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

...ursements on account of Rev. John Phillips furnish the only evidence to be found in the Church Record concerning the attempt which was evidently made to secure him as a teacher of the church of which Mr. Shepard was pastor. Savage describes him as of Dedham, 1638, a famous minister of Wrentham (which is about 30 miles N. E. from Ipswich, England), where he obtained his living as rector 1609, and married ...
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