... Prudence (Sheppard) Stites was named in will of her father, Dickinson Sheppard of Fairfield, Salem, now Cumberland Co., N.J., dated 29 October, 1769, proved 6 December 1769; his beneficiaries were: wife Eleanor, sons Peter and Ansel when of age, son Dickinson, and six daughters, Priscilla, Eleanor, Sarah, Prudence, Pleasant and Hannah - New Jersey Wills at Trenton, Liber 14, ft. 275, et seq. ...