Comments for Sheldon Genealogy https://www.sheldongenealogy.org Founded in 2009. Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:52:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Comment on The Question of Richard, the Progenitor?! by Geoff Sheldon https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/the-question-of-richard-the-progenitor/#comment-39 Mon, 12 Aug 2024 13:52:44 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=57167#comment-39 An absorbing,astonishing Story. Further Indication,of the essential Value..of DNA & Collaborative Testing, especially NOW as so much is being established via
DNA Testing……and further ratification ‘s…..[ One tantalising development is ] Just how much Greater..and Informative development, will we have reached..in..
say, 10 years. ????…and ??? – -New discoveries in the Ultra Science of Life’s * Building Blocks *….??……(G.S. England. and. Bakewell – ite.)

]]> Comment on Ralph Sheldon & Shakespeare: What’s in a Name? by Geoff Sheldon https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/ralph-sheldon-shakespeare-whats-in-a-name/#comment-38 Mon, 06 May 2024 09:09:15 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=57895#comment-38 Re…WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE….AN INTRIGUING STORY ! I Remember,as a 14 year old – Playing * OBERON ” in the School’s presentation of. “A MIDSUMMER – –
NIGHT’S DREAM”….1956 – – My Classmates, Screwed- up their faces, at the name of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.( Well we were in a solid Coal mining community )
( MY Father paid for ..me to have a Full- period ,Costume, from NOTTINGHAM THEATRICAL COSTUMEIR- – ( I Really did look like a King )
* FULL GLASS CROWN, BLACK TIGHTS, BLACK VELVET BODICE, FULL- LENGTH BLACK VELVET ‘ CLOAK- – ‘ DOUBLET [ That had a Tag stitched in it]- that had
DONALD WOLFIT’S NAME ON IT…..and , BLACK ” POINTY- TOED “SLIPPERS “…….
” ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT, PROUD ‘TITANIA’…..WAS A SNIPPET OF MY PART…….I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE EXPERINCE….( and not to have been asked to
PLAY….” BOTTOM ” !!
After school life, I GOT PARTS IN 4 LOCAL AMATEUR DRAMATIC PRESENTATIONS…ALL, VERY ENJOYABLE PRODUCTIONS………………….Geoff Sheldon…2024.

]]> Comment on Isaac (5) & John (13) Sheldon: Were they brothers? by How Do We Know What the Y-DNA is Telling Us? – Sheldon Genealogy https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/isaac-5-john-13-sheldon-were-they-brothers/#comment-37 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 22:10:23 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=55095#comment-37 […] If we look closer we can see that some members of Group B1 (Isaac) and Group B2 (John) have identical YSTR markers. They share the same BY35166 and other non-DNA evidence suggests that John of Kingstown is likely the son of Isaac of Windsor—thus brother to Isaac Jr of Windsor. You can read more about that here. […]

]]> Comment on Isaac Sheldon of Derby – New Discovery!! by jeannes@msn.com https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/isaac-sheldon-of-derby-new-discovery/#comment-36 Sat, 01 Apr 2023 03:18:15 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=57444#comment-36 Great job, Kelly! You had me at DNA, though.

]]> Comment on English Origins – Best Guess? by New Discovery!! – Sheldon Genealogy https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/english-origins-best-guess/#comment-35 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:36:19 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=57380#comment-35 […] I am VERY excited about this!  Perhaps more than I should be, but this helps to hammer the last nail on the coffin of a century old contentious mystery over the origin of Isaac Sheldon (1629-1708) of Northampton, Massachusetts, and the assumption of many that he was the son of Ralph Sheldon and Barbara Stone of Derbyshire, England.  You may want to read my last blog post on the subject for part of the puzzle:  English Origins – Best Guess? […]

]]> Comment on The Question of Richard, the Progenitor?! by The Sheldons of Derbyshire: New DNA results and their implications – Sheldon Genealogy https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/the-question-of-richard-the-progenitor/#comment-34 Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:34:46 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=57167#comment-34 […] descendents (Note Richard 22 descendants have been folded into the Godfrey line. See blog post here for information on Richard). So in total we have TWENTY-SEVEN descendents of the first known Sheldon of Derbyshire!  With […]

]]> Comment on More Gophering in the Search for the Origins of Isaac SHELDON of Windsor, Connecticut and John SHELDON of Kingstown, Rhode Island by English Origins – Best Guess? – Sheldon Genealogy https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/more-gophering-in-the-search-for-the-origins-of-isaac-sheldon-of-windsor-connecticut-and-john-sheldon-on-kingstown-rhode-island/#comment-33 Tue, 28 Feb 2023 02:42:51 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=52826#comment-33 […] Gophering II […]

]]> Comment on They Aren’t Genealogy Rabbit Holes, They are Gopher Networks: In Search of the origins of Isaac of Windsor and John of Kingstown by English Origins – Best Guess? – Sheldon Genealogy https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/they-arent-genealogy-rabbit-holes-they-are-gopher-networks-in-search-of-the-origins-of-isaac-of-windsor-and-john-of-kingstown/#comment-32 Mon, 27 Feb 2023 05:14:27 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=52767#comment-32 […] Gophering I […]

]]> Comment on Why Are So Many Men Named Sheldon as Their First Name? by Webmaster https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/why-are-so-many-men-named-sheldon-as-their-first-name/#comment-31 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 12:55:36 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=57237#comment-31 As of Dember 9, 2022, there are 13,253 listings on Find A Grave of people who have the first name of Sheldon.

]]> Comment on Uncovering a Sheldon Scandal?! by Sissy Walker https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/uncovering-a-sheldon-scandal/#comment-30 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 00:20:41 +0000 https://www.sheldongenealogy.org/?p=57219#comment-30 Love this, Dale! And as a descendant of several bigamists myself, I can totally relate!

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