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William Shepard 1570–1616 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1570

Birth Location: Somerset, England

Death Date: 1616

Death Location: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

Father: John Sheppard

Mother: Alice Harris

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

In 1570, William Shepard entered the world in Somerset, England, born to John Myllard Sheppard And Alice Harris. William Shepard passed away in 1616 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1570, William Shepard entered the world in Somerset, England, born to John Myllard Sheppard And Alice Harris.
  • William Shepard passed away in 1616 in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Sheppard
1542–1625
Birth Location: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
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Alice Harris
1545–1588
Birth Location: Elmstead, Essex, England
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Shepard's Ancestors

Self
William Shepard
1570–1616
Birth Place: Somerset, England
Parents
John Myllard Sheppard
1542–1625
Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
Alice Harris
1545–1588
Elmstead, Essex, England
Grandparents
Robert (Sheppard) I
1505–1560
Redgrave, Suffolk, England
Agnes Burchett
1509–1560
Redgrave, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Edmund Shepard
1475–1524
Annes Atesbury
1479–1540
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Shepard's Timeline

2 Records

1570
1570
Birth of William Shepard in Somerset, England
Somerset, England
1616
1616
Age 46
Death of William Shepard in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1570
    Event Place: Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1616
    Event Place: Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
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