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E. Mark Sheldon Resigns Sheldon English Research Newsletter Publishing duties Project Underway Rose S. Newton During the recent Sheldon Heritage Tour in Eng­ Due to time constraints, Mark Sheldon has land, the discussion centered on two questions: resigned as publisher of the Sheldon Quarterly. "How much knowledge do we have about English He needs the time to complete writing the rest of Sheldons in S.F.A files?" "Do we have any proven the programs for the "Sheldon Family Genealogy English connections, etc.?" System", the program developed for lineage of the Sheldon Family Association. Betty has been for I answered: The publications department sells "Re­ several years our unsung proofreader. We will ports for each first generation American Sheldon miss their expertise as we try to continue their fine except #8 John Sheldon of Providence. (John #8 tradition of excellence. is incomplete and will be finished when time per­ mits.) In each report, English information to date Upon receiving his letter, I wrote the Board of is given. Some documentary information is repro­ Directors concerning the need for a computer duced in the reports. cont. p.296 col.l person to handle maintenance of the Sheldon Fam­ ily Association membership list. Before each issue, our Secretary Irene Dodge mails a list of additions and deletions of members who pay dues or drop. Names are added or deleted from the database Contents before address labels are printed for each issue of the Quarterly. Since no was able to take this pro­ Annual Index of SFAQ ...... Back ject, I took bids from several concerns and may Deerfield Days, Meeting update . . . . 297 publish here in Fort Wayne since the list will be E. Mark Sheldon ...... 293 here. Echoes of England ...... 299 Articles and Queries needed English Research Project ...... 293 I.S.O.S.K. #36 ...... 295 With added responsibilities of typesetting the INDEX: H.O.S. Diaries progress . . . . 298 Quarterly, it would helpful to receive articles of INDEX: W. Suffield,CT Cong. Records 298 interest from our members. Itenis such as: Lists More Than "Just a card" ...... 294 of Sheldons in cemeteries, or Sheldons in indexes Necrology: of courthouse records, land records, Sheldons in county history books and records, or documented E. B. Sheldon ...... 297 stories of Sheldons long ago, are all valuable aids George Sheldon ...... 294 that might help someone find a lost Sheldon an­ Louise Derthick Bemis . . . . . 294 cestor. We will be happy to consider any item of Stephen Hall ...... 297 interest to the general membership. Once we pub­ Sheldon References(in Books), Oswego !9J6 lish information of this type, it is incorporated into Sheldon Locator #3 NY ...... 296 the annual quarterly index and becomes a finding aid for Sheldon genealogical research forever. Sheldons: Riverside Cern. Oswego NY 296 Sh£ldon [family Jilssociation Quarief'ly ---

stead. They had no children. The cessities, and near the end of children from his first marriage More Than WWI Bert moved his family to were Myrtle (Porteous), Wayne, "Just a Card" Seattle where he went to work and Alta (Gable-Sloan). on the docks. From Bio Notes Look at the supply of facts a By RoseS. Newton After the war, they moved back thoughtful family historian re­ to apple growing country east of corded for the next generation. Entering Biography notes into the Cascades. Bert was an or­ History is the gift we may leave the Sheldon Genealogy system, chardist the rest of his life, ac­ for our descendants. A special is so interesting! One goes along tive in Grange, a supporter of thanks to each one who pro­ entering names, dates, burials Education for his children as vided the information and to and the task looms endless until well as the church. In 1945 they each S.F.A member who also the Bio notes. moved to Phoenix because of records "that little bit more" Millie's arthritis. He and Millie than Birth, Marriage, and Death. Here, each "cousin" becomes a are buried at Memory Lane Make your family history "more living part of history as you read Cern. there. than just a card"! and enter stories of their inter­ esting lives and the way it was Sheldon School recorded... ••••••••••• for them. Consider the following: S#4668xl Millard Sylvester Louise Derthick Beemis Sheldon family Bible is in pos­ Mother of 2nd Vice S#4668x13 Albert Lyle Sheldon session of Mrs. Mary Thume President Passes .. called "Bert" was b. in the Dako­ (1970). She says Millard d. 2-20- ta territory and call1e west in --1897.rather than 12/J5/189'L Shirley B. Martin S9499x12 1911. From the prairies he came Merle H. Sheldon Homestead 6 reports the death of her mother to the land of many mountains miles south of Artesian, SD. Oct 11th. Members may remem­ and lakes. He was one of several Ravenna Twp, Sanborn Co. The ber Louise from past meetings men who worked on the survey home was destroyed by storm in and the Derthick Genealogy. of the great reclamation project, the 1960's or 70's and never Our deepest sympathy to Shirley this to bring water to the acres rebuilt. The school house, was at this time. Louise was 92, the of newly planted apple orchards built on land donated by the daughter of Benjamin Derthic & near Manson, WA Sheldons across the road, and a Mary (Plum) the wife of Benja­ little to the west, of the farm min Sheldon Beemis who pre­ In early March he went to SE> to home. Officially Ravenna #16, it ceded her in death. marry Millie Marsh of Planking­ was better known as The Shel­ ton. Immediately after a 6:30 don School. It now stands on George Sheldon AM. wedding they came west on display as a typical pioneer one-­ the R.R. to Wenatchee, WA room school at the "Friends of S#6448x731 passes They transferred to a steamship the Middle Border" Museum in Sharon L. Janik S#6448x42114 for the 40 mile trip up the Co­ Mitchell SD. lumbia River to Chelan Falls. Sharon sent the following note: Then by stage another 20 miles Millard was a State Representa­ "I just discovered the death of to Manson, W A tive at the time of his death cousin George and wanted from "Quick Consumption". S.F.A to know." Enclosed is his They helped build a community, Jennie remarried Apr 7, 1900 obituary. He was a very active, were active and helped found Mitchell Sd to Jacob A Witzel, involved and caring man and he the Methodist Church there. a widower, who had farmed two will be missed." Money was scarce even for ne- · miles so of the Sheldon home Obit on page 295. Sh£ldon 3amily ~sociation .Quaritf'llJ --­ IN SEARCH OF SHELDON KIN NO. 36 Keith M Sheldon

36-1 Looking for the parents of Benjamin Hoyt Sheldon, b. 20 MAY 1896 and sister, Altje Hoyt Sheldon, b. ca 1894 in Westchester Co., NY. Their mother's maiden name was Altje Hoyt. If anyone has info please advise: Benjamin Hoyt Sheldon, II, 1917 SE 97th Ave., Vancouver, WA 98664 or Keith M. Sheldon, 23918 Wolf Road, Bay Village, OH 44140.

36-2 Seeking names and addresses of descendants of S0151x91 Mary Sheldon who married John Wells. This is the S0004 Godfrey line. If anyone has info about living descendants please contact Mrs. Jean B. Grube, 2020 N. W. 23rd St., Corvallis, OR 97330-1212.

36-3 Need names of parents and ancestry of Hermon Sheldon who married 1836 in Middleton, MA to Angelina Richardson. Births of 5 children listed in Vital Records of Middleton, MA to 1859, pub. Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, MA 1904. Please advise Mrs. JeanS. Kimball, 34 Meadowlake Dr., Mexico, MO 65265 or Keith M. Sheldon.

36-4 Seeking names of parents and ancestry of William Sheldon born ca 1849 in Missouri and married 25 AUG 1889 in Franklin County, MO to Mary Milatine Bourbon. Advise Matthew W. Burns, 2375 W. Bard Road, Muskegon, MI 49445-9308 or Keith M. Sheldon.

34-3 FOUND: It was S6612 Matilda Sheldon who married Lysander Byram Wilcox. He was her 2nd spouse. The Sheldon Magazine and SFA files only had record of her 1st marriage to Marvin A. Briggs. Credit Don and Judy Sheldon for this find (see query in June 1992 Newsletter).

George Sheldon The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY which took him out of doors as well as renovating Nov. 9, 1992 his newest home on the Hathaway farm in the town of Otego. George W. Sheldon 67, of W. Branch Otego, died Friday November 6, 1992. He was attending a board of directors meeting in W. Henrietta, when stricken and was rushed to Strong University Hos­ Treasurer sought! pital in Rochester where he died. Our faithful treasurer HELP He was b. Aug. 17, 1925 in Otego, Otsego, Co., the Jeanne Knowles has served WRnTED! son of William H. & Edith M. (Bowen) Sheldon. many years and would like He married Mary Ann Kuhr in Delhi on Mar 15, relief! Our treasurer is 1952. bonded, bookkeeping expe- rience helps. If you would He was an avid outdoors man and hunter, having like your name placed in consideration, please hunted locally as well as several hunting expedi­ write your qualifications to Rose who will place tions to the West in the USA and Canada. He your letter in the hands of the nominating commit­ enjoyed lumbering and all of his farm work tee. Thanks! Sheldon [family c.!Association Quarl£1'llJ ---

Locator No.3. Sheldons buried in Oswego NY Riverside Cemetery Doris Woodward

This is the Quarterly that helps Sheldons find their ancestors! This column is designed to be a genealogi­ cal resource locator. We ask our members to keep handy a pile of index cards to jot down Sheldons found during library research. These references may help another find his connection. On the card please include: Book title, first and last names of Sheldons, page number, and the library where the reference is located. (If you visit a cemetery and find Sheldons, list: Names, Dates etc., Cemetery Name, Location - City & Co., Plot number if possible. I like names from cemetery inscription books too!) Please keep those references coming!

Sheldon, Bradford H. b. Scriba, NY 1819; d. Apr Sheldon, Henry, St. Lawrence Co. NY History, 23,1892; Par: Paul Sheldon (S6631) "Gouverneur - A Monograph" P. 71 Sheldon, Bradford, Mrs. No Dates Sheldon, Jacob & Mary Smith "Early CT Settlers in Sheldon, Bruce H., b. 1850; d. Oswego, NY, June Cayuga Co. NY Vol 23 No.1 p. 47 26, 1896 (S6631x5) Sheldon, James 0., St. Lawrence Co. NY History, Sheldon, Edward Austin, b. 1823; d. Oswego, NY, "Officers of the Bank of Governeur) P. 166 Aug 26,1897 (S4760) Sheldon, Nancy Bowman Photo, "wife of Timothy Sheldon, Elihu G. D. Nov. 15,1876, ae 38y (S6670) B. "Wives of Pioneers" Gouverneur -A Sheldon, Eliza A, wf John b. Wash Co., NY., Oct Monograph" P.52 5, 1813; d.Volney NY, Mar 2, 1883, Par: J. Sheldon, Timothy St. Lawrence Co. NY History, Gifford & B. Dana!. "Gouverneur- A Monograph" P. 53 & 71 Sheldon, Frances S.,-wife of Edward Austin, b. 1826; d. Oswego NY Mar 1,1896 •••••••••••••••••••• Sheldon, Frank A b. 1868; d. May 11,1883 Sheldon, John, d. Volney, NY, June 11,1901, ae 86y Sheldon English Research, cont Sheldon, John V., b. 1876 Volney, NY, from p. 293 July 17,1910 Sheldon, Josie L. (Miss) b. 1884; bur Nov. 26,1897 "During the years past, several have undertaken Sheldon, Julia Straight wife of Paul, d. English research: Leland Sheldon, Hortense Sheld­ Sept 10,1929 ae SOy on, Sheldon MacLeod, Shirley Rider. Their papers Sheldon, Paul b. Block Island, RI, Mar 24,1767; should be reviewed and a chronology of names, d.Jan 7, 1848 (S0906) places, and documentation made, to give direction Sheldon, Paul b. 1871; d. Feb. 2,1885; for further research. This would prevent duplica­ Par: Bradford Sheldon tion of work, and save research dollars." Sheldon, Willard, d. Cleveland, OH, Sept 24,1872; ae 72y (S2733x7) The tour group suggested a committee to make the appropriate review. Following approval of the Sheldon References in board of directors, the committee was appointed Books in Oswego, NY Library and papers were shipped to the chairman. The Doris Woodward committee is as follows: Chairman Ruth Hall, Don Sheldon, Sheldon MacLeod, Keith Sheldon and Sheldon, Daniel & Eliza Sheldon "Town of Brutus, Rose Newton. We decided to create a Bibliography Cayuga Co. NY, Hist. Cayuga Co. NY of sources searched, this can be published and any 1789-1897 Reprinted 1980, No page member may purchase and take up the search with number, but wonderful photo! us. More when the committee reports ... Stephen Hall Deerfield Days -- Preliminary Schedule: Sheldon Heritage Tour members will be saddened to hear of the death of Thursday July 21, 1994 the son of Bob and Ruth Sheldon 2:00 greet early arrivals Hall. Stephen died Sept. 17 of the 4:00 board of directors meeting AIDS virus received in a transfusion in Dinner on own and greet arriving cousins 1984 while under treatment for an ulcer. The blood came from donors in Friday July 22, 1994 the San Francisco neighborhoods with 8:30 Breakfast on own a high proportion of gay residents 9:00 to 11:00 Annual meeting according to the San Francisco Chroni­ 11:00 to 5:00 Lunch on own & cle Sept 23, 1993. Although the centers sightseeing on own. Possible sites: for disease control had warned the State Library Springfield Genealogy Dept. Blood Bank each unit of blood carried CT Valley Hist. Museum behind library a 50 to 1 risk, and urged the use of a Science museum test to reduce the risk, it was not done. Basketball Hall of Fame We mourn the thoughtless waste of a Historic old Josiah Day home the precious cousin because it was cheaper Oldest saltbox brick home in the area to do nothing! Stephen was an attor­ Historic Stortown Village Museum ney in San Francisco, a partner in the Drive to Emily Dickinson Home - Amherst firm Sarrail, Lynch & Hall. Other 7:30 Dinner and speaker survivors are his wife Sheila, and a brother Robert. His father Bob was Saturday July 23,1994 our TV cameraman this summer. His 7:00 Breakfast on own mother Ruth (S#7295x621) is our new Bus trip to old Deerfield & Northampton and sights: committee Chairman (p 293) Our love Sheldon-Hawks House and prayers are with them. E. H. Williams House Box Lunch E. B. Sheldon passes Hinsdale & Anna Williams House Bridge Street Cemetery: Grave of S#5 Isaac Sheldon Lt. Col. E. B. "Brad" Sheldon 61, of 5:00 back to rest for Dinner Greenville, TX died Sep. 6, ~993. He 6:00 Browse Display rooms was the son of Henry M. and Ruth 7:00 Cocktails Gaylord Sheldon. (Ruth is one of our 7:30 Dinner and speaker Deerfield meeting planners for next summer, Brads death happened as we Details are under construction. One confirmed speaker were beginning to plan the meeting.) David Proper ofPocumtuck Valley Mem. Library, Deerfield Hotel: Ramada Hotel, West Springfield, MA He is survived by his wife, the former Hosts and Helpers:Ruth Harris, Dave Harris, Madelon Berry, four sons: Bill, Edward Ruth Sheldon, Stanley Sheldon and any others they enlist! and Barry. A son Richard, died in 1965. He had two brothers: Henry and Richard, two sisters Edith Marston and R. Gayle Julian.

Col. Sheldon was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Our deepest sympathy to Ruth and the family. You may recall that Henry planned a great Deerfield meeting some years ago and members enjoyed it very much. Henry was a proud member of Pocumtuck Memorial Valley Association for many years. Sheldon [family ~sociation Quarief'ly ---

H. 0. S. Diary INDEX West Suffield, CT his Pak-Mail Franchise store in late October. The over 200 page in progress again! Congregational Church tome is in the hands of the RoseS. Newton Records INDEX finished Allen County Public Library, for 250th celebration. who will bind me a copy and 1\vo volumes of the diaries of copies for the Church and Kent Rev. Sheldon were typed by Several years ago, Marge S. Library in Suffield. Ruth Bradley the grand daughter Phelan our then secretary men­ of Rev. Sheldon. At completion tioned that the "church of our While compiling the index, I dis­ of indexing them, we thought fathers" in West Suffield would covered West Suffield Congrega­ the index was finished! be 250 years old in 1994. We tional was the oldest church in thought it would be nice if we town. While First Church carries A copy of microfilms of the would together create an index the name of "First", both church­ diaries, revealed Ruth had not of the church membership book es share heritage in the early finished transcribing. There was for a gift from us and S.F.A records. Therefore, to search many more years ! With the aid church records, one will study of a member to continue index­ It seemed a nice little project, Rose and Marge's index plus the ing, I continued transcribing. one that could be completed in indexed history of First Church. a couple of weeks. Right? People went back and forth 1\vo years ago transcription Wrong! When I indexed the between churches as it suited filled another three inch binder. book and sent a copy to Marge them as they do today. At this point the new indexer for proofreading, I received by quit. Due to time needed to return mail another book, and Keith received a copy of the plan the English Heritage tour, another, still later others as "Sheldon" pages from that index, work when I could on the S.F.A Marge scoured the church base­ for reference, but please do not cards,-write newsletter articles, ment, and the town library write him because he is supervis­ answer letters, help with re­ archives lock boxes. ing the card data entry project. unions, programs etc., the index We will announce in this news­ was laid aside for lack of time. While traveling with my Hus­ letter when the book is back at band to sunny climes, (He is an the Fort Wayne Library. The Last week, my sister Jane Shel­ incentive trip planner, some­ original manuscript will then be don Neer called that she has a times I am hostess to trip win­ given to Marge's church to pub­ new computer and wants to help ners.) I carried photocopies of lish as they see fit, perhaps as a with S.F.A projects. She agreed "The Treasurers Book", and fund raiser. Since the bound take on the Index project as I many others to underline the copies would not be back by transcribe. I was overjoyed! Jane names in red. Oh how history November, Marge received a uses Word Perfect in her job as comes alive when you see your supervisor at Amarada Hess in copy for the celebration in a ... 3 ancestors recorded in their ring binder. I have the only Tulsa. Transcription is now to church records! April 1857 and rolling. We will other copy not at the bindery. keep you apprised of our prog­ That too, had to be laid aside Where are the ress. Thanks Jane! .. If we could for the English Heritage Tour "Publications Pages ..... ? find someone to type Ruth Bra­ etc. This fall I completed the dleys many times copied work so project just before Mark called The board gave us permission to it would all be in Word Perfect, about giving up the newsletter print the Catalogue and Order the diaries could be published because he too needed time! Blank periodically. Their omis­ with the Index... Any volunteers? sion made way for the Annual My son Mike Newton helped Index but they will return next translate the Database into issue. Thanks! Word Perfect before he opened Sh£ldon [family Jlfssociation Quat'tet'llJ ___

That evening, our speaker was Bryan Woodall who Echoes of England told us of Derbyshire customs. The next morning A Memory ... we found him at the Magpie mine at Monyash, in the garb of an ancient miner. Sheldons would have Rose Sheldon Newton worked here. He gave us samples of the mineral The name of Samuel Sheldon is crossed out and Galena and was surprised that I lived as a child in a Kansas town not far from the only other known the name of Ralph is written in above, oh how deposit of that mineral. The Kansas town is Galena those names play with our hopes and dreams! Kansas not far from my hometown Columbus.

v{tt .:.· ·. • ~ · I J (/}• ~·, 7"'~;,· i,£.r_ !" L,,~ Wherever you are in Bakewell, the church is in view. Godfrey Sheldon records were found here. (p. 256 Oct 1992). Several Sheldons saw /1:S~J;, f/)JJ;_\ty~Z~rfr the "Sheldon Family " banner on the bus and Figure 18 Used by Permission asked "Where are you Records office London from? We're Sheldons too! "Hi cousin!" We noticed they were noticing us! They said Although we may never know if the above "license it was good the Shel­ to pass over the seas" connects to us, we wanted to dons came back after go "where they might have lived". so many years!

The next morning we visited the church at Mon­ yash and passed through Youlgreave, both seats of Sheldons of long ago whose records and armorial figures are still seen in histories.

