (1707 - ....)         (1661 - ....)         
                      |                            |_Elizabeth HOWARD ___|
                      |                              (1747 - 1821) m 1765|
                      |                                                  |                      _Christopher MITCHELL _+
                      |                                                  |                     | (.... - 1743) m 1694  
                      |                                                  |_Susannah MITCHELL __|_Sarah DUDLEY _________
                      |                                                    (1708 - 1769)         (1676 - ....)         
 _Jesse GRAY _________|
| (1806 - 1864) m 1826|
|                     |                                                                         _James HOWARD _________
|                     |                                                                        | (1660 - 1708) m 1713  
|                     |                                                   _Edward HOWARD ______|_Mary SHORTRIDGE ______
|                     |                                                  | (1707 - ....)         (1661 - ....)         
|                     |                             _Benjamin HOWARD ____|
|                     |                            | (.... - 1819)       |
|                     |                            |                     |                      _Christopher MITCHELL _+
|                     |                            |                     |                     | (.... - 1743) m 1694  
|                     |                            |                     |_Susannah MITCHELL __|_Sarah DUDLEY _________
|                     |                            |                       (1708 - 1769)         (1676 - ....)         
|                     |_Margaret HOWARD ___________|
|                       (1765 - 1850)              |
|                                                  |                                            _______________________
|                                                  |                                           |                       
|                                                  |                      _____________________|_______________________
|                                                  |                     |                                             
|                                                  |_____________________|
|                                                                        |
|                                                                        |                      _______________________
|                                                                        |                     |                       
|                                                                        |_____________________|_______________________
|                                                                                                                      
|
|--Lucy Ann GRAY 
|  (1831 - 1866)
|                                                                                               _______________________
|                                                                                              |                       
|                                                                         _____________________|_______________________
|                                                                        |                                             
|                                                   _John BAKEMAN _______|
|                                                  | (1731 - 1800) m 1760|
|                                                  |                     |                      _______________________
|                                                  |                     |                     |                       
|                                                  |                     |_____________________|_______________________
|                                                  |                                                                   
|                      _William Henry BAKEMAN _____|
|                     | (1788 - 1839) m 1806       |
|                     |                            |                                            _______________________
|                     |                            |                                           |                       
|                     |                            |                      _____________________|_______________________
|                     |                            |                     |                                             
|                     |                            |_Christiana SMART ___|
|                     |                              (1744 - 1818) m 1760|
|                     |                                                  |                      _______________________
|                     |                                                  |                     |                       
|                     |                                                  |_____________________|_______________________
|                     |                                                                                                
|_Eliza C. BAKEMAN ___|
  (1807 - 1894) m 1826|
                      |                                                                         _Samuel ALLEY _________+
                      |                                                                        | (1690 - 1682)         
                      |                                                   _John ALLEY _________|_Elizabeth THOMPSON ___
                      |                                                  | (1720 - 1795)         (1699 - 1764)         
                      |                             _Joshua ALLEY _______|
                      |                            | (1756 - ....)       |
                      |                            |                     |                      _______________________
                      |                            |                     |                     |                       
                      |                            |                     |_____________________|_______________________
                      |                            |                                                                   
                      |_Lucy ALLEY ________________|
                        (1797 - 1856) m 1806       |
                                                   |                                            _______________________
                                                   |                                           |                       
                                                   |                      _____________________|_______________________
                                                   |                     |                                             
                                                   |_Hannah BROWN _______|
                                                                         |
                                                                         |                      _______________________
                                                                         |                     |                       
                                                                         |_____________________|_______________________
                                                                                                                       

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Rodney Franklin REISINGER

[55458]

