Phineas Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1717 - 1807  (90 years)

• Name	Phineas Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Born	27 Jun 1717	Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Sheldon Magazine	Phineas (Phinehas) #205
  Residence	2 Aug 1790	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  	Census: 3 men over 16, 1 boy under 16, and 3 females.
  Buried	Sep 1807	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [2, 4]
  Died	18 Sep 1807	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA   [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I412302823627	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Jonathan Sheldon,   b. 29 May 1687, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 10 Apr 1769, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Mary Southwell,   b. 25 Feb 1688, Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 11 Jan 1768, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F2517	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Deborah Hathaway,   b. 28 Dec 1722, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 17 Jan 1753, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 30 years)
  Married	Abt. 1744
  	Year estimated based on the first child being born in 1745
  Children	1. Ruth Sheldon,   b. 1745   2. Deborah Sheldon,   b. 26 Dec 1746, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 18 May 1842, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 95 years)   3. Phineas Sheldon,   b. 1 Dec 1748, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 2 Nov 1815, Rupert, Bennington, Vermont, USA  (Age 66 years)   4. Joseph Sheldon,   b. 31 Jan 1750, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 19 Sep 1806, Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, USA  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F3273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ruth Harmon,   b. 31 Jan 1733, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 14 Dec 1805, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Married	2 Jun 1756	Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
  	Married after the death of Deborah Hathaway and before the birth of son Benjamin. "Mrs. Ruth H. Smith", the Mrs suggests Smith was her married named from a previous marriage.
  Children	1. Benjamin Sheldon,   b. 11 Jan 1753, West Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1813, West Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 60 years)   2. Asaph Sheldon,   b. 1757   3. Lydia Sheldon,   b. 11 Dec 1759, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 15 May 1846, Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, USA  (Age 86 years)   4. Ezra Sheldon, Sr,   b. 2 Mar 1762, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 23 Mar 1840, Mendon, Monroe, New York, USA  (Age 78 years)   5. Anna Sheldon,   b. 1 Sep 1764, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 17 Apr 1845, Dorset, Bennington, Vermont, USA  (Age 80 years)   6. Alexander Sheldon,   b. 23 Oct 1766, West Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 19 Dec 1836, New York, USA  (Age 70 years)   7. Increase Sheldon,   b. 7 Oct 1768, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 6 Jul 1835, Rupert, Bennington, Vermont, USA  (Age 66 years)   8. David Sheldon,   b. 22 Jun 1770, West Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 23 Dec 1863, Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  (Age 93 years)   9. Apphia Sheldon,   b. 1772   10. Beulah Sheldon,   b. Apr 1773, Montgomery County, New York, USA ,   d. 1 May 1849, New York, USA  (Age 76 years)   11. Silence Sheldon,   b. 1775
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F3274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Pomeroy,   b. Abt. 1750
  Married	Aft. 1805
  	Married after the death of Ruth Harmon Smith Sheldon in 1805. Listed only as "Mrs Pomeroy" in the Sheldon Magazine.
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F379	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Jun 1717 - Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA Married - 2 Jun 1756 - Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Residence - 2 Aug 1790 - Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Buried - Sep 1807 - Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Died - 18 Sep 1807 - Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1619484958] Connecticut, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [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. [S1614236031] 1790 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut; Series: M637; Roll: 1; Page: 425; Family History Library Film: 0568141. [S1608700922] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine, 1855. Page 3: "Phinehas" #205, born 1717, son of Jonathan #46 and Mary Southwell; Page 6r: Married Deborah Hathaway (died 1753), mother of Ruth, Deborah, Phineas, and Joseph. Married (2) Mrs. Ruth H. Smith, mother of Benjamin, Asaph, Lydia, Ezra, Anna, Alexander, Increase, David, Apphia, Beulah, and Silence. Married (3) Mrs. Pomeroy, possibly the mother of Silence or of none.