Brief Life History of Horace
When Horace Sheldon was born on 20 January 1789, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Martin Sheldon, was 26 and his mother, Abigail Gillett, was 26. He died on 3 October 1793, in his hometown, at the age of 4, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Horace Sheldon, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Horace, "Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939"
- Horace Sheldon, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
Parents and Siblings
1762–1848 Male
1762–1816 Female
Siblings (5)
1784–1789 Female
1786–1825 Male
1786– Female
1789–1793 Male
1791–1873 Male
World Events (2)
1791
Age 2
1791 · The Bill of Rights
Age 2
Name Meaning
English: habitational name in most cases from Sheldon in Derbyshire, but sometimes from Sheldon in Warwickshire or Devon, or from Sheldon in Chippenham (Wiltshire). The Derbyshire place, recorded in Domesday Book as Scelhadun, probably takes its name from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + the placename Haddon, itself from Old English hǣth ‘heath’ + dūn ‘hill’. The Warwickshire and Wiltshire placenames probably derive from Old English scelf + dūn, while the Devon placename probably comes from Old English scelf + denu ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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