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Ephraim Sheldon[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

Male 1746 - 1806  (60 years)

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  • Name Ephraim Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6] 
    Born 20 Jan 1746  Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Sheldon Magazine
    • Ephraim #149 "Lynnfield, Mass"
    Died 30 Dec 1806  Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I412412537751  Sheldon Family Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 

    Father Ephraim Sheldon,   b. 15 Aug 1719, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1792, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Lydia Gowing,   b. Abt. 1721, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Jul 1738  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Family ID F1316  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eunice Felch,   b. Abt. 1750 
    Married 9 Dec 1768  Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Hannah Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1780, Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 1858, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2025 
    Family ID F3220  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jan 1746 - Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Dec 1768 - Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Dec 1806 - Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1620604646] Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S1620604686] Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Family History Library; Salt Lake City, UT; Film # 0877736-0877737.

    3. [S1610400787] North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 064 : 1907.

    4. [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.

    5. [S1633432987] Geneanet Community Trees Index, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    6. [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine, 1855.
      Page 16: Ephraim #1537 "Lynnfield, Mass". This Ephraim was confused with his son, on the next page, 45r, instead of his wife Lydia Gowling and children - it showed his sons wife, Eunice Fitch, and children. So in our record both father and son are noted as Ephraim #1537

    7. [S1665410957] SFA Card Files, SFA (Sheldon Family Association), SFA Card Files.


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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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