23 JAN 1903 - 24 DEC 1967

Father: Franklin Edward REISINGER
Mother: Cora May ORTH

Family 1 : Mary Eva BRINER
  1. +Margery Jane REISINGER

                                                                                                                 _________________________
                                                                                                                |                         
                                                                                     ___________________________|_________________________
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                                                      ______________________________|
                                                     |                              |
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                                                     |                              |___________________________|_________________________
                                                     |                                                                                    
                              _______________________|
                             |                       |
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                             |                       |                                                          |                         
                             |                       |                               ___________________________|_________________________
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                             |                                                      |
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                             |                                                      |                           |                         
                             |                                                      |___________________________|_________________________
                             |                                                                                                            
 _Franklin Edward REISINGER _|
| (1873 - 1942) m 1900       |
|                            |                                                                                   _________________________
|                            |                                                                                  |                         
|                            |                                                       ___________________________|_________________________
|                            |                                                      |                                                     
|                            |                        ______________________________|
|                            |                       |                              |
|                            |                       |                              |                            _________________________
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|                            |                       |                              |___________________________|_________________________
|                            |                       |                                                                                    
|                            |_______________________|
|                                                    |
|                                                    |                                                           _________________________
|                                                    |                                                          |                         
|                                                    |                               ___________________________|_________________________
|                                                    |                              |                                                     
|                                                    |______________________________|
|                                                                                   |
|                                                                                   |                            _________________________
|                                                                                   |                           |                         
|                                                                                   |___________________________|_________________________
|                                                                                                                                         
|
|--Rodney Franklin REISINGER 
|  (1903 - 1967)
|                                                                                                                _________________________
|                                                                                                               |                         
|                                                                                    ___________________________|_________________________
|                                                                                   |                                                     
|                                                     _Conrad ORTH _________________|
|                                                    | (1803 - ....)                |
|                                                    |                              |                            _________________________
|                                                    |                              |                           |                         
|                                                    |                              |___________________________|_________________________
|                                                    |                                                                                    
|                             _William ORTH _________|
|                            | (1836 - 1917)         |
|                            |                       |                                                           _________________________
|                            |                       |                                                          |                         
|                            |                       |                               ___________________________|_________________________
|                            |                       |                              |                                                     
|                            |                       |______________________________|
|                            |                                                      |
|                            |                                                      |                            _________________________
|                            |                                                      |                           |                         
|                            |                                                      |___________________________|_________________________
|                            |                                                                                                            
|_Cora May ORTH _____________|
  (1873 - 1950) m 1900       |
                             |                                                                                   _Abraham THOMAS _________
                             |                                                                                  | (1829 - ....)           
                             |                                                       _George Washington THOMAS _|_Jean PRICE _____________
                             |                                                      | (1777 - 1850) m 1920        (1750 - 1810)           
                             |                        _George Washington THOMAS ____|
                             |                       | (1812 - ....) m 1842         |
                             |                       |                              |                            _________________________
                             |                       |                              |                           |                         
                             |                       |                              |_Catharine FLEISHER _______|_________________________
                             |                       |                                (1800 - 1860) m 1920                                
                             |_Elizabeth Ann THOMAS _|
                               (1847 - 1917)         |
                                                     |                                                           _Johannes George BRINER _+
                                                     |                                                          | (1740 - ....) m 1773    
                                                     |                               _Joseph BRYNER ____________|_Maria Magdalena HOLBEN _
                                                     |                              | (1796 - 1879) m 1820        (1753 - 1800)           
                                                     |_Mary Ellen ("Maria") BRYNER _|
                                                       (1823 - 1891) m 1842         |
                                                                                    |                            _Johannes HENCH _________+
                                                                                    |                           | (1750 - 1800) m 1779    
                                                                                    |_Christina Jane HENCH _____|_Margaretta RICE ________
                                                                                      (1799 - 1850) m 1820        (1762 - 1821)           

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[55458] Ancestry.com offers: "Reisinger Name Meaning - habitational name for someone from any of several places called Reising or Reisingen in Bavaria. occupational name for a soldier, from Middle High German reisinc 'warrior', literally 'traveler'. in the south a topographic name, from Middle High German ris 'branch', 'shrubbery', denoting someone who lived near a thicket or underbrush."

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Thomas RUDD

[30709]

1485 - 12 DEC 1536

Family 1 : Alice PEMBERTON
  1. +Joan RUDD

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[30709] The unverified Ashmore Family Tree in Ancestry.com in 2011 states that Thomas is son of Thomas Rudd (b. 1437 in Higham, Northamptonshire, d. 9 May 1490 in Hingham Ferrers, Northamptonshire) and Katherine Paris (b. 1467 in Linton, Cembridgeshire).

