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Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Chapter 21: military History. (search)
f the Commonwealth, being reported to be slain in the wars in Ireland in the year 1652. Middlesex Court Files. Lieutenant Spencer was one of the corporate members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 1638-9, in which year he removed to Connecticut, where, as well as here, he was an active and useful civil officer. Both here and in Connecticut he was a Deputy in the General Court. Ensign Shepard returned to England with Captain Cooke, being excused by the General Court in October, 1645, from further attendance as a member, being to go for England. He was a Major in Cromwell's army, and very probably in Colonel Cooke's regiment. He is represented in Mitchell's Church Record, 1658, as then living in Ireland, where he probably died about 1673. It does not appear that either of these officers was engaged in the short and decisive Pequot War, which occurred shortly after they were commissioned; Cambridge furnished twelve soldiers in this expedition; and Captain Patric
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, Genealogical Register (search)
committed to Mr. Samuel Shepard, by the General Court, in Sept. 1639. He was Selectman 1638, Representative or Deputy 1639, 1640, 1644, 1645, Clerk of the Writs 1640, and Commissioner for small causes 1641. He had a military spirit, and was closely associated with Col. George Cooke; they came together, served here together, and returned to England, to serve together under Cromwell. He was the first Ensign of the military company here, organized in Dec. 1636, with Cooke for Captain. In Oct. 1645, he and his friend Cooke were excused from their duties as members of the General Court, being to go for England. In the Civil War, which commenced in England at about that time, both were engaged for the Parliament, Cooke as Colonel, and Shepard as Major. Mitchell in his Church Record, commenced in 1658, says, Major Samuel Shepard and his wife, now living in Ireland, do yet stand in memberly relation to us. He had then probably been in Ireland several years; for, under date of 8 March
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register, S. (search)
committed to Mr. Samuel Shepard, by the General Court, in Sept. 1639. He was Selectman 1638, Representative or Deputy 1639, 1640, 1644, 1645, Clerk of the Writs 1640, and Commissioner for small causes 1641. He had a military spirit, and was closely associated with Col. George Cooke; they came together, served here together, and returned to England, to serve together under Cromwell. He was the first Ensign of the military company here, organized in Dec. 1636, with Cooke for Captain. In Oct. 1645, he and his friend Cooke were excused from their duties as members of the General Court, being to go for England. In the Civil War, which commenced in England at about that time, both were engaged for the Parliament, Cooke as Colonel, and Shepard as Major. Mitchell in his Church Record, commenced in 1658, says, Major Samuel Shepard and his wife, now living in Ireland, do yet stand in memberly relation to us. He had then probably been in Ireland several years; for, under date of 8 March
Benjamin Cutter, William R. Cutter, History of the town of Arlington, Massachusetts, ormerly the second precinct in Cambridge, or District of Menotomy, afterward the town of West Cambridge. 1635-1879 with a genealogical register of the inhabitants of the precinct., chapter 3 (search)
which we have already mentioned, whose ancient dam still remains in the mill-pond of Samuel A. Fowle, and was used till the present century. He returned to England near the end of 1645, was a colonel in Cromwell's army, and sacrificed his life in the service of the Commonwealth—being reported to be slain in the wars in Ireland in the year 1652. Samuel Shepard, chosen ensign in 1637, when Cooke was chosen captain, returned to England with him, both being excused by the General Court in October, 1645, from further attendance as members, being to go for England. Shepard was a major in Cromwell's army, very probably in Colonel Cooke's regiment, and was represented in Mitchell's Church Record, 1658, as then living in Ireland, where he probably died about 1673. In 1652 the inventory of the estate of Colonel George Cooke was accepted, and Mr. Henry Dunster and Mr. Joseph Cooke were empowered as administrators to improve the estate for the good and education of his daughter Mary Cooke.—C