Abigail Shepard

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• Alternate birth: 24 Feb 1725, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Abigail married Peleg Gifford on 27 Apr 1743 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. Peleg (son of Jonathan Gifford and Lydia Abbott) was born on 14 Aug 1711 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts; died in Jul 1802 in Conway, Hampshire, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Noah Gifford was born about 1759 in of Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

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• Alternate birth: 29 Jan 1688, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

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First schoolmaster in Dartmouth.

Daniel married Mary Sherman. Mary (daughter of William Sherman and Martha Wilbor) was born in of Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 28 May 1694, Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island

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"The Shepherds were not Friends, but living so near the Meeting-House they gradually became 'somewhat convinced of the truth' and later a famous Friend Minister was called to the home of Mary Bryce Shepherd who was gravely ill and died apparently in the faith. Later on, her husband and family all joined the sect which worshipped so near to them, and where they neighbors gathered on First and Fifth days." [Wing Family of America rootsweb tree]

"Daniel Shepherd was chosen the first school master in old Dartmouth. He was said to be a near relative of that 'sweete, gratious, heavenly-minded, soul-ravishing minister,' Mr. Thomas Shepherd, as he was ecstatically described." ["Five Johns of Old Dartmouth," by William A. Wing.]

Daniel married Mary BrycePortsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Mary was born about 1662. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Martha Wilbor on 12 May 1681 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Martha (daughter of William Wilbore and Martha) was born about 1662 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: 1638

Peleg married Elizabeth Lawton on 25 Jul 1657 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Lawton and Elizabeth Salisbury) was born before 10 Sep 1637; was christened on 10 Sep 1637 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died in 1711. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: 16 Mar 1719, Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island
• Alternate death: 16 Mar 1720, Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island

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"A weaver of cloth, he was appointed Constable [of Portsmouth] for the terms beginning 1 June in the years 1668, 1674, and 1676; he also served in the colonial legislature in 1672 and 1678. On 12 Sept. 1680 he was of record as tax collector." [Ancestral Lines, citation details below.]

William married Martha. Martha died about 1682. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 19 Mar 1687, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

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A founding settler of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, he became its first recorder and served various other roles in the town's government. Wikipedia entry here".

"PHILIP, Roxbury, came in 1633, a single man, freem. 14 May 1634, first on the list aft. Gov. Haynes, m. Sarah Odding, d. of John Porter's w. by former h. went home early, but soon came again, and was led away, says the ch. rec. to familism by Porter, disarm. Nov. 1637, and banish. next yr. went to R. I. there sign the compact of civil governm. Mar. 1638, was Secr. or Recorder of the Col. 1648, and was rep. 1656. See Callender, 30. As secr. he was happy eno. to have a descend. at 1857, prob. at seventh generat. fill. the same post; but I can hardly indicate the line. He had Samson and Samuel, perhaps more." [James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England]

According to Ancestral Lines (citation details below), he and his wife were ancestors of Herbert Hoover and Winston Churchill.

Philip Sherman (1611-1681) = Sarah Odding (1612-1681)
Samuel Sherman (1648-1717) = Martha Tripp (1658-1717)
Sarah Sherman (b. 1682) = Samuel Chase (d. 1758)
Elisha Chase (1706-1764) = Elizabeth Wheaton (1706-1744)
Charity Chase (b. 1734) = Stephen Bourne (1724->1760)
Stephen Bourne (1757-1822) = Deborah Bourne (1763-1822)
John Bourne (1801-1870) = Clarissa H. Morrison (1806-1868)
Malina E. Bourne (1848->1880) = William Wallace Cushing (1850-1935)
Clara May Cushing (1875-1917) = Leon E. Roddenberry (1867-1907)
Eugene Edward Roddenberry (~1896-1969) = Caroline Glen Golemon (1904-1998)
Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry (1921-1991)

Philip married Sarah Odding in 1634. Sarah (daughter of William Oddyn and Margaret) was born before 21 Oct 1612 in Braintree, Essex, England; died after 31 Jul 1681. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Abt 1681, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

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He was probably disabled in King Philip's War in 1676.

Thomas married Elizabeth Salisbury on 29 May 1635 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. Elizabeth was born about 1616 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died after 16 Nov 1654. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She may have been a daughter of John Salisbury of Bow Brickhill in Bedfordshire and his wife Margaret Crowley, who were married 8 Apr 1611 in the parish of Salford, only about four miles from Cranford.

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"It is probably this John who, in 1631, signed his name to the agreement with several other Braintree men to join the settlement at the Isle of Old Providence, which is off the coast of South America. In 1641 the Spaniards drove the English from the two Islands of Providence, and this is probably why John Wilbore and his two brothers were admitted the next year to land called Hollis Grove, which is partly in Braintree and partly in Bocking." [Benjamin Franklin Wilbour, "The English Ancestry of Samuel Wilbore, of Boston, and William Wilbore, of Portsmouth, R.I.", citation details below.]

"The Providence Island colony was established in 1631 by English Puritans on what is now called Isla de Providencia, about 200 kilometres (120 mi) east of the coast of Nicaragua. Although intended to be a model Puritan colony, it also functioned as a base for privateers operating against Spanish ships and settlements in the region. In 1641, the Spanish overran and destroyed the colony." [Wikipedia]

John married Joan Drane on 6 Aug 1616 in Felsted, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Said to have died in Braintree, Essex on 21 May 1630.

Samuel married Phillipp Ward about 1598. Phillipp (daughter of Lancelot Ward and Joan) was born about 1575; died after 8 Jan 1617. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was a weaver.

William married Margaret before 1610. Margaret was born before 1590; died after 1665. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Emigrated to Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1633 with her second husband John Porter, their daughter Hannah, and her daughter Sarah by her late first husband.

"The life of Margaret (-----) (ODDING) PORTER was not one of stability. She was probably born by 1590 and married by 1610 to William ODDYN, a weaver. In 1612 she was left a young widow with a small daughter, Sarah. Sometime before 1633, probably before 1629, she married John Porter, likely in Braintree. John and Margaret had a daughter, Hannah, probably born in England. John, Margaret, Sarah, and Hannah came to Roxbury during 1633, where they joined the church late that year, John Porter and his son-in-law Philip Sherman were among those who broke from the Roxbury church. Margaret was uprooted again, moving to Portsmouth, Rhode Island, by 1638. Her life there was not happy. John Porter abandoned her by 1665, moving to Pettaquamscutt and apparently taking up with another woman. Margaret was obliged to petition the court for relief, the last mention of her." [Patricia Law Hatcher, "Reconstructing Sarah (Odding) Sherman", citation details below.]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1581

George married Isbell Smith on 13 Nov 1606 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. Isbell (daughter of Francis Smith and Ann) was born in 1585 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England; died after 1641 in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate birth: Abt 1588

Joseph married Mary. Mary was born in of Colchester, Essex, England; died between 10 Nov 1620 and 1623. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Alternate death: Bef 1623