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Thomas Sheffield 1591 – 1663 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1591

Birth Location: , Sussex, , England

Death Date: After 1663

Death Location: Boston, Massachusetts, or, England

Father: Sampson Sheffield

Mother: Elizabeth Woodroffe

Spouse(s): Anne Hodsoll

Children(s): Jacob matches)

Thomas Sheffield was born in 1591 in , Sussex, , England, the child of Sampson Sheffield and Elizabeth Woodroffe. Thomas Sheffield married Anne Hodsoll, and had children including Jacob Edward Sheffield (from DNA shared matches). Thomas Sheffield passed away in 1663 in Boston, Massachusetts, or, England.

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Biography

  • Thomas Sheffield was born in 1591 in , Sussex, , England, the child of Sampson Sheffield and Elizabeth Woodroffe.
  • Thomas Sheffield married Anne Hodsoll, and had children including Jacob Edward Sheffield (from DNA shared matches).
  • Thomas Sheffield passed away in 1663 in Boston, Massachusetts, or, England.

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Thomas Sheffield's Ancestors

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Thomas Sheffield
1591 – 1663
Birth Place: , Sussex, , England
Parents
Sampson Sheffield
1550 – 1619
Seaton, Rutland, England
Elizabeth Woodroffe
1550 – 1618
London, Suffolk, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Sheffield's Descendants

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Thomas Sheffield (1591 – After 1663) m. Anne Hodsoll (1590 – 1626)
  1. 1. Jacob (Edward Sheffield (from DNA shared) matches) (1625 – 13 OCT 1705) m. Mary (Woods , Sheffield ,) Bellows (1625 – 1671)
    1. 1. Elizabeth Sheffield (1654 – 24 Oct 1705 [Son Jacob's birth is possible cause of her death.]) m. Rene (Reynier Regneir Fluerisson Lefleur La Fleurisson (aka Thomas la Fleur ) Pyatt Piatt alias) LeFlure (30 November 1649 – 16 October 1705)
      1. 1. Jane (Jean (Pyatt)) Dunham (15 Sep 1695 – 15 Sep 1779) m. Jonathan Dunham (16 Aug 1694 – 10 Mar 1777)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Ruth) Topliff (03 Jan 1727 – 17 Jan 1810) m. James (Edmond) Martin (1724 – 29 May 1767)

Thomas Sheffield's Timeline

2 Records

1591
1591
Birth of Thomas Sheffield in , Sussex, , England
, Sussex, , England
1663
After 1663
Age 72
Death of Thomas Sheffield in Boston, Massachusetts, or, England
Boston, Massachusetts, or, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1591
    Event Place: , Sussex, , England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: After 1663
    Event Place: Boston, Massachusetts, or, England

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