Sgt. Samuel Shepard
Sgt. Samuel Shepard
1750-1847
STEPHEN SHEPARD (Daniel,3 Daniel,2 Johnl), born presumably at Acton, Mass., about 1750, died at Phillips town, Mass., 4 July 1831, aged 81; married at Concord, Mass., 29 Aug. 1786, Prudence Adams, born at Acton 24 July 1757, died at Phillipstown 5 Jan. 1847, aged 89 yrs. 5 mos., daughter of John and Mercy Adams.
He had considerable service in the Revolutionary War. As Stephen Shepherd of Acton, he responded to the Lexington Alarm, 19 Apr. 1775, in the militia Co. of Capt. John Hayward; and enlisted 24 Apr. 1775 as Corporal in Capt. William Smith's Co., Col. John Nixon's Regt., in service 3 months 15 days. He enlisted 25 Mar. 1777 as Stephen Shepard (the name is also rendered Sheppard) for three years or the war; on II Jan. 1781 he was described as aged 30, stature 5 ft. 9 in.; complexion and hair, light; occupation, shoemaker; birthplace and residence, Acton. His service was as Corporal and Sergeant, and he was named as Quartermaster Sergeant late in the war. He was still in service in 1782, and on 21 Jan. of that year had leave to go from West Point to Acton for 55 days and overstayed the leave. He was entitled, however, to two stripes in a list of men entitled to honorary badges for faithful service. [Mass. Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolution) 14: II8-19, 127, 129-30, q. v.]
He was a pensioner, but his file was not available when the Shepard files were examined for the editor in 1965.
Stephen Shepherd was listed at Acton in the 1790 Census, with one male under 16 years and four females.
The Family and Descendants of John Shepard of Concord (Acton), Massachusetts Vol. 111 of the Shepard Families of New England pages 51-91
Complied by: Gerald Faulkner Shepard, Edited by: Donald Lines Jacobus The New Haven Colony Historical Society New Haven Connecticut, 1973
Descendants of Stephen Shepard
Generation No. 1
1. STEPHEN3 SHEPARD (DANIEL2, DANIEL1) was born February 13, 1749/50 in Acton, Middlesex, MA., and died July 04, 1831 in Phillipston, Worcester, MA.. He married PRUDENCE ADAMS August 29, 1786 in Acton, Middlesex, MA. (Source: Search & Research Publishing Corp., Acton Vital Records, 128.), daughter of JOHN ADAMS and MERCY SANDERSON. She was born July 24, 1757 in Acton, Middlesex, MA. (Source: Search & Research Publishing Corp., Acton Vital Records, 12.), and died January 05, 1847 in Phillipston, Worcester, MA..
Children of STEPHEN SHEPARD and PRUDENCE ADAMS are:
i. BETSY4 SHEPARD, b. June 24, 1787, Acton, Middlesex, MA. (Source: Search & Research Publishing Corp., Acton Vital Records, 101.).
ii. SERENA SHEPARD, b. October 29, 1788, Acton, Middlesex, MA. (Source: Search & Research Publishing Corp., Acton Vital Records, 101.).
iii. STEPHEN SHEPARD, b. April 20, 1790, Acton, Middlesex, MA. (Source: Search & Research Publishing Corp., Acton Vital Records, 101.).
iv. JOHN SHEPARD, b. December 02, 1794, Acton, Middlesex, MA. (Source: Search & Research Publishing Corp., Acton Vital Records, 101.).
v. CYRUS SHEPARD, b. August 14, 1798, Gerry, Worcester, MA..
