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1. 1st GENERATION – Ralph Shepard 1605/1606 England – 11 September 1693 Mauldin, Mass Married Thankslord Perkins - 10 Children
2. 2nd GENERATION – Isaac Shepard 20 June 1639 Weymouth, Mass - 12 Feb 1675/76 Killed by Indians at Concord. Married A. Mary Smedley – 3 Children
3. 3rd GENERATION – Isaac Shepard 1669 Concord, Mass – 23 Jan 1747Killingly, Conn married Hannah Spalding – 7 Children (Source- Barbour Collection Connecticut Vital Records, Windham County, CT, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/4791/barbourcollectionplainfieldsabinand.html
   1. Hannah - Hannah, d. Isaac & Hannah, b. Nov. 13, 1695; 1; 8
   2. Jonas - Jonas, s. Isaac & Hannah, b. May 12, 1698; 1; 8
   3. Isaac - Isaac, s. Isaac & Hannah, b. Sept. 14, 1700; 1; 8
   4. Joseph - Joseph, s. Isaac & Han(n)ah, b. Sept. 11, 1705; 1; 9
   5. Abigail - Abigail, d. Isaac & Han(n)ah, b. Dec. 7, 1705 (date conflicts with birth of Joseph); 1; 9
   6. Lydia - Lydia, d. Isaac & Han(n)ah, b. May 20, 1708; 1; 9
   7. Samuel - Samuell, s. Isaac & Han(n)ah, b. Apr. 2, 1711; 1; 9
4. 4th GENERATION – Lt. Isaac Shepard 14 September 1700 Plainfield, Connecticut – married Mary. Shepard, Mary, wife of Lieutenant Isaac, died May 15, 1752, age 53 yrs or Shepard, Mary, wife of Lieutenant Isaac, died May 15, 1752, age 55 yrs. 9 Children
   1. Isaac Shepard - Isaac, s. Isaac, Jr. & Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1723; 1; 48 – Barbour Collection ***THIS ESTABLISHES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ISAAC SHEPARD THAT MARRIED DOROTHY PRETENCE AND HIS FATHER (LT) ISAAC SHEPARD***
   2. Mary - Mary, d. Isaac & Dorothy, b. Nov. 9, 1751; 2; 33
   3. John - John, s. Isaac, Jr. & Mary, b. Apr. 25, 1728; 1; 49
   4. Lydia - Lydiah, d. Isaac, Jr. & Mary, b. Sept. 3, 1730; 1; 63 Shepard, Lydia, daughter of Isaac & Mary, died Oct. 17, 1752, age 20 yrs or Shepard, Lydia, daughter of Lieutenant Isaac & Mary, died Oct. 15, 1752, age 22 yrs
   5. Job – abt 1733 - Shepard, Job, son of Isaac & Mary, died May 1, 1752, age 19 yrs - HALE COLLECTION - Headstones at “Old Plainfield Cemetery” in Plainfield, Ct., located on Canterbury road. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/4791/plainfieldoldplainfieldcem.html
   6. Joseph - Joseph, s. Isaac, Jr. & Mary, b. Apr. 3, 1733; 1; 63
   7. Ruben - R(e)uben, s. Isaac & Mary, b. May 14, 1736; 1; 68
   8. Abraham - Abraham, s. Isaac, Jr. & Mary, b. May 27, 1739; 1; 94
   9. Ruth – est 1741 – 01 Oct 1806 died in 65th year.

   The following show that Ruth Shepard was the aunt of John Shepard: HISTORY OF BRADFORD COUNTY, published by L. H. Everts & Co., printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1878 http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/families/shepard.htm

   JOHN SHEPARD and ANNA GORE

   John Shepard was born April 17, 1765, at Plainfield, Conn., of a family who had been long settled there. He was educated in the academy at that place, which was under the direction of Nathan Daboll, the celebrated arithmetician and astronomer. At the close of the war, early in 1783, Capt. Simon Spalding, who had married a sister of Mr. Shepard's father, removed to Sheshequin, and, having erected his buildings and comfortably settled his family, he went to his native place, Plainfield, to purchase stock for his new plantation.