Plots of land fenced by neatly piled limestone rock­ fences remain as they were so long ago. Miners On Thursday July 1, we crossed over the ancient labored two weeks to progress 2 inches in days medieval bridge into the Bakewell parish area. I before dynamite. The land was rough, the work am sure the others felt the same tug at their heart­ was hard and pay was slight. This was the plight of strings as I, as the road curved around and the Sheldons there. Bakewell church steeple came into view .... Oh! the land of Godfrey and maybe Isaac .. ! In Monyash, we visit St. Leonard's church where Henry Sheldon-Yeoman was buried. He was the We were given a wine reception at the Rutland father of Hugh Sheldon of Ashford-on-the water Arms Hotel (Jane Austin slept here, so did we!) the family of Isaac Sheldon in J.G. Bartlett's study. and were welcomed by Rev. Edmund Urquart, High on the wall in the church at Monyash (means vicar of the Bakewell Church. He led us on a many ash trees), we photographed the marble bor­ walking tour around Bakewell to view well dress­ dered memorial stone of Hugh Sheldon and his ings. Many places in England still dress wells every wife Lennox. Rich folk had "memorials",tombstones spring in memory of the days when the wells were came later. Parish record? Maybe. Common folk blessed each spring as prayers were made for pure were buried in a black shroud in the church yard. water after the plagues. Sheldon 3amily c...9/ssociation .Quaf'tef'ly --- Bradley liturgist, represented descendants of Godfrey Sheldon in his home parish. A man stopped the bus saying "you must Several times in Bakewell, we ate a delightful past­ stop at my house, it is ry some call the "Bakewell Tart." Our hotel and the an ancient Sheldon town pastry shop both claim the "original" recipe. house!" This three story home of native "Ring around the Rosie, stone was the home of .. ;;.i·--~ - - a Sheldon paymaster Pocket Full of posies" ~.-;...... ,~·-·.~.. ~ · --~ .. ~ C\{onyash,Shtlion~ 'DaiM/iire-- at the Magpie mine. The title map of Who among us has not sung the little song as a 1 May 1847 reads: "Sheldon House owned by Tho­ child? The story must be told because it originated mas Sheldon." Occupied by Samuel Ashmore and in nearby Eyam and completes an historic glimpse Ann Hibbert. Mr. Naylor, the owner, loaned us of this ancestral area and its history for you. the negative an 1800 era picture of the house. Tour members may write Rose Newton for a copy and During the plague August 1665, people were ad­ the cost. vised to carry a nosegay of flowers to sniff in order to ward off germs. Along with garlic, olive oil, Mrs. Jenny Spafford proprietor of "Barleycorn dragon water onion and pepper, it was the only Croft," a bed and breakfast in the ancient Village known medicine for the disease. of Sheldon near Bakewell, invites Association members to stay there when they come to England: The "ring" referred to the rash on the victims body. DE45 1Qs is the Zip code. "Posies," the nosegays, sneezing was the sign you were getting sick. Old words take on new mean­ Historic medieval Haddon Hall nearby gave us a ing: "Ring a ring of Roses, A pocket full of posies, glimpse into the past, Sheldons would have paid Atishoo, Atishoo, We all fall down." We were rents there. Soup, Scones and Chocolate cake were singing a memorial! among delightful cafeteria offerings. The city of EYAM walled themselves in to protect Ashford-on-the-Water their neighbors. Sheldons left, except one who Louis Gehr reads .... died, but their ducks went back. Food and supplies were dropped outside the gate, the money was In the home church of placed in running water. In 15 months 250 of the the ancestors of Isaac village's 350 inhabitants died. The plague window Sheldon of the Bart­ memorial is starkly beautiful in the village church. lett study, we passed Steven Sheldon took four of us to Eyam one free the font where Isaac afternoon. Thanks Steve! might have been bap­ tized. We were proud as Rev. Gehr read the Card of Thanks! scripture. Our feelings E. Mark & were undescribable sitting in the possible Betty Sheldon church of our ancestors. Following the service, we for 5 years photographed Rev. and Mrs. Gehr because it was publishing the their 50th wedding anniversary. S.F.A. Quarterly Feb 1988-0ct 1993 The inter faith service in the city park was for the summer carnival folk and us. Cousin Martha Every Name Index-- 1993 SFA Quarterly The name of every person mentioned in articles of the quarterly during 1993 Harney, Lu ...... 293 A D Harris, Ruth ...... 296 Abell, Fanny 276 Day, Loren Allen ...... 293,294, 296-7 Harrison, Bobby ...... 295 Acree, Jeanetta A ...... 295 Day, Vern ...... 294 Harrison, Leslie Sherman ...... 295 Alger, Arthur ...... 286 Dixon, LaVerne ...... 283 Hawk, Carroll W.& Joycelyn . . . . . 295 Allen, Chris ...... 295 Dodge, Irene E...... 296-7 Healy, Winston ...... 296-7 Alling, James C...... 278 Drake, Samuel ...... 286 Hershey, Harriet D...... 267 Angevine, Joseph ...... 300 Hogan, AI & Rosemary ...... 295 Angevine, Joseph ...... 278 E Hogan, Rosemary G ...... 296 Anhaiser, Betty ...... 295 Eaton, Bonnie ...... 299 Howard, Dan ...... 296-7 Arbogast, Grace...... 274 Edsel, Edie ...... 289 Howard, Robin ...... 296-7 Eleanor S. Kern ...... 296-7 Hunt, Charlotte A ...... 278 B Ellithorpe, Jo Ann ...... 299 Hunt, Ernest Leroi ...... 278 Baglo, Ned ...... 296-7 Erwin, Carol MD ...... 296-7 Hutchins, Martha S...... 293, 295,296 Baglo, Russell ...... 296-7 Erwin, Mariam ...... 296-7 Barnes, James ...... 296-7 Eske, Joyce Sheldon ...... 299 I Barrett, Riginald & Angela B. . . . . 295 Evans, Thomas Stickney ...... 285 Isbell, Bill ...... 278,300 Bast, Raymond & Minibel ...... 295 Evans, Thomas S...... 286 Beattie, Ruth ...... 287 J Beatty, John D...... 286 F Judd, Sylvester Rev...... 277 Bernritter, John (Jack) ...... 296-7 Farrar, Bob ...... 296-7 Blake, Richard, ...... 296-7 Ferguson, Frances S...... 296-7 K Bosworth, Nancy M...... 276 Ferguson, Robt Andrew Jr 296-7 Karlson, Carol F...... 286 Bowman, Anna ...... 278,300 Ferris, Barbara B...... 276 Kern, Eleanor S. 295 Boyer, Paul ...... 286 Fifield, Anne ...... 286 Knowles, Hazard ...... 263 Bradshaw, Alice Butler ...... 295,296 Fifield, Sarah Ann ...... 285 Knowles, Jeanne ...... 263,295,300 Bradshaw, Robert & Frances . . . . . 295 Flint, Mary ...... 276 Knox, Grace Louise ...... 276 Brockett, Betty Sheldon ...... 268 Floyd, Doris ...... 299 Brockett, Robert ...... 268 Fogel, Steve ...... 296-7 L Brown, Bill ...... 296-7 Ford, Merrily Cu=ings .... 293,296-7 Lakke, Gordon W.& Jeannette ... 295 Brown, Henry A ...... 276 Franklin, Burt ...... 286 Lakke, Jeannette S...... 299 Brown, Lyman ...... 276 Frost, Alice ...... 285 Lang, Susanna ...... 263,295,296 Buell, Frank & Mary Ellen ...... 296 Furtick, William & Ann ...... 295 Lankford, Frank ...... 295 Butler, Jackie, Beth & Jerry ...... 295 Le Sheppard, Walter ...... 285 Butler, Raymond ...... 295 G LeJeune, Sylvia ...... 299 Gehr, John L. Jr...... 296-7 Lejune, Sylvia & Roche ...... 295 c Gehr, John L. Sr ...... 296-7 Lester, Marjorie ...... 299 Caidin, Martin ...... 294 Gehr, Mary McQuaters ...... 299 Lewis, Walter H...... 299 Carlisle, O.T. Mrs ...... 295 Gilman, Jacque Sharra ...... 296-7 Luther, Lucille ...... 299 Carpenter, William ...... 283 Gomez,Ray ...... 296-7 Chaffin, Marjery Snyder ...... 296-7 Graves, Elaine ...... 295 M Chamberlin, Robert ...... 296-7 Green, Chloe ...... 278,300 Mackey, Irene ...... 287 Chapin, Hannah ...... 277 Green, Grace E...... 294 MacLeod, Sheldon & Marilyn . . . . 295 Clemmence, Donna ...... 296-7 Green, James B...... 294 Manwell, Jimmy ...... 296-7 Cloud, Tom ...... 296-7 Green, Mason 0...... 294 Martin, Thomas Sherwood ...... 296-7 Colberg, Bill ...... 296-7 Grube, Jean B...... 299 Martin, Thos. Frederick ...... 296-7 Cole, Lloyd E...... 276 Gutermuth, Clara S...... 296 McMullin, James Patrie ...... 283 Collier, Alice Butler ...... 295 Mcnabb, Mr...... 276 Cooke, Joseph ...... 268 H Mellin, John A& Ethel ...... 295 Cooke, Rosanna S...... 268 Hall, Robert ...... 298 Mitchell, Richard A ...... 295 Cooley, Ora ...... 278,300 Hambuchen, Joseph ...... 268 Muny, Gracie L ...... 276 Cooley, Ora ...... 300 Harney, Jack Ellison ...... 296-7 Murphy, Michael ...... 296-7 Crook, Loren ...... 296-7 Harney, Jack ...... 293 Cudworth, Paul & Betty ...... 295 Harney, Jack E. & Lou ...... 295 Sheldon, Frank A ...... 276 N SHELDON Sheldon, Frederic Carlton ...... 267 Nelson, Wayne E...... 295,296 Sheldon, A Keith & Joyce ...... 295 Sheldon, Garrett Ward ...... 274,275 Nessmith, Elizabeth S...... 293 Sheldon, Aaron ...... 277 Sheldon, Gary ...... 296-7 Newton, James Michael ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Albert ...... 278,300 Sheldon, George W...... 278 Newton, Rose S ...... 264,266 Sheldon, Albert F...... 276 Sheldon, George C...... 276 Nicholson, Iva May Sheldon . . . . . 296-7 Sheldon, Albert ...... 278 Sheldon, George Jr...... 296-7 Nicholson, Iva May Sheldon ...... 299 Sheldon, Albert F...... 276 Sheldon, George L...... 276 Nicholson, Thomas Harvey . . . . . 296-7 Sheldon, Ambrose ...... 265,284 Sheldon, George ...... 276,277,300 Nissenbaum, Stephen ...... 286 Sheldon, Anna ...... 276 Sheldon, Gilbert ...... 276,277 Nurse, Rebecca ...... 286 Sheldon, Anne ...... 286 Sheldon, Godfrey ...... 285 Sheldon, Arona ...... 284 Sheldon, Godfrey Desc. Chart . . . . 286 0 Sheldon, Arunah ...... 265 Sheldon, H . 0 . Rev...... 286,293 Oliver, Donald Bruce ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Bartley & Clynita ...... 295 Sheldon, Hannah ...... 276,277 Owing, David ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Benj., Amy & Betty 295 Sheldon, Hannah ...... 265 Oliver, John ...... 278,300 Sheldon, Benjamin ...... 277 Sheldon, Harley F...... 275 Sheldon, Betsey Longgreen ...... 295 Sheldon, Hebron ...... 276 p Sheldon, Bill ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Helen Marion ...... 268 Payne, Donald ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Carew ...... 267 Sheldon, Henry ...... 265,284 Payne, James Jr...... 296-7 Sheldon, Caryl Mason ...... 287 Sheldon, Henry M...... 264 Pearson, Jim Rev. ENG ...... 294 Sheldon, Charles M...... 277 Sheldon, Henry M. Mrs...... 296 Peercy, Edith ...... 296-7,299 Sheldon, Charles M.277, 295,296 Sheldon, Henry ...... 265 Peercy, Robert Doyle ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Charles P...... 276 Sheldon, Henry Mahlon Jr...... 296-7 Pettit, Harold L...... 296-7 Sheldon, Charles Monroe Rev. 274 Sheldon, Hepsibah ...... 285 Phelan, Marge S ...... 264,288,294,295 Sheldon, Christopher ...... 268 Sheldon, Herbert ...... 299 Sheldon, Clifford ...... 296-7 Sheldon, House ...... 277 R Sheldon, Courtney Roswell . . . . . 296-7 Sheldon, House ...... 277 Reed, Robert & Helen ...... 295 Sheldon, Cup ...... 296 Sheldon, Hugh W ...... 296-7 Rice, William ...... 296-7 Sheldon, D . Ursula ...... 283 Sheldon, Irving Chase Jr., 296-7 Richardson, Susan ...... 276 Sheldon, D. S...... 264,265,284 Sheldon, Irving C ...... 265,296-7 Rider, Shirley S...... 265,277,300 Sheldon, Dale C...... 296-7 Sheldon, Isaac ...... 277 Riefsteck, Gail ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Daly ...... 295 Sheldon, Israel ...... 277 Riefsteck, Lincoln Michael ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Dan (John) ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Jackson ...... 277 Roberts, Cornelius V...... 287 Sheldon, Daniel ...... 265 Sheldon, Jacob ...... 265,284 Roberts, David M...... 287 Sheldon, David & Alvina _...... 295 Sheldon, James R. & wife ...... 295 Roberts, Descendants ...... 286 Sheldon, David ...... 277 Sheldon, James Rhodes III ...... 296-7 Roberts, Giles ...... 286 Sheldon, Dennis ...... 296-7 Sheldon, James Calhoun ...... 296-7 Roberts, Lola Sheldon ...... 287 Sheldon, Don C...... 266, 295,296 Sheldon, James R...... 296-7 Roberts, Steven H...... 287 Sheldon, Don (Alaska) ...... 277 Sheldon, James Root ...... 296-7 Roberts, Wayne E...... 287 Sheldon, Donald W...... 287 Sheldon, Jana ...... 296-7 Robinson, Enders Prof. 285,286 Sheldon, Dorcas ...... 300 Sheldon, Jane ...... 267 Rogers, David Rev. ENG ...... 294 Sheldon, Drucilla C ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Jim ...... 296-7 Roster, of meeting attenders . . . . . 295 Sheldon, E. Hortense ...... 267,285 Sheldon, Job ...... 265,28 Sheldon, E. Mark & Betty ...... 295 Sheldon, John . . . . . 265,277,284,296-7 Sheldon, E. Mark ...... 289,296-7 Sheldon, John Leo II ...... 296-7 s Sheldon, Ebenezer ...... 276,277 Sheldon, John ...... 284 Sagmoen, Clarence ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Edward Austin ...... 278 Sheldon, John F. MD ...... 296-7 Sanders, James ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Eldridge ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Julia Ann ...... 265 Schmidt, Mittie Jane ...... 295 Sheldon, Elisha ...... 277 Sheldon, Julia ...... 284 Schumacher,Vincent ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Elizabeth 276, 285,286 Sheldon, Juliett ...... 276 Scroggins, Sonny ...... 274 Sheldon, Emily Brewster ...... 264 Sheldon, Keith M. & Ruth ...... 295 Sharp, Marguerite D...... 296 Sheldon, Emma E...... 300 Sheldon, Keith M. . . 264,293,299,296-7 Shearman, B. & Hannah(Mowrey)300 Sheldon, ENG trip memories . . .. . 294 Sheldon, Kenneth J ...... 296-7 Shearman, Jonathan ...... • . 300 Sheldon, Ephraim ...... 285 Sheldon, Kim Douglas ...... 283 Shelden, Arthur ...... 264 Sheldon, Eric Y...... 295,296-7 Sheldon, L. B...... 283 Shelden, C. Vincent ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Ernest Clyde ...... 278,300 Sheldon, Leonard D ...... 299 Shelden, Glenna ...... 283 Sheldon, Estelle A ...... 276 Sheldon, Lettie ...... 278,300 Shelden, Hugh W ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Esther ...... 277 Sheldon, Levi Adam ...... 278,300 Shelden, Robert E. H...... 296-7 Sheldon, Forrest R...... 296-7 Sheldon, Locator 2...... 276 Shelden, Russell Clark ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Frances E...... 278 SHELDON Cont. .. Sheldon, Louise A ...... 276 Sheldon, Sarah . 265,278,284,285, . Tillman, Larry & L. Gene ...... 295 Sheldon, Lydia ...... 285 Sheldon, Stanley ...... 296 Trice, Elaine C. & Sam ...... 295 Sheldon, Margaret E...... 278,300 Sheldon, Stephanie Ann ...... 288 Tunis, Virginia S...... 299 Sheldon, Mark E...... 299 Sheldon, Susan ...... 276,277 Sheldon, Martin Erastus ...... 267 Sheldon, Susanna ...... 285 v Sheldon, Martin ...... 267 Sheldon, Tammy Annandale ...... 295 Vincent, Joanna ...... 283 Sheldon, Matvin ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Tapestries ...... 277 Vincent, Donald ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Mary Anna Green ...... 294 Sheldon, Terri M...... 283 Vincent, Ralph ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Mary ...... 276,277,285 Sheldon, Thankful ...... 277 Sheldon, Melvin ...... 278,288 Sheldon, Theoda ...... 277 w Sheldon, Mercy ...... 277 Sheldon, Thomas ...... 277,296-7 Walker, Descendants ...... 286 Sheldon, Michael ...... 283 Sheldon, Timothy ...... 277 Walker, Samuel ...... 286 Sheldon, Naomi ...... 277 Sheldon, Tracey ...... 283 Walsh, Bonnie McEndree 293,294 Sheldon, Nate & Betty ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Valetta ...... 283 Walsh, Bonnie McEndree ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Nicholas ...... 265,284,286 Sheldon, Walter Austin ...... 296-7 Walsh, Quinn Thomas ...... 294 Sheldon, Norman L. Annandale . . . 295 Sheldon, Walter ...... 278,288 Way, Kim ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Norton S...... 276 Sheldon, Warren C...... 293 Weaver, Mark ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Oliver ...... 267,277 Sheldon, Warren Root ...... 296-7 Wettach, Carlotta ...... 263,296-7 Sheldon, Pardon ...... 265,284 Sheldon, Willard & Betty . . . . . 295,296 Wettach, Timothy ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Paul R...... 299 Sheldon, William B...... 265 Williams, Chas, Sheldon ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Peter H...... 278,300 Sheldon, William ...... 285,286 Williams, Janet Sheldon ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Phebe ...... 276 Sheldons, Suisun CA Book ...... 293 Williams, John Sheldon ...... 283 Sheldon, Publications ...... 301 Williams, Roger ...... 277 Sheldon, Ralph ...... 286 S cont.. Wilson, Benjamin Mann ...... 267 Sheldon, Rebecca ...... 276,285 Silliman, Laura ...... 267 Wilson, Margaret ...... 297 Sheldon, Remembrance ...... 277 Silvernail, Surname ...... 276 Wilson, Marion ...... 267,268 Sheldon, Remington Capt...... 268 Stephenson, Roger A ...... 299 Wilson, Samuel ...... 267 Sheldon, Rev. Terry A ...... 295 Stephenson, Sheldon B...... 299 Wilson, William Browne ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Richard ...... 296-7 Steward, Robert ...... 277 Windham, Phebe ...... 276 Sheldon, Robert E. H ...... 296-7 Stover, Arnoid & Janet S...... 295 Witcher, Curt ...... 298 Sheldon, Robert T...... 296-7 Stratton, Eugene A ...... 286 Wolph, Carol J...... 296-7 Sheldon, Robert E...... 278,300 Sudduth, Chas. Sheldon ...... 273,274 Wolph, Paul James ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Roger Brighton ...... 295 Synove, John ...... 296-7 Wood, Bryant G...... 299 Sheldon, Roger A ...... 299 Szucs, Loretto D...... 263 y Sheldon, Rosanna ...... 268 Sheldon, Roscoe T. & Eloise . . . . . 295 T Young, Gerald Ret...... 296-7 Sheldon, Russell ...... 276 Thomas, Paul ...... 296-7 Sheldon, Ruth ...... 277,293,296-7 Thompson, Loren ...... 296-7 z Sheldon, Samuel ...... 277 Thurston, Mary Jaque ...... 299 Zurburg, Henry & Mary ...... 295 Sheldon, Sarah Mrs...... 300 Zurburg, Mary M...... 296-7

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Genealogy System Descendant File - Total Records 43,267 Record Status Summary S0004 Godfrey ...... 3,189 S0005 Isaac ...... 9,066 E. Mark Sheldon S0008 John of Providence ...... 18,624 November 10, 1993 S0013 John of South Kingstown ...... 12,388

Search & Reference File- Total Records 48,762 Marriage & Spouse File - Total Records 21,147 S0004 Godfrey ...... 63,189 S0004 Godfrey ...... 1,442 S0005 Isaac ...... 14,343 SOOOS Isaac ...... 4,516 S0008 John of Providence ...... 18,630 S0008 John of Providence ...... 9,284 S0013 John of South Kingstown ...... 12,388 S0013 John of South Kingstown ...... 5,905 S0022 Richard ...... 212 Sheldon Family Association Mrs. Rose Newton 4409 Bri-dgetown Run Fort Wayne~ IN 46804-4808

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Sheldon Family Association Sheldon FamilyAssociation President: Rose Sheldon Newton Dues Renewal/Membership Form 4409 Bridgetown Run, Ft. Wayne IN 46804-4808 Indicate Category: 1st Vice President: Shirley Bemis Martin ..... Annual Membership $10.00 414 S. St. Marys Street, St. Marys, PA 15857 1 ..... New Member $10.00 dues plus' ' $15.00 2nd Vice Pres. & Genealogy Chairman: Keith M. Sheldon (* a one time registration fee) 23918 Wolf Road, Bay Village, OH 44140 ..... Life Membership $200.00 one time only Secretary: Miss Irene Dodge 215 Jersey Avenue Sheldon No. S# P.O. Box 333, Ogdensburg, NY 13669 Treasurer: Mrs. L. Hazard Knowles Name: 118 Poast Road, Warwick, RI 02888 Sheldon Genealogy Publications (to order write:) Wayne E. Nelson Street: 3628 N. Fremont, Chicago, IL 60613 Publication Layout: Rose. Sheldon Newton City Published Quarterly by the Association for members & Subscribing libraries. Zip Contributing editors: Officers, Me.rubers & Guests Dues run:August to August ISSN: 1063-956X Send to: Secretary: Copyright: The. Sheldon Family Assoc. Inc. Miss Irene Dodge, 215 Jersey Avenue - P.O. Bo.J: 333 Ogdensburg, NY 13669 SPA membership information: Write Genealogy Chairman Libraries (for subscription) write: Secretary

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that we may be of assistance in the search and pass information to the authorities who seek his family. They have called Sheldons in phone books in a radius from Bakersfield seeking to identify this lost cousin ...

Michael, who served in Vietnam 1965-1968received a military funeral and tombstone. It is sad to think that in every war, there are those who must dis­ charge duties with which they are unable to cope in later life.

Old Indian House, Deerfield Articles:Jan 9 and 14 Bakersfield papers are from Home of S# 35 John Sheldon & Hannah Stebbins (my cousin) Jean Chitwood Wilkie, Inyokern,CA

Call to Meeting: Plan now to mail the registration form in this issue to the planning committee and call the Ramada Contents Hotel to reserve your room right away! Deerfield Calling ...... 306 Deerfield Registration Form ...... Back Searching for Deerfield Sightseeing Addresses . . . . 307 Michael Lawrence Sheldon Echoes of England, Bakewell ...... 305 Somewhere between Vietnam and a pauper's funeral, England TV Tape Notice ...... 307 Michael Sheldon just disappeared reads the heading English Research Ad-Hoc Committee 306 in the Bakersfield Californian, January 9, 1994. In His Steps -- Update ...... 301 Kansas Cousins -Notice ...... 307 Michael lived and worked in Bakersfield, at Pacific More Than Just A Card ...... 301 Southern Foundries, for at least 25 years. He was Necrology ...... 304 married and divorced there. He died December 4, but at his burial in Union Cemetery there were no Kim Nelson's Husband dies ..•.... 307 mourners, only the mortician and a mental health Publications Catalogue ...... Back advocate standing nearby. Sheldon Diaries Published ...... 301 Sheldon Royalty, California ...... 304 Somehow, Michael "fell between the cracks" of soci­ Sheldon Genealogy System Report . . 304 ety and he died at age 47 of carbon monoxide fumes Sheldons in "Northampton Marriages as he slept beside an oil pump to keep warm. since the town begun" 1654 .. 302 Although he fought for his country, he lost the war Sheldons: Orange Co. NY 1881 Index 303 inside to loneliness and drugs. There is a sum of Sheldons: Eastern NY 1777-1834 ... 307 money in his bank account that should go to his Sheldons in "Record of Deaths In family. If you know any one who could lead Northampton since year 1654" 303 searchers to the identity of Michael, please write Treasurers Report ...... 304 §lJeloon lliamily Ass.odati.on ~uarhrly__ Arizona and Sonora are contained in "The Wilder­ ness of the Southwest" recently published by Univer­ In His Steps by - Aeontt-mporary Retdling OfCha.rle,;M. Shddon'sClmk. sity of Utah Press ($14.95) Edited by Arizona's Neil Charles M. Sheldon B. carmony and David E. Brown, Sheldon's diaries S4767x2 describe his mission to obtain specimens of desert Rewritten as What \1\tffAr· bighorn sheep for the U.S. Bureau of Biological Would Jesus Do? Survey. By great grandson Garrett Ward Sheldon wolfS ".. .It can be said that Charles Sheldon was one of S4767x2113 our post remarkable explorers," the editors write, "and that what arose from his campsites were na­ "One of America's tional parks, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas." greatest Christian Jeo? • For information, write: University of Utah Press, classics has just been GarrettWSheldon 101 U.S.B., Salt Lake City, UT, 84112. Or telephone born again. For almost Gn>ltttrmds.:mofCiuai,

In an interview with the Bristol Virginia Herald S# 4668xl Correction received: Courier, Oct. 24, 1993, Garret tells of his decision to bring an updated version of the book to a new gen­ Mary Thune writes that the Sheldon homestead in eration using the same principles and tests of faith. Sanborn County South Dakota actually belonged to Because the book is kept on bookshelves as far Millard Sylvester Sheldon S4668x1 her grandfather. away as Oxford England and still sells briskly today, The colum in our last issue reported Mary's brother the publishers believe the new version will also be in Merle H. Sheldon as the owner of said farm. Mary great demand. The new version What Would Jesus says Merle H. Sheldon is still alive and lives not far Do? was released November, 1993, and is already a from her! Our desire is to preserve accurate She­ Best Seller! · ldon information. Sometimes different branches of a family report the same information differently. Garrett has written six other books on political This is why we ask for "documentation" (for in­ thought, political philosophy and religion and poli­ stance: a deed record or land record location, or a tics. We think this set will be worth owning. To be will citation and the location of the will) for each sure and obtain a copy, you may call Broadman & fact reported for family group, this would help. Holman Publishers 1-800-251-3225. The Cost is Thanks Mary for the correction! $14.99. Note: When you write your family book, you should cite at least one "document" for each record: For each birth, a birth record and its location. For each marriage, a marriage record and its location. Explorer Sheldon's Diaries Published For each death, a death record and its location. Contributed by Joy Pashley Note: An obituary is not a death record, it is periph­ ral info. You should "cite your sources" so that your Charles Sheldon S# 1120x1, devoted most of his search could be duplicated by anyone reading your life, which ended in 1928, to exp1oring, studying work. This means you must tell where you found natural history and fighting to preserve North Ame­ each record. rica's wild lands.

