RALPH SHEPARD 1603-1693

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Deacon Ralph Shepard
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Deacon Ralph Shepard
Deacon Ralph Shepard
Deacons played a respected and important role in early New England churches. They sat in a raised pew near the pulpit and had special duties during communion.
Deacon Ralph Shepard was born about 1603 in Limehouse, Stepney Parish, Middlesex, England. Limehouse was a hamlet in Stepney Parish. In 1730 Limehouse became the separate parish of St. Anne-Limehouse. It is now a part of London and adjoins the East End.
He was the son of Isaac Shepard (born 1571 in London, England) and his wife, Mary.
He married Thanklord about 1633. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Ralph and Thanklord Shepard.
Ralph was a tailor. He was probably a member of the Draper’s Guild and a citizen of London.
On April 24, 1634, when Bishop Laud was persecuting the non-conformists, Ralph was summoned before the ecclesiastical Court of High Commissions. His sentence was not recorded, but he probably left England because of it.
He was present at the first town meeting and signed the Town Covenant of Dedham, Massachusetts in 1636 and was granted twelve acres of land. He was a member of the first Town Assembly of Dedham and received many other grants of land. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, p. 85) Of the 26 town meetings held in Dedham, Ralph attended 21 of them.
Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.Children of Deacon Ralph Shepardand Thanklord Shepard

Sarah Shepard
Thomas Shepard
John Shepard
Isaac Shepard
Trial Shepard Powers
Abraham Shepard
Thankful Shepard Dill
Jacob Shepard
Weymouth is the second oldest town in the Commonwealth, behind Plymouth, and the site of the first town meeting. Established in 1622 and incorporated in 1635, the town was a fishing and agricultural community.
On February 9, 1645/45 he was made a fence viewer for the lower plantation. He was a Ruling Elder the in Weymouth Church.
In April 1651 he took the oath of a freeman in Middlesex County.
He died on September 11, 1693 or August 20, 1693 in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was probably visiting his son Thomas when he died.
He is buried in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

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Ralph Shepard
1603-1693 , Massachusetts
Ralph Shepard of Dedham
Ralph Shepard, born in England about 1606 died 11 Sept. 1693 aged 90; married Thanks (Thankslord or Thanks-ye-Lord), born in England about 1612, and died somewhere between 1666 and 1681. On 30 June 1635, Ralph, age 29 with his wife age 23, and daughter Sara took ship for New England on the Abigail, Robert Hackwell master.
He first settled in Dedham, Mass. Where he signed the Covenant and attended 2 town meetings on 18 Aug. 1636 and 17 May 1639, and sold land 21 Aug 1639. He next lived at Weymouth, where he had children recorded 1639 and 1641. He then moved to Rehoboth where he was an original purchaser and attended a town meeting 31 Aug 1644 and in 1645. He then moved to Malden where he had children recorded in 1651 and 1653. On 19 Mar 1650/1 Richard Palgrave of Charlestown physician, with the consent of his wife Anne, sold to Ralph Shepheard of Malden, tailor, five acres “on Mistik side” and four “cow Lotts”. Ralph Shepard of Malden, tailor, sold land there with consent of his wife Thankslord to Abraham Hill, 1 Feb 1663/4, and on 7 July 1666 with wife Thankslord sold to Benjamin Dunbar his dwelling house, barns, and 14 acres apparently his homestead, together with other pieces of land in Malden and Charlestown. He seems to have moved to Concord, Mass. In 1665-66. On 25 Mar 1666 calling himself of Concord, tailor, he conveyed with his wife Thankslord to his son-in-law Walter Power of Concord, planter, 60 acres in Concord which he had purchased of Lt. Joseph Wheeler, and this deed was witnessed by Isaac Shepard and Jacob Shepard. On 29 May 1681 without mention of his wife and in consideration of a sum paid mostly by Isaac Shepard, deceased, and the rest by Nathaniel Jewell, who married Isaac’s widow, he conveyed to the children of Isaac Shepard (Isaac, Mary, and Samuel), part of his farm bought of Lt. Joseph Wheeler, bounded on lands of himself, Abraham Shepard, and Walter Power.
Walter Power was husband of Trial Shepard
From The Shepherd Families of New England compiled by Gerald Faulkner Shepherd and edited by Donald lines Jacobus
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Deacon Ralph Shepard
Deacon Ralph Shepard
Deacons played a respected and important role in early New England churches. They sat in a raised pew near the pulpit and had special duties during communion.
Deacon Ralph Shepard was born about 1603 in Limehouse, Stepney Parish, Middlesex, England. Limehouse was a hamlet in Stepney Parish. In 1730 Limehouse became the separate parish of St. Anne-Limehouse. It is now a part of London and adjoins the East End.
He was the son of Isaac Shepard (born 1571 in London, England) and his wife, Mary.
He married Thanklord about 1633. Their children and life together are described in detail in the section on Ralph and Thanklord Shepard.
Ralph was a tailor. He was probably a member of the Draper’s Guild and a citizen of London.
On April 24, 1634, when Bishop Laud was persecuting the non-conformists, Ralph was summoned before the ecclesiastical Court of High Commissions. His sentence was not recorded, but he probably left England because of it.
He was present at the first town meeting and signed the Town Covenant of Dedham, Massachusetts in 1636 and was granted twelve acres of land. He was a member of the first Town Assembly of Dedham and received many other grants of land. (Kin of Mellcene Thurman Smith, p. 85) Of the 26 town meetings held in Dedham, Ralph attended 21 of them.
Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.Children of Deacon Ralph Shepardand Thanklord Shepard