   On return his nephew, the subject of this sketch, accompanied him to Sheshequin. There he remained with his uncle until late in the year 1784, when he engaged with Weiss and Hollenback as clerk in their store at Newtown, now Elmira. In the spring of 1785, disliking the confinement of constant duty in the store, Mr. Shepard started with a servant and a stock of goods on a trading expedition among the natives, exchanging his! merchandise for furs. He continued these expeditions until sometime in 1786, when he engaged with Mr. Hollenback as a clerk in his store at Tioga Point, and thenceforward Tioga and its immediated vicinity was his place of abode during life. Jan. 2, 1788, Mr. Shepard, in company with Nathaniel Shaw, purchased the mill property at Milltown, consisting of grist-mil, saw-mill, two dwellings, and other buildings. T

   This was the first mill erected in all this part of the country. It had been built by Prince Bryant, and the purchase of it at so early a day is but one instance of the remarkable foresight of Mr. Shepard. Early the following year he purchased the interest of his partner, and thenceforward was sole owner of this valuable property. At the June session, 1789, of the Luzerne county court, Mr. Shepard was licensed to keep a tavern at Tioga, and in April, 1796, and August, 1799, this license was renewed; but in what building he kept ho! tel we have no knowledge. His life was an active one. He was merchant, miller, a distiller, and constantly purchasing and selling real estate.

   In 1797 he was first elected supervisor of Athens, a position to which he was subsequently frequently called. In 1809 he was first appointed justice of the peace for Lycoming county, and in 1812, on the erection of Bradford County, this commission was renewed.

   June 3, 1790, Mr. Shepard married Anna, daughter of Judge Gore, of Sheshequin, and settled on a farm at Milltown, on the opposite side of the creek from the mills. He lived on this farm for more than twenty years. Six of his children were born there. His wife and eldest son died there.

   In December, 1798, his grist-mill was burned. It was rebuilt and in operation for six weeks. He added a fulling-milll and oil-mill. The year of 1805 was one of peculiarly severe domestic afflictions. In February his oldest son, Prentice, a lad of fifteen years, recieved an injury from a fall on the ice, of which he died in about six weeks. In August his Uncle, Dr. Amos Prentice, a near neighbor and valued friend, died. September, Mrs. Shepard was so injured by a fall from her carraige that she survived the accident but thirty hours, and in the fall of the next year, William, a son of Dr. Prentice, died of fever.

   In 1811, Mr. Shepard married his second wife on Long island, a Miss Hawkins, of Stony Brook. She had five children, two sons and three daughters. She died January, 1844.

   Mr. Shepard, after a life of great activity, enterprise, and usefulness, died May 15, 1837, at the age of seventy-three years. Mrs. Geo. Perkins, author of "Early Times on the Susquehannah," a work of great interest and value, is a daughter of his.

5. 5th GENERATION – Isaac b. 15 Feb 1723 - ? on 24 Nov 1743 married Dorothy Prentice b. abt 1725 – 9 children
   1. Asa – birthdate unknown – source - DAR Volume 53, page 430 http://www.prenticenet.com/news/97.3/dorothy_prentice_plainfieldct.htm
   2. Abigal - Abigail, d. Isaac & Dorothy, b. Aug. 11, 1747; 2; 33
   3. Dorothy - Dorothy, d. Isaac & Dorothy, b. July 26, 1745; 2; 33
   4. Ester - Esther, d. Isaac & Dorithy, b. Sept. 5, 1744; 2; 33
   5. Lydia - Lydia, d. Isaac & Dorothy, b. Aug. 3, 1749; 2; 33
   6. Mary - Mary, d. Isaac & Dorothy, b. Nov. 9, 1751; 2; 33
   7. Hannah - Hannah, d. Isaac & Dorothy, b. Feb. 23, 1754; 2; 33
   8. Job - Jobe, s. Isaac & Dorothy, b. May 29, 1756; 2; 33 Barbour Collection
   9. John Shepard - 17 April 1765 Plainfield – 15 May 1873 NY - John Shepard, son of Isaac Shepard and

