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Sarah Shepherd 1636 – 1680 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Aug 1636

Birth Location: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 15 Jan 1680

Death Location: Braintree,Norfolk,Massachusetts,USA

Father: Sea Sheppard

Mother: Violet Wolverton

Spouse(s): Deacon Tompson

Children(s): William Tompson

Sarah Shepherd was born in 1636 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Sea Capt. Edward Sheppard and Violet Stanley Wolverton. Sarah Shepherd married Deacon Samuel Tompson, and had children including William M "Adam" Tompson. Sarah Shepherd passed away in 1680 in Braintree,Norfolk,Massachusetts,USA.

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Biography

  • Sarah Shepherd was born in 1636 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Sea Capt. Edward Sheppard and Violet Stanley Wolverton.
  • Sarah Shepherd married Deacon Samuel Tompson, and had children including William M "Adam" Tompson.
  • Sarah Shepherd passed away in 1680 in Braintree,Norfolk,Massachusetts,USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sea Sheppard
1596 – 1674
Birth Location: Elmstead, Tendring District, Essex, England
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Violet Wolverton
1596 – 1648
Birth Location: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
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Spouses(s)

Deacon Tompson
1630 – 1695
Birth Location: City of Preston, Lancashire, England
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Children(s)

William Tompson
1658 – 1749
Birth Location: Strabane,Tyrone,,Ireland
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Sarah Shepherd's Ancestors

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Sarah Shepherd
1636 – 1680
Birth Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Sea Capt. Edward Sheppard
1596 – 1674
Elmstead, Tendring District, Essex, England
Violet (Stanley) Wolverton
1596 – 1648
Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Grandparents
Edward (Myllard) Shepard
1570 – 1608
Elmstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Katherine Becham
1572 – 1608
Elmstead, Essex, England, United Kingdom
John Charnould
1553 – 1615
Lawford, Essex, England
Joane Ketter
1560 – 1610
Lawford, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Shepherd's Descendants

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Sarah Shepherd (6 Aug 1636 – 15 Jan 1680) m. Deacon (Samuel) Tompson (16 Feb 1630 – 18 Jun 1695)
  1. 1. William (M "Adam") Tompson (1658 – 1749) m. Naomi Myers (1660 – 1705)
    1. 1. Rebecca Thompson (1680 – 1791) m. Sampson Archer (1675 – 1754)
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Ann 'Betsy Ann' Margaret) Archer (1701 – 16 November 1755) m. Captain (Jonathon 'John') Matthews (29 Aug 1697 – Abt 1742)
        1. 1. Samuel (A) Matthews (1715 – 27 May 1769) m. Ann (E.) Cauldwell (1715 – 1754)

Sarah Shepherd's Timeline

3 Records

1636
6 Aug 1636
Birth of Sarah Shepherd in Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England
1636
6 Aug 1636
Birth of Sarah Shepherd in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
1680
15 Jan 1680
Age 44
Death of Sarah Shepherd in Braintree,Norfolk,Massachusetts,USA
Braintree,Norfolk,Massachusetts,USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Aug 1636
    Event Place: Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Aug 1636
    Event Place: Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Jan 1680
    Event Place: Braintree,Norfolk,Massachusetts,USA
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
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