Gideon Allen & Sarah Prudden (dau. of Rev. Peter Prudden & Johanna Boyse) also had a daughter Abigail (1680-1755), who married John Shephard. ~~~~~~~~ Hello everyone - I thought I would add my 2¢ to the SHEPARD line - I have the SHEPARDS as one of my direct lines- from 1542 to 1896... 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 and Sarah PURDDEN [Gideon the s/o George 1)ALLEN and his 2nd wife Katherine 1) STARKES - I come thru George 1)ALLEN & his 1st wife Miss. H. S. SMITH they were my 9th great grandparents] 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- John 4) SHEPARD was the s/o John 3) SHEPARD b 22 Jan 1658 at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, d Mar 1736 at Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, he md 12 May 1680 at Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut- TO Hannah 2) PECK the d/o Paul 1) PECK and Martha 1) HALE - Hannah PECK was b 1660 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut- she d 1689/95 at Hartford- they were parents of 7 children- John 3) SHEPARD md2) 19 March 1712/13 at Hartford, as the 3rd husband of Mary BENTON the d/o Andrew 1) BENTON and Hannah STOCKING- Mary was md 1st to Nathaniel COLE, she md2) Jonathan BIGELOW - there was no issue by John and his 2nd wife Mary BENTON. John 3) SHEPARD was the s/o John 2) SHEPARD was born 1623 at Lawford Parish, Essex, England, he died 12 June 1707 at Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut he md 4 Oct 1649 at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts TO Rebecca 2) GREENHILL the d/o Samuel 1) GREENHILL and Rebecca 1) TAYLOR [widow 1st of [John?] BASTIAN in England] Rebecca GREENHILL was born 1630 at Staplehurst, Kent, England - she d 22 Dec 1689 at Hartford- She had a brother Thomas who never married- Rebecca's mother Rebecca [TAYLOR] was widowed once again by Samuel GREENHILL- Rebecca then md for her 3rd husband Jeremy 1) ADAMS and had 4 more children- Rebecca and John 2) SHEPARD were parents of 11 ch. John 2) SHEPARD was the s/o Edward 1) SHEPARD was born 1596 at Elmstead Parish, Tendring, Essex, England, he died June 1680 at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, he md1) 6 Dec 1620 at Erwarton Parish, Suffolk, England TO Violet CHARNOLD the d/o John -1) CHARNOLD and Joan .....; Violet was one of 5 children- Violet was born 26 Sep 1596 at Mistley Parish, Essex, England, she d 9 Jan 1648/9 at Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts - they were parents of 6 ch- Edward 1) SHEPARD md2) Mrs Mary POND, the widow of Robert 1) POND- Edward 1) SHEPARD was the s/o Edward -1) SHEPARD b 1570 Elmstead Parish, Tendring, Essex, England, he died 1608 in county Essex, England - he md 7 Dec 1595 at Little Bentley, Essex, England TO Catrin / Katherine BECHAM the d/o Richard -2) BECHAM & Margaret -1) REVEL- Catrin/Katherine was bp 13 Apr 1572 at Nayland Parish, Suffolk, England I don't know when she died, they were parents of 5 ch. Edward -1) SHEPARD was the s/o John -2) SHEPARD b abt 1542 at Elmstead Parish, Tendring, England - he d 1601 there - he md there abt 1569 TO Alice - she d 1588 there - they were parents of 4 children- Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com Quite a bit of research has been done on the Sherman family: Edmund Sherman (1572 - ~ 1642) married Joan Makin and had 9 children including: Hester Sherman (1606-1666), m. Andrew Ward (11 children) Rev. John Sherman (1613- ) Hon. Samuel Sherman (1618-1700) m. Sarah Mitchell (9 children) Hope this helps someone, Linda Burkell ============================== Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history learning and how-to articles on the Internet. http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library