His accounts of five expeditions in the early '20s to §lp>l.b.on IJramily Assnriatinn ~uarh>rly Locator No. 4. Sheldons in "Northampton Marriages" Book in Historic Genealogy Dept. of Allen County Public Library Extracted by Rose Newton

"A record of what marriages have been in Northampton since the town begun which was in the year 1654" p. 95 of original book.'' Call Number: GC 974.402 N816noa 1834259.

In preparation for the S.F.A. meeting in Deerfield, It seems a good idea to review the records of the area around Deerfield. The two volumes "Northampton Marriages" and "Records of Deaths in Northampton since 1654" were hand copied and indexed by the same anonymous copyist. The titles are as quoted with no further information. The copyist presents the records as · copied verbatim from the original books. Bracketed notes among the records state "accidentally omitted in other copies". Other bracketed notations state when the copyist knew if the information was recorded elsewhere and where. Listed below are Sheldons in this volume, their dates and spouses, and marrying official.

Sheldon, F. Name, Pg No.Spouse Date Officiant

Sheld~n, Benjamin 26 Mary Strong Jan 12,1723 NG Sheld~n, Eben(r) 14 Mary Hunt Dec 16,1701 NG Sheld~n, !sack 10 Sarah Warner Nov25,1685 Lt William Clark Sheld~n , Israel 36 Naomy Warner Ju123,1741 NG SheldS!n, Jemima 24 Samuel Williams Nov3,1720 NG Sheld~n, Jonathan 18 Mary Southwell Dec[3]0,1708 NG Sheld~n, John 8 Hannah Stebbings Nov 5,1679 NG Sheld~n , Martha 36 Benoni Wright Oct 12,1742 NG SheldS!n, Mary 17 Samuel Clapp Mar 17,1707/8 NG Sheld~n, Mary 18 Samuel Parsons Jun 19,1708 NG Sheld~n, Mary 19 Increas Clark Feb 2,1709/10 NG Sheld~n, Mary 37 William Boltwood of Hadley Dec 10,1750 Joseph Hawley J.P. Sheld~n, Mindwell 10 John Pummry Apr 30,1682/3 NG Sheld~n , Mindwell 20 Mosel Limon Dec 18,1712 NG Sheld~n , Miriam 25 Nathaniel Strong Nov 29,1721 NG Sheld~n , Noah 31 Mary Bascum May 1, 1734 NG Sheld~n, Rachell 23 JohnPumry May 29,1718 NG Sheld~n , Ruth 8 Joseph Wright Nov6, 1679 NG SheldS!n, Sarah 19 Josiah Parsons Jun 22,1710 Mr. Parsons Sheld~n, Stephen 33 Thankful King Nov 30,1736 NG Sheld~n. Thankful 9 Benjamin Edwards Feb 23,1680/1 NG SheldS!n, Thankful 24 Josiah Clark Dec 23,1719 NG Sheldon, Elizabeth 55 Micah Jones Lyman Jan 19,1794 Micah Jones Sheldon, Katherine 46 Eli Smith of Sunderland June 21,1786 NG Sheldon, Mary 5 John Bridgeman Jan 11,1670 NG Sheldon, Seth (N. Marlb)40 Sarah Parsons Feb 8,1780 NG Sheldon, Thomas 10 Mary Hinsdall ------1685 NG ------

Locator No. 5 Sheldons in "Record of deaths in Northampton since the year 1654" Same volume as Locator No. 4

Sheldon, First name Pg. Death Date

Sheld~n, Daniel 21 Sept 10,1705 Sheld~n, Ebenezer 32 listed as father of Katherine on this pg. Sheld~n, Elieazer 4 Feb 13,1672!3 S. of Isack Sheld~n, Isaac Senr. 29 listed as husb. of Mehetabel who d. Jan 30,1720 Sheld~n, Isack 4 listed as father of Eleazer who d. Feb 13, 1762!3 Sheld~n, Isack Senr. 22 Jul27, 1708 Sheld~n, Isaack 24 Mar 21,1712 Sheld~n, Joseph 15 Dec 1694 (no day given) Sheld~n, Katherine 32 Nov 9, 1727 dtr. of Ebenezer & Mary · ; Sheld~n, Mary 9 Apr 17, 1684 .:~sheld~n, Mary 12 Oct 2, 1689 . Sheld~n, Mary 32 listed as Mother of Katherine on this pg. Sheld~n, Mehelabel 29 Jan 30, 1720 w. of Isaac Senr. (This is Mehitable Gunn ed.) Bheld~n, Mehetabell 34 Dec 4,1730 d. (of) Samuel & Mehetabell Sheld~n, Mercy 9 Feb 24,1681 Sheld~n, Rebeckah 19 Nov9, 1703 Sheld~n, Samuell 34 listed as father of Mehetable on this pg. Sheldon, John 27 Jun 5,1716 S. of Thos and Mary Sheldon, Mary 4 d. (of) Matthew Sheldon, Mary 27 listed as mother of John above Sheldon, Matthew 4 listed as father of Mary above Sheldon, Thomas 27 listed as father of John above

~ SFA member seeks first-cousins to share Locator No.6 · old photographs. Sheldons in "Index to the 1881 Ruttenber & Clark Faye Bishop Drake S10466x529writes: "I have old History of Orange Co. NY'' (in S.F.A Library) photographs of William Willard Sheldon and his By: Theodore G. Newman Ed. 1979 wife, Julia and their family. Their children were Orange Co., NY Gen. Soc. Herb, Ed, and Beryl. William Willard "Will" Sheldon was the brother of my grandmother, Mary Inez Shelden, Samuel p.760 Sheldon, daughter of Jonathan W. Sheldon S10466. Sheldon, Abner p. 708 Will was bourn in Will Co. IL in 1859." If you are of Sheldon, Floyd P. p. 179, 183 (S7318x1) this line, please write to Faye Bishop Drake, 3220 Sheldon, Griffin p. 487, 749 Moody Ave., Orange Park, FL 32065-6089. Sheldon, P. H. p. 750 Sheldon, Richard p. 69 Did you Know? Sheldon, S. p. 813 Sheldon, Solomon p. 68 That Sheldon Street in Suffield Connecticut was Sheldon, W. C. p. 123 originally called "The Road over Wolf Pit Place"? Sheldon, William H. p. 347 This is the street where we visited Capt. Jonathan Sheldons house several years ago. This bit of infor­ (For info: Find a library with this book and write for mation was gleaned from a letter of Alice Sheldon photocopy of specific page, plus title page of book) Barton of Suffield to Leland Sheldon. (File 3917) Treasurers Report Jeanne H. Knowles Greetings to Vera Sheldon Johnson S#4621x81 of Youngsville P A, who will be 98 years young on Expenses: March 7. Thanks to daughter Ardelle for sharing Secretary $231.21 this great news with us. Genealogy $551.37 President $078.60 Necrology: Treasurer $027.68 Annual Meeting $3815.82 Helen Pearl Clapp Kruger S#2885x14612 passed Miscellaneous *$3991.49 away January 7, 1994 of a stroke. Reported by her Newsletter $2093.39 daughter, Delia "Dee" Reynolds, Oberlin, OH. Grants **$0400.00 Total... .. $11189.56 Milton (Hap) Sheldon age 80, died January 15, 1994 at Mary McClellan Hospital in Fort Edward NY. Income: He was b. 13 May 1913 in Hebron, son of Norman Membership $5145.00 and Clara Belle (Shaw) Sheldon. He graduated Literature $0770.75 Granville Central School and was a lifelong dairy Interest - Term $0517.71 farmer. He moved to Salem in 1946 where he foun­ Annual Meeting $3926.00 ded Woody Hill farm where he worked until his Miscellaneous "'* *$0994.17 death. A brother Albert Sheldon preceded him in Total... $11527.34 death. Survivors: Wife Grace (Fairley) Sheldon, 2 sons: Dan and Jim both of Salem; four sisters, Elea­ Cash On Hand: nor S. Williams of Granville, Bertha S. Brown of Citizens Bank- Checking $3242.65 Salem, Theodosia S. McEachron of Winter Haven Citizens Bank- Savings $5385.88 FL and Alberta S. Lobas of West Pawlett, VT, a Citizens Bank - Term a/c 7/9/94 3.15% $17500.00 brother Vernon (Steve) Sheldon of Hebron and six Johnson & Johnson- 5 shares $0222.50 grandchildren. Bur: Evergreen Cern. Salem. Total .... $29983.50 Obituary from Port Star, Jan 1, 1994 contributed by * Printing, Supplies, Postage, Telephone, Accoun­ Frances C. Roberts of Fort Edward, NY. tant, Computer, Sheldon Heritage cups etc. ** Firelands Museum $100.00 Sheldon Royalty reported in California ** Pocumtuck Valley Memorial $100.00 Contributed by Martha Sheldon Hutchins **Old Indian House $100.00 ** Sheldon Museum $100.00 Seven members of the Tournament of Roses Royal *** T Shirts, Pewter Cups, Computer equipment, Court were pictured in The Rose, San Gabriel Val­ Johnson & Johnson Stock. ley Newspapers, December 29, 1993. Outstanding among the beautiful young ladies was one Shannon Stacy Sheldon of San Marino High School.

Sheldon Genealogy System Card of Thanks! E. Mark Sheldon reports that as of March 2, 1994, Jean Knowles there are 50,712 records in the Search and Refer­ Treasurer 1984-1994 ence file of the Sheldon Family Genealogy System. Thanks from all of Mark says Lou Harney, AI Hogan, and Keith M. us, for your Sheldon are entering data like champs! effeciency and sweet spirit! §lp•lbon 1J1nmily Asso.ciniion ~unriPrly -- ifc~nr.z nf :rfnglnnb

S.F.A. members at Rutland Arms Hotel, Bakewell, England Back Row left: Steve Sheldon, Russ Shelden, Bus driver Gerald, of Wales, Don Sheldon, Wayne Nelson, A Keith Sheldon, Bob Hall - T.V. camera man. Middle Row left: Clara S. Gutermuth, Ruth S. Phillips, Nina Sheldon, Mary Gehr, Martha S. Hutchins, Peggy Nelson Peloquin, Pat Trembley, Donna Siemiatkoski-tour director. Front Row left: Nancy Nelson Lentz, Ruth S. Hall, Martha Bradley, Frank Buell, Joyce Sheldon, Louis Gehr, Mary Ellen Buell, Judy Sheldon, MarieS. Hine, John Plummer, RoseS. Newton, Shirly B. Martin. Photographer not seen: Joan Robertson English Tour Guide.

We were greeted by the Rev. Edmund Urqart, vicar of the Bakewell Church (where Isaac Sheldon may have been baptized). Following a wine reception, he took us on a guided walking tour of several beautiful well­ dressings. During several days here, we visited the area in several directions vewing "known ancient Sheldon locations". We later toured pastor's church, and presented him with a Sheldon Family tee shirt.

Several times, in Bakewell, people by the name of Sheldon popped into our midst to say they noticed the "Sheldon Family U.S.A" banner on our bus, and inquired "what was going on?" We cheerfully answered "Hi Cousin!, we've come back to see our fatherland, come join us for a while!"

This Hotel is on a Y at the confulence of three roads, the intersection where they meet is called a "turnabout". A Keith Sheldon, our official photographer, set up the shot and our guide Joan Robertson hurried across the street and took the photo between automobiles zooming by!

Here, we celebrated the 4th of July and the 50th Anniversary of Louis and Mary Gehr. Donna of Connecticut Heritage Tours, and our English Guide Joan surprised the Sheldon "colonists" by placing an American Flag beside each plate at breakfast. We surprised the Gehrs with a cake. We mourn the passing of Mary Gehr December 27, 1993. She was an enthusiastic part the group that truly "became a family" in an unforgettable way during this wonderful trip. Thanks Donna, Joan & Gerald, for making it so memorable! §lp>l.bon lfumily Azz.oriution ~uurtrrly English Research Ad-Hoc Committee eerfield is calling you! Especially if you Chairman, Ruth Hall Reports that she has have.: Sheldon Roots - early settlers copied the pertinent information she needs from the D here.:! Intresting especially because laws data Rose mailed to her. She has compiled several enacted here affected the whole country. Following notebooks, and some ideas, and would like.: to meet are a few book titles about Deerfield, to encourage with her committee in Deerfield so they can make a you to read a bit before you visit there. proposal for S.F.A concerning further research in this area. Inscriptions on the grave stones in the grave yards of Northampton, and other towns in the valley of the Deerfield Days Schedule: Connecticut, as Springfield, Amherst, Hadley, Hatfi­ eld, Deerfield & etc. by Thomas Bridgman, Published by Hopkins & Bridgman 1850. Thursday July 21, 1994 2:00 greet early arrivals Historic Deerfield, by Elizabeth Stillinger, Dutton . 4:00 board of directors meeting Studio Books, NY 1992. Friday July 22, 1994 8:30 Breakfast on own New England Outpost, by Richard I. Melvoin, 9:00 to 11:00 Annual meeting Norton, NY 1989. 11:00 to 5:00 Lunch on own & sightseeing on own. Possible sites: Furniture of Deerfield, by Dean A . Fales, State Library Springfield Genealogy Dept. Dutton, NY 1976 Cf Valley Hist. Museum behind library Science museum Frontier of Freedom, by Samuel Chamberlain Basketball Hall of Fame Six New England Villages, (Hancock NH, Litchfield Historic old Josiah Day home the CT, Little Compton RI, Old Bennington VT, Old Oldest saltbox brick home in the area Deerfield MA, Wiscasse ME) by Samuel Hancock Historic Stortown Village Museum Hope Atherton and his times, By Arthur Tucker Emily Dickinson Home - Amherst A genealogy of Aaron Denio of Deerfield, by Fran­ 7:30 Dinner and speaker cis B. Denio, Hastings House, NY 1948 David Proper Librarian, of Historic Deerfield The Story of Godfrey Nims, by Francis Thomson Dedication of Godfrey Nims Memorial, Nims Fam. Saturday July 23,1994 Assoc., Greenfield, MA 1914. 7:00 Breakfast on own Bus trip to old Deerfield & Northampton Little Brown House on the Albany Road, By George Sheldon-Hawks House Sheldon. (Also in S.F.A library.) E. H. Williams House (new last yer) Box Lunch A History of Deerfield MA, by George Sheldon Indian House home of John Sheldon Memorial Hall History of Pocumtuck Mem. Valley Assoc., History & Bridge Street Cemetery: Location of proceedings (Vol's 1-7 are in SFA library, courtesy Grave of S#S Isaac Sheldon Hortense Sheldon.) 5:00 back to rest for Dinner 6:00 Browse Display rooms Deerfield Embroidery, by Marjery Burnham Howe is 7:00 Cocktails a wonderful book about a ladies who discovered 7:30 Dinner and speaker ancient embroidery patterns. They preserved the Elise Burnier, Historian patterns, recreated ancient artworks, made dyes from nature and recreated Hosts and Helpers:Ruth Harris, Dave Harris, beautiful furnishings for the and Marge Phelan have worked very hard to houses that you will see in Deerfield. Photos of "cousin plan a great reunion! Thanks ! George Sheldon" make this a wonderful book to buy for a Be sure to keep track of the Registration form in souvenir. this issue. It is the only one we will print. Notice to members in Kansas: S.F.A mem­ bers Garrett Ward Sheldon and S.F.A president Rose Sheldon Newton have been invited to speak & Notice: help unveil the painting featuring Charles Sheldon To those who ordered England tour TV Sudduth and the Kindergarten in Topeka Kansas. tapes from Rose: The newly edited tapes (Ref: Vol. 8 No.2 Page 273 "The Curious Case of arrived in Fort Wayne in early March. My Brother-Cousin.) Garrett, the great grandson of We are processing them as quickly as Rev. Charles Monroe Sheldon, expressed an interest possible. Jim is also cleaning out his office in speaking on "The Principles of In His Steps" and since he retired January first. Rose Rose will speak about "People Who Made a Differ­ ence". Following the speakers, the Festival Choir of Fort Wayne Indiana will sing. There are concerts Thanks to: Joy Pashley, Francis Roberts, Martha scheduled July 10 at Capitol City Community Hutchins, Fran Gaylord, Mary Zurburg who sent Church, and July 11 at Central Congregational items for the quarterly. Some appeared in this issue Church in Topeka. (Congregation where Rev. and others will be in forthcoming issues. When Charles M. Sheldon was pastor.) articles are too long, I will note the reference and list the Sheldons found therein along with the Book Garrett is tentative at press time, but we hope he title, page number, publisher, and library where will be able to come. The group in Topeka espe­ found, so that interested searchers may find the cially invite those who attended the Apri11993 cele­ item if it is of particular interest to them. In this bration to return for this celebration July 11, 1994 at way, Sheldons listed in references will become a the Statehouse in Topeka during the noon hour. We part of our annual index which will again guide re­ set the time so that office workers can attend as searchers to documentation resources for their an­ well as the public. cestors. Without the help of many, it is not easy to find enough data to make interesting reading for all Addresses For You to plan your Friday in of you for every issue. West Springfield - Deerfield Area Compiled by Ruth Harris Husband of member dies in Accident Bruce Nelson, husband of Kim Martin Nelson long­ Josiah Day House, 70 Park Avenue, W. Springfield, time S.F.A member was killed January 31, 1993 in Oldest Brick Saltbox in New Eng., Phone: 734-8322 an automobile accident. Mr. Nelson 40, director of Rutland Vermont's community-access television Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, 194 State St. station, was heading north when his mini-van Springfield, Phone: 732-3080 Thur - Sun 12:00- 4:00. crossed into the southbound lane and collided head­ on with a tractor trailer truck. The cause of the Springfield Library, 220 State St. Springfield, City accident was unknown and the other driver was Library Reference Room Fri- Sun 12:00- 5:00 critically injured. Storrowtown Village Museum, Eastern States Fair In his 15 years with the station Bruce was credited Grounds, Memorial Avenue- West Springfield, with building Channel15 into a community forum Phone: 787-013611:00-3:30 Man- Sat. and showcase for local performers. He was to have received a community award the day of the accident. Springfield Science Museum, 236 State Street, Sprin­ gfield, Thurs - Sun 12:00 - 4:00 Phone: 733-1194. He is survived by his wife Kim, and four children ages 6 to 15. He was the son in law of our first vice Basketball Hall of Fame, 1150 W. Columbus Ave., president Shirley Bemis Martin. Springfield, Open 9:00 6-7 days a week. Information: 781-5759 Office: 781-6500. Kim served S.F.A as nominating committee mem­ ber several times and has assisted with music at Emily Dickinson Homestead, Amherst MA S. Pleas­ Sheldon Family Association meetings. In case you ant St. opposite Amherst College. Open Wed & Sat who remember Kim would like to send a note: Mrs. 1:30- 4:00p.m. Fee: $3.00 45 min tour. Kim Nelson, 1118-1 R.D. 1, Brandon VT, 05733. See you in Deerfield! SFA PUBLICATION LIST ~\S #e, ~ Articles relating to and about Sheldons (!}. 'o\'8~- ~o'(\ \o~ 0 ~00~ ~0 ~~ l. The Sheldon Magazine ... $4.00 per Volume ~e OlUl~ oif JFrilffi~ \)J3~ \o~ D~ ,. "~"e 2. Sheldon Places ... $7.50 •" ""O by S4479x851 Rose Sheldon Newton. A Gazetteer of Places, Towns, Townships, Mountains, Museums, Monuments, Homes, an

