An American Family History

Thomas Shepard was born on April 5, 1635 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was the son of Ralph and Thanklord Shepard.

Winfred Shepard in Ancestors and Descendants of Albro Dexter includes Thomas as a son of Ralph and Thankful Shepard, but he is not included in the Records of Littleton.

He married Hannah Ensign on November 19, 1658 at Malden.  Hannah was the daughter of Thomas Ensign and Elizabeth Wilder.  She was christened on July 6, 1640.

Their children were Thomas Shepard (1659), Hannah Shepard Blanchard (1664, married Joseph Blanchard), Ralph Shepard (1667), John Shepard (1669), Jacob Shepard (1675), Sarah Shepard (1678), David Shepard (1680), Isaac Shepard (1682), and Mary Shepard (1685).

Hannah died March 14, 1698. His second wife was Joanna White.

He died on September 17, 1719 in Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

The Medford Historical Register, Volumes 6-7 by Medford Historical Society

II. George Blanchard [son of Thomas Blanchard] had two wives and ten children; lived on one-half of the farm inherited from his father, and died there March 18, 1700, aged 84. His gravestone is in the Medford burying ground.

III. Joseph Blanchard, eldest son of George Blanchard, by his first wife, was born in 1654; married Hannah, daughter of Thomas Shepard of Charlestown, April 13, 1681. He had seven children, and died in Charlestown, on the "Blanchard Farm," October 24, 1694, aged 40. His gravestone is in the Medford burying ground.