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Hannah Sheldon (Stebbins)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Death: February 29, 1704 (43)
Deerfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Stebbins of Northampton and Ann Stebbins
Wife of Thomas Strong and Ensign John Sheldon
Mother of John Sheldon; Hannah Clark; Edward Sheldon; Mary Strong; Lt. Ebenezer Sheldon and 2 others
Sister of Thomas Stebbins; Anna Stebbins; Edward Stebbins; Benoni Stebbins; Samuel Stebbins and 4 others
Half sister of Abigail Phelps; Thomas Stebbins; Mary Strong; Sarah Hanchett; Joseph Stebbins and 5 others

Occupation: Killed during the Deefield, MA massacre
Managed by: Jack William Reed
Last Updated:

About Hannah Sheldon

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7558124&ref=wvr

She was killed by a shot through the door, while sitting upright in her bed, during the Deerfield Massacre of 29 February 1703/4.

First wife of John Sheldon, and daughter of John Stebbins and Abigail Bartlett Stebbins.

Family

From Lucius Barnes Barbour, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1977), p. 51

Their children

  1. John m Hannah Chapin
  2. Hannah m/1 Joseph Catlin m/2 Nathaniel Clark
  3. Mary m/1 Samuel Clapp m/2 Jonathan Stron
  4. Abigail dy
  5. Ebenezer m Thankful Barnard
  6. Rememberance m Hannah Drake
  7. Mercy (1701 - 1704) (not listed in Barbour)

GEDCOM Note

Died by Indians

GEDCOM Source

Heritage Consulting Millennium File Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2003;

GEDCOM Source

Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;

GEDCOM Source

Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; Birth year: 1664; Birth city: Northampton; Birth state: MA

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Hannah Sheldon's Timeline

1660
October 1, 1660
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1681
December 5, 1681
Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1684
August 9, 1684
Deerfield?, Franklin, Massachusetts
1687
July 24, 1687
Deerfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
1687
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
1691
November 15, 1691
Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
1693
February 21, 1693
Probably Deerfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts
1701
August 25, 1701
Deerfield?, Franklin, Massachusetts
1704
February 29, 1704
Age 43
Deerfield, Hampshire County, Province of Massachusetts