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

1760 - 1829  (69 years)

• Name	Israel Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Born	1760	Massachusetts, USA   [4, 8]
  	Noted as age 60 in a document dated 21 Jun 1820 in his war pension records. Likely was born in Massachusetts as his war records indicate he was in a Massachusetts regiment, therefore likely a son/g-son of Israel Sheldon of Attleboro, MA
  Gender	Male
  Military	Apr 1776	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  	Enlisted for the period of 1 year in the company commanded by Capt. Scott in the regiment of Col. Sergeant.
  Military	5 Apr 1777	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA   [3]
  	Re-enlisted for a period of 3 years in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Perchard in the 3rd Mass regiment of Col John Greaton.
  Military	5 Apr 1780	Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, USA   [1, 2, 8]
  	Received an honorable discharge from the military.
  Residence	1790	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA   [5]
  	Census: 3 boys under 16 (Israel Jr and 2 others), and 3 women (wife Mary, and daughters Mary and Abigail)
  Residence	9 Jul 1792	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
  	Cattle Mark registered with the town of Charlotte
  Residence	1802	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
  	He is listed with four children under 18 in the local school district - this would be Israel, Mary, Abigail, and a fourth unknown. Thankful was only 2 and Jerusha not yet born.
  Residence	1804	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
  	He is listed with 4 children in the 10th school district.
  Residence	1805	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
  	He is listed with 5 children in the 10th school district. This year Thankful would have come of age to join her siblings.
  Residence	1806	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
  	He is listed with 5 children in the 5th school district. At this point Jerusha would have likely started at school at the same time that Israel leaving at the end of the previous year.
  Residence	1807	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA
  	He is listed with 5 children in the 4th school district.
  Residence	1810	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA   [6]
  	Census: 1 boy under 10 (unknown), 1 man 16-25 (Israel Jr), 1 man 45 + (Israel), 2 girls under 10 (Thankful and Jerusha), 1 girl 10-15 (Abigail), 1 woman 45+ (Mrs Mary Day Sheldon). Eldest daughter Mary was likely married by this time.
  Military	27 Apr 1818	Chittenden County, Vermont, USA
  	Placed on the pension roll, noted as a private in the Massachusetts Continental Line, suggesting he may have lived in that state before moving to Vermont.
  Residence	1820	Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA   [7]
  	Census: 1 boy under 10 (unknown), 1 boy 10-15 (unknown), 1 man 45+ (Israel Sr), 3 women 16-25 (Nabby, Thankful, Jerusha), 1 woman 26-44 (Polly), 1 woman 45+ (Mary)
  Died	11 May 1829	Huntington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA   [1, 4, 8]
  Person ID	I412356261384	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Day,   b. 1762,   d. 23 Nov 1845, Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	15 Apr 1782	Danby, Rutland, Vermont, USA
  	By Thomas Rowlee, JP, original certificate in the pension record of Mary Sheldon.
  Children	1. Israel Sheldon,   b. 1790,   d. Aft. 1830  (Age 41 years)   2. Mary "Polly" Sheldon,   b. 1794   3. Abigail "Nabby" Sheldon,   b. 1796   4. Thankful Maria Sheldon,   b. 1800   5. Jerusha Sheldon,   b. 1803, Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA ,   d. 9 Apr 1880, Shelburne, Chittenden, Vermont, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F2597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1760 - Massachusetts, USA Military - Apr 1776 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Military - 5 Apr 1777 - Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Married - 15 Apr 1782 - Danby, Rutland, Vermont, USA Residence - 1790 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Residence - 9 Jul 1792 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Residence - 1802 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Residence - 1804 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Residence - 1805 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Residence - 1806 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Residence - 1807 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Residence - 1810 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Military - 27 Apr 1818 - Chittenden County, Vermont, USA Residence - 1820 - Charlotte, Chittenden, Vermont, USA Died - 11 May 1829 - Huntington, Chittenden, Vermont, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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