Re: Shepard update

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.org>]

> I have recently made contact with a descendent of Charleston area
>Sheppards. It would appear that the Sheppards came from Dorschester, England
>arriving in South Carolina about 1678. They may have been Quakers in Dorset
>rather than Separatists. This would indicate that the connection to Midway
>is the Dorchester heritage rather than Thomas Shepard, first pastor of First
>Church, Cambridge Mass. There is some indication that the SC Sheppards did
>have ties to the Boston area. I have materials on order from the SC
>Historical Society that may shed more light on this line of enquiry.

Very interesting.

Can you ask the SC descendant if they know of any Quartermans coming
over from England at the same time?

>W. Hugh Tucker

John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>

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