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Jesse Sheldon[1, 2]

Male 1794 -

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  • Name Jesse Sheldon  [1, 2] 
    Born 1794  Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Sheldon Magazine
    • Jesse #3681 "went in privateer was taken to Halifax"
    Residence 19 Aug 1814  Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Affidavit of Citizenship, age 20, scars on left and right hand, left hip and left wrist. He was 5'2", brown hair and complexion, and blue eyes.
    Person ID I412310073198  Sheldon Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 

    Father Oddy B. Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1762,   d. 1827  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Margaret Money,   b. Abt. 1763 
    Family ID F1365  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1794 - Gloucester County, New Jersey, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 19 Aug 1814 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1634161733] U.S., Citizenship Affidavits of US-born Seamen at Select Ports, 1792-1869, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Proofs of Citizenship Used to Apply for Seamen's Certificates for the Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1792-1877.

    2. [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine, 1855.
      Page 37r: Jesse #3681, born 1789, went in privateering, was taken to Halifax.


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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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