HUSBAND: Ralph Shepherd[1]
   Born: circa  1606        England
   Marr: 21 May 1632        St Bride, London, England[2]
   Died: 11 Sep 1693        Malden, Massachusetts
    Occ: Tailor

   WIFE: Thankslord Perkins[2][3]
   Born:        1612        England
   Died:        1693  
 Father: Thomas Lord 
 Mother: Dorothy Bird 

CHILDREN

 1|   Name: Sarah Shepherd[1]
 F|   Born:  6 Aug 1633        Stepney, Middlesex, England

 2|   Name: Thomas Shepherd[1]
 M|   Born: circa  1636        Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts
  |   Marr: 19 Nov 1658        Malden, Massachusetts
  |     To: Hannah Ensign[1]
  |   Marr: circa  1699  
  |     To: Joanna[1]
  |   Died: 29 Sep 1719        Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts

 3|   Name: Isaac Shepherd[1]
 M|   Born: 20 Jun 1639        Weymouth, Massachusetts
  |   Marr: 11 Dec 1667        Concord, Massachusetts
  |     To: Mary Smedley[1]
  |   Died: 12 Feb 1675/6      Concord, Massachusetts[4]

 4|   Name: Trial Shepherd[1]
 F|   Born: 19 Dec 1641        Weymouth, Massachusetts
  |   Marr: 11 Mar 1660/1      Malden, Massachusetts
  |     To: Walter Power[1]

 5|   Name: Abraham Shepherd[1]
 M|   Born: circa  1645  
  |   Marr:  2 Jan 1672/3      Concord, Massachusetts
  |     To: Juduth Sill[5]
  |   Died:        1715  

 6|   Name: Thanks Shepherd[1]
 F|   Born: 10 Feb 1650/1      Malden, Massachusetts
  |   Marr: 13 Dec 1669  
  |     To: Peter Dill 

 7|   Name: Jacob Shepherd[1]
 M|   Born: 16 Jun 1653        Malden, Massachusetts
  |   Died:        1676  

REFERENCES

  [1]Gerald Faulkner Shepard, The_Shepard Families of New_England, (New Haven, 
     CT: The New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1971).

  [2]Penny G. Douglas, Thankslord Perkins, wife of Ralph Shepard of Dedham, 
     Mass., "TAG", January 1992, pg. 29, in custody of the Waco-McClennan 
     County Library, Waco, Texas [Cites parish registers of St. Brides, London,
     on Fleet Street.].

  [3]LDS Ancestral File, Ver. 4.13, in custody of the Emerson Family History 
     Center, Oradell, New Jersey.

  [4]Killed by indians.

  [5]James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary, of the First Settlers of New 
     England , (Baltimore, MD: GPC, 1969), in the custody of the Waco-McClennan
     County Library, Waco, Texas. 

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