William Sheppard-244 [Parents] was born in 1705 in , , England. He died on 20 Apr 1785. He was buried in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England.
NOTE listed as G G Grandfather of claimant on a listing prepared by J H Lydall, Solicitor, of Southampton Building, Chancery Lane. Gives year of birth, full date of death and place of burial.
He had the following children:
M i Samuel Sheppard-243
John Sheppard-245 [Parents] was born in 1657 in , , England. He died in 1713. He was buried in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England.
NOTE 1711 - he is mentioned in the will of Vincent, Haberdasher of London and of Richmond, Surrey, as his brother.
NOTE listed as G G G Grandfather of claimant on a listing prepared by J H Lydall, Solicitor, of Southampton Building, Chancery Lane. Gives year of birth, year of death, place of burial and occupation as Maltster. He is bracketed together as the third of three presumed brothers.
He had the following children:
M i William Sheppard-244
William Sheppard-246 [Parents] was born about 1620. He died on 16 Oct 1689. He was buried in Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, England. He married Mary-252.
NOTE listed at the top of the list of ancestors of Samuel Sheppard prepared by J H Lydall, Solicitor, of Southampton Building, Chancery Lane. Gives year of birth with a question mark after it, full date of death as 28 Aug 1689, and place of burial.
WILL of William Sheppard of Hanslope lists children as William, Mary (Wooden), Vincent, and John, and his wife as Mary.
DEATH date listed here is from the proving of his will.
Mary-252 was born about 1625. She died after 1689. She married William Sheppard-246.
BIRTH my estimate.
NOTE named in will of husband.
They had the following children:
M i William Sheppard-247 was born about 1650. He died about 1741.
BIRTH my estimate.
NOTE 1711 - he is mentioned in the will of Vincent, Haberdasher of London and of Richmond, Surrey, as his brother.
NOTE shown on a listing of the ancestors of Samuel Sheppard prepared by J H Lydall, Solicitor, of Southampton Building, Chancery Lane. He is bracketed together with the G G G Grandfather of Samuel Sheppard as the first son. Gives the year of death which is followed by the word "supposed". He is listed as a Goldsmith.F ii Mary Sheppard-249 M iii Vincent Sheppard-122 M iv John Sheppard-245
Benjamin Wooden-250.Benjamin married Mary Sheppard-249.
NOTE known from the will of his father-in-law.
Mary Sheppard-249 [Parents] was born about 1652. She married Benjamin Wooden-250.
BIRTH my estimate.
NOTE known from the will of her father. She was married to Benjamin Wooden and had a daughter Mary.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Wooden-251.
NOTE known from her maternal grandfather's will.
Sheppard-254 died before 1837. He married Mary Deacon-182.
NOTE known from the will of his widow in 1837.
Mary Deacon-182 was born about 1781 in , England. She died about 1837. She married Sheppard-254.
Other marriages:Sheppard, Richard Edward
MARRIAGE Towcester Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. ref.329P/10 no.186. A spinster of the parish of Towcester.
NOTE will transcription seen. The dates for birth and death are handwritten at the top of the transcript and I do not know their accuracy. The will is of Mary Sheppard, widow of Towcester. It names her brother Samuel Deacon, her niece Mary Gleed Howes, her son in law Richard Edward Sheppard of Towcester, Mary Sheppard wife of William Sheppard of Abthorpe, Martha and Rachel Burnhill, sisters of this Mary Sheppard.
William Sheppard-255 was born before 1815. He died after 1837. He married Mary Burnhill-256 on 25 Feb 1831 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England.
MARRIAGE from Northants Marriage CD, a bachelor. Information from Paul Woodward (email June 2007).
NOTE listed in will of Mary Sheppard, widow of Towcester, as William Sheppard of Abthorpe, a framework knitter.
Mary Burnhill-256 [Parents] was born before 1815. She died after 1837. She married William Sheppard-255 on 25 Feb 1831 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England.
MARRIAGE from the Northants Marriage CD, a spinster. Information from Paul Woodward (email June 2007).
NOTE listed in will of Mary Sheppard, widow of Towcester, as wife of William Sheppard of Abthorpe. Her two sisters are also mentioned in this will.
Robert Burnhill-257 was born before 1772 in , , England. He married Rachel Faulkner-334 on 3 May 1792 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England.
BIRTH my estimate.
MARRIAGE from Paul Woodward (email June 2007), but there is no proof that this is the father of the girls listed. However if it quite likely as the dates of birth and names of the girls fit. He was a bachelor.
Rachel Faulkner-334 was born before 1772 in , , England. She married Robert Burnhill-257 on 3 May 1792 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England.
BIRTH my estimate.
MARRIAGE from Paul Woodward (email June 2007), but there is no proof that this is the mother of the girls listed. However if it quite likely as the dates of birth and names of the girls fit. She was a apinster.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Burnhill-256 F ii Martha Burnhill-258 was born before 1815. She died after 1837.
NOTE listed as sister to Mary Sheppard the wife of William Sheppard of Abthorpe in the will of Mary Sheppard, widow of Towcester.F iii Rachel Burnhill-259
Robert Wickens-261 was born before 1590. He married Mary-276.
KNOWN from memorial plaque to his daughter, where is listed as late of Stoke Bruerne.
