Joanna Shepard

SECOND GENERATION

2 Joanna Hooker (Thomas), daughter of Rev. Thomas Hooker, of Hartford, Conn.; m. (early in 1640), Rev. Thomas Shepard, of Newtowne, Mass. (his second wife). He was a son of William Shepard, of Tonaster, Eng., b. Nov. 5, 1605. He succeeded Mr. Hooker as preacher at Newtowne, when Mr. Hooker and his church removed to Hartford.

Mr. Shepard came to New England with his first wife, Mar- garet Fowteville and one son on the ship Defence arriving at Boston Oct. 3, 1635. He settled at Newtowne and became the third minister of that town. He succeeded Mr. Hooker and he and his church purchased from Mr. Hooker and his church all the property which they left behind when they removed to Hartford.

His first wife died Feb. 1, 1636, leaving one son. He mar- ried Joanna Hooker, and after her death at Newtowne, April 28, 1646, he married Sept. 8, 1647, Margaret Borodale, and had one son. She survived him and after his death married Rev. Jonathan Mitchell. He died at Newtowne, Mass. (Cam- bridge), Aug. 25, 1649.

CHILDREN, SHEPARD. By 2nd wife

• : *8 Samuel, b. at Newtowne, Mass., Oct., 1641.
• 9 John, b. and d. at Newtowne, Mass., 1644
• . 10 John, 2d, b. at Newtowne, Mass., April 2, 1646; supposed to have lived at Lynn, Mass.

References

• https://archive.org/details/descendantsrevt00hookgoog/page/n46/mode...
• Great Migration Begins AncestryImage