Caleb Sheldon 1746 Re: George A. Sheldon and Sarah Avery
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Re: George A. Sheldon and Sarah Avery
Bruce Robertson 9/29/09
Thanks to a descendant of George A. Sheldon (1810 Montreal) and Sarah Jane Acheson, I was able to look for and find a baptismal record for George A. Sheldon as one of the five children of George Sheldon and Betsy Westover baptized on December 24, 1819 in St Gabriel (Presbyterian) Church in Montreal.
I have then found many references to Dr. Robert Sheldon in that same Druin Collection in Montreal as his children with wife Achsah French were either baptized or buried.I kept wondering if Dr. Robert Sheldon could be a brother of the elder George Sheldon.
Then I found a burial record for Isaac Sheldon in 1819 in Iberville, Quebec with signatures of his three brothers bracketed in the record, Henry, Robert and George Sheldon.
I did a Google search for Dr. Robert Sheldon and found a genealogy quoting from the genealogy of Aaron Denio that listed a genealogy for Dr. Robert Sheldon.Robert was a son of Caleb Sheldon (baptized 1746) and Dorothy Denio, daughter of Aaron Denio.Among the children of Caleb and Dorothy are not only Robert but Isaac, George and Henry.George's birthdate was November 2, 1782.I had estimated George's birthyear as 1783 from his age at marriage in St. Gabriel Church in 1808.
Now I've found the actual book on the genealogy of Aaron Denio and on page 96, it lists George Sheldon the elder, child of Caleb Sheldon and Dorothy Denio and lists his children with Betsy Westover, though a bit confused.George A. Sheldon and the siblings baptized with him in 1819 are all listed.
Then on page 143, George's son George is listed with 4 children.Arthur is left out but it lists a daughter who married a Miller (Martha E. Sheldon).It also gives Levi Sheldon, a brother I just recently discovered who stayed in Orford, NH his whole life and whose death record lists George A. Sheldon and Sarah Avery as his parents.And Henry Sheldon is also listed as a Civil War veteran.So this is clearly the same family.
Caleb Sheldon baptized 1746 is listed (in A History of Bernardston, MA by Lucy Kellogg) as a son of Abner Stebbins Sheldon, born November 22, 1721 in Deerfield, MA, son of Lieutenant Ebenezer Sheldon and Thankful Barnard.Ebenezer Sheldon was born November 15, 1691 in Deerfield, MA to John Sheldon and Hannah Stebbins.Ebenezer was carried away in an Indian raid in which his mother was killed.The door of that Sheldon house was preserved in Deerfield as the door to "The Old Indian House."
John Sheldon is listed as born in 1658 to Isaac Sheldon and Mary Woodford.Isaac Sheldon is listed as born in 1629 to Isaac Sheldon.
So this should finally qualify me for the Sheldon Family Association once we are able to actually verify my work.
Sandy Sheldon Gianni
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