Jeremiah Sheffield
1801 - 1874 (72 years)-
Name Jeremiah Sheffield Born 1 Dec 1801 Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA 
[1] Gender Male Died 9 Jul 1874 Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI [1] Buried Hickory Grove Cemetery, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI Person ID I11633 Sorensen-Remington Family Tree Last Modified 7 Aug 2018
Father Elisha or John Sheffield Mother Martha Remington, b. 1782, Hancock, Berkshire Co., MA , d. Aug 1828, Mannsville or Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY (Age 46 years) Married Abt 1801 Notes - Berkshire Probate Court records show that Martha Remington was married to and divorced from Elisha Sheffield. However, her son's death record names his father as John Sheffield. She may have married John, then he died, and Elisha married her.
Family ID F03756 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Gardner Smith, b. 17 Nov 1803, MA , d. 26 Jul 1898, Spring Prairie, Walworth Co., WI (Age 94 years) Married 1823 [1] Children 1. Oscar Smith Sheffield, b. 12 Feb 1824, Mannsville, Jefferson Co., NY , d. 23 Jan 1916 (Age 91 years)2. Cordelia Sheffield, b. 9 Apr 1826, d. 1828 (Age 1 years) 3. Martha Elizabeth Sheffield, b. 7 Jun 1828, NY , d. Aft 1 Jun 1880 (Age > 52 years)4. Hannah Janette Sheffield, b. 30 May 1830, d. 1844 (Age 13 years) 5. Daniel Jeremiah Sheffield, b. 1 Mar 1833 6. Celestia Annette Sheffield, b. 1 Nov 1839, NY Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 Family ID F04548 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - In the 1850 Federal Census, Jeremiah & Hannah are living at Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY, with their four children; two others have died by then. Jeremiah is a farmer, age 48. His son Oscar, age 26, is shown as a merchant, while Daniel, 18, is "farming." The family is next door to Allen & Palmyra Remington and their two children, Lois 17 & Oscar 13. Even though he is younger, Allen Remington age 46 is actually Jeremiah's uncle, youngest brother of Jeremiah's mother, Martha (Remington) Sheffield.
On 1 April 1860, Jeremiah & Hannah signed a deed selling a parcel of land to Gardner Marsh, Jr. This deed was written and witnessed by Edmund Remington, Justice of the Peace, and was recorded by the town clerk on 17 May 1860 at 2 PM. Edmund Remington was Jeremiah's first cousin, being a son of Jonathan Remington, brother of Jeremiah's mother Martha. The land defined in the deed had been previously bought by Martha (Remington) Sheffield on 8 March 1825, from the Wardwells and the Manns. It consisted of 71 acres, and was purchased by Martha for $599.60. When she died in August 1828, Jeremiah took possession of this land, and lived on it with his family from that time until he sold it in 1860. (A copy of this deed is recorded at Jefferson County, NY, Deed Book 142, pp. 335 & 336; a photocopy of these pages was kindly furnished by Mary Jones of Graeagle, CA, a descendant).
- In the 1850 Federal Census, Jeremiah & Hannah are living at Ellisburgh, Jefferson Co., NY, with their four children; two others have died by then. Jeremiah is a farmer, age 48. His son Oscar, age 26, is shown as a merchant, while Daniel, 18, is "farming." The family is next door to Allen & Palmyra Remington and their two children, Lois 17 & Oscar 13. Even though he is younger, Allen Remington age 46 is actually Jeremiah's uncle, youngest brother of Jeremiah's mother, Martha (Remington) Sheffield.
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Sources - [S012821] Walworth County Historical Society, copy of family group and death record, Copied and provided by Mary Jones, a descendant.
- [S012821] Walworth County Historical Society, copy of family group and death record, Copied and provided by Mary Jones, a descendant.