Thomas Sheldon

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Sheldon was born in 1805, in New York, United States, his father, Dr. Alexander Sheldon, was 39 and his mother, Miriam King, was 37. He died on 16 April 1869, in Grand Blanc, Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 64.

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Family Time Line

Dr. Alexander Sheldon
1766–1836
Miriam King
1768–1818
Alexander Sheldon Jr.
1787–1862
Dr Milton D. Sheldon
1797–1844
William Sheldon
1808–
Gaylor Charles Sheldon
1799–1875
Nancy Sheldon
1801–1803
Thomas Sheldon
1805–1869
George Sheldon
1807–1807
Miriam Sheldon
1808–1877
Smith Sheldon
1811–1884
Delia J. Sheldon
1813–1889

Sources (3)

  • Thomas Sheldon, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Thomas Sheldon, "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975"
  • Menands, New York, U.S., Albany Rural Cemetery Burial Cards, 1791-2011 for Thomas Sheldon

World Events (8)

1805

The Territory of Michigan was organized as an incorporated territory of the United States on June 30, 1805, with Detroit as the territorial capital.

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

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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