A history of the law, the courts, and the lawyers of Maine, from its first colonization to the early part of the present century . ied deeply lamented, March 26,1859. By her, he had four sons and one daughter. The daughter becamethe wife of John S. Abbott, a prominent lawyer, and once the attorney gen-eral of Maine, now a resident in Boston: she died in 1858. Of the sons,William, Stephen, and Charles were graduates of Bowdoin College : the twolatter are able and popular ministers of the Methodist denomination : Williamand Albert B. died while pursuing the study of law. Mr. Allen has not onlygi
A history of the law, the courts, and the lawyers of Maine, from its first colonization to the early part of the present century . ied deeply lamented, March 26,1859. By her, he had four sons and one daughter. The daughter becamethe wife of John S. Abbott, a prominent lawyer, and once the attorney gen-eral of Maine, now a resident in Boston: she died in 1858. Of the sons,William, Stephen, and Charles were graduates of Bowdoin College : the twolatter are able and popular ministers of the Methodist denomination : Williamand Albert B. died while pursuing the study of law. Mr. Allen has not onlygiven his two sons to the ministry, but has himself been a devoted and ex-emplary servant, member, and officer of the Methodist Church during hislong life ; and still lives to give it his supimrt by the influence of his virtues,his labors, and his pecuniary means. JOUN n. SIIEPPARD REGISTER OF PROBATE. 1S17 —1S34. Two lawyers of our State were natives of England : of one, Mr. Hopkins,Mo have spoken in previous pages. The other is the subject of the fol-lowing notice, who was also register of probate for Lincoln County seven-. .^ x^ N> ?^^ orwL Jt*. it3 u la. i^id^ 1850. JOHN H. SHEPPARD. 667 teen years, under the excellent Judge Bailey. We are permitted to use onthis occasion an autobiography, wliich cannot fail to prove interesting. I was born March 17, 1789, at Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England,—atown surrounded with a wall by Julius Caesar, portions of which, two milesin extent, are still visible. There my ancestors lived, and their genealogy,running some ages back, is in my possession. My father, John Sheppard,a merchant, was well educated at an English school, and served his time ina counting-house in London. He married my mother, Sarah Collier of thatcity, who had been two years under tuition at a convent in France, and ex-celled in music. They were both young, and emigrated to America about1703. They went first to Philadelphia, and then to Hallowell on the Kenne
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