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Jerusha SEYMOUR

[24916]

23 AUG 1717 - 10 FEB 1742

Father: Jonathan SEYMOUR
Mother: Eunice HOLLISTER

Family 1 : James NEWELL
  1. +James NEWELL

                                                                                         _John SEYMOUR _______+
                                                                                        | (1535 - 1605) m 1562
                                                                   _Robert SEYMOUR _____|_Dyzory PORTER ______
                                                                  | (.... - 1637) m 1603  (1550 - 1605)       
                                             _Richard SEYMOUR ____|
                                            | (.... - 1655) m 1631|
                                            |                     |                      _____________________
                                            |                     |                     |                     
                                            |                     |_Elizabeth WALLER ___|_____________________
                                            |                        m 1603                                   
                       _Richard SEYMOUR ____|
                      | (1645 - 1710)       |
                      |                     |                                            _____________________
                      |                     |                                           |                     
                      |                     |                      _____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                     |                                           
                      |                     |_Mercy RUSCOE _______|
                      |                       (.... - 1655) m 1631|
                      |                                           |                      _____________________
                      |                                           |                     |                     
                      |                                           |_____________________|_____________________
                      |                                                                                       
 _Jonathan SEYMOUR ___|
| (.... - 1725) m 1714|
|                     |                                                                  _____________________
|                     |                                                                 |                     
|                     |                                            _____________________|_____________________
|                     |                                           |                                           
|                     |                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                     |                     
|                     |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                     |                     |                                                                 
|                     |_Hannah WOODRUFF ____|
|                       (1648 - 1728)       |
|                                           |                                            _____________________
|                                           |                                           |                     
|                                           |                      _____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                     |                                           
|                                           |_____________________|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |                      _____________________
|                                                                 |                     |                     
|                                                                 |_____________________|_____________________
|                                                                                                             
|
|--Jerusha SEYMOUR 
|  (1717 - 1742)
|                                                                                        _____________________
|                                                                                       |                     
|                                                                  _____________________|_____________________
|                                                                 |                                           
|                                            _John HOLLISTER _____|
|                                           | (1612 - 1665)       |
|                                           |                     |                      _____________________
|                                           |                     |                     |                     
|                                           |                     |_____________________|_____________________
|                                           |                                                                 
|                      _Stephen HOLLISTER __|
|                     | (1658 - 1709) m 1683|
|                     |                     |                                            _____________________
|                     |                     |                                           |                     
|                     |                     |                      _Richard TREAT ______|_____________________
|                     |                     |                     |                                           
|                     |                     |_Joanna TREAT _______|
|                     |                                           |
|                     |                                           |                      _____________________
|                     |                                           |                     |                     
|                     |                                           |_Alice GAYLORD ______|_____________________
|                     |                                                                                       
|_Eunice HOLLISTER ___|
  (1696 - ....) m 1714|
                      |                                                                  _____________________
                      |                                                                 |                     
                      |                                            _____________________|_____________________
                      |                                           |                                           
                      |                      _Robert TREAT _______|
                      |                     | (1624 - 1710) m 1637|
                      |                     |                     |                      _____________________
                      |                     |                     |                     |                     
                      |                     |                     |_____________________|_____________________
                      |                     |                                                                 
                      |_Abigail TREAT ______|
                        (1658 - 1727) m 1683|
                                            |                                            _____________________
                                            |                                           |                     
                                            |                      _____________________|_____________________
                                            |                     |                                           
                                            |_Jane TAPP __________|
                                              (.... - 1703) m 1637|
                                                                  |                      _____________________
                                                                  |                     |                     
                                                                  |_____________________|_____________________
                                                                                                              

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[24916] Reference: "The Blair Family of New England," compiled by Emily Wilder Leavett (Boston: David Clapp and Son, 1900), p. 177.

