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Godfrey Sheldon
b.Cal 1599
d.Bef 3 Apr 1670
Facts and Events
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1 Godfrey Sheldon, in Noyes, Sybil; Charles Thornton Libby; and Walter Goodwin Davis. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. (Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939)
627.
"Godfrey (Sheldon), planter, Scarboro, … on 19 July 1660 Jocelyn leased 100 a. to G. S., sr., the deed mentioning G.'s dwg. and a great willow tree right ag. The dwg. of Giles Roberts. … Will (aged ±65), 13 Mar. 1663-4─3 apr. 1670, gives equally to w. Alice and s. William (exec.), he to have all eventually, pay £4 to br., 10s. to each sis. and to his w. Rebecca, and 5s. to Rebecca's br. Samuel -Scarlett- who wit. With Jocelyn. Aft. he d., neighbors depos. he wanted William to rememb. little Frank Small."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Godfrey Sheldon, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
4:69.
"Godfrey (Sheldon), Scarborough 1660, had William, and John, and d. 1671 [1670]. He was aged 65 when he made his will of 13 Mar. 1664. Most of his prop. he gave to s. William, and his w. Alice, with charge to pay small sums to his br. John, ea. of his sis. as also to testator's [William's] w. Rebecca (therefore prob. not mo. of his s.) and to her br. Samuel Scarlet."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Pope, Charles Henry. The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660. (Boston, Mass: Charles H Pope, 1908)
187.
"Sheldon, Shellden, Godfrey, planter, Black Point. He made will 13 March, 1663-4, ae. about 65 years; beq. to wife; to eldest son William and his wife Rebecca; to son John and to 'daughters.' Prob. 3 April, 1670. Gyles Roberts, in his will in 1666, calls William Sheldon his son in law."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Court Records, E, 46, in Sargent, William M. (William Mitchell), and Maine) Maine Historical Society (Portland. Maine Wills, 1640-1760. (Portland, Me.: Brown Thurston, 1887)
1:20.
I Godfrey Shelden of the Town of Scarborrough alias Bla: Poynt Planter aged sixty fiue or yrabouts being of Prfect memory doe by these make & appoynt my last will & testament in manner & forme following/
1: Ips: I bequeath my soul to god that gaue it/ my body to ye earth from whence It was taken, & to bee decently buried/ all my worldly goods & estate I giue as followeth/
21y I give vnto my Elldest sun william Shellden the one halfe of my goods within doores & with out, & the halfe of my Land & houseing, forth with to Inioy to him his heyres or assignes, and the other halfe after my decease I give vnto my wife Alce dureing her naturall life, both goods lands & houseing, & after her decease to my sd Elldest sunn William, who I appoynt my executor & order him to pay vnto his brother John Shellden foure pounds, & to each of his sisters tenn shillings, & give vnto his wife Rebeccah Tenn shillings, and vnto her brother Samll Scarlett I giue fiue shillings, & I order out of the halfe part of Land housing & goods I reserve to my selfe & wife the charge of my burijng, debts & Legacys, abouesd, being payd to Confirme the treuth here of, I do here vnto subscribe & sett my hand, this thirteenth of March 166¾
The Marke of Godfrey Shellden
Witnesseth Hene: Jocelyn/ The marke of Samll Scadlocke/ x
Sworn to 3 April 1670; recorded 5th of ____ 1671:"
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