An American Family History

Abraham Shepard was born on March 7, 1642/03 in Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Ralph and Thankful Shepard.

He married Judith Sill on January 2, 1673 in Concord. She may have been the daughter of John and Sarah Sill.

Their children were Sarah Shepard Hartwell (1674), Abraham Shepard (1677), Judith Shepard Pettibone (1678), Hephzibah Shepard (1681), Thanks Shepard Pettibone Adams (1683-1724), Mary Shepard (1685/86), Hanah Shepard (1689).

In 1681 his father deeded part of his Cambridge land to him.

 He died on February 22, 1715/16 in Concord.

(from Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, Volume 3 by William Richard Cutter)
Samue [Pettibone], son of John Pettibone, was born September 2, 1672, in Simsbury, and spent his entire life there. He was a farmer, a well-known citizen and one of the foremost men of the town in his day.

He married Judith [Shepard], born January 11, 1679, daughter of Abraham and Judith (Sill) Shepard, of Concord, Massachusetts. Her father, Abraham Shepard. was born in Boston, March 7, 1642, died in Concord, January 2, 1673. His father was Ralph Shepard, born in 1604, and came from London, 1635, in the "Abigail." His wife was Thanks , born in England, 1612.

Her mother, Judith (Sill) Shepard, was the daughter of John and Joanna Sill. Both were born in England. John came to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was in 1637. Joanna Sill died in 1671. Children of Samuel Pettibone: Samuel, born 1700; Hepsibah, died February 25, 1755; Jonathan, born 1709, mentioned below; Isaac, June 19, 1711, died 1771; Abraham, November 8, 1713, died July 30, I725