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Thomas SHEPARD

[25940]

5 NOV 1605 - 25 AUG 1649

Father: William SHEPARD
Mother: Yy BLAND

Family 1 : Margaret TOUTEVILLE
  1. +Thomas (Jr.) SHEPARD

                                                                      __
                                                                     |  
                                                                   __|__
                                                                  |     
                                             _Robert SHEPARD _____|
                                            | (1505 - 1560) m 1530|
                                            |                     |   __
                                            |                     |  |  
                                            |                     |__|__
                                            |                           
                       _John SHEPHARD ______|
                      | (1541 - 1601)       |
                      |                     |                         __
                      |                     |                        |  
                      |                     |                      __|__
                      |                     |                     |     
                      |                     |_Agnes BURCHET ______|
                      |                       (1509 - ....) m 1530|
                      |                                           |   __
                      |                                           |  |  
                      |                                           |__|__
                      |                                                 
 _William SHEPARD ____|
| (1570 - 1616)       |
|                     |                                               __
|                     |                                              |  
|                     |                                            __|__
|                     |                                           |     
|                     |                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                     |   __
|                     |                     |                     |  |  
|                     |                     |                     |__|__
|                     |                     |                           
|                     |_____________________|
|                                           |
|                                           |                         __
|                                           |                        |  
|                                           |                      __|__
|                                           |                     |     
|                                           |_____________________|
|                                                                 |
|                                                                 |   __
|                                                                 |  |  
|                                                                 |__|__
|                                                                       
|
|--Thomas SHEPARD 
|  (1605 - 1649)
|                                                                     __
|                                                                    |  
|                                                                  __|__
|                                                                 |     
|                                            _____________________|
|                                           |                     |
|                                           |                     |   __
|                                           |                     |  |  
|                                           |                     |__|__
|                                           |                           
|                      _____________________|
|                     |                     |
|                     |                     |                         __
|                     |                     |                        |  
|                     |                     |                      __|__
|                     |                     |                     |     
|                     |                     |_____________________|
|                     |                                           |
|                     |                                           |   __
|                     |                                           |  |  
|                     |                                           |__|__
|                     |                                                 
|_Yy BLAND ___________|
  (.... - 1609)       |
                      |                                               __
                      |                                              |  
                      |                                            __|__
                      |                                           |     
                      |                      _____________________|
                      |                     |                     |
                      |                     |                     |   __
                      |                     |                     |  |  
                      |                     |                     |__|__
                      |                     |                           
                      |_____________________|
                                            |
                                            |                         __
                                            |                        |  
                                            |                      __|__
                                            |                     |     
                                            |_____________________|
                                                                  |
                                                                  |   __
                                                                  |  |  
                                                                  |__|__
                                                                        

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Posted on Ancestry.com 25 Dec 2007: "The Reverend Thomas Shephard was born in Towcester, near Northampton, in Great-Britain, November 5, 1605. He was the son of Mr. William Shepard, who called him Thomas, because his birth was supposed to be at the very hour, when the Gunpowder Treason was designed to be perpetrated; a plot, concerning which he observed, 'This child of his would hardly believe that ever such wickedness could be attempted by the sons of men.' At the age of fifteen, he became prepared for the university, and entered Emanuel College in Cambridge. Here, after a residence of about two years, he was impressed with very powerful convictions of his misery in unregeneracy, which, though occasionally suspended, were effectualy renewed through the instrumentality of that celebrated Divine, Dr. Preston, in 1624. From this time, he gave himself to daily meditation, which he attended every evening before supper. Having proceeded A.M. at Cambridge, he accepted an invitation to Earl's Coln, where he held a lecture, supported by the pious charity of Dr. Wilson, for three years. At the close of this term, the inhabitants of Earl's Coln were so reluctant to part with him, that they raised a salary among themselves for his support; and prevailed on him to continue with them. Although he was yet a young man, there was an unusual majesty and energy in his preaching, and a holiness in his life, which rendered him eminently useful to his own people, and to the towns in the vicinity, from which several afterwards accompanied him to New-England, to enjoy the benefit of his ministry.