   Dorothy Prentice source - History of Waverly, N.Y. and vicinity published in 1943. http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/biograph/wavbiog.htm. Cemetery Record – "Abigal Spalding, sister to John Shepard 1747 – 1824" http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/cemb/milltown.htm.
   ***note one of John Shepard's daughters is named Prentice Shepard**

   SHEPARD, JOHN John Shepard, son of Isaac Shepard and Dorothy Prentice, was born at Plainfield, CT Apr. 17, 1765 and died at Milltown May 15, 1837. He is buried at "The Rest" Cemetery. He 1st married on June 3, 1790 to Anna Gore who was the daughter of Judge Obadiah Gore of Sheshequin. Anna was born Feb. 8, 1772 and died Sept. 7, 1805. They had 8 children: (1) Prentice Shepard died Feb. 7, 1805 at the age of 14 from dropsy of the brain caused by falling on ice.; (2) Isaac Shepard b. Feb. 16, 1793 d. Mar. 15, 1858. He married Dec. 4, 1813 Deborah Mills the daughter of Jonas and Elizabeth Mills of Smithtown, Long Island; (3) Miami Shepard Mar. 24, 1795 married Jessie Floyd of Long Island; (4) Amanda Shepard b. Jan. 7, 1797 d. Jan. 29, 1864 married on Dec. 31, 1817 Charles Hopkins the son of Dr. Stephen Hopkins of Athens, PA; (5) Julia An! n Shepard married George A. Perkins of Athens, PA; (6) Job Shepard b. Oct. 22, 1801 d. Jan. 24, 1855 married Abigail Ellsworth; (7) Phebe Shepard; (8) John Shepard, Jr.;

   John married 2nd in 1811 to Deborah Hawkins of Stony Brook, Long Island, she died Jan. 18, 1844 at age 63 years. They had 5 children (1) Ruth Shepard married Dr. Woodworth of Milltown; (2) Lettie Shepard died single in California; (3) John L. Shepard married Cordelia Thomas the daughter of William Thomas of Factoryville, they lived and died in Oakland, CA and had 5 children; (4) Mary Shepard married Silas Fordham; (5) Joseph Shepard died in San Jose, California. John, the pioneer of what eventually became Waverly, left his home in 1783 and went to Wyoming in company with his uncle, he remained two weeks when he went up the Susquehanna River to Sheshequin with this same uncle. He remained there until Dec. 28, 1784, when he became clerk for Weiss & Hollenbeck at Newtown, now called Elmira. In April 1785 he started business for himself among the Indi! ans. In 1788 he purchased Prince Bryant’s Mills and an adjoining lot of Nathaniel Shaw, on which were a saw mill, grist mill, and two dwelling houses. This was obtained under Connecticut title which they later settled under Pennsylvania title. The land extended on both sides of Cayuta Creek from State Line to Morley’s Mill, including Milltown consisting of 600 acres. This was the only grist mill for fifty miles. In 1796 he purchased from Gen. T. Thomas of Westchester Co., N.Y. 1000 acres, commencing 52 rods east of 59 mile stone, extending north from state line which included all of Waverly, Factoryville, and several farms back on the hills. He later purchased several more tracts of land.

