Family:Isaac Sheldon and Mehitabel Gunn (1)
Parents: Ralph Sheldon and Barbara Stone
Isaac Sheldon
b. Abt 1629 Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
d. 27 Jul 1708 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Parents: Thomas Gunn and Elizabeth Unknown
Mehitabel Gunn
b. 28 Jul 1644 Windsor, Connecticut, United States
d. 30 Jan 1720/21 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
m. Bef 1687
Facts and Events
Marriage[1] Bef 1687 Estimate based on date of birth of only known child.
Children
BirthDeath
1.
Captain Jonathan Sheldon
29 May 1687 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
10 Apr 1769 West Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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Isaac Sheldon's first wife Mary Woodford died in April of 1684; his marriage to Mehitable (Gunn) Ensign took place after that date and before May 29, 1687, when their only child Jonathan Sheldon was born. (See note on David Ensign.)

In his will, Isaac left "what is due me in Hartford from my sons in law James and Thomas Ensigne to be her (Mehitable's) absolute dispose forever." Ref: Will of Isaac Sheldon, Page 188 volume 3, Hampshire County Probate Court Records. (A photocopy and typed transcription is available from S.F.A. Publications.)

References
  1. ↑ Isaac Sheldon (1), in Trumbull, James Russell. History of Northampton : Northampton Genealogies, 1640-1838. (Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States: n.p., bef 1899)
    427.

    "Isaac Sheldon (1) … Mehetabel Ensign: his wife 2nd.; m. 1685; of Hartford; who had obtained a divorce from her husband, David Ensign, on account of his adulteries. She was a daughter of Thomas Gun of Windsor and Westfield"

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