Sheldon, John

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BIRTH: No birth/chr rec found. John is identified in the will of his father, 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]). Date and place of birth are approximations. It is stated that John was baptized at Bakewell, 8 May 1628, in 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 #974 D2s). However, this chr was not found in a search of the par reg.
MAR: Edward F. Johnson, ed, WOBURN RECORDS, 8 vols. (Boston, 1890-1916), 3:250 (FHL #974.44/W3 V2j). Entry states mar occurred at Billerica. Wife is called Mary Thompson, widow. She is apparently the widow of Simon Thompson who died at Woburn in May 1658. Simon Thompson and Mary Converse were married at Woburn, 19 Dec 1643 (Ibid, 3:275).
DEATH: VITAL RECORDS OF BILLERICA (Boston, 1908), 393 (FHL #974.44/B1 V2v). Aged about 63 yrs.
BUR: Ibid.

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BAPT/ENDW: TIB (FHL #1263386-R).
SEAL P: FGRA
SEAL S: IGI

John married CONVERSE, Mary on 1 Feb 1659 in Billerica,Middlesex,MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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BIRTH: Date and place of birth are approximations.
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 #974 D2s).
DEATH: No death rec found. Alice was living on the date of her husband's will.

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BES: IGI