- VIEW BIOGRAPHICAL ITEMS IN STORY (MEMORIES) FOR THIS RECORD, KCLH-8SM. See also:
(1) MAIDEN NAME OF VIOLET, WIFE OF EDWARD SHEPARD, IS CHARNOULD OR CHARNOLD - NOT WOLERTON OR STANLEY.
[2) BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION; In the searching by Lawrence I. Shepard for records of likely parishes in Essex, England for a possible baptism (christening) date for Edward Shepard, in the parish of Elmstead, Essex, England there was located thie following entry: "Edwarde the sonne of Edward Shippheard was baptized ye xxviith of June Test----Henri Teye" (1596)."
The marriage of "Edward Shepard and Violet Charnel" [Charnould] is recorded 6 Dec 1620 in the parish of Ewarton, Suffolk, England. It is just across the Stour River estuary, the boundary between Suffolk and Essex, to Mistley, Essex, where a record showing "Elizabeth Sheeppard, daughter of Edward Sheeppard and Violett" was baptized 4 Nov 1621" and where "Violet Charnould, daughter of John Charnould," was baptized 26 Sept 1595.
Edward Shepard described himself in deeds and in his will as a mariner. In searching English records, Lawrence I. Shepard found that many of the Port Books have been lost. In a coastal Port Book for the port of Ipswich, Suffolk, England, however, entries for the period 1628-1629 were found for Edward Shepard as master of the "Samuel of Manningtree."
He settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts by 1642 and was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, implying church membership, on 10 May 1643. His first real estate purchase in Cambridge was made from James Herringe prior to 6 Aug 1642. He also owned, a lot of planting land, 5 acres more or less, on the south side of Charles River abutting the Boston field east,
There are "two importations of wheat from Ed Sheperd's vessel" mentioned in the records of the steward of Harvard College in 1654.
His wife Violet died in Cambridge on 9 Jan 1649/1650. He then married Mary (Ball) Pond, widow of Robert Pond of Dorchester, in about 1650. Info on Mary Ball: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalrecor00inharr, page 6
Edward Shepard died, probably in Cambridge, between 18 Feb 1679/1680, when he made a deed, and the proving of his will on 20 Aug 1680. The will was dated 4 Oct 1674. In it he names wife Mary, children John, Elizabeth, Deborah, Daniel Pond in lieu of deceased dau Abigail and Sarah.
Edward and his first wife, Violet, had six children.
1. Elizabeth Shepard 1621-1684, m. Thwait Strickland
2. John Shepard 1623-1707, m. Rebecca Greenhill
3. Abigail Shepard 1627- 1661, m. Daniel Pond
4. Susan Shepard 1629-d. early
5. Deborah Shepard 1631-1707, m. Jonathan Fairbanks
6. Sarah Shepard 1636-1679/1680, m. Samuel Thomson
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