Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Shepard” in chapter 8 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...heir behalf. This temptation to remove was not kept secret, though no direct reference to it appears on record. It was discussed in a Church meeting at Cambridge, Feb. 14, 1640-1, as appears by Mr. Shepard 's Diary, at which time the project passes out of sight, probably in consequence of a grant then recently made by the General Court, to wit: Oct. 7, 1640. The town of Cambridge is granted a month to c...
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