The verbatim printed copy of Concord vital records gives the name of Abraham's bride as "fillbrook," by which the name Philbrook or Philbrick must be intended. Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of New England, 4: 71, stated that Abraham Shepard married "Judith Sill, d. perhaps of John." There seems to be no evidence that John Sill had a daughter Judith. The first four letters of "fillbrook" could of course easily be read as "sill" with an old-fashioned long "s" if the rest of the name were disregarded or read otherwise. The Philbricks settled mainly in Hampton, N.H., and no definite place for Judith has been found in that family. Wyman's Charlestown Genealogies and Estates and other complications [compilations] follow Savage in the Sill statement.
