POWER, Walter

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Walter confessed miscarriage with Tryal, daughter of Deacon Shepherd, "my now wife"; and Tryall, wife of Walter Power, petitioned in favor of her husband" in duress." It appears that Walter and his wife were "convicted of fornication by them committed together before marriage." They were sentenced to be flogged. Deacon Ralph Shepard bought her (Tryal) out of the flogging by paying a fine. Walter was sentenced "to be openly "whipt" with 15 stripes by the constable of Cambridge" 

Walter married SHEPARD, Trial on 11 Jan 1660 in Concord, MA. Trial (daughter of SHEPHERD\ SHEPARD, Ralph and LORD, Thankful) was born on 10 Feb 1641 in Weymouth, MA; was christened on 19 Dec 1641 in Weymouth, MA; died in 1708 in Littleton, MA; was buried in MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. POWER, Mary was born in 1663 in Malden, MA; died on 5 Apr 1740 in Littleton, MA; was buried in Littleton, MA.