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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Amelia E. Sheldon was born Abt 1808 (daughter of Christopher Sheldon and Amelia Holmes).

    Amelia — Samuel E. Allen. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Christopher Sheldon was born 1784 (son of Remington Sheldon and Huldah Greene); died 18 Sep 1846, Athens, OH.

    Christopher married Amelia Holmes 5 Dec 1807, Providence, RI. Amelia (daughter of Chandler Holmes and Amelia Potter) was born Abt 1791, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Amelia Holmes was born Abt 1791, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT (daughter of Chandler Holmes and Amelia Potter).
    Children:
    1. 1. Amelia E. Sheldon was born Abt 1808.
    2. Chandler H. Sheldon was born Abt 1809; died 10 Feb 1827; was buried , Pawtuxet Burial Yard, Post Road, Warwick, RI.
    3. Rosanna Sheldon was born Abt 1811, RI; died Aft 1 Jun 1870.
    4. George Henry Sheldon was born Abt 1812, Warwick, RI; died 6 Oct 1884, Havana, AL; was buried , Havana, AL.
    5. Charles A. Sheldon was born Abt 1815, RI; died Aft 1 Jun 1850.
    6. Christopher Remington Sheldon was born Abt 1824, RI or CT.
    7. Albert Lewis Sheldon was born Abt 1829, Pawtuxet, RI; died 7 Jun 1833, Pawtuxet, RI.
    8. Huldah Sheldon was born Abt 1830.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Remington Sheldon was born 22 Aug 1753, Providence, RI (son of Christopher Sheldon and Rosanna Arnold); died 17 Dec 1829, Pawtuxet, RI; was buried , Pawtuxet Burial Yard, Post Rd., Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    "Remmenton Shelding," "Parden Shelding," and "Isrel Shelding" are all listed in the 1777 RI Military Census as living at Providence.

    Remington married Huldah Greene Abt 1778. Huldah (daughter of Stephen Greene and Mary Rhodes) was born Abt 1758, Pawtuxet, RI; died 14 Oct 1822, Pawtuxet, RI; was buried , Pawtuxet Burial Yard, Post Rd., Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Huldah Greene was born Abt 1758, Pawtuxet, RI (daughter of Stephen Greene and Mary Rhodes); died 14 Oct 1822, Pawtuxet, RI; was buried , Pawtuxet Burial Yard, Post Rd., Warwick, RI.

    Notes:

    From the records of the First Baptist Church of Providence, RI: Mrs. Hulda Sheldon Aug. 4,1793, B (baptized?) Nov. 16,1806, L (letter?) to Pawtuxet ch.; W. of Remington.

    Children:
    1. Joseph Sheldon was born 1780, RI; died 23 Oct 1864; was buried , Pawtuxet Burial Yard, Post Rd., Warwick, RI.
    2. Mary "Polly" Sheldon was born 3 May 1782, Pawtuxet Village, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; died 2 Mar 1862, Thomasville, GA.
    3. 2. Christopher Sheldon was born 1784; died 18 Sep 1846, Athens, OH.
    4. Stephen R. Sheldon was born 1786, Pawtuxet, RI; died 14 Oct 1813, Richmond, VA.
    5. George Sheldon was born 1789, RI; died 13 Dec 1879, RI.
    6. Thomas Sheldon was born 1791, Cranston, RI; died 19 Jan 1817, St. Pierre, Martinique.
    7. Lydia Sheldon was born 1794.
    8. Israel Sheldon was born 1797, Cranston, RI; died 23 Sep 1884, Orange, NJ.
    9. Pardon Sheldon was born 26 Jul 1801, Pawtuxet, RI; died 15 May 1849, Pawtuxet, RI; was buried , Pawtuxet Burial Yard, Post Rd., Warwick, RI.

  3. 6.  Chandler Holmes was born Abt 1764, Woodstock, CT.

    Chandler — Amelia Potter. Amelia was born Abt 1767. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Amelia Potter was born Abt 1767.
    Children:
    1. Martha "Patty" Holmes was born 28 Nov 1789, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT; died 15 Aug 1860, Pawtuxet, RI.
    2. 3. Amelia Holmes was born Abt 1791, Woodstock, Windham Co., CT.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Christopher Sheldon was born 18 Feb 1731/32, Providence, RI (son of Joseph Sheldon and Lydia Arnold); died 14 Nov 1799, Providence, RI; was buried , North Burial Ground, Providence, RI.

