Gideon Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]}

1804 - 1855  (52 years)

• Name	Gideon Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Born	Abt. 1804	Essex County, New York, USA   [1, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Confirmed DNA	yDNA confirmed from his 4th great-grandson (William) through to his 4th great-grandfather John Sheldon of South Kingston, Rhode Island and the Isaac of Windsor line.
  Sheldon Magazine	Gideon #6003 "Peru, N.Y."
  Residence	6 Aug 1810	Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, USA   [2]
  	Census: tallied as a boy under 10 in the household of his step-father Reuben Reynolds.
  Residence	7 Aug 1820	Essex, Essex, New York, USA   [3]
  	Census: "Reuben Reynolds", liking the boy tallied in the household of his step-father.
  Residence	1830	Essex, Essex, New York, USA   [6]
  	Census: Living next door to his step-father Reuben Reynolds and next to William Sheldon, and next to that is father-in-law Stuckeley Stafford. 1 boy 5-10; 1 man 20s; 1 girl under 5; 1 woman 20s.
  Residence	Abt. 1835	Peru, Clinton, New York, USA
  	Listed with a residence in Peru, New York in the Sheldon Magazine, date is based on the children included - Deborah, Ruth, Nancy, and Joel (born 1835), with the remaining children not listed, the next born in 1836.
  Residence	1840	Saranac, Clinton, New York, USA   [5]
  	Census: 1 boy under 5 (WWB); 1 boy 5-9 (Joel); 1 boy 15-19 and 1 man 30-39; 1 girl under 5; 2 girls 5-9; 1 girl 10-14 and 1 woman 30-39.
  Residence	8 Aug 1850	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA   [4]
  	Census: "Gideon Sheldon", 50, carpenter. Being a carpenter, and that Gideon's sons would also later go to Brooklyn, and all other Gideon's being accounted for, it seems clear this Gideon is the same as the one from Westport, NY. A Henry, 8, also listed.
  Residence	11 Jun 1855	Westport, Essex, New York, USA   [1]
  	Census: "Gideon Sheldon", 58, carpenter, in the home of his daughter Elizabeth Williams, with son "Sevedra", widowed and living in this town only 10 months.
  Died	Aft. 1855	New York, USA
  	Death has not been found, believed to have passed sometime after the 1855 New York state census.
  Person ID	I412292502805	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Gideon Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1769,   d. 1805, New York, USA  (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Rhoda Gillet,   b. Abt. 1773, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 15 Aug 1868, Essex, Essex, New York, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Family ID	F2546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah H. Stafford,   b. 8 Mar 1809,   d. 1846, Westport, Essex, New York, USA  (Age 36 years)
  Married	Abt. 1825
  Children	1. James Sheldon,   b. 8 Nov 1825, New York, USA ,   bur. Piper City, Ford, Illinois, USA   2. Deborah Sheldon,   b. 26 Jan 1830, Essex, Essex, New York, USA ,   d. 23 Jan 1867, West Union, Fayette, Iowa, USA  (Age 36 years)   3. Ruth Elizabeth Sheldon,   b. 26 May 1831, Essex County, New York, USA ,   d. 29 Jul 1909, Westport, Essex, New York, USA  (Age 78 years)   4. Nancy Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1832, New York, USA   5. Joel Stafford Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1835, Essex County, New York, USA ,   d. 28 Jan 1870, Wamego, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA  (Age 35 years)   6. William Wallace Barbour Sheldon,   b. 15 May 1836, Westport, Essex, New York, USA ,   d. 17 Mar 1915, Oakland, Alameda, California, USA  (Age 78 years)   7. Cevedra Blake Sheldon,   b. 1840, Saranac, Clinton, New York, USA ,   d. 2 Jan 1895, Montclair, Essex, New Jersey, USA  (Age 55 years)   8. Juliett A. Sheldon,   b. 1840, Essex County, New York, USA ,   d. 10 Jul 1867, Westport, Essex, New York, USA  (Age 27 years)   9. Henry Sheldon,   b. 1842, New York, USA
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F3087	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt. 1804 - Essex County, New York, USA Residence - 6 Aug 1810 - Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, USA Residence - 7 Aug 1820 - Essex, Essex, New York, USA Residence - 1830 - Essex, Essex, New York, USA Residence - Abt. 1835 - Peru, Clinton, New York, USA Residence - 1840 - Saranac, Clinton, New York, USA Residence - 8 Aug 1850 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Residence - 11 Jun 1855 - Westport, Essex, New York, USA Died - Aft. 1855 - New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1610345055] New York, U.S., State Census, 1855, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1614288244] 1810 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1810; Census Place: Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York; Roll: 30; Page: 34; Image: Nym252_30-0038; FHL Roll: 0181384. [S1610326847] 1820 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Essex, Essex, New York; Page: 410; NARA Roll: M33_69; Image: 21. [S1608910685] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1850; Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 6, Kings, New York; Roll: 519; Page: 235a. [S1609353782] 1840 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1840; Census Place: Saranac, Clinton, New York; Roll: 276; Page: 285; Family History Library Film: 0017184. [S1609362884] 1830 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1830; Census Place: Essex, Essex, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 114; Page: 321; Family History Library Film: 0017174. [S1610345287] History and genealogy of the ancestors and some descendants of Stukely Westcott, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine, 1855. Page 61 - Gideon #6003, son of Gideon #2511 and Rhoda Gillet. Note, "Peru, N.Y." [S1665410957] SFA Card Files, SFA (Sheldon Family Association), SFA Card Files.