While I have basically the same Shephard info, my dates for Abigail Allen & John differ. I have Abigail ALLEN bapt 5 Jan 1680\81 I think the Abigail ALLEN born in 1699 was to Abigail Allen Shephard's brother Gideon Allen. Linda ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi every one - Just shows what happens when you type something in fast and don't proof read it - You are so right, I did make an error when I put Abigail ALLEN as being b 1699 that is wrong - Here's the dates - Abigail ALLEN bp 9 Sep 1688 at Milford, New Haven, CT. d 19 Dec 175- at Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut - she was over 70y md 8 Oct 1707 at Milford, New Haven, CT She was the d/o Gideon and Sarah [PRUDDEN] ALLEN and granddaughter of Rev. Peter PRUDDEN- Abigail md2) 8 Sep 1723 at Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut TO Daniel 4) FOOTE the widower of Dorothy BLACKMAN - he was the s/o Daniel 3) FOOTE & Sarah 3) CHAPIN [d/o David 2) CHAPIN & Lydia CRUMP and granddaughter of Samuel 1) CHAPIN & Cicely 1) PENNY] Daniel 4) FOOTE Daniel 3) FOOTE & Sarah 3) CHAPIN Nathaniel 2) FOOTE & Elizabeth 2) SMITH Nathaniel 1) FOOTE & Elizabeth 1) DEMING ~~~~~~~~~ As far as Abigail being the wife of Gideon the s/o Gideon & Sarah [PURDDEN] ALLEN- that is not the case - Gideon's wife was Ann 3) BURR b c 1675 Fairfield, Fairfield, CT d 1748 New Haven county, Connecticut md 20 Jan 1696 Fairfield TO Gideon ALLEN s/o Gideon & Sarah [PRUDDEN] ALLEN Ann BURR'S line is like this: Ann 3) BURR c1675-1748 & Gideon 3) ALLEN Nathaniel 2) BURR 1635/7-1712 & Sarah 2) WARD Jesus 1) BURR c1600-bef 1654 & Miss CABLE WARD LINE Sarah 2) WARD 1637-1692 & Nathaniel 2) BURR Andrew 1) WARD 1597-1659 & unknown wife SOURCE: SHEPARD - Shepard Families of New England pg 16-17 entry #18 ALLEN - same for her husband BURR - History and genealogy of the families of Old Fairfield, Connecticut - vol 1 pg 117 & 122; Robert Charles Anderson's "The Great Migration Begins" vol 1 pg 278 Hope this clears up the mess I made- Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com Hi Wilma and List, > John 4) SHEPARD b 1 Nov 1681 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut d at Milford, > New Haven, Connecticut [no date] he md May 1732 at Milford, New Haven, > Connecticut > TO Abigail ALLEN d/o Gideon ALLEN [[snip]] > Abigail ALLEN was b 9 Sep 1699 at Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, she d 19 > Dec 1750/59 at Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut - I have 5 ch for them- bornand married 9 Oct 1707 to John SHEPHARD. Children: 1. John Shephard, b. 26 Oct 1708. 2. Rebecca SHEPHARD, b. 1 Nov 1710, m. Joseph PECK, 20 Jun 1732 in Newtown. Their daughter Grace PECK m. Jotham SHERMAN. [[one of my direct lines]] 3. Abigail Shephard, b. 22 Oct 1713 4. Hannah Shephard, b. 11 Nov 1715 5. Timothy Shephard, b.22 Mar 1717/18 After John Shephard died, Abigail married Daniel FOOTE. Sources: Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Vol. 1-3, Vol iii, "Descendants of Edward Shephard, Mariner, Cambridge, Mass. 1639", p. 390, #17. Newtown's History and Historian, page 399.