Capt. Jonathan Sheldon, Sr.

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About Capt. Jonathan Sheldon, Sr.

Moved from Northampton to Suffield in 1723 and built the Captain Johnathan Sheldon house, the oldest house in Suffield. He was a soldier in the French and Indian Wars.

Captain Jonathan Sheldon owned about 1,100 acres of the choice land at Suffield and settled each of his six sons on farms along a road named Sheldon Street.

!TOMBSTONE READS: IN MEMORY OF: CAPT JONATHAN SHELDON & CONSORT. He died 11 Apr 1769, aged 82 years. She died 11 Jan 1768, aged 80 years. Parents, Grand Parents & Great Grand Parents of 166. !THE HAPPY PAIR--In Love they liv'd, in Peace they died--The various Scenes their graces tri'd; Their Faith, their patience, and their Love--Have took their flight to realms above; They ran the round of threescore years--in happy harmony; And this engrav'd upon this stone--In gratefull Memory.

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Capt. Jonathan Sheldon, Sr.'s Timeline

1687
May 29, 1687
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1700
1700
Simsbury, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1709
November 4, 1709
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
1711
April 13, 1711
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
April 13, 1711
Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
1713
1713
1713
Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
1714
April 18, 1714
Northampton, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
April 18, 1714
Northampton,Hampshire,Massachusetts,USA