Isaac Sheldon
A first settler of Northampton, Massachusetts. As Savage has it, he was at Windsor about 1640, married Mary, daughter of Thomas Woodford of Hartford, in 1653 and moved with his father-in-law to Northampton about 1655; he married again in 1685 and died there in 1708, aged 79. Probably the father of Joseph Sheldon of Suffield, and father of Hannah, who married Samuel Chapin, son of Japhet.
Life
- c. 1629Bornc. 1629
Aged 79 at his death (Savage).
compiledprobable - 1653Married Mary Woodford1653compiledprobable
- 1685Married Mehitable Gunn1685compiledprobable
- 1708
Family
- Parents
- Spouse 1
- Mary Woodfordcompiledprobable
1 child
- Spouse 2
- Mehitable Gunn
Daughter of Thomas Gunn and the divorced wife of David Ensign; mother of Jonathan Sheldon (b. 1687).
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Pedigree
Notes
Father of Joseph Sheldon, and a first settler of Northampton. Savage has him at Windsor about 1640: “in 1653 he m. Mary, d. of Thomas Woodford of Hartford, had Mary, b. 1654; rem. with his f.-in-law and sett. at Northampton a. 1655, had Isaac, 4 Sept. 1656; John, 5 Dec. 1658; Thomas, 6 Aug. 1661; Ruth and Thankful, tw. 27 Aug. 1663; Mindwell, 24 Feb. 1666; Joseph, 1 Feb. 1668; Hannah, 29 June 1670; Eleazer, 4 Aug. 1672, wh. d. at six mos.; Samuel, 9 Nov. 1675; Ebenezer, 1 Mar. 1678; and Mercy, wh. d. but few days old, 24 Feb. 1682; and his w. d. 17 Apr. 1684.” He married again in 1685, had a son Jonathan in 1687, “and d. 27 July 1708, aged 79, when twelve of his ch. were liv.” (source). His daughter Hannah married in 1690 Samuel Chapin of Springfield, a son of Japhet Chapin.
Research: research/hatten/Browne_Chapin_Cumins.md.
Open questions
- His parents and English origin are not researched here.