Thomas Shepard

1635 - 1677  (42 years)

• Name	Thomas Shepard  [1]
  Born	5 Apr 1635	London, , , England   [1]
  Christened	Feb 1635/36  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	22 Dec 1677	Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA   [1]
  Notes	T 4. (Rev.) THOMAS2 SHEPARD (Thomas1), born in London, England, 5 Apr. 1635, died at Charlestown, Mass., of smallpox, 22 Dec. 1677; married (recorded at Charlestown), 3 Nov. 1656, Anna Tyng, born at Boston, Mass., 6 Jan. 1639/40, died at Milton, Mass., 5 Aug. 1709, daughter of (Capt.) William and Elizabeth (Coytmore) Tyng. He was graduated at Harvard College (A.B. and A.M., 1653), and was later a Fellow and Tutor there. He married young; his bride belonged to a prominent family, her father having been Treasurer of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1640-1644. Her mother was daughter of Rowland Coytmore, who was one of the grantees of the second Charter of Virginia in 1607, and an employee of the East India Company. For the Coytmore ancestry, including a descent through the Beauforts from King Edward III, see John Insley Coddington's article in The American Genealogist, 32: 9-18. Thomas Shepard was ordained 13 Apr. 1659 and became Teacher of the church in Charlestown as colleague of the Preacher, Mr. Zechariah Symmes. On 30 Aug. 1658, Thomas Brattle of Boston, merchant, with wife Elizabeth, and Thomas Sheppard of Cambridge, student, with wife Anna, the wives being daughters of Capt. William Ting, dec'd, together with Bethiah Ting, the third daughter, and Edward Ting of Boston, merchant, as guardian for Mercy Ting, the fourth daughter, of said Capt. William Ting, conveyed land to Thomas Hammond and Vincent Druse. [Suffolk County Deeds.] On 18 Aug. 1658, Thomas Brattle of Boston and Thomas Shepard of Charlestown, Gent., sold land in Malden. Thomas Shepard on 1 Oct. 1670 bought a one-sixteenth interest in the mills in Charlestown. Anna Shepard of Charlestown, widow of Thomas Shepard, pastor of the church there, conveyed to her son, Thomas Shepard of Charlestown, as eighth interest in the mill; Margaret Shepard witnessed. The widow Anna gave other conveyances. [Middlesex County Deeds.] The will of Thomas Shepard, dated Charlestown 5 June 1675, named his wife (executrix), son Thomas, daughters Anna and Margaret, and brothers Jeremiah and Samuel. The inventory showed a large estate of over £2686. The will of Anna Sheppard of Milton, dated 30 May 1709, proved 7 Sept. 1709, named her granddaughter Anna wife of Henry Smith of Long Island, grandsons John Quincy and Sheppard Fiske, and granddaughters Margaret Fiske and Anna wife of John Holman of Milton; John Quincy, executor. John Brattle acted as guardian to John Quincy, the executor. [Suffolk County Probate.] Children, born at Charlestown: T 19 i. Thomas,3 bp. 4 July 1658. T 20 ii. William, bp. 24 June 1660, d. before 1675. T 21 iii. Anna, b. 8 Sept. 1663. T 22 iv. Margaret, b. 26 Aug. 1666, d. 17 Oct. 1694, unm. References: Public records; L.R. Paige, History of Cambridge (Supplement, Gozzaldi, 1930); J.L. Sibley, Graduates of Harvard University (1873), 1: 327-35. [3]
  Person ID	I1393	AC-Family
  Last Modified	5 Jan 2015

  
  

  Father	Rev. Thomas Shepard,   b. 5 Nov 1605, Towcester, , Northamptonshire, England ,   d. 25 Aug 1649, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA  (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Margaret Touteville,   c. 3 Aug 1606, Humanby, , Yorkshire, England ,   d. Feb 1635/36, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA, USA  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Married	1632	, , , England   [4]
  Family ID	F603	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family / Spouse	Anna Tyng,   b. 6 Jan 1639/40, Boston, Suffolk, MA, USA ,   d. 5 Aug 1709, Milton, Norfolk, MA, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Married	3 Nov 1656	Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA   [1]
  	Thomas Shepard and Anna Tyng had four children, born at Charlestown. [5]
  Children	1. Anna Shepard,   b. 8 Aug 1663, Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA ,   d. 24 Jul 1708, Braintree, , MA, USA  (Age 44 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2012
  Family ID	F609	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 5 Apr 1635 - London, , , England Married - 3 Nov 1656 - Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA Died - 22 Dec 1677 - Charlestown, Suffolk, MA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S177] Surname / Shepard: Shepard Familes of New England, Gerald Faulkner Shepard, (New Haven, Connecticut: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1973.), 3: 296. [S177] Surname / Shepard: Shepard Familes of New England, Gerald Faulkner Shepard, (New Haven, Connecticut: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1973.), 3: 294. [S177] Surname / Shepard: Shepard Familes of New England, Gerald Faulkner Shepard, (New Haven, Connecticut: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1973.), 3: 296-297. [S177] Surname / Shepard: Shepard Familes of New England, Gerald Faulkner Shepard, (New Haven, Connecticut: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1973.), 3: 293. [S177] Surname / Shepard: Shepard Familes of New England, Gerald Faulkner Shepard, (New Haven, Connecticut: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1973.), 3: 297.