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Elisha Sheldon 1709–1779 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 September 1709

Birth Location: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 1 September 1779

Death Location: Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America

Father: Thomas Sheldon

Mother: Mary Hinsdale

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Elisha Sheldon was born in 1709 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Thomas Sheldon And Mary Hinsdale. Elisha Sheldon passed away in 1779 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Elisha Sheldon was born in 1709 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA, the child of Thomas Sheldon And Mary Hinsdale.
  • Elisha Sheldon passed away in 1779 in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America.

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Elisha Sheldon's Ancestors

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Elisha Sheldon
1709–1779
Birth Place: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Thomas Sheldon
1661–1725
Northampton, Hampshire, Mass, Massachusetts, USA
Mary Hinsdale
1665–1738
Medfield (MA) USA
Grandparents
Samuel Hinsdale
1641–1675
Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Mehitabel Johnson
1646–1689
Roxbury (Mass) USA
Great-Grandparents
Sergeant Johnson
1621–1693
Elinor Cheney
1626–1678
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Captain **
1588–1659
Mary Heath
1593–1629

Elisha Sheldon's Timeline

2 Records

1709
2 September 1709
Birth of Elisha Sheldon in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
1779
1 September 1779
Age 70
Death of Elisha Sheldon in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 2 September 1709
    Event Place: Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 September 1779
    Event Place: Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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