Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Shepard” in chapter 19 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...arlestown, were disarmed. The Cambridge church, however, seems to have escaped infection; and none of its members were included among the disaffected and supposed dangerous class. The vigilancy of Mr. Shepard was blessed ..... for the preservation of his own congregation from the rot of these opinions. Nearly twenty years later, his successor, Mr. Mitchell, was sorely tried by the defection of Presi...
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