Sheldon, Godfrey

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BIRTH: No birth rec found. Date of birth is calculated from his statement that he was "aged sixty-five or thereabouts" in his will of 13 Mar1663/4, below. Godfrey married in Bakewell, Derbys, but his ancestry is unknown. Another Sheldon family of Bakewell is presented by J. Gardner Bartlett, NEHGR, 80(1926):367 (FHL #974 B2ne). This family produced the immigrant Isaac Sheldon of Windsor, Conn. Godfrey and Isaac are no doubt related, but the relationship is unknown at this time.
MAR: Bakewell par reg (FHL #1041679). Par reg is in poor condition; only mar year is legible. For complete date, see Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis, GENEALOGICAL DICTIONARY OF MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE (Portland, ME, 1928-39; repr Baltimore, 1979), 627 (FHL #974D2s).
DEATH: No death rec found. See the will of Godfrey Sheldon of Scarborough, 13 Mar 1663/4, proved 3 Apr 1671 (PROVINCE AND COURT RECORDS OF MAINE, 6 vols. [Portland, ME, 1928-75], 2:423-24 [FHL #974.1 P2p]).
OCC: Planter

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BES: IGI

Godfrey married Frost, Alice on 11 Mar 1620/1621 in Bakewell,Derbys,Eng. Alice was born about 1601 in of Bakewell,Derbys,Eng; died after 13 Mar 1663/1664. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sheldon, William was christened on 5 Feb 1622/1623 in Bakewell,Derbys,Eng; died on 2 Dec 1691 in Salem,Essex,MA.
2. Sheldon, Abraham was christened on 28 Nov 1624 in Bakewell,Derbys,Eng; was buried on 13 Dec 1645 in Bakewell,Derbys,Eng.
3. Sheldon, (stillborn) was born in Oct 1626 in Bakewell,Derbys,Eng; was buried on 26 Oct 1626 in Bakewell,Derbys,Eng.
4. Sheldon, John was born about 1628 in Bakewell,Derbys,Eng; died on 24 May 1690 in Billerica,Middlesex,MA; was buried in Old South Cemetery,Billerica,Middlesex,MA.
5. Sheldon, (unknown) was born about 1630 in England; died before 25 Jan 1666/1667 in Scarborough,Cumberland,ME.
6. Sheldon, (unknown) was born about 1632 in England.