Isaac was the son of Thomas Shepard and Hannah Ensign.[1] He married Elizabeth Fuller on December 31, 1702 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[2] They bought land in Taunton, (now Norton) Massachusetts and all but the first two children were born there.[3] Isaac died at Taunton/Norton on June 4, 1724.[4]
Children
Isaac b Watertown 19 Jan 1703 (- 1778)
Joshua b 03 Apr 1705 (- 1730)
Elizabeth b 13 May 1707; m Bullard Rice Benjamin (- 1760)
Jonathan b 06 Aug 1709 (- 1798)
Hannah b 02 Aug 1711; m Norcross (- 1752)
Nathaniel b 13 Feb 1713 (- 1752)
Sarah b 02 Mar 1715; m Allen (- 1756)
Noah b 23 Feb 1717 (- 1773)
Jacob b 12 Dec 1721; captured by indigenous warriors and died in (- 1747)[5][6]
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCL-YXND : 31 October 2019), Isaac Shepard and Elizabeth Fuller, 31 Dec 1702; citing Marriage, Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007010699.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-2K4J : 18 February 2020), Isack Shepard, 04 Jun 1724; citing Death, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009664.
↑ Probate estate files - Series A, case no. 53068-53141, Sheaf, William - Shepherd, William, ca. 1731-1881, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9Y8-CD7X: 18 March 2024), Film# 101222869, Worcester, Massachusetts, File# 53126, image 874.
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