    Notes:

    Christopher Sheldon was one of the men involved in the buring of the British ship Gaspee (http://gaspee.org/GaspeeRaiders.htm).

    Christopher Sheldon is mentioned as a friend in the will of Stephen Remington who died in 1786. Stephen's will also mentions Christopher's five children. Stephen was married to Christopher's aunt, Mercy Mary Sheldon.

    Christopher and his wife Rosanna were first cousins.

    The following notes are excerpted from the web site site gaspee.org (see URL above):

    "Christopher Sheldon . . . owner of the Sheldon Wharf in Providence, participated in rebellious action of June 10, 1772 which captured and burned the British revenue boat "Gaspee" at Gaspee point in Narragansett Bay."

    "On the night of June 10th, 1772 Christopher Sheldon had joined 8 rowboats full of Providence men who made their way with muffled oars to his majesty's ship Gaspee, sent to enforce the stamp act, and burned her."

    "As a youth and young man Christopher was born into a family intertwined with many of the other area families by marriage since Providence was a town of about 4,000 individuals. At least two of these were the Tillinghast and the Fenner families, both well known locally. His father was Town Treasurer for many years and, according to Chase, Providence houses, 1779, had built a sizable house near the still standing warehouse on South Main Street. His mother, the former Mary Greene, died when he was only twelve. His father remarried and Christopher became a part of a large family." [Don't think this is accurate -- perhaps the second wife was Mary Greene. I believe the first wife was Lydia Arnold, d/o Israel Arnold.]

    "Sometime prior to the French and Indian War time period he began working for the Brown family mercantile interests and served as a Master on several of their ships which career he continued for much of the rest of his time as a seaman. During the French and Indian War, he functioned as a privateer on two Brown ships, both of which were captured in 1764, the snow, Dolphin and the schooner, Rosanna. After that time he worked with the Brown family in more 'normal' maritime efforts as master of the brig, George, ( 1767-1771) which sailed between Providence and Paramaribo, Surinam for Nicholas Brown & Co. One record that Irving Sheldon discovered was a bill for carrying a French captain to Antigua. A Rhode Island privateer had captured this gentleman, and this was a step in returning the captain to French territory. For his services, Christopher billed the Colony."

    "In mid 1772 at the time of the Gaspee raid, Captain Christopher Sheldon was 40 years old and Captain Joseph Tillinghast (a known Gaspee Raider and longboat captain) was 38. Probably both would have known John Mawney, the 'physician' on the Gaspee raid since Tillinghast eventually married Mawney

    Christopher married Rosanna Arnold 7 Jan 1753, Providence, RI. Rosanna (daughter of Israel Arnold, III and Mary Rhodes) was born Abt 1733; died 5 Nov 1766; was buried , North Burial Ground, Providence, RI. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Rosanna Arnold was born Abt 1733 (daughter of Israel Arnold, III and Mary Rhodes); died 5 Nov 1766; was buried , North Burial Ground, Providence, RI.
    Children:
    1. 4. Remington Sheldon was born 22 Aug 1753, Providence, RI; died 17 Dec 1829, Pawtuxet, RI; was buried , Pawtuxet Burial Yard, Post Rd., Warwick, RI.
    2. Israel Sheldon was born 7 Sep 1755; died 5 May 1792, Cape Tubeworm, Hispaniola, West Indies; was buried , North Burial Ground, Providence, RI.
    3. Lydia Sheldon was born 11 Sep 1757, Providence, RI; died 18 Jan 1792.
    4. Mary Polly Sheldon was born 4 Mar 1761; died 16 Jan 1790.
    5. Rosanna Sheldon was born 2 May 1763; died 1789.

  3. 10.  Stephen Greene was born Abt 1730.

    Stephen married Mary Rhodes 24 Oct 1754. Mary (daughter of Malachi Rhodes, III and Deborah Wightman) was born 19 Jan 1731/32, Warwick, RI. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Mary Rhodes was born 19 Jan 1731/32, Warwick, RI (daughter of Malachi Rhodes, III and Deborah Wightman).
    Children:
    1. 5. Huldah Greene was born Abt 1758, Pawtuxet, RI; died 14 Oct 1822, Pawtuxet, RI; was buried , Pawtuxet Burial Yard, Post Rd., Warwick, RI.