William Sheldon

Brief Life History of William

When William Sheldon was born on 9 January 1768, in North Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Benjamin Sheldon, Jr., was 39 and his mother, Elisabeth Hunt, was 29. He lived in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1768 and Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States in 1768. He died in 1819, at the age of 51.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Sheldon, Jr.
1728–1803
Elisabeth Hunt
1738–1821
Elizabeth Sheldon
1766–1835
William Sheldon
1768–1819
Benjamin Sheldon
1769–1769
Hannah Sheldon
1772–1856
Mary Sheldon
1778–1794
Phebe Sheldon
1781–1854

Sources (7)

  • William Sheldon, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • William Sheldon, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
  • William Sheldon, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

1783 · A Free America

The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.

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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