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Epaphras Sheldon[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1726 - 1800  (74 years)

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  • Name Epaphras Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born 1726  [1, 2, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    Sheldon Magazine
    • Epaphras #384 "Gen"
    Residence 8 Jul 1764  Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Admitted into the First Congregational Church and the Ecclesiastical Society of Torrington.
    Residence 21 Nov 1787  Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Epaphras, as "civil authority", signed a document on local taxes.
    Died 27 Oct 1800  Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 5, 6] 
    Probate 1801  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I412294630692  Sheldon Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 

    Father Remembrance Sheldon,   b. 1693 
    Mother Hannah Drake,   b. Abt. 1695 
    Married 19 Feb 1719  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Family ID F3058  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eunice Allyn,   d. 1808 
    Children 
     1. Epaphras Sheldon,   b. 1753
     2. Allyn Sheldon,   b. 30 Jul 1755, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1762, Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 6 years)
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 
    Family ID F3426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 8 Jul 1764 - Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 21 Nov 1787 - Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Oct 1800 - Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 1801 - Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S1619484958] Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S1608723984] Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Connecticut State Library; Hartford, Connecticut.

    3. [S1608727552] Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Ancestry.com.

    4. [S1641825013] Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Probate Files Collection, Early to 1880; Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut.

    5. [S1622317781] U.S., Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    6. [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine, 1855.
      Page 4r - Epaphras #384, son of Sergt. Remembrance #113 and Hannah Drake, born 1726. Note: "Gen". Page 11r: died 1803, married Eunice Allyn (died 1808), parents of Epaphras #1068, born 1753, and Allyn #1069, born 1755

    7. [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine, 1855.
      Page 2 - Remembrance #113, son of John #35 and Hannah Stebbins, born 1693; page 4r - "Sergt. Remembrance Sheldon" - "Hartford, m. Feb. 19, 1718-19. Died 1758. Married to Hannah Drake of Windsor. Parents of Elisa #382, Jerusha #383, Epaphras #384, Remembrance #385

    8. [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine.
      Page 4r - listed as the wife of Remembrance #113


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Rev. Henry O. Sheldon

The Rev. Henry O. Sheldon is often considered the grandfather of Sheldon genealogy. While traveling as a preacher he met other Sheldons and wondered how they were all related. Eventually, he began collecting genealogies & piecing the various Sheldon branches together, first published in 1855 as the Sheldon Magazine.

From his private journal: Monday, 4th of May, 1818, age 19, the start of his travels:

“Snowed some last night – roads wet and splashy – At half-past eleven A.M. started on a western tour – took an affectionate leave of my parents and brother and sister after receiving their advice & prayer for my preservation, — rode 25 miles – The day was wet & cold & stormy – Winds N.W.”

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