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Sheldon, Godfrey

Male Abt 1599 - 1671  (72 years)


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  • Name Sheldon, Godfrey  
    Born Abt 1599  of Bakewell,Derbys,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died (wp) 3 Apr 1671  Scarborough,Cumberland,ME Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 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

      ~LDS ORDINANCES
      BES: IGI
    Person ID I8373  Our Generations Ancestors
    Last Modified 30 Dec 1999 

    Family Frost, Alice,   b. Abt 1601, of Bakewell,Derbys,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 13 Mar 1663/1664  (Age > 63 years) 
    Married 11 Mar 1620/1621  Bakewell,Derbys,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sheldon, William,   c. 5 Feb 1622/1623, Bakewell,Derbys,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1691, Salem,Essex,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years)
     2. Sheldon, Abraham,   c. 28 Nov 1624, Bakewell,Derbys,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 13 Dec 1645, Bakewell,Derbys,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 21 years)
     3. Sheldon, (stillborn),   b. Oct 1626, Bakewell,Derbys,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 26 Oct 1626, Bakewell,Derbys,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     4. Sheldon, John,   b. Abt 1628, Bakewell,Derbys,Eng Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1690, Billerica,Middlesex,MA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    +5. Sheldon, (unknown),   b. Abt 1630, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 25 Jan 1666/1667, Scarborough,Cumberland,ME Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age < 37 years)
     6. Sheldon, (unknown),   b. Abt 1632, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F3709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart