"Samuel Shepard was son of Isaac and A. Mary (Smedley) Shepard, m. Elinor Whitney ... The grave of Samuel Shepard at Plainfield, Conn. is marked by a simple slab with the inscription S.S. 1724. ... He was the son of Isaac Shepard, of Concord (Nashoba), Mass., who was killed by the Nashua Indian, Feb. 12, 1676 ..." Children named in the distribution of his estate 10 Nov 1726: eldest son Jonathan, 2nd son David, 3rd son Nathan, 4th son Benjamin, eldest daughter Eleanor Derby, 2nd daughter Mary Johnson, 3rd daughter Lucy Shepard.