Daniel Shedd

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁶¹⁹
Daniel Shedd was born about 1596, most likely in Finchingfield. He was evidently named for his uncle Daniel Shedd. He became a yeoman in Finchingfield and resided, at least at on period, in the manor of Cornish Hall since the manor court rolls show that Daniel Shedd and James Chaplyn were assessors of fines of the manor. [Court Rolls of Cornish Hall in Honour of Clare, Duchy of Lancaster, Bundle 129, No. 1843, Public Records Office London.] In the church records, he is shown to hold the office of "questman" from 1631 to 1635. As the eldest son, he was made the residuary legatee and executor of his father's will in 1637.

In Feb 1641/42, Parliament sent a manifesto throughout England to test public opinion, protesting against any influence in the Government by the Church of Rome. Copies were sent to constables of every parish in the country, who were ordered to show or read it to every male inhabitant over eighteen years of age, to list the names of all those persons who signed it or assented, and also to list the names of all who refused to sign. These lists were returned to Parliament, and many have been preserved. These records give the names of all males in a parish over eighteen years of age. Among these "Protestation Rolls of 1642" are the parishes in Hinckford Hundred, Essex, including Finchingfield for which over two hundred names appear. Among these names is Danyell Shead. He evidently continued in Finchingfield until his death were he was buried 8 Feb 1656/57, leaving no will, nor was any administration take of his estate. He was about sixty years at the time of his decease. He married a woman named Sarah, who was buried 29 May 1638 in Finchingfield.

Children of Daniel and Sarah Shedd, recorded in Finchingfield:

• Martha, bap. 18 Jan 1617/8
• Daniel, bap. 25 Jun 1620
• Sarah, b. abt 1622; bur., Finchingfield 29 May 1563; m. there, 31 Oct 1639, Ralph Bird.
• Susan, bap. 6 Jan. 1625/6.

~Daniel Shed genealogy, pp. 21 - 22

Daniel married Sarah about 1617. (Sarah was buried on 29 May 1638 in Finchingfield, Braintree, Essex, England ⁶¹⁹.)