Robert Shepard, of Redgrave

Not the same as Robert Sheppard, of Peasmarsh

Biography

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Robert Shepard was born say 1505; died probably at Redgrave, co. Suffolk, between March 1560, when his son Henry was baptized and mentioned in an undated codicil to Robert's will and 3 Feb. 1650/61, when his will was proved; he married Agnes ____. In his will, he bequeathed land, livestock, farm implements, and furniture to his wife and children, and his wife was to fulfill his obligation to the children of the deceased George Bettes. The death date of his wife Agnes is unknown; she was still alive when her husbands will was proved. Even though Robert had fifteen children, the mother of all of them was likely the wife Agnes he named in his will. His son Thomas seems to have been the oldest living son at the time the will was written, and Robert requested that Thomas let "his mother" be in charge of the land for three years. Thomas was born before 16 Feb. 1539/40, when he was named in his grandmother's will.

Family

Robert Shepard, son of Edmund Shepard and Annes, married Agnes, had 15 children, all born in Suffolk:

1. John Shepard, b. 1531, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

2. Thomas Shepard, b. 1533, Redgrave, Suffolk, England d. Mar 1590, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

3. Robert Shepard, b. 1535, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

4. Margaret Shepard, b. 1537, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

5. Anne Shepard, b. 1539, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

6. Edmund Shepard, b. Bef Oct 1541, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

7. Richard Shepard, b. Bef 25 Nov 1542, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

8. Catherine Shepard, b. 1545, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

9. Edmund Shepard, b. Bef 10 May 1547, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

10. Rose Shephard, b. Bef 09 Aug 1549, Redgrave, Suffolk, England d. Sep 1625, Suffolk, England

11. Edmund Shepard, b. Bef 23 Jul 1551, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

12. puer (boy) Shepard, b. Bef 23 Sep 1553, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

13. Olyffe Shepard, b. 1555, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

14. Elizabeth Shepard, b. 1557, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

15. Henry Shepard, b. Bef 31 Mar 1560, Redgrave, Suffolk, England

References

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• Reference: TNG Genealogy - SmartCopy: May 17 2021, 16:39:42 UTC
• "The Shepard Ancestry of Elizabeth Jasper, wife of Samuel Morse of Dedham and Medfield, Mass.", The American Genealogist Vol. 62, No. 4, Whole Number 246 (October 1987): pp. 235 - 240, at page 238. Myrtle Stevens Hyde, "The Shepard Ancestry of Elizabeth Jasper", pp. 235-6. Myrtle Stevens Hyde, "The Shepard Ancestry of Elizabeth Jasper", pp. 235 - 240, at page 238. The dates are those of the execution and probate of his will. < AmericanAncestors >