Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Shepard” in chapter 17 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...period; for as none were then admitted to political freedom except members of churches, it may safely be supposed that all the Cambridge men thus made free were members of the Church. Moreover, Mr. Shepard 's successor, the matchless Mitchell, prepared in 1658 a manuscript account of The Church of Christ at Cambridge in N. E., or, the names of all the members thereof that are in full communion, etc., ...
Max. Freq. Min. Freq.
Entity Corpus Doc Corpus Doc  
† Thomas Shepard 312 199 44 29 0 user votes
Samuel Shepard 120 101 8 7 0 user votes
Shepard 71 0 19 0 0 user votes
Ruth Shepard 66 66 0 0 0 user votes
John Shepard 32 28 0 0 0 user votes
Isaac F. Shepard 27 0 3 0 0 user votes
Edward Shepard 16 16 0 0 0 user votes
Jared Shepard 13 8 1 0 0 user votes
Charles H. Shepard 12 0 0 0 0 user votes
George H. Shepard 12 0 0 0 0 user votes
Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard 12 0 0 0 0 user votes
S. G. Shepard 11 0 9 0 0 user votes
George Shepard 8 0 2 0 0 user votes
Margaret Shepard 8 0 0 0 0 user votes
O. L. Shepard 8 0 2 0 0 user votes
Samuell Shepard 8 8 0 0 0 user votes
James Shepard 7 1 1 1 0 user votes
David L. Shepard 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jonathan Shepard 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Lewis C. Shepard 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
Samuel G. Shepard 6 0 6 0 0 user votes
William Shepard 6 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. M. Shepard 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
Michael P. Shepard 5 0 1 0 0 user votes
Abraham Shepard 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Allen Shepard 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Anna Shepard 4 4 0 0 0 user votes
Edward Olcott Shepard 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Frank H. Shepard 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
James E. Shepard 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jeremiah M. Shepard 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jeremy Shepard 4 4 0 0 0 user votes
Joseph P. Shepard 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Nathaniel Shepard 4 4 0 0 0 user votes
Rachel Shepard 4 4 0 0 0 user votes
Richard S. Shepard 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Thomas G. Shepard 4 0 0 0 0 user votes
Horatio N. Shepard 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
N. A. Shepard 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
William F. Shepard 3 0 1 0 0 user votes
B. Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. E. Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
E. W. Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Frandford Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
J. Shepard 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
J. F. Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
James S. Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
John R. D. Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Jones Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
Joseph Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
L. N. Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
R. D. Shepard 2 0 0 0 0 user votes
William B. Shepard 2 0 2 0 0 user votes
Amos W. Shepard 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Carrie H. Shepard 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Charles I. Shepard 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
H. D. Shepard 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
N. Shepard 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Seth Shepard 1 0 1 0 0 user votes
Willard H. Shepard 1 0 1 0 0 user votes

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