19. Charles and Lydia (raft) Sheldon, A Colonial Couple ... $2.00. by S7295x513 Frances S. Russell, 6 pages. This is the story of S358 Charles and Lydia, parents of S1047 Ephraim, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. From this well written article learn how Lydia Taft and President Taft share the same American ancestor; and follow the family's emigration across the United States from Massachusetts to Claremont, California, where Charles Burt Sheldon became one of the original trustees and the first treasurer of Pomona College. 20. S1047 Ephraim Sheldon, Soldier of the Revolution ... $3.00 by S7295x513 Francis S. Russell, 13 pages. This study includes biographical and historical background information, a copy of Ephraim's pension application and transcription, maps of the battles Ephraim was in, and a family group sheet. This article is a good example of how to present a part of one's family history in an interesting way. 21. Sheldon Family Assoc. A 50 Year History 1939 - 1989 ... $7.00 plus $1.50 postage Compiled by Keith M. Sheldon, 50 pages. This publication is a must for every SFA member. Keith has consolidated, in time-sequence, pertinent facts on the Sheldon Family Association into one accessible source to commemorate the SFA's 50th year. The information compiled for this history was gleaned from letters, reports, programs, newspaper stories and genealogical records. A number of the sources for the information are reproduced and included as exhibits. 22. Sheldons, met by H.O. Sheldon in his travels •.• $3.00 by S4479x851 Rose Sheldon Newton, 10 pages. A list giving Last Name, First Name, date met, location, capsule review. ex: "Sheldon, Isaac 23 JAN 1844 HOS vis with Joseph I. S, Rupert Vf." A guide to your ancestors in the HOS journals 1817 - 1845. 1845 - 1867 next project. 23. S4 Godfrey Sheldon, Planter, of Bakewell Parish, Co. Derby, England & Scarborough, York Co. Maine ••. $4.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 28 pages. The author states 'The intention of this report is to bring together in one place all the records that have so far been found for S4 Godfrey Sheldon in order that work once done need not be repeated by others and to make this information available to interested members". This handsomely detailed booklet is the first of a series of progenitor reports. This compilation of information on S4 Godfrey Sheldon contains a chronology, family chart, narrative account, copy and transcription of the will of Godfrey Sheldon, map of Sheldon property in Scarborough, Me., as well as a list of records consulted, researchers and bibliography. 24. 84760 Edward Austin Sheldon, An Extract from His Autobiography, 1896 and Domestic Activities on the Farm 1830 - 1850 •.. $3.00 by S4759 Dorliska Elizabeth Sheldon, 7 pages. Edited by Mary Sheldon Barnes and Frances Elizabeth Sheldon Alling, daughters of Edward Austin Sheldon, this extract from the autobiography of Edward Austin Sheldon is from a book printed in 1911. Dorliska Sheldon's composition Domestic Activities on the Farm 1830- 1850 was given to the Penfield Library of the State University of New York at Oswego by Frances Davis in 1961. The College has granted permission in 1991 to The Sheldon Family Association Inc. to add it to their publications sold to Sheldon descendants for historic study. 25. S14 William Sheldon of Bakewell Parish, Co. Derby, England, Scarborough, York Co~ Maine & Salem Village, Essex Co~ Massachusetts both in the province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England ... $4.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 31 pages. The author takes on the issue of whether there were one or two William Sheldons in Salem, and addresses the validity of the statement found on page 1 of the Sheldon Magazine that S3 William came "With Gov. Endicott to Boston, Mass." The author discusses the source of the problems, the resolution, and offers proof to support her conclusions by reproducing various records, maps and wills. 26. SS Isaac Sheldon of Windsor, Hartford Co~ Connecticut & Northampton, Hampshire Co~ Massachusetts ... $4.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider and _S 4~79x851 Rose--Sheldon Newton, 30 pages. The authors decided to take up the life of Isaac Sheldon with his appearance in 1652 in records at Windsor, Connecticut, rather than answer the age-old and controversial question "Is Isaac Sheldon of Windsor & Northampton the same Isaac Sheldon found in Ashford, Co. Derby, by J. Gardner Bartlett?" The authors present material found in the writings of Rev. Solomon Oark, James Russell Trumbull and include the chapter entitled 'The Family of Isaac Sheldon" from Frank Farnsworth Starr's genealogical classic, Goodwin-Morgan Ancestral Lines, because as they state 'The documentation is flawless; the writing style still fresh and worthy of emulation." This booklet contains articles on Mehitable (Gunn) Ensign, a brief history of Northampton, Sheldon homestead and property in Northampton, family charts, a copy and transcription of Isaac's will, and an inventory of his estate. Included is a glossary and illustrations of some of the items mentioned in Isaac's will (Do you know the difference between a "maul" and a "beetle"?). This booklet is a must for every Isaac descendent. 27. Daniel Sheldon of Woolwich, Co. Kent, England, Last Will & Testament ... $2.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 12 pages. The author includes a reproduction of the Will of Daniel Sheldon and then provides a brief lesson in paleography (the study and deciphering of ancient writings) including a copy of the general alphabet of the Old Law Hand. A transcription of the Will is included for the impatient. 28. Richard Sheldon, Gentleman, of Monyash, Derbyshire, England ... $2.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 16 pages. The Last Will and Testament of Richard Sheldon is reproduced along with a transcription, an inventory and transcription of the inventory, a chart of the ancestry and descendants of No. 4 Hugh Sheldon of Monyash, and the ancestry and descendants of No. 5 John Sheldon of Monyash and Ashford. The author does not discuss the "Isaac connection", but in her Preface, she states "Because much of the very early Sheldon family information that is on the two charts included with this report is there because of information given in 1662 by No. 10 Richard Sheldon to the Heralds during their Visitation to Derbyshire, it was thought worthy of notice on that count alone to publish the pedigree charts and his will. [Note: The numbers used in this description are not Sheldon Numbers, rather they indicate the numbers assigned by J. Gardner Bartlett in his 'The Sheldons of Derbyshire and of New England."] 29. Family Charts ... $1.00 each by Shirley Sheldon Rider, 1 page. The following family charts are available, size 8 1!2 x 11 inches, printed on heavy paper: The Family of S4 Godfrey Sheldon, The Family of S5 Isaac Sheldon, The Family of S8 John Sheldon, The Family of S13 John Sheldon, The Family of S14 William Sheldon, Ancestry & Descendants of No. 4 Hugh Sheldon of Monyash, Ancestry & Descendants of No. 5 John Sheldon of Monyash & Ashford 30. In Defense of J. Gardner Bartlett ...... $3.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 7 pages. In October 1926, the N.E.G.H. & G.R. published J. Gardner Bartlett's landmark study on the English origin of SS Isaac Sheldon. Bartlett's publication was the culmination of two years of research in England. As the author notes "Debate and dissension within the Sheldon Family Association hierarchy and membership have raged ever since". Probably no publication has been subjected to more study and comment than Bartlett's work. The author lists the major objections that have been raised over the years to Bartlett's conclusions, then forcefully argues her position. 31. The Sheldons of Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, and Isaac Sheldon of New England •.....•.. .$4.00 by J. Gardner Bartlett, 27 pages. This is the reprint from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register of October, 1926, that created the debate and dissension within the Sheldon family Association hierarchy and membership since its publication. This item was originally reprinted by the Genealogical Committee in 1962 and has been out of print for many years. Now available, it is of interest to all Sheldons and is the subject of Shirley Rider's ''Defense" (item 30 above). Order from: Wayne E. Nelson 3628 N. Fremont, Chicago, IL 60613 Rev. 1/94 Make Checks Payable To: Sheldon Family Assoc. Inc. ~btlbon jfamilp ~ggoctatton Annual Meeting to visit Deerfield, held at: Ramada Hotel, 180 W. Riverdale St, West Springfield, Masachusetts 0 1009 July 21 - July July 24, 1994 Registration Form: To attend the meeting you need to do two things: 1. Reserve your room at Ramada Phone: (Number at Pg. bottom.) This secures your room. 2. Mail this registration form to our meeting chairman: This gives us information for your name tag and gives us a count for the activities that you and your family desire to attend. My name: S# ------S# ------S# _....:._ ____ ------S# ------S# ----- List name of each persons name as you want it to appear on a badge printing. Address: Phone no. ____ ------No. in party ___

Registration Fee (Helps pay for program, badges, speakers, etc.) $7.00 per family= __ Day Cost per person Total Cost Friday: Breakfast & Lunch on your own. Sightseeing on your own today. See Schedule. (places: Hotel restaurant or Friendly, Howard Johnson, & Abdo's nearby.) CIRCLE YOUR CHOICE OF DINNERS FOR FRIDAY·<&. SATURDAY Friday: Dinner (Pot Roast or Scrod) $17.38 Tax & gratuity inc. $ ____ Speaker: David Proper Saturday: Breakfast on own Saturday: Bus: Deerfield & Northampton $11.00 $ ____ Saturday: Box Lunch $7.50 $ ____ Saturday: A.M. Tour: Sheldon Hawkes House & Williams House $2.50 ea =$5 .00 $. ____ Saturday: P.M. Tour: Indian House & Memorial Hall $5.00 includes both. $.___ _ Saturday: Dinner (Roast Pork or Stuffed Ch. Breast with Pecan Stuffmg)$18.25 $. ____ Speaker Elise Bumier Sunday: Breakfast on own and checkout Make Checks Payable To: Sheldon Family Assoc. Total Tendered: $.___ _

Send this registration form To: For RAMADA Hotel Reservation Call: S.F.A. Meeting Chairman: 1-413-781-8750, W. Springfield, MA Mrs. Ruth Harris (Ask for Jacqueline Foley, say you are re­ P. 0 . Box 274 serving for the Sheldon Reunion. After July Belchertown, MA 01007 6, you may not get a room . Call now.) Phone: 413-323-7640 Downstairs room for handicapped - available Room Fees: by request. Single or Double: $55.00 Tripple or Quad $65.00 Shuttle service: Bradley Field, Windsor Extra Cot: $1 0. 00 Locks, to Ramada costs $9.50 per person Check in 3:00 Out 12:00 both arriving and departing. Travel Lines Limo Phone: 1-413-734-0838. ==::J• • * * * * Sheldon Family Association * * Mrs. Rose Newton * 4409 Bridgetown Run Fort Wayne, IN 46804-4808

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<.. --;:: -~-~ ) Sheldon Family Association Sheldon Family Association President: Rose Sheldon Newton Dues Renewal/Membership Form 4409 Bridgetown Run, Ft. Wayne IN 46804-4808 Indicate Category: 1st Vice President: Shirley Bemis Martin ..... Annual Membership $10.00 414 S. St. Marys Street, St. Marys, PA 15857 ..... New Member $10.00 due.s plus'" $15.00 2nd Vice Pres. & Genealogy Chairman: Keith M. Sheldon (* a one time registration fee) 23918 Wolf Road, Bay Village, OH 44140 ..... Life Membership $200.00 one time only Secretary: Miss Irene Dodge 215 Jersey Avenue Sheldon No. S# P.O. Box 333, Ogdensburg, NY 13669 Treasurer: Mrs. L. Hazard Knowles 118 Poast Road, Warwick, RI 02888 Name: Sheldon Genealogy Publications ( to order write:) Wayne E. Nelson Street: 3628 N. Fremont, Chicago, IL 60613 Publication Layout: Rose Sheldon Newton City Published Quarterly by the Association for members & Subscribing libraries. Zip Contributing editors: Officers, Members & Guests Dues run:August to August ISSN: 1063-956X Send to: Secret11ry: Copyright: The Sheldon Family Assoc. Inc. Miss Irene Dodge, 215 Jersey Avenue SFA membership information: Write Genealogy Chairman P.O. Box 333 Ogdensburg .. NY 13669 Libraries (for subscription) write: Secretary ibtlbon f amtlp !s~octatton, Jnt. ~uarttrl~

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Locator No. 6 Sheldons & a few related names, in: "List of Freemen Massachusetts Bay Colony From 1630-1691 With the Freeman's Oath, The First Paper Printed in New England Arranged by Hon. H. F. Andrews, Exira IA. Exira Printing Co. 1906

(Presented in original form with spelling and capi­ talization of original document retained.) Scadlocke, William July 5, 1653 Saco Scarlet, Capt. Sam May 7, 1673 Boston Shelden, Thomas May 30,1690 N'hampton The Historic Brick Church Shelden, Isack jun May 30,1690 N'hampton Old Deerfield, MA 1978 Post Card Shelden, Jno May 7, 1684 N'hampton Shelden, Tho May 19, 1680 Billerica Shelton, Mr. Small Oct 19,1630 Meeting Reminder: Sholden, Edward May 13, 1640 Hull Woodford, Thomas Mar 4, 1634-35 Bass River Call the Ramada Hotel today! Chairman Beverly Ruth Harris reminds you to please mark Continued, p. 309 your choices of dinners for both evenings, so she will know for the chef. (Reg. form was in April issue.)

Deerfield in the news Contents Echoes of England ...... 315 Old Deerfield is so pretty, Hollywood figured the Miller, Frederick J., passes ...... 314 village ought to be in pictures. A camera crew from Sheldon, Thomas Prison Keeper, 1801 314 Columbia Pictures was shooting scenes along Main Street last week that are to appear in the film "Little Sheldon, John P., S2131, Activities 310 Women," based on the Louisa May Alcott classic Sheldons In Freeman List 1630-1691 308 about four sisters growing up in the 1860's in Con­ Sheldons In Butler, Co. KS ...... 313 cord. The village was selected for its pristine condi­ Sheldons in Marion Co. KS ...... 313 tion and historical homes. Union News March 14, Wissler, Shirley A., passes ...... 312 1994. Clipped by Ruth Harris S.F.A. Publications & Order Form . Back Freemen cont. from P· 3os A Freeman of this colony was a member of the same. body politic and as such entitled to exercise the Freeman's New Oath right of suffrage and to hold office. I, __ being by God's providence, and Inhabitant, As early as 1631, in order to become a freeman, it and Freeman, within the Jurisdiction of this Com­ was required that the applicant produce evidence monwealth; do freely acknowledge my self to be that he was a member of the Congregational subject to the Government thereof; And do there­ church. This regulation was modified in 1664. Free­ fore do here swear by the great and dreadful Name men were admitted by the General Court of the of the Ever-living-God, that I will be true and faith­ colony. ful to the same, and will accordingly yield assistance & support thereunto, with my person and estate, as in equity I am bound; and will also truly endeavor Freeman's Oath to maintain and preserve all the liberties and privi­ I, _being by the Almighty's most wise disposition leges thereof, submitting my self to the wholesome become a member of this body consisting of the Lawes & Orders made and established by the same. Governor, Deputy Governor, Assistants and Com­ And further, that I will not plot or practice any evill monality of the Massachusetts in New England, do against it, or consent to any that shall do so; but will freely and sincerely acknowledge that I am justly timely discover and reveal the same to lawful Au­ and lawfully subject to the Government of the same, thority now here established, for the speedy preven­ and do accordingly submit my person and estate to tion thereof. be protected, ordered and governed by the laws and constitutions thereof, and do faithfully promise to be Moreover, I doe solemnly bind myself in the sight of from time to time obedient and comfortable there­ God, that when I shall be called to give my voyce unto, and to the authority of the said Governor and touching any such matter to this State, in which Assistants, and their successors, and to all such laws, Freemen are to deal, I will give my vote and suf­ orders, sentences and decrees as shall be lawfully frage as I shall judge in mine own conscience may made and published by them or their successors. best conduce and tend to the public weal of the And I will always endeavor (as in duty I am bound) · body, So help me God in the to advance the peace and welfare of this body or Lord Jesus Christ. commonwealth, to my utmost skill and ability. And I will, to my best power and means, seek to divert This oath was printed at and prevent whatsoever may tend to the ruin or Cambridge by Stephen Daye, damage thereof, or of any the said Governor, Depu­ in 1639. It is said to have ty Governor, or Assistants, or any of them, or their been the first paper printed in successors, and will give speedy notice to them, or New England. some of them, of any sedition, violence, treachery, or other hurt or evil, which I shall know, hear, or The names of freemen given vehemently suspect, to be plotted or intended in the following list* are spelled as found in the Co­ against the said commonwealth, or the said Govern­ lonial records so far as they can be deciphered and ment established. And I will not , at any time, suf­ transcribed. They are not the autographs of the fer or give consent to any counsel or attempt, that persons who bore these names, but are as written in shall be offered, given or attempted, for the im­ the record by the secretary, who probably spelled peachment of the said Government, or making any them as pronounced to him and evidently made change or alteration of the same, contrary to the some errors. People did not spell so accurately then laws and ordinances thereof; but shall do my utmost as now. We know that the persons named in many endeavor to discover, oppose and hinder all and instances spelled their names differently from the every such counsel and attempt. So help me God. forms given in the records. These records are im­ portant to those engaged in historical and genealogi­ At the General Court held at Boston, May 14, 1634; cal pursuits. It was agreed and ordered, that the former oath of freemen shall be revoked, so far as it is dissonant A large per cent of the native population of New from the oath of freemen hereunder written; and England as well as their descendants elsewhere that those that received the former oath shall stand descend from the persons named in this list. bound no further thereby, to any intent or purpose, * AC.P.L. Ft. W. IN. Call No. 974.An 15L Open than this new oath ties those that now take the Shelf. Ed. The Printing, Publishing, and Bookselling Activities of John P. Sheldon and His Associates in Detroit 1817-1830.

One of his contemporaries, not unknown to fame, testified that Sheldon was "... a man of clear head, strong will, and honest heart." This statement by Jefferson Davis may well serve as a partial summary of Sheldon's character.

In 1817, Detroit was a small town of some 900 in­ about to begin were John P. Sheldon and Ebenezer habitants, about half of whom were of French de­ Reed, who arrived in 1817 to establish the Detroit scent. There were fewer than 300 buildings in all. Gazette, the territory's first successful newspaper, This year was one of considerable activity in De­ although not the first newspaper to be printed in troit. Early in August, James Monroe arrived for a Detroit. five day visit, and the presence of the Chief Execu­ tive was the occasion for much excitement and cere­ John Pitts Sheldon (S2131)was born in Rehoboth, mony. That September the cornerstone of the Cat­ MA, on October 20, 1792. At age thirteen his fa­ holespistermiad, or University, of Michigiana, was ther, John (S674) (mother, Rosanna Pitts) told him laid, the City Library of Detroit was organized, and to to select some business as it was necessary for the First Protestant Society was created. The Bank him to go to work. By 1812 John Pitts was working of Michigan, the Detroit Musical Society, and the as a printer in Ogdenburg, NY, when war broke Moral and Humane Society were also established, out. He enlisted in the New York militia, serving as well as the Agricultural Society of the City of first as a volunteer and private, later as a sergeant Detroit and the Detroit Lyceum, a debating society. of the Third Regiment of Artillery, with which unit he served for the duration of the war on the New A statistical account of the city for the year 1819 York frontier. was published. According to this survey, there were 596 white males, 444 white females, and seventy In 1814 he took a job as a printer in Utica, NY, "free people of color". There were two Catholic moving to Rochester in 1816, where he established clergymen and one Protestant, three physicians, one the Rochester Gazette with A G. Dauby. In 1817, instructor of the learned languages, two instructors his poor health necessitated a change of climate and of the English language, one instructor of sacred he sold his interest in the paper. All his life he was music, and twelve attorneys and counsellors at law. to be plagued by recurrent illness, and traveled as Among the tradesmen, were sixty carpenters and far as Texas to find relief. After selling his share of joiners, twenty-three masons and bricklayers, eigh­ the paper he walked from Rochester to Buffalo, teen blacksmiths, eighteen tailors, twelve shoemak­ carrying his belongings in his 1812 knapsack. ers, and lesser numbers of watchmakers, silver­ smiths, gunsmiths, coopers, cabinet makers, coach Now twenty-five, he met Ebenezer Reed, age twen­ and chaise makers, wheelwrights, and tanners. ty-one, also interested in setting up a paper in De­ There were twenty-four dry good and grocery mer­ troit and they became partners. They arrived in chants, five bakers and eight innkeepers. The bustle Detroit on May 14, 1817, where Sheldon remained and stir of the community convinced many that to issue a prospectus and solicit subscriptions, and Detroit was on the verge of a large and rapid ex­ Reed returned East to purchase materials and a pansion, which would be created by an influx of printing press. Eastern farmers. On July 25, 1817, the first issue of the Detroit Ga­ Among those who believed that this growth was zette appeared. It became the means by which

Researched and edited for S.F.A. by Mary M. ZurBurg S#6370x3113 In April1826 he was appointed a Brigade Major in the militia. In 1827 he was elected President of the Detroit Mechanics' Society, and was also presented Sheldon made himself a figure of some consequence with his sixth child, Antonia Harpin Sheldon, in the growing city of Detroit. (Wilhemena in the Sheldon Magazine)(S5408)who The lack of money, the small population of Detroit lived only six months. (a sizable portion illiterate), costly ink, paper and printing supplies, and slow paying subscribers did In 1828 Sheldon sold his interest in the bookstore, not daunt John Pitts. "An unquenchable optimism and leased the newspaper to Henry Ball, though was one of his most prominent characteristics." Sheldon stayed on as editor. This was the beginning of turmoil. In January Henry Robert Sheldon (S54- In 1818 Sheldon and Reed felt themselves well 09), one month old, died. In February while seri­ enough established to erect a building of their own ously ill, Sheldon was brought before the Supreme to house the Gazette and their bookstore. Sheldon Court to be fined and imprisoned for contempt of also took on other commitments, marrying Eliza that court. His conviction and imprisonment made Whiting of Rochesterville, Genessee Co. NY (sic, Sheldon a hero in Detroit, with news of the case Rochester, MI -- MZB.) on October 24, 1818. He being reported throughout the country. was appointed a lieutenant in the militia, joined the Lyceum, in whose debates he took active part, be­ Andrew Jackson was inaugurated as President, and came publisher of the laws of the United States, was with Jackson's election, Sheldon's political impor­ Secretary of the Mechanics' Society of Detroit, and tance in Michigan was considerably increased, since achieved a position of sufficient social importance to he was a strong Democratic partisan. propose one of the toasts at the Fourth of July celebration that year. In December, 1829, returning from a New York trip, he took over the editorial direction of the Ga­ The next several years were de­ zette, and his nephew, Sheldon McKnight (S5401) voted to running the paper, doing acted as publisher after Ball left. At this time She­ printing for the corporation of ldon lived on his farm in Oakland County, and sent Detroit, taking part in the activi­ his editorials from the farm by mail. ties of the militia -- he was ap­ pointed captain in 1819 -- and In January, 1830, his eighth child, Mary Amelia caring for a growing family. In Sheldon (S5410) was born. (Mary Elizabeth in the 1819, his first child Ann Eliza Sheldon Magazine.) Sheldon (S5403) was born; in 1820, his second, Delia Amanda John Pitts Sheldon obtained letters of introduction Sheldon (S5404) and in 1822, his to the Secretary of State, Martin Van Buren, and third, Jane Palmer Sheldon (S5405). Socially he tried for the position of Register of the Land Office expanded and became a signer of the articles of the at Monroe. He lost by one vote in the committee, First Protestant Society in 1821. on the basis, Sheldon said, that he was considered "... a brawling Jackson editor and partisan." Instead, In 1822 Sheldon became politically active, as an the name of his brother, Thomas C. Sheldon (S213- appointed county commissioner, serving until1825. 2), was then submitted and found acceptable.

In 1_823 he was elected one of the city trustees (the While he was in Washington D. C. he received word equivalent of a city councillor). During this year of that on April 26, 1830, the Gazette burned, a total political activity, (1823) his fourth child, first son, loss. He could not raise money to replace the Ga­ John Whiting Sheldon (S5406), was born. zette, however, he was among the group which pur­ chased the press and materials of another paper and On May 2, 1825 he his fifth child and second son, brought them to Detroit to set up the Free Press. Thomas Hanford Sheldon (S5407) was born. The The group included well known Detroit names: John same year Sheldon and Reed dissolved their part­ R. Williams, Joseph Campau, Andrew Mack, Thom­ nership. as C. Sheldon, James Abbott, H. B. Brevoort, Garry Spencer, N. B. Carpenter, A D. Frazer and Charles Whipple. There was a disagreement among these One of his contemporaries, not unknown to fame testified. that Sheldon was "... a man of clear head ' gentlemen, so Andrew Mack, Thomas C. Sheldon, strong will, and honest heart." This statement b; and Sheldon Me Knight bought out the interests of Jefferson Davis may well serve as a partial summary the others. John Sheldon acted as editor of the Free of Sheldon's character. Press for six months in 1832-1833. Disappointed in his expectations of a political re­ He was a handsome man, of slender physique and ward, he threw himself into organizing the Demo- troubled with sickness all his life. Whatever that - cratic party in Michigan. In 1833 he received his affliction may have been, it was apparently painful. political compensation: a letter from Lewis Cass (a former Territorial Governor of Michigan and now Sheldon was also a husband and father, and whatev­ Secretary of War in Jackson's cabinet) informed him er may have been his faults, he was a "tender hus­ that he had been appointed Assistant Superinten­ band and loving father." dent of the lead mines in the country west of the Mississippi, at a salary of $1,000 a year. This article was edited from: A Study of the Detroit Gazette, the Official and General Publishing of the Sheldon took his family and went to Iowa, where his Gazette Press, and the Detroit Book Store. By Wa­ hard and extensive work is considered a tribute to llace J. Bonk A dissertation submitted in partial him: he kept peace in that territory, but ended up in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of debt. Doctor of Philosophy in the University of MI, 1956.

In June, 1834, he was confirmed as Register of the Reference: This article was written using only the Wisconsin Land District at Mineral Point, and first chapter of the dissertation. No mention is made opened a land office there, carrying on "a vexed and of either Eleanor Labadie Sheldon (S5411) or Wil­ difficult job." In 1836 his eleventh child, Henry liam Hayward Sheldon (S5412), John Pitts Sheld­ Gratiot Sheldon (S5413) was born, and Ann Eliza, on's ninth and tenth children. his oldest child, married Charles H. Gratiot. There are eight chapters to the volume, and an In 1837, when Michigan was admitted to statehood, Appendix A: a checklist of the imprints of the Sheldon was remembered in a toast as "... the father Gazette Press, and Appendix B; a classified list of of democracy in Michigan." books advertised for sale by the Detroit book store. An extensive Bibliography is also given. In 1843, he joined George Hyer in Madison, Wiscon­ The dissertation (under the title of this article) and sin, to publish the Wzs­ the following reference were found in the Library of consin Democrat, and the Michigan, in the Michigan Collection, Lansing, MI. two were appointed Terri­ The call no. is Z473.B66 1956a. There is a second torial Printers. During volume, Michigan's First Store: A study of the books this time, his family ap­ sold in... , limited to only a list of the books. The call parently remained in the no. is Z473. D44 B6. family homestead at Wil­ low Springs.

From 1846-1861 he served Shirley A. Wissler S6687x462 various positions, then went to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Marjory E. Pariso S687x441 has sent word of the Drummond (Delia Amanda), in Winfield, IL, where passing of her cousin Shirley who attended the re­ he died January 19, 1871, at the age of seventy-nine. union in Philadelphia. Shirley was 64 and a school teacher. Shirley held a bachelors degree from Kent A question arises, however, which this outline will State University and a Masters degree from Univer­ not answer: what kind of man was John P. Sheldon sity of Akron. She is survived by her husband and editor, clerk, politician, superintendent of lead ' two sons, Scott R. and Jeffery L. Wissler, two broth­ mines, publisher, bookseller, and register of lands? ers and 10 grandchildren. She was the daughter of Albert and Esther Sheldon of Silver Springs Florida. §,lfplbon ifrunily 1\szncinfunt ~ly Locator No. 8 Locator No. 7 Sheldons In: Marion Co. KS Sheldons In: Marion, Co. Ks Courthouse Also by Arthur Vaughn

ElDorado, Death Registration, pg. 65, Mrs. J.P. Sheldon, res. Marion, age 68, female, white, married, paralysis, Butler Co.KS. housewife, USA birth, place of d. Marion, duration Court House Land Records of illness 1 year, 12/14/1907 by R. C. Smith

Research by: S6011x54 Arthur Vaughn Marion, Co. Ks -Burns Citizen (Newspaper) Manhattan, KS Key: WD= Warranty Deed, Book# or Letter Pg.# July 13, 1894 Alvah Sheldon of the Walnut Valley Times is guilty of clipping articles from the Reg. Date Citizen and crediting them to the Florence Bulletin. 05122/1871 Augusten Sheldon from W. F. Johnson, If you would like to have an explanation. (Note: The WD/444, Sec. 11 Lot 25 RWE Walnut Valley Times was pub. in Eldorado, KS) 10/03/1879 John W. Sheldon from Mary ASeymo­ ur, WD S/441, E. 112 of NE Sec. 13 T264 October 21, 1897 Mrs. W. H. Allen leaves today for 03122/1881 Alvah Sheldon from Lafayette Knowles Sheldon, IL to visit her father who is quite sick. & wf, WD 7/403, Lot #16, Blk 23, 1st addition to Eldorado October 6, 1904 While in El Dorado Saturday we 06/04/1881 John G. Sheldon from S. P. Barnes, called on Alvah Sheldon, editor of the W. V. Times WD Y/569, Lot #29 Taylor St., E. Lower and found him busy, but it keeps a man busy to get addition to Eldorado out as popular and as good a paper as the Times. 07/12/1881 Edwin R. Shel!onfrom Thomas Barber, WD Y/632, N 112 of NE 1/4 Sec. 30 April 6, 1905 "At Rest" Eliza L. Sheldon was born T29R6 (and other land) Canadaigua, NY, January 28, 1825 and died at her 07/12/1881 Nicholas W. Shel!onfrom James Bell, home in Florence, KS, April1, 1905. She was mar­ WD 27/5 6, In Sec. 30, T29R6 ried to Arcinoe L. Beebe October 11, 1843 at Cana­ 02/13/1882 Alvah Sheldon from George W. Clark daigua, NY. Of this union six children were born, & Cassabin, WD 27/411 Lots# 19,21, four of whom are still living. They moved from Mechanic St. Lower's Addn El D. Canadaigua to Wisconsin Territory in 1844 and 12/14/1882 Nicholas W. Shel1on from John W. resided there until the spring of 1877 when they Volkman, WD 30/556 SW 1/4 & 20 A of moved to Florence, KS where she resided until her NW 1/4 of SW 1/4 Sec. 29, T29R6 death. She had been a patient sufferer for several 06121/1883 A Sheldon from John Foutch, WD years and at the sunset of life found peace in the 33/347, 112 interior of Lot# 2,3,& 15ft arms of the angel of death that relieved her of her Lot #4 of Fullinwider & Smith Add., El D. burdens. After the funeral services the body was 04/07/1885 Marion Sheldon from Dora McAnally & laid to rest in the Florence Cemetery. The Citizen Husb., WD 44/158, Lot 22 Main St., extends its sympathies to the bereaved and sorrow­ Lower's addn to El D. ing relatives. 09121/1885 Andrew M. Shel!on from Simon Benfer & Wf. WD 48/146, S 112 of Ne 1/4 Sec. March 29, 1906 Alvah Sheldon issued his 25th anni­ 35, T26R7, 80 acres versary edition and it was a monster production, 3 03/16/1886 Marion Sheldon from Robert A sections, 12 pages and contained the history com­ Cameron & husb, WD 44/637, Strip from plete of Butler County. For 25 years the Walnut Sec.11, T26R5 Valley Times has helped to smooth the rough places, make the silver lining to the clouds of difficulties, Marion, Co. KS Marion (Highland Cemetery) and the great commonwealth of Butler County Lucretia Sheldon, age 23 years should be proud of editor Sheldon. Cont. p. 314 Wife of George Moulton I /1872 Hartford Courant Sept. 14, 1801 Locator 8 Cont. Page 3 (Orig. spelling) May 16, 1907 Alvah Submitted by Marge Sheldon, the Walnut Sheldon Phelan Valley Times editor and friend of all good people, a man well widely Mefsers. Hudson & and favorably known, loved by Bums people as well Goodwin, If you fee ~ as his own, a man who hates deception and never caufe, you will infert the following in your paper. practices it, who greets the dawn of a new day with An attempt was made this morning by the convicts conscious clear and courage bold, who has learned to effect an efcape -- One Millard (a noted villain) all that life holds for any man, but the one fact to took upon himfelf the lead in this diabolical plan, be truly happy one must engage in only foreign and to be feconded by feveral gallows eyed negroes, quarrels and make his home fight on the broad three of which were fentenced here by the Honor­ plains of principal and not plain personalities. But able Superior Court at their laft fittings, in the Cou­ Burns people like Sheldon anyway and remember nties of N. Haven and Fairfield. To effect their that when we had our troubles here, that he assist­ purpofe, they on Sunday while in the upper apart­ ed us with our paper in a very forceful manner and ments, and in the night feafon when below, had a only because he believed our cause to be just and number of them completely unfhackled themfelves, right, we are forever heard of anyone here going to by getting the heads of the bolts of their fhackles any trouble to show their appreciation. But North off, and in this fituation could have immediately Butler and Burns people remember these things and been perfectly at liberty. like the man who feels so kindly toward them. Their determination was (they now confefs) to make a rufh on the guard as foon as their commander fee Frederick J. Miller a favorable opportunity, and was then to give orders 1321 Sheldon Street for a general charge. But fortunately as one of the West Suffield, Cf fubordinate officers was fifiting the caverns in the Age 82 who had lived in West night feafon, he found at the foot of the ladder the Suffield since 1954 died Monday cap of one of their bolts, which led to an immediate March 28, 1994 at the Baystate Medical Center in infpection, that a number of them were in the fitua­ Springfield, MA tion above mentioned, and that they had fubftituted leather caps, to decieve the officer whofe duty it was Sheldon Cousins will remember our visit to his to lock them to their blocks that day. That the \ home -- (built by S46 Capt. Jonathan Sheldon,) dur­ public may not be mifinformed refpecting the bufin­ ing the Suffield Reunion hosted by Marge Sheldon efss I take this method to inform them, that, nothing Phelan and Eleanor Kern. very unfavorable hath yet happened, and that thefe defperate villains are yet in fafe cuftody. Frederick was a well known dairy farmer and civic Thomas Sheldon, Prifon Keeper Ir------, I leader and a town official. His pride and careful I preservation of the Sheldon Homestead and his Special Thanks ... to Mary ZurBurg, Art Vaug- L gracious sharing of it with us is still a historic mem­ hn, & Marge Phelan for great original re- ory to all of us. We extend our sympathy to his search documents used in this issue! Think of wife Sylvia, and his family. what we can learn about our ancestors lives by the documents that they left behind!

An Irish Prayer I l Please keep sending in those Sheldon refer- Shared by Mary Zur Burg 1 May those that love us, love us. l ences from Courthouses, Cemetery inscrip- And those that don't love us, l tions etc. Cite the source where you found it : · so others can locate it if they wish to see the May God tum their hearts; I And if He doesn't tum their hearts, l original. This is great research! I May he tum their ankles so we'll I I know them by their limping. ~------~ road we have just traversed will be moved a greater distance away and most park buildings and shops, underground even now, will oe moved even further away to preserve the pristine condition of the land­ scape as it was.

A "benge" is a large earthwork place used for Neol­ ithic worship and burial grounds about 5000 years ago. Some of the standing stones were transported from Sarsen in the Marlborough Downs, and the blue stones from the Preseli Mountains in Wales.

Nearby, we stopped at ancient Sarum and climbed around its embankment our heads filled with 1&fTn.rz nf 1£nglanh thoughts of Camelot and jousting in the fields, It was a chilly, crisp spring morning. "Cousins" gree­ chriots on the ancient Roman Road, now visible as ting one another over a tasty (7:00a.m.) english the shadow of a path. breakfast at the Red Lion Inn at Salisbury. The dining room squared off with dark beams, the red Looking for John of Providence roots ... medallioned carpet and antique plates on the wall Driving on to nearby Amesbury, we take "tea" at the lent an ancient English air to the brisk morning. historic Antrobus Arms and set out afoot following The medieval clock, one of the oldest in europe, is Joan. We're looking for "Ffrogg Lane", once the site set to strike "just for Sheldons" as we "collect our­ of the Home of Carpenters whose daughter married selves" .. and belongings to begin our third day in John Sheldon. The street is now called Flower England. Lane named after the Flower family who once built a home here in the 1800's. The early-birds had explored the ancient grounds discovering noble chinese-red painted lions. Stone We had mailed Joan copies of references. The eng­ animals peer down from unexpected heights around lish librarians were amazed that we knew of this the uneven roof. As we board the bus for Stone­ very ancient location, and agreed that our research henge, the ancient stone circle, we marvel because was correct. (Thanks ... Leniece Watson & Martha we are amid ancient wonders seen only in our Hutchins, for copies of your research!) school books as children. We walked down the narrow "main street"-- to a Approaching the scene from a gentle curve in the little tum off, about the size of a Kansas "alley", we road, the first thought one has is that it is much walk across the cow pasture being careful of our smaller than expected! Most photographs fill the feet, and closing the ancient cattle "gates" frame with the stones, this makes them seem larger heading toward the river where the ancient street than they are. once ended. Speaking among ourselves, we felt a sense of history and nearness of the spirits of ances­ Our guide Joan Robertson, is one of a small group tors of long ago who lived on this piece of land. It of guides in England with college level history cre­ was a pilgrimage, and the day was beautiful, and dentials that allow her to take patrons inside the daisies bloomed in the pasture. circle. She gives us interesting historic glimpses of the life os Stonehenge from 3000 BC down to today. In the Abbey of St. Mary & St. Melor we took pho­ We learn Stonehenge is the most important prehis­ tographs of the ancient baptismal font John & Joa­ toric monument in the whole of Britain. We ns' families may have used. learned of studies that have been made to deter­ mine where the stones came from and how they The musty smell of the ancient abbey, the beauty of were transported. We learn that the British Nation­ the stained glass windows that may have been be­ al Park Service (The National Trust) is in the midst held by our ancestors added to our mood and gave of a giant restructuring of the grounds to better pre­ silent benediction as we went out in the sunny after­ serve this ancient treasure. Soon, the curving noon. SFA Publication List Articles relating to and about She/dons

1. The Sheldon Magazine ••• $4.00 per Volume ..... Out of Print

2. Sheldon Places ... $7.50 by S4479x851 Rose Sheldon Newton. A Gazetteer of Places, Towns, Townships, Mountains, Museums, Monuments, Homes, and Things that cany the name Sheldon in the USA, with maps and illustrations to early Sheldon locations. The author states '"This collection is designed to help find lost Sheldon lineage connections". An important research tool with a detailed table of contents and an every name index.

3. Survey of Sheldon Places and Towns in England .•. $5.00 by S4298x511 Steven Sheldon of Torquay Devon England, 40 pages. The companion to the above volume. A Gazetteer of England, has maps locating Sheldon towns and places in the counties of Derby, Warwick, West Midlands, Worcestershire, Hereford and Oxfordshire. Learn more about Sheldon Towns in England, Archbishop Gilbert Sheldon and the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford, Sheldon Manor (a castle) in Wiltshire. This booklet contains genealogy charts with information for and about the Elizabethan Tapestry Weaving Sheldons the first to bring the art to England, woven into the fabric of historic events of the 16th century England impelling the migration to the new world by later Sheldons.

4. Histori.?I Sketch of the Sheldon Family ..• $2.00 by S7879 Henry Waters Sheldon of Yonkers, NY for the SFA reunion August 8, 1912, in Rupert Vermont, 10 pages. In 1913 Roy Farrar Sheldon of Schenectady, NY , published this sketch. We present it in easy to read print in manuscript form. Of particular interest to descendants of S5 Isaac

5. S5 Isaac Sheldon of Windsor, CT ..• $2.00 by S4760x32Charlotte A Hunt of Worcester, MA, 13 pages. A reprint of an article published in the April, 1963 issue of N.E.G.H.R. A well-documented treatise; includes a map of Windsor with a diagram of the lots owned by S5 Isaac and his neighbors; a reproduction of page 40 of the original Windsor land record book, all of which is used to settle the question of S1 Isaac.

6. The Family of Thomas Woodford ..• $2.00, 9 pages 7. The Family of Robert Blott ···-· $2.00, 11 pages by S9309x322Shirley Sheldon Rider. The author has saved you time and money by reprinting this information from Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin & Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin by Frank Farnsworth Starr. This 1915 Genealogy is regarded as a classic by Donald Lines Jacobus. Descendants of S5 Isaac will want a copy of both 6. and 7.

8. The Will of S5 isaac Sheldon ... $3.50 9. The Will of S46 Jonathan Sheldon $3.50 Transcribed by S9309x322Shirley Sheldon Rider. These two wills have been photocopied with their inventories.

10. John Sheldon and the Old Indian Homestead ... $3.00 by Jennie Arms Sheldon, wife of S2981 George Sheldon, 21 pages. Considered one of the best stories of the 1704 Deerfield Massacre. A paper read at the annual meeting of the Pocumtuck Memorial Valley Association, August 12, 1911.

11. The Story of RemembranceSheldon 8113 ... $2.00 Transcribed by Matilda S. Hyde in 1920, 14 pages. Remembrance, a son of S35 John, was captured in the 170 raid at Deerfield and taken to Canada when he was eleven years old. Fourteen years later after being rescued by his grandfather, Remembrance wrote this vivid, interesting narrative on the eve of his wedding day.

12. Pertaining to S35 John Sheldon ... $2.00 by S9309x322Shirley Sheldon Rider, 6 pages. A collection of items, includes a copy from a daguerreotype of the Old Indian House taken in 1848 shortly before the house was razed, a brief biography of John while a resident of Deerfield, a genealogical chart, a facsimile and transcription of his will, information about the Ensign John Sheldon Chapter of the Colonial Dames.

13. Quakerism, "A Captive Quaker who Helped free the Colonies' Captives in British Prison Camp" and "Jonathan Sheldon the Fighting Quaker." $2.00 by Maj. Alex Well, 8 pages. Published in the New York Knickerbocker Press in 1929 on Sept. 22, this article tells the story of S8050 Capt. Jonathan Sheldon of Rhode Island, descendant of the Pawtuxet-Providence S8 John. Ancestral charts included.

14a. The (Sheldon) Ship "Hanover" of Providence RI ... $2.00 by S5720x23 Irving Chase Sheldon, 10 pages. An account based on logs and records kept by S2350 Capt Pardon Sheldon, owner and master of the Hanover, of his voyage in 1838 from Providence, RI to St. Petersburg, Russia and return. This papeds illustrated with a chart of the voyage, a picture of the Hanover, and a genealogical chart. As an added bonus, the paper offers information about early shipbuilding and navigation. 14b. An 8" x 10" Color Reproduction by Photograph of the Painting of the Ship "Hanover". Suitable for Framing ... $5.00

15. The Last March of the Army of Robert E. Lee ... $3.00 by S5720 Maj. James Rhodes Sheldon, 15 pages. An eyewitness account of the final days of the Civil War. With pictures, maps and genealogical charts. Learn how James R. Sheldon, a native of RI became a Major in the Confederate Army. Previously available for public reading only at the Virginia Historical Society Library ih Richmond, VA, we are able to provide this to a wider audience through the generosity of his grandson, Irving C. Sheldon.

16. Sheldons in the Salem Witch Trials ... $3.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 16 pages. An illustrated booklet bringing together in one source all the testimony of Susannah Sheldon and S151 Ephraim in the Salem trials of 1691-92. Contains an indexed map showing all landowners in Salem Village (Now Danvers) in 1692, has background material for events leading up to the trials and includes one complete trial from the indictment to execution. Written for the 1987 Sheldon Family meeting in Salem. I

17. Stories of Early Days of the Settlement of Aurora, Ohio ... $2.00 10 pages. The story of "going west" in 1800when S627 Capt. Ebenezer Sheldon emigrated from Suffield, CT to Aurora, Portage Co., Ohio. We present this to our readers through the kindness of Gertrude McDonald a descendant living in Aurora.

18. Historic Memories of the Past ... $2.00 by S6194 Oscar F. Sheldon, 6 pages. A Reprint of letters of the Plattsburg Sentinel in 1894 and the Essex County Republican, NY newspapers. Triple spaced for easy reading, six pages. A map on the cover highlights the various towns in the Lake Champlain region. Of interest to historical buffs and those whose ancestors lived in that region nearly 200 years ago. Oscar was descended from S13 John. Mrs. William Bunyan, Fowler, KS, his descendant, shares these letters with you.

19. Charles and Lydia (Taft) Sheldon, A Colonial Couple ... $2.00. by S7295x513Frances S. Russell, 6 pages. This is the story of S358 Charles and Lydia, parents of S1047 Ephraim, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. From this well written article learn how Lydia Taft and President Taft share the same American ancestor, and follow the family's emigration across the United States from Massachusetts to Claremont, California, where Charles Burt Sheldon became one of the original trustees and the first treasurer of Pomona College. SFA Publication List--(cont'd)

20. S1047 Ephraim Sheldon, Soldier of the Revolution ... $3.00 by S7295x513Francis S. Russell, 13 pages. This study includes biographical and historical background information, a copy of Ephraim's pension application and transcription, maps of the battles Ephraim was in, and a family group sheet. This article is a good example of how to present a part of one's family history in an interesting way.

21. Sheldon Family Assoc. A SOYear History 1939- 1989 ... $7.00 plus $1.50 postage. Compiled by Keith M. Sheldon, 50 pages. This publication is a must for every SFA member. Keith has consolidated, in time-sequence, pertinent facts of S.F.A into one accessible source to commemorate the SFA 's 50th year. The information compiled for this history was gleaned from letters, reports, programs, newspaper stories and genealogical records. A number of the sources for the information are reproduced and included as exhibits.

22. Sheldons, met by H.O. Sheldon in his tmvels •.. $3.00 by S4479x851Rose Sheldon Newton, 10 pg. A list giving Last Name, First Name, date met, location, capsule review. ex: "Sheldon, Isaac 23 JAN 1844 HOS vis with Joseph I. S., Rupert VI'." A guide to your ancestors in the HOS journals 1817-1845.1845-1867next project.

23. S4 Godfrey Sheldon, Planter, of Bakewell Parish, Co. Derby, England & Scarborongh, York Co. Maine ••. $4.00 by S9309x322Shirley Sheldon Rider, 28 pages. The author states 'The intention of this report is to bring together in one place all the records that have so far been found for S4 Godfrey Sheldon in order that work once done need not be repeated by others and to make this information available to interested members". This handsomely detailed booklet is the first of a series of progenitor reports. This compilation of information on S4 Godfrey Sheldon contains a chronology, family chart, narrative account, copy and transcription of the will of Godfrey Sheldon, map of Sheldon property in Scarborough, Me., as well as a list of records consulted, researchers and bibliography.

24. S4760 Edward Austin Sheldon, An Extract from His Autobiography, 1896 and Domestic Activities on the Farm 1830- 1850 ..• $3.00 by S4759 Dorliska Elizabeth Sheldon, 7 pages. Edited by Mary Sheldon Barnes and Frances Elizabeth Sheldon Alling, daughters of Edward Austin Sheldon, this extract from the autobiography of Edward Austin Sheldon is from a book pub. in 1911. Dorliska Sheldon's composition Domestic Activities on the Farm 1830- 1850was given to the Penfield Library of the State University of New York at Oswego by Frances Davis in 1961. The College granted permission in 1991 to The Sheldon Family Association Inc. to add it to the publications sold to Sheldon desc. for historic study.

25. S14 William Sheldon of Bakewell Parish, Co. Derby, England, Scarborongh, York Co., Maine & Salem Village, Essex Co., Massachusetts both in the provinc of the Massachusetts Bay in New England •.. $4.00 by S9309x322Shirley Sheldon Rider, 31 pages. The author takes on the issue of whether there were one or two William Sheldons in Salem, and addresses the validity of the statement found on page 1 of the Sheldon Magazine that S3 William came "With Gov. Endicott to Boston, Mass." The author discusses the source of the problems, the resolution, and offers proof to support her conclusions by reproducing various records, maps and Wills.

26. SS Isaac Sheldon of Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut & Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts •.. $4.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider and S4479x851 Rose Sheldon Newton, 30 pages. The authors decided to take up the life of Isaac Sheldon with his appearance in 1652in records at Windsor, Connecticut rather than answer the age-old and controversial question "Is Isaac Sheldon of Windsor & Northampton the same Isaac Sheldon found in Ashford, Co. Derby, by J. Gardner Bartlett?" The authors present material found in the writings of Rev. Solomon Clark, James Russell Trumbull and include the chapter entitled 'The Family of Isaac Sheldon" from Frank Farnsworth Starr's genealogical classic, Goodwin-Morgan Ancestral Lines, because as they state 'The documentation is flawless; the writing style still fresh and worthy of emulation." This booklet contains articles on Mehitable (Gunn) Ensign, a brief history of Northampton, Sheldon homestead and property in Northampton, family charts, a copy and transcription of Isaac's will, and an inventory of his estate. Included is a glossary and illustrations of some of the items mentioned in Isaac's will (Do you know the difference between a "maul" and a "beetle"?). This booklet is a must for every Isaac descendent.

27. Daniel Sheldon of Woolwich, Co. Kent, England, Last Will & Testament •.. $2.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 12 pages. The author includes a reproduction of the Will of Daniel Sheldon and then provides a brief lesson in paleography (the study and deciphering of ancient writings) including a copy of the general alphabet of the Old Law Hand. A transcription of the Will is included for the impatient.

28. Richard Sheldon, Gentleman, of Monyash, Derbyshire, England ... $2.00 by S9309x322Shirley Sheldon Rider, 16 pages. The Last Will and Testament of Richard Sheldon is reproduced along with a transcription, an inventory and transcription of the inventory, a chart of the ancestry and descendants of No. 4 Hugh Sheldon of Monyash, and the ancestry and descendants of No.5 John Sheldon of Monyash and Ashford. The author does not discuss the "Isaac connection", but in her Preface, she states "Because much of the very early Sheldon family information that is on the two charts included with this report is there because of information given in 1662 by No. 10 Richard Sheldon to the Heralds during their Visitation to Derbyshire, it was thought worthy of notice on that count alone to publish the pedigree charts and his will. [Note: The numbers used in this description are not Sheldon Numbers, rather they indicate the numbers assigned by J. Gardner Bartlett in his 'The Sheldons of Derbyshire and of New England.")

29. Family Charts ... $1.00 each by Shirley Sheldon Rider, 1 page. The following family charts are available, size 8 1/2 x 11 inches, printed on heavy paper: The Family of S4 Godfrey Sheldon, The Family of SS Isaac Sheldon, The Family of SS John Sheldon, The Family of S13 John Sheldon, The Family of S14 William Sheldon, Ancestry & Descendants of No. 4 Hugh Sheldon of Monyash, Ancestry & Descendants of No. S John Sheldon of Monyash & Ashford 30. In Defense of J. Gardner Bartlett .....•...... $3.00 by S9309x322Shirley Sheldon Rider, 7 pages. In October 1926, N.E.G.H. & G.R. published J. Gardner Bartlett's landmark study on the English origin of S5 Isaac Sheldon. Bartlett's publication was the culmination of two years of research in England. As the author notes "Debate within the Sheldon Family Association hierarchy and membership have raged ever since". Probably no publication has been subjected to more study and comment than Bartlett's. The author lists the major objections that have been raised over the years to Bartlett's conclusions, then forcefully argues.her position.

31. The Sheldons of Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, and Isaac Sheldon of New England .•...... $4.00 by J. Gardner Bartlett, 27 pages. This is the reprint from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register of October, 1926 mentioned above. This item was originally reprinted by the Genealogical Committee in 1962and has been out of print for many years. Now available, it is of interest to all Sheldons and is the subject of Shirley Rider's 'Defense" (item 30 above).

July 21-24 Sheldon Family Reunion- Ramada Hotel --West Springfield, MA Phone:413-781-8750ReservationForm was in April Issue Don't Forget to Mark your meal choices for each evening! SFA PUBLICATIONS ORDER FORMouantity Total

1. The Sheldon Magazine .. ( Out of Print, was sold per Vol.$4.00 2. Sheldon Places ...... $7.50 3. Survey of Sheldon Places and Towns i n England ...... $5.00 4. Historical Sketch of the Sheldon Famil. y ...... $2.00 5. S#5 Isaac Sheldon of Windsor, CT...... $2.00 6. The Family of Thomas Woodford...... $2.00 7. The Family of Robert Blott...... $2.00 8. The Will of S5 Isaac Sheldon...... $3.50 9. The Will of S46 Jonathan Sheldon...... $3.50 1 O.J ohn Sheldon and the Old Indian Homestead ...... $3.00 11 . The Story of Remembrance Sheldon S 113 ...... $2.00 12. Pertaining to S35J ohn Sheldon ...... $2.00 13. "Jonathan Sheldon the Fighting Quaker. '' ...... $ 2.00 14a The ~Sheldon) Ship "Hanover" of Pro vidence RI...... $2.00 14b. An 8' x 10" Color Reproduction of Ship "Hanover" ...... $5.00 15. The Last March of the Army of Rober t E. Lee...... $3.00 16. Sheldons in the Salem Witch Trials ...... $3.00 17. Stories of Early Days of ... Aurora, OHIO ...... $2.00 18. Historic Memories of the Past...... $2.00 19. Charles and Lydia (Taft) Sheldon, A C olonial Couple...... $2.00 20. S-1047 Ephraim Sheldon, Soldier of the Revolution...... $3.00 21. Sheldon Family Assoc. A 50 Year History 1939- 1989 ..... $7.00 add Postage ...... $1.50 22 .. Sheldons, met by H.O. Sheldon in his travels ...... $3.00 23. S-4 Godfrey Sheldon, of Bakewell Parish, etc ...... $4.00 24., S-47EJ Edward Austin Sheldon, etc ...... $3.00 25. S-14 William Sheldon of Bakewell Parish, Co., etc ...... $4.00 26. S-5 Isaac Sheldon of Windsor, Hartfo rd Co., etc ...... $4.00 27. Daniel Sheldon of Woolwich, co. Kent, England, etc ...... $2.00 28. Richard Sheldon, Gentleman, of Monyash, Derbyshire .. $2.00 29. 29.Fa mily Charts, $1.00 each S-4 Godfrey Sheldon, ...... S-5 Isaac Sheldon, S-8 John Sheldon, ...... S-13 John Sheldon, S-14 William Sheldon, ...... No. 4 Hug h Sheldon of Monyash, No.5 John Sheldon of Monyash.. 30. In Defense of J. Gardner Bartlett...... $3.00 31. The Sheldons of Bakewell, Derbyshire, etc ...... $4.00 TOTAL Print Your N arne and Address Make Checks Payable to: Sheldon Family Assoc. Inc.

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Founded 1939 October 1994 Vol. 9 No.4 Page 316

55TH ANNUAL SHELDON REUNION, V\IEST SPRINGFIELD, MASACHUSETTS PHOTOGRAPHED BY: WALLACE SHARP & A. KEITH SHELDON.

' Contents Foster Sheldon ...... 322 Sheldon, Ann ...... 330 Gen. News ...... 324 Sheldon, Murk 323 About that Crest ..... Buck Locator 10 l\'1' ...... 324 Sheldon Mug ...... 322 Annual Reunion ...... 317 Locator 9 ...... 318 Sheldon, Vn Rec ...... 326 Annual Roll ...... 318 Locator 10 & 11 ....•.• 330 Sheldon T.Stones . . . . . 320 Big Stone Gnp ...... 320 Locator 12 ...... 331 Sheldon Super...... 322 f....choes of Englund . . . . . 325 R.R. Records ...... 324 Sheldon, Isaac ...... 328 Elections ...... 325 S.F.A. Pub...... Back Topeka KS...... 319 & 329 English Research ...... 325 S.F.G.S. Report ...... 323 Yankee Doodle ...... 321 //~ -"" Congregational Church as we had when Henry Sftefcton a:-amif"t A_ssociation Sheldon was our host. After members had "hit GL~rlen"t ______the shops•, we went to Northampton to the cemetery where Isaac Sheldon is buried. The bus \Vest Springfield MA drivers did not want to park where we did before, therefore, intrepid members walked to the grave 55 Annual Reunion in the rain. Irene Dodge, Secrerary (Editors note: We saw the big stone for Isaac Hi, Cousins! I'll try to tell a little about the 1994 Sheldon and wonder if anyone through the years S.F.A reunion in West Springfield. Members photographed the original stone that predated it? began arriving at the Ramada as early as If so, please send it to Rose so we can print it in Wednesday, July 20th. I arrived Thursday the Newsletter. Thanks!) afternoon. Cousins were hugging and greeting one another. The Board of Directors met at 4:00 That evening we heard Elise Burnier Feeley give a p.m. for annual business. Following that we went most interesting talk about Isaac Sheldon. She to dinner. had conducted an extensive research of Isaac in ?riginal.records and knew it well. Elise has a very Friday morning found us gathering for the annual mterestmg theory about SS Isaac and how he meeting with prizes awarded to Willard Sheldon came here. wh.o found he was the Oldest member only until Altce Bradshaw arrived and her 92 years made (Editors note: Elise has given permission to her the champion! The youngest were ages 6,9, publish her talk. She asked Donna Siemiatkoski and 14 the children of Kim Nelson. Those who trip director for the Sheldon English Heritage ' traveled the longest distance were Ruth and Bob Tour, to type the notes she took during the talk, Hall from San Mateo, CA & Gordon Sheldon of so they would be able to confer and give Rose a Tarzana, CA Bob said he had the youngest final copy adding footnotes to references in the grandchild. The largest family group attending original records. We agreed to publish the text in was that of !st Vice President Shirley Martin with the Quarterly or if it is too large, a publications her daughter and three grandchildren. document for members to purchase. Please do not write for it until the Quarterly announces it is Friday Evening following a delicious dinner we ready.) enjoyed David Proper, Librarian of Histori~ Deerfield, who gave an interesting talk about There was a nice attendance, but from all George Sheldon "The Sage of Deerfield". We reports, those who couldn't come had good were spellbound by the antics of this venerable excus.es. You were missed, and missed a great cousin who wrote histories of Hartford, Deerfield, meetmg! The Sheldons had a good time at the and whose "collection• is the basis for Memorial 1994 reunion and left hoping to meet again next Hall. David closed his talk with the tape year. (See the Honor Roll on P. 318) recording of the song about Old George that we have sung on many occasions.

Saturday found us boarding two busses for the tour of Historic Deerfield and Northampton. We saw the Sheldon-Hawks House, noting where "Ole Don't Forget to check your label to George• slept in his inner room. Remember he is see if your dues are paid. If 93 Pay the one who said "never open a window in dues. 93's will be deleted after this summer or winter and you'lllive to a ripe old age. issue if not paid. Dues are still ";'e discove~ed he really could not •open a window because his room had none, being in the center mailed to Secretary Irene Dodge. of the house! It was more like a closet than a Don't miss a single issue of the room! Next, we visited the E. H. Williams House S.F.A Quarterly! one of the newest displays in Deerfield. We saw the Deerfield Inn, and had lunch in the

Sflddon ~amU:"'i A_ssodation Part of a Series The painting is the second in the trilogy dubbed the Q_uarter["'i •Kansas Fever Collectiotf. Paintings in this series are centered around moments of Black Historv over­ S. F. A. Cousins looked in American History Books and arL The Unveil Painting in portrait of Edwin McCabe, one of the first black Topeka Kansas politicians in America, was first in the series. By Rose Sheldon Ne1vron State Representative L •eandy" Ruff said she will introduce a bill to block transfer of the kindergarten The Rotunda. of the Statehouse in Topeka Kansas painting from the Statehouse. There is a standino was the scene of the unveiling of the painting by 0 rule for art displayed in the statehouse that it moves artist George Mayfield titled "First Black to the Kansas Museum of History after the initial Kindergarten West of the Mississippi," Monday, July display. Representative Ruff introduced a bill, that 11th. Sheldon "cousins" Garrett Ward Sheldon and passed, concerning another painting in the series Rose Sheldon Newton together unveiled the which features "The Buffalo Soldier." (The Black painting. Buffalo Soldier unit had the worst uniforms, the worst arms, and the worst food and billets, but acted Painting Described with valor.) That painting will be unveiled The painting depicts the first class of the September 17 in the Statehouse. kindergarten and their teacher at the Union Hall site of the school. Looking through the clouds is the History and Equality face of an attender of that kindergarten, Charles It is a sad reflection of a nation when some of its Sheldon Sudduth age 83.Mr. Sudduth, a namesake of people must fight the government to have their history accurately portrayed. Thabit Murrah, ad.ministrator of the Black Archives of Mid America illustrated this by reflecting upon Kansas history ' concerning Anti slavery sentimenL He said •Many people are"miseducated" because they want to take away the idea that all people contribute to the growth of civilization and therefore all should be included (in its history).•

Honored Class Member Takes pride in Sheldon Name The gentleman featured in the painting, Charles Sheldon Sudduth, has received acclaim as alumnus Rev. Charles Monroe Sheldon, who founded the of the Sheldon Kindergarten and since he was s~hool, was honored with a certificate honoring his proclaimed an honorary •sheldon Cousin" by the hfe, by Governor Joan Finney. President of the Sheldon Family Association. In his talk that afternoon he said that Someone said once Sheldon Family Represented when I said I was a Sheldon: •But that is a white Dr. Garrett Ward Sheldon and Rose Newton family!• •But what color am I?• He answered. represented the Sheldon Family and served as •or. Sheldon didn't see color. I'm glad I'm named keynote speakers before unveiling the painting. The after him and I'm very honored!" program, was planned by S.FA president Rose Newton and Sonny Scroggins of the Kansas Fever Rose Newton spoke about •People who make a Committee. Remarks were given by Gov. Joan difference- and urged everyone there to •make a Fmney, dignitaries from the Topeka Convention and difference- where they live.. Dr. Garrett Ward Visitors Bureau, the Topeka School Board, a spoke about the principles of •what Would Jesus Human Relations Specialist, the Administrator and Do.• He said those who so govern their lives upon the Curator of the Black Archives, Representative L this principle will see the difference it will make. Candy Ruff of the 40th District of Kansas. SJidcton A_ssodation attended the concert Monday evening and during the cramif-y festivities of these two days, he extended an Quarterl-y invitation to S.F.A to hold the annual meeting in the scenic area where he lives. Rose took this invitation Kindergarten painting cont. to the board of directors during at West Springfield, and they accepted his kind invitation. Kansas Governor Joan Finney presented certificates to Garrett and Rose and the Sheldon Family Find Big Stone Gap Virgiania on your Association in recognition to the Sheldon Family's map and mark your calendar today! contribution to Kansas History. "Cousin" Garrett is a distinguished Jefferson To close the ceremonies, the Festival Choir of Fort Scholar and professor of political science at Clinch Wayne sang three numbers featuring the theme of Valley College. He is well known in the study of the day: Many Gifts one Spirit, Thanks Be to God religion and politics. I found him to be a gentle when People Care ("We Shall Overcome" is wrapped charming man that seemed to be someone I had among these words), and America the Beautiful. always known. You will be sure to enjoy this special (The choir has been invited back to the former cousin as he talks to you about his famous ancestor GDR in Germany where they toured twice before Dr. Charles Monroe Sheldon author of "In His the Berlin Wall went down.) While in Topeka, the Steps". You will enjoy hearing Garrett explain how Festival Choir sang at Capitol City Community he came to rewrite the book into the best selling Church of God where Mr. Sudduth attends, and at "What Would Jesus Dor Did you see the offer in Central Congregational Church where Rev. Charles the current Guidepost magazine for both books? Monroe Sheldon was pastor when he founded the Kindergarten. The Trail of The Lonesome Pine.

Cousin Garrett says the play by this name is very good and an option for us! Check it out in your own Library. We will see if there were Sheldons in this area and let you know.

Did You Know that .... Sheldon Tombstone Inscriptions Southampton, l'vlA by Henry .M. Sheldon & Rev. Don Millo.Pastor Coural Congregational Sheldon Tombstone Inscriptions CJuuch, in Topeka, Kansas. Rose Sheldon Deerfield, l'vlA by David Proper Newton, and Dr. GarT'e1 W. Sheldon in the CapiJol are contained in the special aJ Topeka. 55th Anniversary Commemorative program for the recent Sheldon Reunion in West Springfield MA?

You can purchase a copy of the program from Dr. Sheldon Invites S.F.A. cousins to Big Wayne E. Nelson, Publications Chairman. Address Stone Gap, Virginia For Annual Meeting on Publications page. S3.00 postage induded as long as they last. Dr. Garrett Ward Sheldon was guest speaker at Central Congregational Church, on Sunday Morning preceeding the Unveiling of the painting. Some members of the congregation said he took their breath away because of his resemblance to his famous ancestor whom they remembered. He know that the simple scng composed for the purpose Sfte[aon (famii"i A._ssodaton of levity, ridicule and derision was destined for all time and that it would become knu· .'ami sung in Q_uarterr "i every civilized land.

Yankee Doodle Revolutionary War October 17, 1777 Submirred by Yankee Doodle was adopted as the hymn of Marie Sheldon Hine freedom at Saratoga. Upon the surrender of Hoosic Falls, NY Burgoyne 17th October 1777 the British troops passed through the American lines and by common 1758 during French consent the whole American lines sang the and Indian Wars, there melodious Yankee Doodle as the British passed was a continuous through: incursion of French Figure 2 Dragoon, CoL Elisha and Indians from Sheldon's 2nd Reg. ConL Ught Father and I w1nt down to camp. Canada into the Dragoons, By Peta Mead Stapla Along with Ca!ltain Gooding, English colonies. If in "Connccticurs Rev. Cavalry, And there we sbe the men and boys As thick as has/y pudding, the colonies were to Sheldon's Hom by JohiL T. Hayst:. Used by PmnissioTL survive, England must Refrain: I possess herself of Yankee Doodl1 Keep it up Canada. Yankee Doodle dandy Mind the music and the step And -.vith the girls be handy, 1758- 10,000 to 15,000 English troops camped on the east bank of the Hudson River near Fort Crailo And there we see a thousand men (Greenbush). This English army was joined by As rich as Squire David; sixteen Colonial Regiments. early in June four And what they wasted every day Connecticut regiments arrived under command of I wish i: could be saved. Col. Thomas Fitch, son of Gov. Fitch of And Captain David had a gun, Connecticut. He kind of clap! his hand on 't And stuck a crooked stabbing·iron It was of the Connecticut four regiments that Upon the little end onn't. Yankee Doodle was composed.' Their dress, And there I see a Pumpkin shell marching, accoutrements and general appearance As big as mothers basin, greatly amused the officers of the English army as And every time they touched it off well as the citizens of Albany. the scamper'd like the nation.

An Albany newspaper wrote of these newcomers. I see a little barrel, too The he:~ds were made of leather, "Some wore long coats, some wore short coats and They knock'd upon'! \vith little clubs others wore no coats at all. Their dresses were so And called the folks together. · ·· varied in colors as the rainbow. Some of the men had their hair cropped like Cromwell's Round heads, Flaming ribbons in Cap'ns hat. others were in wigs or wore curls in the style of the They looked so tarring fine ah, I \\'anted pocldly to get, Cavaliers!• To give to my Jeremiah,

Dr. Shackburg of the English Army, took an old But I can't tdl you half I see English tunc, and wrote new words to cast derision They kept up such a soother, and ridicule upon the Connecticut troops to the So I took my hat off, made a bow; And scampered home to mother. great merriment of the English anny as well as the New York and New Jersey Provincials ... The joke took; the Connecticut traops called it • Notion Ref: History of Rennselaer Co. NY, by Nathionel Fine,• and in a few days Yankee Doodle was the Bartlett Sylvester, Pub. Everts & Peck, Philadelphil, popular air in provincial camp. 1880, pps 34,35. (Note: Squire David Sheldon lived in the area. Was he the one in the \vords?) Little did the English doctor or the English officers Sfiefaon aamif~ ,Association Sheldon Superintendent Honored Doris Sheldon Hardley, Churubusco, IN Quarterf~ Scottsdale, Arizona: Superintendent Duane "Duke" Fonner meeting host Sheldon received statewide recognition "Outstanding Foster Sheldon passes Superintendent of the Year" by the Arizona School Administrators Association. Sheldon was selected as Foster R. Sheldon, who was host to a Sheldon the top superintendent in the state in part "because Reunion in South Kingstown in the 1970's with L he has been a real leader in site-based management. Hazard Knowles and Jeanne, has died at age 85. This gives each school's parents, teachers, The notice of his death (S. Kingstown newspaper, administrators and others a voice in the operation of Saturday July 9, 1994, title not provided) features a their school. super photo and a great article about the life of this interesting cousin. Sheldon who visits each classroom at the district's four high schools during the school year, has been Cousin Foster was the town clerk for 36 years in the super of the Scottsdale Unified School District South Kingstown and "dispensed marriage licenses, since 1986. He graduated from Traverse City High fox bounties, and public blessings for those who ran School and earned a bachelor of arts degree at municipal government• according to the article. His Michigan State and masters at California State trademarks were a ready smile, affable nature and a University and a doctorate at MSU. fountain pen \vith which he took town Council minutes in meticulous longhand. He retired in 1978, His parents were Kenneth and Martha (Crouch) was a life long resident of South Kingstown who Sheldon who lived in the same house in Traverse could trace his lineage to his namesake great City for 65 years. Thanks to his sister Doris Sheldon grandfather, born in the town in 1772 Hardley Churubusco, IN for the news item.

He was so popular that in his early years as clerk, Sheldon Coffee Mug Available when the position was elective, he ran unopposed 14 From: Donald C. Sheldon times with the endorsement of both parties though he was a declared Republican. He was often called Our new treasurer has the "dean of Rhode Island's municipal clerks." designed a new coffee mug for Sheldons. He At his retirement party, 500 people turned out when received permission to use the Town Hall annex was named for him. He was E. Mark Sheldon's art the son of Samuel Foster Sheldon And Hattie M. work and brought 72 mugs (Essex). He was a member of Mayflower Desc­ to the recent meeting in endants; The Rhode Island Society, Sons of the West Springfield, MA American Revolution; the Society of Founders and Wouldn't you know that the Sheldons snapped them Patriots; The Rhode Island Town and City Clerks up quicker than Judy could count the money! Now Association; The Reynolds Family Association, and they have ordered a new supply and want you to the Sheldon Family Association. know they are available.

Besides his \vife, Mildred (Schmidt) he leaves a son, 1 Mug SS.OO + Postage and boxing $4.00 David Reynolds Sheldon of Kingston, and three grandchildren. Order From: Donald C. Sheldon 1910 S.E. Rainier Rd., Port St. Lucie, FL 34952- Special Thanks to Meeting Hosts 7610. Note: New Treasurer Don, and Judy his Ruth Harris, Dave Harris, and Marge Phelan did a \vife, were featured in the Quarterly June 1992 p. super job in West Springfield. The food was 245. He has come a long way since '"-e met them on excellent, the busses were on time. The speakers the steps of the Rupert Vermont Congregational were great and brought new facts to light. Church as he was looking for Sheldons_ Thanks again from all of us! Sficldon o:-amif-r .A._ssociation Notes & Letters ConL Q.uar1m1: Helen Reed wrote they hope to attend next Note from E. Mark and Betty Sheldon year, and were Betty and I would like to thank all of you who prevented this year due signed the card which we received after the meeting. to by-pass surgery for George who is It \\'BS a surprise and greatly appreciated to be recovering nicely. remembered.

We joined S.F.A in 1955 but the distance from Martha Hutchins note of appreciation for her California and our obligations there prevented us certificate of merit came in the mail yesterday. from attending any of the annual meetings until 1979 when we attended our first meeting in South Marge Phelan would like the person who asked her Kingstown, Rl. We remember with pleasure to verify information about a house in Suffield to meeting face to face with people we had send her a photocopy of the house in question. She corresponded with over the previous years. lost her note about it Marge Phelan, 2032 Oak Street, West Suffield, CT, 06093. Since 1979, we have attended most of the meetings un.til this year. Betty missed one annual meeting Larry Evans our part-time worker who was helping pnor to 1994 and the 1994 meeting was the first one transcribe the rest of the journals of Rev. H. 0. I missed since 1979. We hope to attend in 1995. Sheldon has found full time work and therefore tendered his resignation to us. We are grateful for Sheldon Family the help his employment gave us, courtesy of She! MacLeod. The work will go on. Genealogy System Report Rose Newton editor, is breaking in a new 486\DX Data entry into the Sheldon 60 MHZ computer with Windows and WordPerfect Family Genealogy System is 6.0a (or \Vindows. She had to go back to progressing slowly. Data for WordPerfect 5.1 for newsletters because her 10 year Godfrey, John of Providence and John of South old laser printer doesn't like windows or columns. Kingstown is, for all practical purposes, complete as far as data from the cards is concerned. There will always be new material to add as our members do res~rch and send new data to the Genealogy ~hatrman. Isaac data is currently being entered and IS not, at this writing, complete. My feeling is that U.S.A. Genealogy News .. Isaac data is approximately 75% entered from the card files. At the present time we have the Orlando Florida, that once had one of the best following in the Search and Reference File: genealogy libraries in the USA made a very sad Godfrey 3,189 decision that affects genealogy researchers.' The once well known genealogy department had its John of Providence 18,847 Isaac 17,821 resources disbursed! Research items have been spread out over the whole library in such a poor John of South Kingstown 12,498 Total in Search & Reference File 52,355 manner that the Census landed on one floor and the index on another! Thanks again for the Card! According to a report at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, this came about when a Notes and Letters: former retired director, who was not interested in Mrs. Henry M. Sheldon sent a gracious thank you genealogy was given free reign over these materials. note for the donation S.F.A sent Old Deerfield in Researchers, beware, this can happen anywhere if memory of Henry M. Sheldon her husband. we don't remain vigilant and take an interest in our library and its resources. Be alert and speak up! Sftefaon (famU"'i A_ssociation Records in this volume come from the marriage and death columns of newspapers published prior to Q_uarterf"'i 1835 in each of t.he above named counties. Births were not published, but many mar. and dea. notices U.S.A. Genealogy News Cont.. mentioned birth years, places and parents names.

Note: I have taken these names from the inde."C of the book, looked up the refrence quote the info. Those with a number in parenthesis were not in the index, but I found them in the book. We list the reference number for those not in the index in case you should write me - then I can find the reference when it was not in the book index!

•Shelden, (7773) Julia Ann 23 d 10/14/19 •Shelden, Ambrose (7770) m. 1/27!20 Mary Ann resource that is not available anywhere else. These Lasell St. Pauls Ch Troy Rev. Butler records are equivalent to Social Security records .. •Shelden, Arunah Arunah C. about 8, s. of Arunah since people who receive Railroad Retirement do d. 1/29!27 in Plattsburg (whooping c.) 7-2-10 not receive Social Security. •Shelding, partner in Jones, Shelding, & Jones of ' Troy in mar. notice of Ebenezer Jones Jones Jr. If you feel that these records should be preserved, •Sheldon, (7775) D S mere., m. Eliz. Egleston, dtr please write: Dr. Trudy Peterson, Acting Arvhivist, •David S. Esq. Port Kent Rev. Lyman Keesville National Archives and Records Administration, C/0 Harold Curt B. Witcher, FGS President, P.O. Box 2270, •Sheldon, Aaron Esq. Rupert Vt. dtr Lucinda mar. Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270. (Curt has scheduled a Sidney Allen 9/6{31 Troy NY Rev Beman 1/9/10 meeting with Dr. Peterson and would like to take •Sheldon, Artemas Col. consort 41y died 3\16\26 in armloads of letters to her from concerned citizens.) Burlington (consort was Sarah ed.) •Sheldon, Daniel (7776) mar 0/14/19 Martha Van Do you have lineage in Indiana Archives? Cott; Rev. Summers •Sheldon, Hannah (7778) Mrs. 76y d. 9\14\30 Thousands of pages of records each year are lost Albany fun. at SYL Lyman Chapin 31 Green St when the roof leaks in the Indiana Archives? If you •Sheldon, Henry (7779)mar Sarah Ann Winchell, are in the mood to write letters to save resources, both of Amenia; Enos Hopkins write one to past Governor Bowen who is on the •Sheldon, Jacob (7780) mar 11/26/23 Polly Pulver, committee, at the Indiana Archives, at The Rev. Armstrong Statehouse, Indianapolis Indiana. •Sheldon, Job 74y Rev. Sold home of son Wm B. Poughkeepsie, b. Cranston RI, Iiv Prov & Litchfld Locator No.9 •Sheldon, Lucinda see Aaron Sheldons in •Sheldon, Mary of Troy mar Timothy Palmer of 10,00 Vltal Records of Eastern NY 1m-1834 N.Orleans 6/15!20 Rev. Dr. Coe S.F.A Library •Sheldon, Mary mar Shales Miner Jr. in Burlington (Ots co.) This is Vol 3 in a three val set of vital records drawn •Sheldon, Sarah mar Richard W. Jewel 6!27!22 from NY newspapers. Vol I 10,000 V. Records or both of Pughkeepsie Rev. C. C. Cuyler Western NY 1809-1850covered the state from •Sheldon, William B. see Job. Geneva westward. The Vol II 10,000 V. Records or •Shelland, Louisa mar Robinson Barbee in Central NY 1813-1850covered the area lying West.ford, Rev. Caldwell between Geneva and Utica. Vol 111 focuses on the interior county of Otsego and the 300 mi south strip comprising the eastern most counties of Clinton, Eng. Research Chairman Address listed: Essex, Saratoga,Renssalaer, Albany, Columbia, and Those wishing to correspond with Ruth Sheldon Hall •old Dutchess: which later, prior to 1812, included concerning S.F.A English Research may write her: the territory of present day Putnam. 819 Laurelwood Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403. Echoes of England

This abandoned chapel was once the place of worship for the neighborhood of

working people of this area of Wiltshire. The manor house nearby was once the

home of heiress Francis Sheldon and her husband Edward Mervin Esq. U.SA.

Sheldons "took tea" in the milkhouse.

Friday morning June 25th the touring Sheldon cousins chapel, and photograph ancient tombstones nearby. drove to the village of Sheldon in Devon, which The chapel floorboards were almost gone, there are a translated meant "terrace on a hill." It was to this few ancient pews standing, an ancient pulpit, and the village that children from London were brought for gravestones with the Sheldon Mervin coat of arms of safety from bombing during the war. For centries, Mary and Edward were clear enough to photograph. this area was parceled out to families to till and raise Edward died in 1734 age 68. their own food plus a small profit if extra remained. We were welcomed by the historian of Sheldon who The arms of Mary Pouldon above reveal the well told us local history and known Sheldon ducks and joined us for the ride over the Mervin rampant lion. to neighboring Wiltshire. The diamond shape is used for women, the A brief ride brought us to shield reserved for men. the Wiltshire manor named Pertwood that S.F.A. English existed before the Research Committee Norman conquest and is Report mentioned in the Domesday survey of 1086. From the 12th to the 19th Chairman Ruth Hall met with her committee: century, there has been a Sheldon MacLeod, Don Sheldon, & Rose Newton. small chapel on this site. This one was built of flint, (Keith Sheldon absent). Ruth displayed notebooks with stone dressings, in the late 19th century. The containing the organized research record of work recorded list of rectors goes back to the 14th centry done by Leland, Hortense, Shel, and Shirley. The when a scholar, mathematician priest named Lancelot committee made reccomendations to the board of Morehouse, was the pastor of Mary Sheldon, her husband Edward Mervin and their son Sheldon directors concerning further steps be taken in the area of english research. Thier suggestions were adopted, Mervin and daughter Mary Mervin (Pouldon). and the cotclnit ee was requested to serve another year. Further report will be made in the quarterly or The last baptism in Pertwood was in 1953 and the building in need of repairs, was remanded to the at next years meeting. Great Job Ruth! ownership of the manor and left derelict. On the manor the Giles and their staff raise rapeseed for oil, S.F .A. Election news wheat and timothy grains and have sheep and cows. All officers agreed to serve another year with the The milkhouse of the manor was laid with silver and exception of retiring Treasurer Jean Knowles who and china for tea. The Sheldons were greeted by the Marge Sharp member at large. New board members owners of the manor, Mr. and Mrs Giles, and the are: Treasurer: Donald C. Sheldon, Marie Hine, pastor of the present parish nearby. Delicious coffee, Eleanor Kern, and Arthur Keith Sheldon members at tea, cakes and cookies were served and we were large. Our thanks to members for your sustaining invited to visit the grave of Mary Sheldon inside the interest. We will serve you the best we can. point if we are all indeed of the same roots. This Sftefdon Cfamif~ A§sociation author also struck out the D and inserted a T on the Q_ua.M:erf~ Weston sheet we have, and received as a hand-out, in England. It was clearly a Sheldon stronghold. We drove through the emparkment where the Sheldon castle once stood.) Back to Virginia records.

Picking up the Virginia Historical Index by Swem (Allen Co. Library Volume: 016.9755 Vol2 pt 2) one discovers a list of Sheldons. I made a dictionary list here for you. It is interesting that none of these have the spelling of Shelton. It is also interesting that in the Sheldons listed below, some of the land is traceable to Gilbert Sheldon and that his lineage was known to them and that the Throckmorton family also appears in virginia. Relationship of the Throckmortons in Virgiania to those of the English Castle we visited are unknown to me, although the Sheldons & Throck­ morton intermarried in England. It is also noteworthy that Some of the Sheldons in this list are mentioned on the same page as two other people who a short Sheldon References time later are seen in West Suffield Ct. church records Virginia History in both Cong. Churches. Rose Sheldon Newton Sheldon, Anne Ref: Virginia Magazine of History Vol. 12 p. 440 in the BRENT family Genealogy" John What? Yep! Since the Sheldon Family Reunionwi~l Peshall Esq. of Horsley Staffordshire made Baronet be in Big Stone Gap, Virginia next summer, It by King James 1 on 25 Nov. 1612, 4 years later was seemed a good idea to take another look into the Sheriff of the County. He married Anne daughter of history of this state. Ralph Sheldon Esq. of Beoby (Beoley) in County of Worcester and had many children of whom Jane the Since we know that John Shelton of Barbadoes of the 4th daughter married Richard CALVERT Esq. of Shelton/Sheldon families of England arrived in 1683 Corkrem, Margaret the 6th daughter mar. Richard in the Provinces and that Richard Shelton, his son was BRENT. Vol. 14, p. 103, Anne is mentioned again in the Secretary to the Proprietors when the colony inN. the Marriage bonds in Lancaster Co. " Daniel Clerk Carolina began, it is interesting that Richard called his & Anne Sheldon by Sec. Geo Purcele." land the "Sheldon Plantation" and that the church nearby, the "Sheldon Church" now a "Ruin" w~ also Sheldon, Col. :Ref: Virginia Magazine of History, p. named Sheldon. It is therefore, natural to diScover 235 In a letter from Harrison Gray Jr. to his father, people by this name showing up in early Virginia October 6 1775 we see that one Admiral Graves is records . Now don't get excited, our one best hope ' . . being replaced by a Col. Sheldon: "!lis appearance IS died and left his land to come down in another family much against him, he sails in 6 days by whom I shall as you will see. However, we see that some of us were write." Harrison Gray was the receiver general of there and there pretty early! I reported that records of MA for some years prior to the American Revolution. a Daniel Sheldon a London attorney are mentioned in He was a loyalist and his estate was confis~~ed. In Barbados and back in London. (It may or may not be 1776 at the Evacuation of Boston by the Bntlsh, he the same Daniel as below. Ref: SFAQ July 1990 p. went to Halifax thence to London. On the same page: 156 article E. Hortense Sheldon Passes.) "A letter to Gideon Lyman mentions Col. Pomeroy identified on the page as Seth. Harrison Gray had In the same vein, genealogist author Mildred paid Seth Pomeroy wages out of his own pocket since Campbell Whitaker in her Shelton genealogy (1929) the payroll had been messed up. In 1781, one Seth claims that the Sheltons and Sheldons are "one and Pomeroy is in West Suffield Ct. (p.135 INDEX WSuff the same and traceable to the same roots " and claims Ch. Rec.) as well as Lyman families in both churches all of the Carolina ones as SHELTONS. (A moot in W Suffield. paragraph was to eliminate her as the mother of Co. Sftddon ~ami[~ A_ssociation Augustine More of VA However, Vol17 p. 51 says Quarterl"'t Augustine Mores father "must have married the Widow of George Sheldon or Bridgett the widow of Virginia Sheldon records cont. Col. Sheldon .. Thos. Gifford". So .. she wasn't eleminated! I have not discovered the name of Col. Sheldon. Sheldon, Hannah Armistead Ref: Virginia Magazine Sheldon, Daniel Ref: William & Mary Hist. Mag. of of History, Vol. 6, p. 227. Hannah Armistead married Genealogicaland Patriotic Data, leads us to the index William Sheldon license Dec 10, 1698. No issue, he of the William and Mary quarterly No. 2 1893-1894, p. married 2nd Katherine Nutting (see her name in this 7, 8 gives the story of "Temple Farm on York list) No issue. William Sheldon left his property to Plantation. One "William Cole conveyed lands to one Wtlliam Sheldon Schlater son of James Schlatter and Daniel Sheldon of London and Daniel (lived here a Elizabeth Nutting her sister. while) died owning the land. • 618 acres of land that was the plantation at Wormleys Creek title set out Sheldon, Gilbert Ref: Virginia Magazine of History 1716. By the "decrease of Daniel the land and & Biography p. 91. Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of patients descended to Gilbert Sheldon son and heir Canterbury, died November 9, 1677; had a brother to ye son of ye said Daniel Sheldon." Ralf Sheldon of Stanton, Staffordshire, or Wandley Common, Derbyshire, who married Mary, daughter of ·Quote from p. 7 & 8 " We the Jury impaneled & John Perkes of Wandley and had (that is Ralf & Sworn to try ye matter in issue in ye ejection firmae Mary); I. Roger of Christ Church, Oxford 1681, died ber.veen Robert Westlake pit & Lauce Smith, Deft. do unmarried, II Sir Joseph, woolen draper in St. Paul's find ye Patents granted by Nicholas Spencer, Esq. for Churchyard, sheriff of London, 1666, married ye land in question unto William Cole, Esq., bearing Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Clopton of Covent date ye 20th day of November, 1683, being for six Garden, and had one daughter and heiress, II Daniel, hundred and eighteen acres of Land. We also find ye of Ham, Surrey, Eng, married Judith daughter and co­ deed of Wm Cole, bearing date ye 11th day of June, heiress of George Rose, Esq., of Estergate, Sussex, 1685, whereby ye Lands mentioned therein are and widow of Sir Maurice Digges of Chilham (and conveyed by ye sd Wm Cole unto one Daniel Sheldon had issue, Gilbert, 4 years old in 1681, Judith and of London & that ye lands in controversie are thereby Mary) IV Ellen, married Francis Mohun of Fleet, conveyed by ye sd Cole to ye sd Sheldon by virtue of Dorset, England; V. Katherin, married John Dolbin, which ye sd Daniel was seized of and ye same & Bishop of Rochester. [Daniel Sheldon above, owned dyed seized thereof. We find that by ye decrease of land in Virginia, which descended to his son Gilbert; ye sd Daniel ye land now in question & in ye Patients Daniel Sheldon appears to have lived in York county & deeds aforesd mentioned is come or descended VA See William & Mary Quarterly, II, p. 7 & 8] unto Gilbert Sheldon Son & Heir to ye sd Danl which sd Gilbert hath demised and leased ye same to ye pits. Sheldon, Jacob C. Virginia Magazine of History, Vol. 12 p. 154 in a letter from Williamsburg VA By B. Foouiote p. 8 "Also a power of Atty from Gilbert Tucker mentions "My neighbor Jacob C. Sheldon. Sheldon of Queens Square in the county of Middlesex (They were discussing a line of trees.) VA Mag. of Esq to Cole Digges of York County to acknowledge History 2 series vol 19 p. 287 Harriet Payton Mar. a lease and release to Joseph Walker of York County Jacob Sheldon and lived for many years in in the Dominion of Virginia Esq. of lands formerly Williamsburg. VA Harriet was daughter of John patented by Robert Kinsey, and conveyed 12 June Dixon Sr. of Airville Gloucester Co. VA Another 1635 to Daniel Sheldon of London, Esq. who by his Jacob C. Sheldon was a Sr. in College Oct 15, 1844-45 last will dated 15 Feb 16(unclear) devised the same to p.173. Gilbert Sheldon, his only son, party to these presents" Proved March 21, 1719. Sheldon, John: Ref: William & Mary 1st Series Vol 27, p. 21 Orange Co. Orange Co. was created 1734 Sheldon, Frances More William & Mary 1st Series from Western most portion of Spotsylvania Co. "List Vol. 16 p. 124. Was the daughter of Thomas More of of Delinquents for year 1738 - John Sheldon run Gobbins Co. Hens Co. Esq. She married George away. • It is spelled Sheldon in the reference but Sheldon of Dungeon in Canterbury. Is on the Chart indexed Shelden. of "Sheldons of Beoley & Bur. in Beoley. This Warner & Julia Langhorne Throckmorton and had Sftddon ~amif~ .A_ssodation issue: John, & Harriet Peyton, who married Jacob Quarter£~ Sheldon, and lived for many years in Williamsburg. VA [See Jacob Sheldon above.] [This is also the VA Sheldon ReCords, John Sheldon Cont.. Langhorne family of Samuel Langhorne Clemmons.] Vol. 27, p. 23 "John Sheldon is listed with • 1 tytheable" in list of James Pickett Constable on the Vu-ginla Records, further- Orange Co. Tythe list. Godfery Shelton Ref: Revolutionary War Records, Sheldon, Katherine Ref: Virginia Magazine of VA VA Army & Navy Forces & Bounty Land Warr­ History Vol 15, p 266 She was the wife of Capt. ants for VA Military disL OH & VA Military Scrip. William Sheldon of York Co. who as a widow by Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh 1936. MD.Ms. Litt D. married Mr. Nutting. Ref: Vol II No 8 William & Sol. Infantry Bounty Land Warrants list Doc. No. 43. Mary History Mag. • Katherine Nutting ast Married William Sheldon, M. 2nd Robert Armisted. p. 34. Sheldon, Thomas Ref: Index to 1787 Census of VA, William Sheldon : Capt Thos. Nutting J. P . whose Powhattan Co. personal property taX 1787. p. 1032 daughter Katherine mar 1st William Sheldon mar 2nd Under "persons charged with taX" he said "self". Capt Robt. Armistead of Elizabeth city. (Note : There was 0 white males over 16, 1 Black over 16, 3 There was an Armistead Lawsuit that references Blacks under 16, 4 Horses mares or colts, 8 cattle on "Grattans Reports" which I have not found, that this "ordinary census." brought out all this particular Sheldon info.) Selden, Samuel Ref: Same as above 1787. 1 White Sheldon, Samuel William & Mary Quarterly Vol. 4, male over 16, 9 Blacks over 16, 5 Blacks under 16, 5 p. 256 Samuel Sheldon Ph.D Horses mares or colts, 6 cattle.

