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SHEPPARD/SHEPHEARD Bridgwater area (revised)
« on: Saturday 13 May 06 04:05 BST (UK) »
As a follow-up to my previous posting regarding this family.  I am searching for the baptismal details of Henry Shep*rd son of James Shep*rd born in the Bridgwater area circa 1810-1820.

Any help to break down this 25 year brick wall would be most appreciated.

Thanks!
Jim

What we know:
James Shepheard as father of Henry and Henry's birthplace as Bridgwater Somerset is based on two separate documents. (see http://www.stoneyburn.ca/Sheppard_etal/Bio/SHE_Bio_01.php )
  • 1.   ADM 38 7474 Description Book HMS Ajax (4 Feb 1853): gives Henry's age as 34 years, 9 months and his place of birth as Brdigwater Somerset. Trade brought up to sea.
  • 2.   Marriage Certificate: Henry Sheppard and Elizabeth Vigers shows Henry's father as James Shepheard seaman.
James does not appear in 1851 and 1841 census. He was a seaman so it is not inconceivable that if still living he was at sea on census days.

Dots to be connected!

  • In June 1836 a Henry Sheppard age 25 born in Bridgwater was listed as the mate of the St. Piere of Bridgwater; James Pooleman Owner. (We cannot be sure this is our Henry but it is possible).
  • ADM 38 7474 indicates he joined the HMS DRUID 20 July 1841. The Druid was at this time in the China Sea. Could Henry (and possibly James) have been in the employ of the East India Company?
  • An online database of Bridgwater ship owners and crews from the 1863-190x contains several Shep*rd references including a vessel called Shepherd owned by James Shepheard in 1863, (http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/asp/shipname.asp?Ship=Shepherd ). Not likely to be our James but possibly the same family. Bearing that in mind it is interesting to note that ownership of the vessel changes in 1867 to C. Shepherd, keeping it in the family for a few more years.
  • An index to the 1861 Census for the Bridgwater-Stowey area contains a James Shepherd age 38 possibly the above mentioned James.
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Cornwall OPC Antony/Torpoint
 http://www.secornwallopc.stoneyburn.ca
Coordinator Somerset OPC Project
http://www.wsom-opc.org.uk/
Cornwall (Antony/Torpoint): SHEPPARD, VIGUS, HORDEN, WILLIAMS, VINCENT, SAMMELS, BASTARD
Somerset, (Bridgwater/Stogursey): SHEPHERD
Norfolk (Cranworth):CORY
Middlesex (London): CORY, FARMER
Kent (Erith/Gravesend/Staplehurst): FARMER, MACKEY
Essex: MASON, SANDFORD, DEAL, BYFORD, CHINNERY
Wigtownshire: HARDING, BAXTER
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