"When Dr. Laud became bishop of London, Mr. Shepard was silenced for his Puritanism. Being invited into Yorkshire, he officiated there, for sometime, as a private chaplain, in the family of Sir Richard Darly, whose near kinswoman he afterwards married. To that family and neighbourhood he appears to have been a great blessing. Bishop Neal refusing him liberty for his ministry without subscription: he removed to Heddon, in Northumberland, where his labours were very successful. But the zeal of the bishop reached him, even in this remote corner of the kingdom, and prohibited him from preaching here any more.

"The removal of Mr. Cotton, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Stone and others, to America had already excited many pious people, in various parts of England, to contemplate a similar removal. Several of Mr. Shepard's friends in New England, and others who purposed a removal, uniting their solicitations, at this juncture, he resolved to repair to this new plantation. Having, accordingly, preached his farewell sermon at Newcastle, he went in disguise to Ipswich, and thence to Earl's Coln; whence, accompanied by Mr. Norton, he went to Yarmouth, intending to embark there for New England. Pursuivants, however, were employed to apprehend him. These pursuivants having discovered Mr. Shepard's quarters, had, by a sum of money, obtained a promise, from a boy belonging to the house where he lodged, to open the door for them at a certain hour of the night. But by the singular providence of God, the design was frustrated. Some serious expressions of Mr. Shepard being uttered in the hearing of this boy, he was struck with horror at the thought, that he should be so wicked as to betray so good a man; and, with tears, discovered the whole plot to his pious master, who took care immediately to convey Mr. Shepard out of the reach of his enemies.

"Toward the close of the year 1634, Mr. Shepard embarked at Harwich; but in a few hours the ship was driven back into Yarmouth road, where arose one of the most tremendous storms ever known. The ship was almost miraculously saved, but so materially damaged that the proposed voyage was relinquished. Mr. Shepard, after spending the winter at Bastwick, went, in the spring, to London, where, by a removal of his lodgings, he again narrowly escaped his pursuivants. In July, he sailed from Gravesend, and, on the third of October, 1635, after a hazardous voyage, he arrived at Boston. His friends at Newtown [Cambridge] soon conducted him to that infant settlement, destined to be the field of his future labours.

"After a diligent, laborious, and successful ministry, he died of the quinsy, August 25, 1649, aetat. XLIV. On his death-bed, he said to the young ministers around him, 'That their work was great, and called for great seriousness;' and mentioned to them three things concerning himself: 'That the study of every sermon cost him tears; That before he preached any Sermon he got good by it himself; and, That he always went into the pulpit, as if he were to give up his accounts to his Master.'

"He is said to have been 'a poore, weake, pale complectioned man.' He was distinguished for his humility and piety; and as a preacher of evangelical truth, and an author of experimental religion, he was one of the foremost of his day. He was an influential patron of learning, as well as of religion, and was zealous in promoting the interests of the infant college, as well as those of the infant church, at Cambridge. 'By his death, not only the church and people at Cambridge, but also all New-England, sustained a very great loss. He not only preached the gospel profitably and successfully, but also left behind him divers worthy works of special use, in reference unto the clearing up the state of the soul toward God.'"

Wikipedia.org offers: "Shepard was regarded as one of the foremost Puritan ministers of his day, esteemed in the company of individuals like Richard Mather and John Cotton. He took special interest in Puritan ministry to the Massachusetts Native Americans. His written legacy includes an autobiography and numerous sermons, which in some measure of contrast with others of his day, tended to accent God as an accessible and welcoming figure in the individual life. Today a plaque at Harvard University, in the words of Cotton Mather, records that it was in consideration of the salutary effect of Shepard's ministry that the college ultimately came to be placed in 'Newtowne', known today as Cambridge, Massachusetts. Three of Shepard's sons followed him into the ministry; Thomas Shepard II, Samuel Shepard, and Jeremiah Shepard. Thomas Shepard II was an ancestor of U.S. Presidents John Quincy Adams and Franklin D. Roosevelt."

Also see "Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. 4," James Savage (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994), p. 76, and "Pioneers of Massachusetts - 1620-1650," Charles Henry Pope (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013), p. 411-412.

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