Rebecca Shepard

Rebecca Greenhill was christened on 24 February 1630 in Staplehurst, Kent, England. Rebecca Greenhill died on Thursday, 22 December 1689 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. (1)

Parents: Samuel Greenhill (c. 1591-c.1637) and Rebecca Baseden (c. 1608-1678). Rebecca Baseden married Jeremy Adams after Samuel Greenhill's death.

Rebecca emigrated from England to the Colonies with her parents and brother Thomas in 1634.

Marriage 1: On 4 October 1649 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Rebecca married John Shepard, son of Capt. Edward Shepard and Violet Stanley. (2)

Children of Rebecca Greenhill and John Shepard:

1. Rebecca Shepard+2 (a 1650 - 7 Mar 1697)

2. John Shepard2 (22 Jan 1651/52 - )

3. Sarah Shepard1 (5 Mar 1655/56 - 18 Dec 1753)

4. Violet Shepard1 (a 1658 - 14 Aug 1682)

5. Elizabeth Shepard1 (26 Jul 1660 - 4 Aug 1682)

6. Edward Shepard1 (31 Jul 1662 - 9 Sep 1711)

7. Samuel Shepard2 (3 Jul 1664 - )

8. Thomas Shepard2 (12 Nov 1666 - 6 Mar 1743)

9. Deborah Shepard1 (a 1669 - 8 Feb 1721)

10. Abigail Shepard1 (a 1671 - 5 Sep 1750)

11. Hannah Shepard1 (29 Jan 1672 - 4 Nov 1709)

Weblinks:

http://www.theroyfamily.com/p11926.htm

Citations

  1. Ancestral File. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1994.

2. Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella. History of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1630-1877 with a Genealogical Register - Supplement and Index. 1930. Reprint Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1986.

Rebecca had one brother, Thomas, who made his will as a young man in 1653, before he was 21. He left his land as a life estate to his mother, the remainder, half to his half siblings, and half to his sister Rebecca's two children. Rebecca got anything only if her two children died before her. Rebecca and John fought the will, arguing Thomas was not yet 21 and thus the will was invalid. Thomas thus died intestate, and everything should go to his single full sibling, Rebecca. The dispute when on for more than 50 years, into the 3rd generation.

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