James Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]}

1777 - 1859  (82 years)

• Name	James Sheldon  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  Born	6 Feb 1777	Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA   [1, 5, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Sheldon Magazine	James #1456 "Monroe, Mass."
  Residence	27 Aug 1850	Monroe, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   [8]
  	Census: "James Sheldon", 73, farmer, $500 real estate, with wife and son.
  Buried	Feb 1859	Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont, USA   [9]
  Died	6 Feb 1859	Monroe, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA   [5, 9]
  Person ID	I412533316197	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Ezra Sheldon,   b. 7 Nov 1750, Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
  Mother	Abigail Reed,   b. Salisbury
  Married	4 Jul 1776  [2]
  Family ID	F1844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah "Sally" Kingsbury,   b. 1776, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 2 Apr 1851, Monroe, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Married	8 Jan 1797	Bethlehem Village, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  	"At the home of Joseph Kingsbury in Bethlehem by Rev. Mr. Avery. Witnesses Jabez Kingsbury and Denison Kingsbury"
  Children	1. William Sheldon,   b. 18 Nov 1797, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1800, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age 2 years)   2. Elizabeth "Betsey" Sheldon,   b. 4 May 1799, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1800, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age 1 years)   3. Esther Sheldon,   b. 6 Feb 1801, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 19 Mar 1809, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age 8 years)   4. William Osmand Sheldon,   b. 29 Nov 1802, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 8 Jan 1878, Monroe, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 75 years)   5. Hiram Granger Sheldon,   b. 18 Jan 1805, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 5 Jan 1892, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 86 years)   6. Mary Caroline Sheldon,   b. 7 Aug 1807, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 3 Mar 1808, Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA  (Age 0 years)   7. son Sheldon,   b. 1808,   d. 1808  (Age 0 years)   8. James Kingsbury Sheldon,   b. 10 Jan 1810, Connecticut, USA ,   d. 20 Nov 1889, Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont, USA  (Age 79 years)   9. Esther Caroline Sheldon,   b. 1812,   d. 23 July 1871, Wauconda, Lake, Illinois, USA  (Age 59 years)   10. son Sheldon,   b. 1814   11. Henry Sydney Sheldon,   b. 1816,   d. 12 Jun 1872, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F1845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Feb 1777 - Salisbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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