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

1672 - 1737  (65 years)

• Name	Ephraim Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Sr
  Born	1672
  	Gave his age as about 20 during the Salem witch trials in 1692
  Gender	Male
  Sheldon Magazine	Ephraim #151
  _DNA	Group A2 (Godfrey) - tester through son Lemuel
  Died	1737	Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I412363636478	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	William Sheldon,   b. Jan 1622, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England ,   d. 2 Dec 1691, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Scarlett,   b. Abt. 1625,   d. 1720, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 95 years)
  Married	Abt. 1650
  	In his father's William, Godfrey mentions the wife of his son William as Rebecca, and her brother Scarlet.
  Family ID	F432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane Peard,   b. Abt. 1675
  Married	30 Apr 1694	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 3]
  Children	1. William Sheldon,   b. 13 Jan 1694, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   2. Rebecca Sheldon,   b. 20 May 1697, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   3. Ephraim Sheldon, Jr,   b. 13 Jun 1699, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   4. Lemuel Sheldon,   b. 15 Sep 1701, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 1754, Mount Holly, Burlington, New Jersey, USA  (Age 52 years)   5. Hepsibah Sheldon,   b. 1 Sep 1703, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 3 May 1724, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 20 years)   6. Nathaniel Sheldon,   b. 13 Feb 1706, Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   7. Israel Sheldon,   b. 6 Aug 1709, Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   8. Stephen Sheldon,   b. 22 Sep 1711, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   9. Benjamin Sheldon,   b. 28 Feb 1715, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   10. Lydia Sheldon,   b. 29 Dec 1717, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F2176	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Fenner,   b. Abt. 1690
  Children	1. Hepsibah Sheldon,   b. 8 Sep 1726, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 26 May 1730, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 3 years)   2. Amos Sheldon,   b. 8 Apr 1728, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   3. John Sheldon,   b. 11 Mar 1730, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA   4. Skelton Sheldon,   b. 11 Aug 1732, Attleboro, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F1667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 30 Apr 1694 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Died - 1737 - Scituate, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1620604646] Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S1616179887] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. [S1622886143] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), New England Historical Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vitals to 1850. [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine, 1855. Page 2r: Ephraim #151, son of William #9 [actually William #14]; Page 2: married Jane, parents of Ephraim and Nathaniel? [S1665410957] SFA Card Files, SFA (Sheldon Family Association), SFA Card Files.