Person:Nicholas Sheldon (11)

BIOGRAPHY: New England Ancestry of Susan Alma Cook (1866 - 1934) Researched and Compiled by Philip R. Bunnelle Santa Clara, California 1998 Page 64 112 Nicholas Sheldon, Jr. son of Nicholas and Abigail (Tillinghast) Sheldon.

  Nicholas was born in Providence, RI, in 1694. Evidence indicates he married his first cousin Penelope Arnold. He probably lived in that part of Providence which was set off as Cranston in 1754.
  The 1774 Rhode Island census shows a Nicholas Sheldon heading a household of 3 in Cranston. He is shown in 1777 Military census as aged 60+ and in the 1782 state census is the Nicholas Sheldon heading a household of six.
  He died at Cranston 9 March 1787, aged 93. His will dated 3 March 1787 was proved 24 March 1787. Calling him of Cranston, yeoman, far advanced in years, it mentions: son Nicholas and Stephen, both of whom have unnamed children. Daughters Sarah Waterman, wife of Benjamin, Hannah Henry, wife of Caleb, Mary Colvin, wife of George, & ____Congdon, first wife of Ephraim Congdon. Grandchildren of Ephraim Congdon by his first wife my daughter. Witnesses: Thomas Hazard, Thomas Sarle, Nehemiah Knight.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Abstracts of Cranston Wills, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman)
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   Nicholas Sheldon of Cranston, yeoman, far advanced in years. Will dated 3 Mar 1787, proved 24 Mar 1787, pps. 509-512.
   Sons: Nicholas and Stephen who both have unnamed children.
   Daughters: Sarah Waterman wife of Benjamin Waterman, Hannah Henry wife of Caleb Henry, Mary Colvin wife of George Colvin, & ____ Congdon first wife of Ephraim Congdon.
   Grandchildren children of Ephraim Congdon by his first wife my daughter.
   Witnesses: Thomas Hazard, Thomas Sarle, Nehemiah Knight.