When Capt Pardon Sheldon Jr was born on 21 October 1739, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, his father, Pardon Sheldon Sr, was 33 and his mother, Mary Waterman, was 30. He married Susanna Lyon about 1764, in Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. He died on 3 February 1838, in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in North Burial Ground, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.
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1739–1838 Male
1741–1786 Female
1781–1783 Female
1783– Female
1786–1786 Male
1706–1742 Male
1709–1776 Female
1731– Male
1733– Male
1739–1838 Male
1741–1833 Female
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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