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- [NOTE:— Since the above has been in print, the following important information has been received concerning John 2, son of William, 1 which entirely sets at rest, whether or not, he ever came to N. E., and corroborates rather conclusively the theory already broached, why the name of John as a passenger on the "Defence," was substituted for that of Thomas. Mr. E. N. Shepard, of Jersey City. N. J., in correspondence with Mr. George L. Shepard, writes that he has for a long while been engaged in collecting material relative to the Shepard family in general, and that he had in his possession an abstract of the will of John, brother of Rev. Thomas, 2 of Cambridge, and that on solicitation he has kindly given from memory (he then being in Saratoga, and his papers, unfortunately, at home) the leading features in the will, as follows: That John was living in Towcester when he made his will, in which he names his son William (living in N. E. ), as heir of a certain estate in Eng.; his bro. Thomas, then in Cambridge, N. E., who is to pay said William a sum of money, Provided he did not return home to claim the estate, in which case it would revert to his bro. Daniel. He also bequeaths property for the support of his mother (step-mother) Amy (or Anna) which appears to be the first name of his father's second wife. The records of Towcester also attest of his having bestowed many valuable gifts in that town. It is thought that William Shepard. early of Taunton, was his son, whose descendants settled in Haverhill and became quite numerous.]
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1599 - Yes, date unknown
, d. 1615, Banbury, , Oxfordshire, England 
- 1609