Sarah Shepard
Thomas Shepard
John Shepard
Isaac Shepard
Trial Shepard Powers
Abraham Shepard
Thankful Shepard Dill
Jacob Shepard
Weymouth is the second oldest town in the Commonwealth, behind Plymouth, and the site of the first town meeting. Established in 1622 and incorporated in 1635, the town was a fishing and agricultural community.
On February 9, 1645/45 he was made a fence viewer for the lower plantation. He was a Ruling Elder the in Weymouth Church.
In April 1651 he took the oath of a freeman in Middlesex County.
He died on September 11, 1693 or August 20, 1693 in Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was probably visiting his son Thomas when he died.
He is buried in Bell Rock Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
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Ralph Shepard
b. 3 June 1606 Limehouse, Stepney, London, [poss. c. Dronfield, Derby England]
d. 20 Aug. i. 11 Sep. 1693 i. Old Bell Rock Cem., Malden, Middlesex, MA Age 90
Occupation: Tailor, Officer in the Draper's Guild
ARV Dedham, Norfolk, MA 30 June 1635 on the "Abigail"
Purchased a farm in Concord from Joseph Wheeler in 1666
m. (5023) Thank-the-Lord Perkins 21 May 1632 St. Bride on Fleet Street, London, England
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Aboard the Abigail
from Hottons emigrantsThe Abigail of London sailed from foreign ports, the last being Plymouth, England on June 4, 1635. She sailed with about 220 passengers aboard along with livestock. She arrived in Boston about October 8, 1635 with smallpox aboard.Richard Hackwell, master of Abigail. Columns represent: given name, surname, age, occupation, country to which they belong. 26 Ralph Shepherd 29 tailor Dedham (Eng 27 Mrs. Thanks Shepherd 23 28 Sarah Shepherd 3 http://www.immigrantships.net/v2/1600v2/abigail16351008.htmlRalph Shepherd age: 29, and his wife Thanks or I've been given "Thanks Lord", Puritans, age: 23, and their daughter: Sarah age: 3 were aboard the "Abigail". Ralph lived until 1693, outliving one of his sons who was killed in King Phillips war in the late 1600's.
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