6. 5th GENERATION – Ruth Shepard 1741 – 01 Oct 1806 died in 65th year. Married Simon Spalding 16 Jan 1742 – 12 Jan 1814 Ruth, m. Simon Spaulding, Apr. 15, 1761; 2; 73. 8 children, including Chester Pierce http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/cemb/shesh01.htm Sheshewuin Cemetery – Ruth died in her 65th year Charles L. Albertson’s book History of Waverly, N.Y. and vicinity published in 1943 http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/biograph/wavbiog.htm

SPALDING, SIMON Gen. Simon Spalding, a Revolutionary War soldier, was born Jan. 16, 1742 in Plainfield, CT and died Jan. 24, 1814 at Sheshequin, PA. He married Apr. 15, 1761 Ruth Shepard and moved from Plainfield, CT to Wyoming Valley about 1771, he later moved to Sheshequin in May 1783. In command of his company, he was with Gen. Sullivan in his expedition on 1779 and at that time located his future home site. He was present at the defense of Fort Mifflin and with Gen. Washington at Valley Forge. He served in the State Legislature in 1791 and 1792. He also served as Brigadier General in the State Militia. He was of large and commanding appearance. Simon and Ruth Spalding had 8 children: (1) Sarah Spalding b. Jan. 31, 1763, married Joseph Kinney; (2) John Spalding (see separate bio); (3) Ruth Spalding b. July 2, 1771; (4) Rebecca Spalding; (5) Mary Spalding b. July 20, 1776 m! arried Moses Park; (6) Anna Spalding b. Apr. 21, 1779 married Col. Joseph Kingsbury on Feb. 1, 1797; (7) George Spalding b. Sept. 5, 1782 d. May 26, 1800; (8) Chester Pierce Spalding. http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/craft/sheshdc.htm Chester Pierce, born June 18, 1784

Concerning another Ruth Shepard b 1733 from Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III by George Hollenbach Butler

Apparently, Mr. Butler has confused 2 different Ruth Shepards and 2 different Isaac Shepards. Dorothy Prentice was not married to Lt. Isaac Shepard b 1700, she was married to his son Issac Shepard b 1723. This Ruth can not be either the daughter of either Dorothy Prentice nor Lt. Isaac Shepard. ***The other Ruth Shepard, 1733 – 1820 m Abel Pierce 1736 – 1814 married about 1757 Children include Chester Pierce killed July 20, 1784 , and 2 daughters, the second wife of Captain Daniel Holt, and Mary (Peirce) Butler. ***Ruth Shepard Peirce can not be a daughter of Dorothy Prentice, as Dorothy was born abt 1725 and married in 1743. Ruth Shepard Peirce was born in 1733. ***In my opinion, this Ruth is a daughter of one of Lt. Isaac Shepard's 3 brothers and that Ruth Shepard Spalding was the first cousin of Ruth Shepard Peirce. The Ruth that married Simon Spalding named one of her sons Chester Pierce Spalding in honor of Ruth Shepard Pierce 's (Peirce) son. Fn. 4. From Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania, Volumes I-III by George Hollenbach Butler http://www.prenticenet.com/news/97.3/dorothy_prentice_plainfieldct.htm Abel Peirce, father of Mary (Peirce) Butler, was the eldest child of Major Ezekiel Peirce, above mentioned, and his wife, Lois Stevens, and was born at Plainfield, Connecticut, December 15, 1736. He came with his father and other original settlers in 1762, but returned to Connecticut, and again came to the Valley with his family in May, 1769, with the Connecticut settlers led by Major John Durkee. He located in Kingston township, of which he was constable in 1772. While on a visit to his native town of Plainfield, Connecticut, he served in the "Lexington Alarm Party," April 20, 1775. Returning to the Wyoming Valley he served with the Twenty-fourth or Westmoreland Regiment in the trying scenes enacted in the Valley during the Revolution. >p>He was justice of the peace in Kingston township, 1781-82, and otherwise prominent in local affairs until his death at his home in that township, May 23, 1814. He married, in Connecticut, about 1757, Ruth Sheppard, born 1733, died 1820, daughter of Lieutenant Isaac Sheppard and Dorothy Prentis of Plainfield, whose ancestors, like her husband's, were among the earliest settlers of New London, Connecticut. Chester Peirce, their only son, was killed in a skirmish between the Pennamites and the Connecticut settlers in Plymouth township, July 20, 1784. Two daughters survived him: the second wife of Captain Daniel Holt, and Mary (Peirce) Butler.