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William Sheldon[1, 2, 3]

Male 1589 - 1659  (70 years)

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  • Name William Sheldon  [2] 
    Born 9 Mar 1589  Weston Park, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Purchase 1628 
    • Purchased a first folio of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, this is now known as the Sheldon Folio.
    Residence Dec 1643  Beoley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He notes in a letter that his "house at Beoley, in Worcestershire, was burnt to the ground, and all my goods and cattle there plundered by the soldiers to a very great vallow, besides the incurable loss of my chiefest evidence and court rolls consumed"
    Died 6 Apr 1659  Weston Park, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Buried in the Beoley vault.
    Person ID I412297588050  Sheldon Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 

    Father Edward Sheldon,   b. 1558,   d. 26 Sep 1643, Beoley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Markham,   b. Abt. 1560, Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1630, Namur, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Family ID F1131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Petre,   b. 27 Sep 1592,   d. 20 Jan 1657, Beoley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 1611  [3] 
    • Three sons and two daughters
    Children 
     1. Katherine Sheldon,   b. 1617, Beoley, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Apr 1650, Cambrai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     2. Ralph Sheldon,   b. 4 Aug 1623, Long Compton, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1684, Weston Park, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     3. Edward Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1625,   d. Aft. 1683, Douai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     4. Lionel Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1626
     5. George Sheldon,   b. 1629,   d. 8 May 1679, Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     6. Elizabeth Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1629,   d. 12 Apr 1662, Howby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     7. Mary Sheldon,   b. 1640
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 
    Family ID F279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 9 Mar 1589 - Weston Park, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dec 1643 - Beoley, Worcestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 6 Apr 1659 - Weston Park, Warwickshire, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
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    2. [S1615469973] Bigland Pedigree, Ralph Bigland, (College of Arms), HR/91., Bigland Pedigree, 1808.
      Wiliam Sheldon of Beoley aforesaid, Esq., eldest son, born at Weston 9th March 1589/90 died 6th April 1659 and was buried at Beoley

    3. [S1615469973] Bigland Pedigree, Ralph Bigland, (College of Arms), HR/91., Bigland Pedigree.
      Elizabeth, daughter of William Petre, Lord Petre Baron of Writtle in the County of Essex, born 27th Sept 1592, married in the year 1611, and died 20th January 1656/7 and was buried at Beoley


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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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