Lortz Family Tree » Godfrey Sheldon (1599-1671)
Personal data Godfrey Sheldon
Source 1Sources 2, 3, 4, 5- He was born in the year 1599 in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England.Sources 4, 5
- Resident: Maine.Source 3
- (Arrival) in the year 1660 in America.Source 2
- He died on April 30, 1671 in Scarboro, York, Maine, United States, he was 72 years old.
- A child of Arthur Sheldon and Barbara Stone
Household of Godfrey Sheldon
He is married to Alice Frost.
They got married on March 11, 1620 at Bakewell, Derbyshire, England, he was 21 years old.Sources 4, 6
Child(ren):
- William Sheldon 1622-1691
- William Sheldon 1622-1690
- Converse Sheldon 1623-1623
- Converse 1623-1623
- Abraham Sheldon 1624-1645
- ANNE SHELDON 1625-1716
- John Sheldon 1626-1626
- John Sheldon 1628-1690
- Sarah Sheldon 1632-1667
- Rudolphus Sheldon 1632-1645
- Elizabeth Sheldon 1633-1667
- DeStaffo Sheldon 1638-????
- Ralph Sheldon 1640-????
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Sources
- Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=44120712&pid=5069
/ Ancestry.com - Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: America; Year: 1660; Page Number: 261 / Ancestry.com
- Maine Pioneers, 1623-60, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1014.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DH1 / Ancestry.com
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. / Ancestry.com
- Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., Birth year: 1610; Birth city: Blackpoint; Birth state: ME / Ancestry.com
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Day of marriage March 11, 1620
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- In the year 1620: Source: Wikipedia
- August 1 » Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
- September 6 » The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
- September 16 » Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.
- September 17 » Polish–Ottoman War: The Ottoman Empire defeats the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Battle of Cecora.
- November 9 » Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sight land at Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- November 11 » The Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod.
Day of death April 30, 1671
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- In the year 1671: Source: Wikipedia
- January 28 » Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) was destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
- April 30 » Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
- May 9 » Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
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- 1672 » Marie of the Incarnation, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (b. 1599)
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