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About Susannah Shepley
John Sheple Jr. was married to Susannah Wheeler on September 23, 1672. Their entire family except child John was killed during the Abenaki Indian raid on Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, June 27, 1695 and their house (likely with bodies inside) was burned to the ground. They are memorialized on the Sheple Monument transcribed by Samuel A. Green in his "Epitaphs".
Partial transcription: "East Side. Genealogy of the Sheples from 1630 to 1835 - 205 years.
Sheple, a phonetic spelling, was variously spelled "Shepley", "Shipley", and "Shapleigh".
All of John Shepley's family (John Sheple, father; Susannah Wheeler, mother; and at least two unknown siblings) were massacred by the Abenaki Indians during one of the attacks on Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts on July 27, 1694, a skirmish brought on by the French and Indian Wars. Only Captain John Sheple, then age 16/17, survived.
- Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 25 2018, 16:46:50 UTC
Susannah Shepley's Timeline
1646 |
January 17, 1646
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Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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1676 |
1676
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Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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1682 |
March 14, 1682
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Massachusetts, Colonial America
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1694 |
July 27, 1694
Age 48
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Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
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