"Stephen5 Shepard (Samuel,4 John,3 John,2 Edward1), … married at First Church, Hartford, 25 Sept. 1748, Susannah Blanchard, … daughter of William and Sarah (Cole) Blanchard. Stephen Shepard and his wife Susanna owned the covenant, 20 Nov. 1748, at the First Church. By 1751, they were affiliated with the church in West Hartford; … Children, born at Hartford, all but the first baptized at West Hartford: … References: The source of the birth records of the children is presumably a family record."