Margaret Shepard

T 1. (Rev.) THOMAS1 SHEPARD, born at Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, 5 Nov. 1605, died at Cambridge, Mass., 25 Aug. 1649;

married in England, in 1632, (1) Margaret Touteville (i.e., Stouteville, earlier Estoute-ville), baptized at Humanby, Yorkshire, England, 3 Aug. 1606, died at Cambridge, Feb. 1635/6, daughter of Charles and Ann (Robertson) Stoute-ville; married about 1637,

According to Thomas Shepard's statement in his "Memoir of His Own Life," included in Young's "Chronicles of the First Planters of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay," his first wife was related to Sir Richard Darley of Buttercrambe, Yorkshire. Her parentage was established through the ef-forts of the late Dr. Arthur Adams [New England Hist. and Gen. Register, 100: 73]. The will of "Charles Toutwell, of Handmanby, in the County of York, Gent.," dated 12 Feb. 1620, proved 19 Dec. 1622, names sons Charles and Henry, and daughters Mary and Margaret, and desires Sir Richard Barley to be Margaret's guardian. Her mother was Ann (Robertson) Stoute-ville, daughter of Bryan and Margaret (Fitzwilliam) Robertson, and grand-daughter of Richard Fitzwilliam of Sprotsborough, through whom descent from various baronial families and royalty can be traced.

Children by first wife:

• T 3 i. Thomas,2 b. in 1633, d. at Yarmouth, Eng., Dec. 1634.
• T 4 ii. Thomas, b. at London, Eng., 5 Apr. 1635, bp. Feb. 1636.

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She has proven royal ancestry and a line to a Magna Charta Baron.

Margaret Touteville, daughter of Charles Touteville and Anne Robertson, married at Buttercrambe (in Bossal), Yorkshire 23 July 1632 [Rev.] Thomas Shepard, son of William Shepard of Towcaster, Northamptonshire, a grocer. [1] In 1635 Thomas and his wife Margaret and their infant son Thomas, sailed on the ship Defence to New England. [2] Margaret died at Cambridge, Massachusetts Feb. 1635/36. [3]

"Mr. Shepard m. (1) 1632, Margaret Touteville, a kinswoman of Sir Richard Darley, Knight ; b. Eng. 1604 ; d. Cambridge, Mass., about the middle of Feb. 1635-6, of consumption, contracted by a severe cold on her voyage to America. She is named as a passenger on the ship " Defence," July 2, 1635, aged 31. Her prayer was that she might live to witness the baptism of her first living child, which boon was denied her to the last. Md. (2) Joanna, daughter of his friend Rev. Thomas Hooker ; b. ; buried Apr. 28, 1646 ; md. (3) Sept. 8, 1647, Margaret Boredale, who, after her husband's decease, md. (2) Nov. 19, 1650, Rev. Jonathan Mitchell, "son of Rev. Jonathan, who came to N. E. 1635, settled in Stamford, Conn., and d. 1645, aged 54 years. Rev. Jonathan, jr. graduated H. C, 1647, and commenced preaching at Hartford, June 24, 1649, and subsequently removed to Cambridge, and began his ministerial labors Aug. 12, 1649 during the illness of Mr. Shepard. On the latter's decease (Aug. 25, 1649), Mr. Mitchell received an invitation to assume the pastorate, which he accepted, and was ordained Aug. 21, 1650, and became one of the most eminent preachers of the day ; was elected Fellow of Harvard College, 1650. He died July 9, 1668, aged 43." [Hist. Cambridge.]" [4]

"CHILDREN BY FIRST WIFE, MARGARET. 14. Thomas, 8 b. 1633 ; d. Yarmouth, Eng., Dec. 1634. 15. Thomas, 3 (25) b. Apr. 5, 1635 ; d. Dec. 22, 1677."

Source

1. Richardson, Douglas. FASG. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed Kimball G Everingham. 5 Volumes (Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013) II: 683
2. https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p2194.htm...
3. Re: The Tamworth Descent of Mrs. Margaret (Estouteville) Sheppard GoogleGroups