Joseph SHEPHERD
SOURCES: 1. Ancestral File 2. Main Archives - nil
He married Rachel Merrill 1740 at Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut . Rachel Merrill was born at Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut 4 Nov 1722 daughter of Daniel Merrill and Susanna Pratt .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Joseph Shepard
christened 10 May 1641.
Moses Shepard
christened 15 Aug 1742.
Rachel Shepard
christened 25 Mar 1744.
Abigail Shepard
christened 7 Dec 1746.
Joseph Shepard
christened 17 Jul 1748.
George Shepard
born 17 Feb 1751.
Elizabeth Shepard
christened 24 Mar 1754.
Mary Shepard
christened 20 May 1759.
Sarah Shepard
born Abt 1761.
David Shepard
born Abt 1763.
Joseph Shepherd died 14 Oct 1796 at Barkhamstead, Connecticut .
Rachel Merrill died 29 Jan 1812 at Trenton, Oneida, New York .