Sheldon, William Ref: William & Mary Quarterly Notes on the State of Virginia, By Thomas Jefferson Vol.. 1 p. 95. William Sheldon served on a jury: "York Harper Torchbook, 1964 Harper & Rowe, Orig. pub. Records Jan 21, 1711, Jury members William 1861 as part of Vol ill Writings of Thomas Jefferson. Sheldon, Philip Dedman, William Taylor, Thomas Burnham, Bassell Wagstaff, John Hansford, John In this volume in the list he made of the American Brookes, Richard Kendal, Edward Powers, Thomas State Papers of laws and proclamations that governed Vines, Florence McCarty and Aduston Rogers. were the colonies, the following on page 71 caught my eye. empaneled and sworn to try the issue. A land dispute in the Parish of St. Charles in York County. Ref: "A Commission to the Archbishop of Canterbury William & Mary Quarterly Vol. 2 p. 8: Footnote: (Which you know was Gilben Sheldon) and II others, William Sheldon above mentioned, died s.p., but his for governing the American colonies." name is preserved in the Schlater family in Virginia. I634 Car I. (Ed Note: See Sheldon, Hannah Armistead) Isaac Sheldon, by Elise Burnier Feeley, Update. Throckmortons in Virginia: See: Dixon Genealogy: The talk given by Elise at the West Springfield Ref. Va Magazine of History V. 19, 1911 p. 287. [In meeting is being transcribed and footnoted from the the following reference, I am not tieing the two original documents studied by Mrs. Feeley for her Dixons cousins together, but showing that talk. Elise and Donna Siemiatkoski are working Throckmortons & Sheldons were related in early VA together on a transcript of the talk, and when it takes Notice the following two Dixon names. I have not final form we will publish it here or as a publication. chased these Thockmortonsback to the castle that we visited in England, but think it is noteworthy that they Printer gets Bulk Mail Permit are related by family ties in early VA] Pak-Mail has a bulk mail permit. We are trying it out this issue. We may do even better if ''!e can get our "Mary Dixon d. before 1819, mar. William Non Profit status going. Will let you know what Throckmorton of Frederick Co. VA Issue A:. works out. For now this is cool, you can get more William, B: Warner, C: Lucy Rootes, 1785-1821, mar, newsletter for less as long as we stay under 3 1/3 oz. Dr. John Thomason of Berryville VA John Dixon Until Next time. Sr. of Airville, Gloucester Co. Va. mar. Daughter of Tuesday. July 12. 1994 Page 10.A

Ceremqny features Sheldon 'First Black Kindergarten West of the Mississippi' painting unveiled

By MEGAN KAMERICK tl!r ln our roce rol1tlooa ~ The CapJ Sheldon Sudduth. 43. attraded the kinder~an•n and wu he M< OJ Sheldon . bf.cau.se thry want to llk.• away the Sudduth. ao alumnUJ oC the school Jt Idea thll all people cootnbuto to llle 11 the ucond of a tri lua o( wort. ll'O"'I'th of rJwiliutJon and lberdore dvbbtd the '"K.ansaJ fcv~r s~rlu... ollaho\ild be lnnt lndud· Hb c:omrn~nu fft'mN d~f'f'C'ted at t'1'J Gov. Joan Finney, Suddutb and the plan to :nove tills picture tmn Lhe t:.arnu Ward Sheldon. areat-rrand· Sbt.bouae to the K.anau l1111eum ol ton or lhe kladrrsar1f'n's founder. JH•tocy ~rIll inuial di.Jpla.r. Jtn. l~rle3 lloat'Oe' Sheldon. About Stato R•p. L. ·caody" Rutt, D· 40 PfOple an.tndrd tbe ce~D'\OnJ. • . ~onnwortlt. 11id thoro Ia 1 aundlOI Finney pre-uated ctrtiOeatts to nd~ that any artwork dilplayf'd In Garrott Sheldon and Rose Sheldon lllo Stat•hollM will be move Sheldon famll1 muuum. Ruff said sbe would Intro­ AJJodatloa, Ja nto1nitioa of the duce 1 bill In the ne.liiOSiioa to block coatrtbutJon. of their anustort to the transfer so the k!DdercartHS pi~ tM hutory o1 Karuu. lure can rta.y In the Capitol She intrc> "1lW l.inderprnn 11 part olal... · · dU«d a almilar bill that p~ Jut <7 o( rood blae Lblrd plct>art lA the ' Carnu Sheldon .uld. •wy prayer to •Ka~UaJ r...,r ~r1 ...• Tblllrib0 o(Cbarl.. Sholdon. • ~berl7lntbeSWe-. ' Sholdoa lat•r SOld Ill• picture and Tho Cti'OIDOQJ •odfd wil.b I Jbott c~ft'CD.Of\J' raptu~ the Jptrit o( his cooeert br tho fHtlul Choir from creat·c:raodtalb•r well. · fort w.,.,.., 1M. Tho "lt&iuu Fn•r .. Jbouread Sbtldon b•llev~ the Serlr•• wa.a commiutont"ci by lht o."llT hope for rxlaJ teiUIOO wu th• KaJuu FOTatle. Sheldon . Sadd~an . alumnus ol ;,. • I finl blod ,, ~· ­ wWoiN Miuiuippl...... c~J•·-.•- ' T- Shefdon g;ami[z: A.._ssociation Sheldon & Rhoda Pomcrov Sheldon, Maria p. 87 m. Israel Sykes - Q_uarterf z: Sheldon, Mary p. 29 m. Ebenezer Hitchcock Sheldon, Mary p. 29 b. 24 Mar 1771 Suffield S#4xl Ann Sheldon Data Reported: CT m. Edmund Bement By Marian Tmba, Fon Wayne, IN Sheldon, Seth P. p. 55 m. Rhoda Pomeroy Whose husband is a descendant of Ann Sheldon Sykes (also on p. 87) Used by Permission The Ancestry & Descendants of Thomas Stickr.cy Book Available from : Arthur M. Sikes Jr. Evans and Sarah Ann Fifield His wife Both of . 1175 River Blvd. Sufield, CT 00678 Fryeburg, Maine by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. Privately Printed 1940. GC 929.2 Ev 11342 ACPL Ft. Sheldon Home Scene of Fire Wayne. The Evening News, Blulfron, IN Friday March 14, 1930 Page 20 & 24 reports lineage of S4 Godfrey Sheldon Page 1 Col 5 and lists both husbands of his dau. Ann. It also contains Frost Genealogy and would possibly be of The residence of Allen Sheldon, well known local help to Godfrey ref: England. It gives Cornwall as police officer, at the corner of East Townley and Scot birth place of a John Frost who married Anna Ha­ street was badly damaged by fire about 5, o'clock mpden. One of their children was Anna b. 10/11/1587 Thrusday afternoon. who might be the Anna who married Godfrey Sheldon in Bakewell11 Mar 1620. This Anna's brother Nicho­ Mr. Sheldon, who is on the night police force, was las lived in Tiverton, Devon. There is plenty of Eng­ asleep in his home when neighbors saw the roof of the land locations mentioned in this reference for clues dwelling in flames. TI1e flames had gained quite a where one might start to do further work on Godfrey. start by the time the local fire department arrived. The firemen strung one line of hose from a Main strct Ancestral Lines 144 Families in England, Germany, hydrand and soon extinguished the fire. New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Compiled by Carl Boyer, 3rd Pub. Newhall, CA, 1975 Most of the roof was burned and water did quite a bit by the author. GC 929.2 B694701B ACPL Ft. Wayne of damage to the walls and articles on the first floor In the Walker family, Ann Sheldon Alger is the wife of the residence. Mr. Sheldon stated he believed he of Samuel Walker on p. 233. had sufficient insurance to cover the loss. Found by professional researcher, Margery Graham, Fr. Locator No. 10 Wayne, IN, while searching Blufton Records for a client. Sheldons in Richard Sikes & His Descendants, Locator No. 11 tlze first six generations Sheldons in by Arthur M Sik.:s Jr. 1:::12 Accelerated Indexing Systems Copy no. 74 owned by: 1790 MASS Census Bob Johnson, Ft. Wayne IN 1994 Columns:Sheldon, Name Pg., Sheldon, Anna p. 36 m. Israel Sykes Free White Males to 16 Sheldon, Esther p.36 m. Ashbel Sykes Free White Males under 16 Sheldon, Anna p.58 b. 1 Sep 1764 Free White Females (m. Israel Sykes) All others, Slaves Sheldon, Anne p. 48 m. Aaron Cook Selden, Gideon 39 1 - 2 - Sheldon, Anne p. 48b.Dec 15 1758 Hadley, MA Sheldon, Abner 124 1 4 3 - - d. Jul 27, 1807 oldest Sheldon, Abner 108 2 2 2 - - grave in Ludlow cern. Sheldon, Amasa CapL 103 4 2 3 - - Sheldon, Daniel p. 56 m. Father of Esther, Sheldon, Amos 69 1 - 2 - - her mom Mary Harmon Sheldon, Amos 219 1 - 1 - - Sheldon, Maria p. 58 m. Harvey Sykes Sheldon, Anthony 23 1 - 2 - - Sheldon, Maria p. 58 dau. of Seth P. Sheldon, William 125 1 2 2 -- Sflefdon (famif"'i A_ssociation Sheldon, William 34 3 - 4 -- Q_uarterf"'i Sheldon, William 39 1 - 2 -- Sheldon, Zachariah 219 1 1 2 -- 1790 MASS Census cont.. Columns:Sheldon, Name Pg., Locator No. 12 Free White Males to 16 Sheldons in Free White Males under 16 N~ Jersey in 1793 Free White Females By James s. Norton 1973 All others, Slaves Rutgers Univ Lib. Spec. Coli. SFA Library Sheldon, Asa 31 4 1 3 - - Sheldon, Benjamin 34 1 - 2 - - Sheldon, John "Returns of Maurice Beasley Dep. Sheldon, Caleb 130 1 - 2 - - Comm. for Morris River Twp." p.78 Sheldon, Caleb 103 2 1 1 - - Sheldon, John "An enrolement of Cit of N. Brunswk Sheldon, Charles 125 1 2 5 - - taken by John Marseilles dep Comm for Twp. Sheldon, Ebenezer Cap 124 4 - 7 - - p. 220 Sheldon, Eleazer 31 2 3 5 - - Sheldon, Joseph "Returns of Maurice Beasley Dep. Sheldon, Elihu 103 1 2 3 - - Comm. for Morris River 1\vp." p.78 Sheldon, Elijah 31 3 - 4 - - Sheldon, Odd "Returns of Maurice Beasley Dep. Sheldon, Elisha 31 1 4 2 - - Comm. for Morris River 1\vp." p. 77 Sheldon, Elisha 103 1 2 3 - - Sheldon, Odd "A List of 8th (or upper Co.) of Sheldon, Elizabeth 69 - - 2 - - Maurice Riv. Militia 1st Reg.t Cumberland, Sheldon, Eph Jr. 80 1 3 6 - - p. 95 Sheldon, Eph 80 2 - 2 - - Sheldon, Ephraim 129 1 2 5 - - Note to S.F.A. Cousins: Sheldon, Esek 23 1 1 5 - Sheldon, Francis 93 1 - 4 - - Remember, Mark said in his note that he expects Sheldon, Israel 124 1 1 2 - - computer entry to be completed this year for Isaac Sheldon, Isreal Jr. 124 1 2 3 - - lineage. Your board of directors have been requested Sheldon, James 116 1 2 4 - - to study formats of various family lineage books so we Sheldon, John II 110 4 3 3 - - can ably discuss and consider what form the SFA data Sheldon, John 23 1 3 7 - - should take when we can publish. Sheldon, John 54 1 - 3 - - Sheldon, John 42 1 1 4 - - Because we want it to be the best Sheldon lineage Sheldon, John 23 1 3 7 - - possible, we have been encouraging you to be sure Sheldon, John 70 3 1 8 - - that your own lineage is properly documented and Sheldon. Jonathan 112 2 5 - - that the source is listed for your information about Sheldon, Jonathan 69 1 1 5 - - your Sheldon ancestors. The harshest criticism of Sheldon, Jonathan Dr. 103 3 2 4 - - Family Genealogy books is that people "tell" but don't Sheldon, Josiath 100 1 4 4 - - say "how they know•. That is one of the reasons for Sheldon, Nath 1 152 1 3 the Sheldon Locator series in the quarterly... to help Sheldon, Nath Jr. 152 2 1 2 - - you to go right to it, or think of "just what sort of Sheldon, Paul 124 1 2 5 - - documentation I could find for my group." The other Sheldon, Pliny 118 1 3 4 2 reason is that these located Sheldons will show up in Sheldon, Reuben 116 1 4 3 - - our indexes for others who may also be seeking them. Sheldon, Reuben 23 - 2 1 - - Another is to get other generations interested in Sheldon, Russell 152 1 2 5 - - learning about the past. Sheldon, Samuel 31 4 1 5 - - Sheldon, Seth 31 2 2 2 - - If you come across Sheldon data, even though it is not Sheldon, Silas 124 2 2 2 - - your own, please photocopy and send to Rose, the Sheldon, Stephen 23 - 3 2 - - more we find, the less "lost Sheldons• we will have, Sheldon, Stephen 124 1 3 2 - and the better our Sheldon Genealogy will be. Sheldon, Whiting 34 1 2 4 - - SFA ~.ublication List--( coot'.) 23. S4 Godfrey Sheldon, Planter, of Bakewell Parish. Co. Derby, England & Scarborough. York Co. ~iAine ... S4.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 28 pages. The: author stales lhe intcntioo of this rcpa1 is to bring together in one pl4ce all the: records rllA1 hAve so far been found for S4 Godfrey Sheldon in order that work once done need not be repeated by ()(hen and to make this infcmutioo available to interested mc:m.bers". This hAndsomely dcU.iled book.la is the f~nt of a series of progenitor reports. This compilAtion of information oo S4 Godfrey Sheldon cont4ins a chronology, family chArt, nazntive account, oopy and tnmaiption of the will of Godfrey Sheldon, map of Sheldon property in Scarborough. ~k. as well as a list of records consul~ r=rchen and bibliognphy.

2-'. S4760 Edward Au.rtfn Sheldon, An Extract from lib .Autoblognphy, 1896 and Domestic Activities on the Farm 1830- 1850 _ SJ.OO by S47S9 Dorlish Eliubc:th Shddoo, 7 pages. Edited by Mary Sheldon Barnes and Fran~XS Eliuhcth Sheldon Alling. d.wghten of Edward Austin SbcJdoo. this extract from the autobiognphy of Edward A.us1in Shddoo is from a book pub. in 1911. Dorlish Sheldon's oomposition Domestic Activities on the Farm 1830- 18SO was gi>'tll to the Penfield Library of the SllllC L'ni\'cnity ofNew Y

25. 51-' WJillnm Shddon of Bakewell Plllish. Co. Derby, En eland, Sotrboroo:h, York Co.. .\lAine & Salem VIlla:~ E.au Co~ .\lassachosdu both In the provinc-e of tht Magacflll3tttS Bay In ~ew England- S4.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 31 pages. The author takes oa the issue: ofwbethc:r there \lo"CC"C one or two William Sbcldons in Salem. and WJresscs the validity of the 5Wcmcn1 found on pago I of the Sheldon MagllZioc rllA1 S3 William came "With Gov. Endicoato Boston, M.a.ss. • The author discw:scs the SOUI'Q: of the problems., the resolution, and offers proofto support bc:r coocJusions by reproducing various reards, maps and wills.

26. SS I.s:tac ~on ofWbld.sor, H.mr1ford. Co., Connecticut & Northampton, llllOlpshlre Co~ .\la.ssachnu!U- S-t.OO by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider and S4479xSS I Rase Sbcldco Nco.\ too, 30 pages. The :ll.l!hcn decided to llllc.e up the life of l.saac Sheldon \vith his appe.vanoe in 16S2 in records at Windsor, Connecticut, rather than lUlSWer the age-<>ld ;md cantro\-=ia.J question "u Isaac Sheldon of Windsor & Northampton the same l.saac Sheldon found in Ashford, Co. Derby, by J. Gardner Bartlett?" 11x: authors prc:san matmal foorxl in the \\riling; of Rev. Solc:moo Clark, James Russell T rumbuJJ and inc! ude the ch:!pter entitled "TTlC F zunily of !.sue Sheldon· from Frank F amsworth Starr's genealogiC31 cla.nic; GoodwirrMorgnn AnocslrziJ l..ines, bccallSIC as they state "The docurnerlwioo is flawless; the writing style still fresh and worthy of emulation. • This booklet contains articles on Mehitablc (Gunn) EnsigJl, a bricfhistory of Northampton, Sheldon homestead and property in Northampton, fzunily clwu., a copy and transcription ofl5uc's will. and an inventory of his estAte. Included is a glossary and illustntions of some of the items mentioned in !.sue's \viiJ (Do you know the differcnc.: between a "maul" and a "beetle"?). This booklet is a must for C\U:' Is=: descendenL

27. Daniel Sheldon of Woolwich, Co. Kmt, Englllnd, Last Will & Testllllltnl- S2.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 12 p:tges. The: author includes a n:proc!uction of the Will ofDanicl Sheldon and then provides a bric:flessoo in paleography (the study and deciphering of ancient "ritings) including a copy of the genc:ral alphAbet oftl1e Old uw Hand. A transcription of the Will is included for the impatienL

28. Rlchnrd Sheldon, Gc:ntlmUUl, of l\lon)'lUh. Derb13hlre. Eneland ... S2.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 16 pages. 111e Last Will and Testament of Richard Sheldon is reproduced along with a transcription. an in\'entory and transcription of the inventory, a chart of the ancestry and desccnd.ants of No. 4 Hugh Sheldon of Monyash. and the ancestry and descendants of No. S John Sheldon ofMonynsh and Ashford. The author docs not discuss the "IsaAc connc:ction", but in her Preface:, she states "I3c:c:luse much of the very early Sheldon fzunily information that is on the two charts included with this report is there because of information given in 1662 by No. 10 RichArd Sheldon to the Hctlllds during their VISitation to Derbyshire, it was thought worthy of notice on that count alone to publish the pedigree clwu and his will. [Note: The numbers used in this description are not Sheldon Numbers, ruther they indicate the numbets assigned by J. Gardner Bartlett in his "The Sheldons of Derbyshire: and of New England."]

29. Fllllllly Cham ... Sl.OO each by Shirley Sheldon Rider, I page. The following family cluut.s are available, size 8 1/2 x II inches, printed on heavy paper. "! The Fllllllly of S4 Godfrey Sheldon, The Family or S5 baae Sheldon. The Fnmi.ly or S8 John Sheldon, The FamJJy of SI3 John Sheldon, The Fmilly of S14 WUllam Sh~ldon, Ancestry & Desct.ndanu of No.4 Hueh Sheldon of Monynsh, Ancestry & Dacendanu of No.5 John Sheldon of Mon;vnsh & Ashford

30. In Dtferu~ of J. Gardntr BartJe11-..----·-S3.00 by S9309x322 Shirley Sheldon Rider, 7 pages. In October 1926, N.E.O.H. & G.R. published J. Gui!nc:r B.ut.lctt'J Wxlnwksrudy on the English origin ofSS !.sue Sheldon. BartJC(!'s publication was the culmination of two )'Ca!S of research in England. As the author notes "Debate and dmcnsioo "ithin the Sheldon Family Associatioo hi=hy and membtrship hAve raged cvet sinoc". Probably no publication has been subjc..""ted to men: study and conuncnt than BartJC(!'J ...,'Ofk. The author lists the major objections that hAve been raised over the yean to Bartlat'l conclusions, then foroefully argues bc:r position.

31. The ~ons orBakcwdl. Derbyshire, Roeland, md I.suc Sheldon of New Eneland --S4.00 by J. Gardner Bartlett. 27 pages. This is the: reprint from The New England liisurical and Genc::11ogiC31 Register ofOctober, 1926 mmtioned above. This item was originally reprinted by the OenalogiC31 Commince in 1962 and has been out of print for llW1)' years. Now a\'llil:ible, it is of interest to all Shc:ldons and is the subject of Shirley Rider's "Defense" (item 30 above).

SF.4. Pub. LISt Rev. 1194

About that crest the cover._ Since last year, W ard Sheldon has been working on a logo type crest u quely for S.FA Since most of the b~ard members p efer the one used by Leland, we will use this one on the S. A Quanerly until Willard and his committee bring forth their artwork.

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1. The Sheldon Magazine .. ( Out of Print, was sold per Vol.$4.00 2. Sheldon Places ...... $7.50 3. Survey of Sheldon Places and Towns in England ...... $5.00 4. Historical Sketch of the Sheldon Family ...... $2.00 5. S#5 Isaac Sheldon of Windsor, CT...... $2.00 6. The Family of Thomas Woodford ...... $2.00 7. The Family of Robert Blott...... $ 2.00 8. The Will of S5 Isaac Sheldon...... $3.50 9. The Will of S46 Jonathan Sheldon...... $3.50 1 O.J ohn Sheldon and the Old Indian Homes tead ...... $3.00 11. The Story of Remembrance Sheldon S1 13 ...... $2.00 12 ..Pertaining to S35J ohn Sheldon ...... $2.00 13. "Jonathan Sheldon the Fightin~ Quaker." ...... $2.00 1 14a The ~Sheldon) Ship "Hanover of Pro VI· dence RI...... $2.00 14b. An 8 1 x 10" Color Reproduction of Sh ip "Han•ver" ...... $5.00 15. The Last March of the Army of Rober t E. Lee~ ...... $3.00 16. jSheldons in the Salem Witch Trials ...... $ 3. 00 17. Stories of Early Days of ... Aurora, OHIO ...... $ 2. 00 18. Historic Memories of the Past...... $2.00 19. Charles and Lydia (Taft) Sheldon, A Co Ionia! Couple...... $2.00 20. S-1047 Ephrann Sheldon, Soldier of the Revolution...... $3.00 21. Sheldon Family Assoc. A 50 Year History 1939 - 1989 ..... $7.00 add Postage...... $1.50 22 .. Sheldons, met by H.O. Sheldon in his travels ...... $3.00 23. S-4 Godfrey Sheldon, of Bakewell Parish, etc ...... $4.00 24 .. S-47150 Edward Austin Sheldon, etc ...... $3.00 25. S-14 William Sheldon of Bakewell Pans h, Co., etc ...... $4.00 26. S-5 Isaac Sheldon of Windsor, Hartford Co., etc ...... $4.00 27. Daniel Sheldon of Woolwich, co. Kent, England, etc ...... $2.00 28. Richard Sheldon, Gentleman, of Monya sh, Derbyshire .. $2.00 29. - 29.Fa mily Charts, $1.00 each S-4 Godfrey Sheldon, ...... S-5 Isaac Sheldon, S -8 John Sheldon, ...... S-13 John Sheldon, S-14 William Sheldon, ...... No. 4 Hug h Sheldon of Monyash, No.5 John Sheldon of Monyash.. 30. In Defense of J. Gardner Bartlett...... $3.00 31. The Sheldons of Bakewell, Derbyshire, etc ...... $4.00 TOTAL Print Your N arne and Address Make Checks Payable to: Sheldon Family Assoc. Inc.

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Sheldon Family Association Dues Renewal/Membership Form Sheldon Family Association Indicate Category: President: Rose Sheldon Ne\\1 0n ..... Annual MembershipS 10 .00 4409 Bridgetown Rw1, Ft. Wayne IN 46804-4808 ..... New MemberS I 0.00 dues plus* S 15.00 lst Vice President: Shirle\· Bemis Munin (* a one time registration fee) 414 S. St. Marys Street, St. Marys, PA 15857 ..... Life Membership $200.00 one time only 2nd Vice Pres. & Gcnealog)· Chairman: Keith M. Sheldon Sheldon No. S# 23918 WolfRoad, Bay Village, OH 44140 Secrctar)·: Miss Irene Dodge 215 Jersey A Yenuc Name:------P.O. Box 333, Ogdensburg, NY 13669 Treasurer: Donald C. Sheldon , 191 0 S.E.Rai.11ier Rd., Point St. Lucie, FL 34952-7610 Street: ------S. F.A. Gcncalog)· Publications (to order write:) Wa)ne E. Nelson City 3628 N. Fremont, Chicago, IL 60613 Publication Layout: Rose Sheldon Ne\\1on Zip Published Quarterly by the Association for members & Subscribing libraries. Contributing editors: Officers, Members & Guests Dues run:August to August ISSN: 1063-956X Send to: Secretary: 4 Copyright: The Sheldon Family Assoc. inc Miss Irene Dodge, 215 Jersey Avenue SF A membership .Lofonnation: P.O. Box 333 Ogdensburg, 1\'Y 13669 Write: Genealogy Chairman Libraries (for subscription) write: Secretary