NOTE Val Moore (email July 2007) reports that a grant of arms was made to Tobert Wickens of Stoke Bruerne by letters patent dated 13 May 1642. (source, College of Arms).
Mary-276 died after 1655. She married Robert Wickens-261.
KNOWN from will of her husband.
They had the following children:
F i Jane Wickens-253
William Wickens-248 [Parents] died about 1661.
NOTE in his father's will written before 1655 he is listed as the executor. He had given him a loan of 100 pounds, and wrote this off in the will. His children are listed but not by name or even how many, they were still under 18 years of age.
NOTE his will was written 16 Sep 1659 and proved 9 May 1661. It lists sons Robert, William, John and Anthony, and daughter Mary. His wife is not mentioned so it is assumed she had died. He listed Anthony as his eldest son, and the only married daughter was Mary. Robert was to pay each of the others five pounds, each one year after the previous one.
He had the following children:
M i Robert Wickens-271 was born before 1648.
NOTE know from the will of his father. He is listed as the eldest son, and is commissioned to give sums of money (five pounds in most cases) to his siblings in various stated future years. I first assumed that these dates were the years when they will become 21, but this would not work. The money was the income from lands in Stoke Bruerne, so presumably the payments were one year at a time..F ii Mary Wickens-272 U iii John Wickens-274.
NOTE known from the will of his father. He was due to receive five pounds in 1680.M iv William Wickens-273.
NOTE known from the will of his father. He is listed as William Wickens of Ashton and was due to receive five pounds in 1681M v Anthony Wickens-275.
NOTE known from the will of his father. He was due to receive five pounds in 1682.
Richard Nailour-263 [Parents] was born about 1610 in , , England. He died about 1671. He was buried in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. He married Jane Wickens-253 on 28 Jul 1640 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.
MARRIAGE on NRO fiche 303p/17, fiche 8. very faint.
KNOWN from memorial plaque to his wife.
NOTE He was the main beneficiary of the will of Robert Wickens his father-in-law.
DEATH from will of 18 May 1671, which requests that he be buried in the church near to his seat there, with a memorial plaque with his coat of arms. The will was probated in March 1672 "English Style".
NOTE the will mentioned a Cousin Anne Wilson, widow of Cotton end. It also mentioned a sister Dame Katherine Wingfield and her daughter Betty, also three nephews, Richard Nailour of Offord and his brother William and Henry. Another cousin mentioned is Mrs Martha Richard, widow, and her son William.
NOTE Val Moore (email July 2007) reports that he is listed as 4th son of Richard and Katherine.(source, visitation records of College of Arms, 1613). The visitation of 1684records him as of Brigstock and afterwards of Stoke Bruerne. He harried as his second wife Jane, daughter of Robert Wickins. This record lists his deat as about 1670.
Jane Wickens-253 [Parents] was born about 1611 in , , England. She died on 21 Jan 1655/1656. She married Richard Nailour-263 on 28 Jul 1640 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England.
BAPTISM not found in Stoke Bruerne parish records.
MARRIAGE on NRO fiche 303p/17, fiche 8. very faint, she is listed as Ms or Mrs Jane Wickens, but it is not clear enough to assume that this was a second marriage. The memorial below makes her heiress to William Wickens unless this is through her first husband.
KNOWN from memorial of her death at Stoke Bruerne church. She is listed as the daughter of Robert Wickens, late of Stoke Bruerne.
NOTE in a memorial to Richard Sheppard, his mother is listed as the heiress to Richard and Jane Nailour, who is an heiress to William Wickens.
BAPTISM not found in Stoke Bruerne parish records.
MARRIAGE on NRO fiche 303p/17, fiche 8. very faint, she is listed as Ms or Mrs Jane Wickens, but it is not clear enough to assume that this was a second marriage. The memorial below makes her heiress to William Wickens unless this is through her first husband.
KNOWN from memorial of her death at Stoke Bruerne church. She is listed as the daughter of Robert Wickens, late of Stoke Bruerne.
NOTE in a memorial to Richard Sheppard, his mother is listed as the heiress to Richard and Jane Nailour, who is an heiress to William Wickens.
NOTE Val Moore (email July 2007) reports that she was the second wife of Richard Nailour. (source, visitation records of College of Arms, 1684).
They had the following children:
M i Nailour-265 was born in 1640/1650 in , , England. He died before 1655.
BIRTH from chart by Sheila Jelley it is listed as 1631 but this is before the parents' marriage date.
KNOWN from memorial plaque to his mother. He died before her. Birth date my estimate. He is not mentioned in his father's will of 1671.F ii Anna Maria Nailour-39 F iii Mary Nailour-264 was born in 1636/1655 in , , England. She died on 6 Nov 1692.
KNOWN from plaque to her mother.
NOTE she was named in the will of Robert Wickens her grandfather which implies that she was not yet 21 in 1654.
DEATH from her own memorial where she is listed as the second daughter of Richard Nailour.F iv Susanna Nailour-266 was born in 1637/1655 in , , England. She died on 15 May 1677.
KNOWN from memorial to mother. Also a personal memorial which says she died a virgin on 15 May 1677.
NOTE she was named in the will of Robert Wickens her grandfather which implies that she was not yet 21 in 1654.