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Alan Shepard

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Francis Lyford

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• • 6th Great-grandfather of Alan Shepard — 9th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 326 
  • Father:
  • John Lyford 
  • Mother:
  • Ann -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1645 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. London, England 
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  • Death Date:
  • from 17 Dec 1723 to 2 Sep 1724 
  • Death Location:
  • prob. Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebecca Dudley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 21 Nov 1681 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire 
  • Children:
  
  

  Mary Lyford (Ahnentafel No:163 )

  Stephen Lyford

• Additional marriages for Francis Lyford

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  • Spouse:
  • Elisabeth Smith
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT Jun 1671
  • Marriage Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

• Sources for Francis Lyford

  • ¹ Watson, Marston, Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 1, Governor Thomas Dudley and Descendants . . ., 2nd Ed., Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004), 6, 15.
  • ² Welch, William Lewis, Francis Lyford of Boston and Exeter, and Some of His Descendants, Salem, Massachusetts: Printed for the Essex Institute (1902), 8.