Israel Sheldon

M, b. circa 1760, d. 11 May 1829
     Israel Sheldon was born circa 1760 at USAB,G.1

     Israel Sheldon married Mary (?) on 15 April 1782 at Danby, Rutland, Vermont, USAB,G.2,3
     Israel Sheldon died on 11 May 1829 at Chittenden County, Vermont, USAB,G.4

Locations

Milit-Beg1776Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USAB,G, in the Massachusetts Militia company commanded by Captain Scott5,6
Milit-Svc5 April 1777served in the company commanded by Capt. Thomas Perchard in the 3rd Massachusetts Regiment [of] Colonel John Grayton [also spelled Greaton]7
Milit-End5 April 1789Peekskill, Westchester, New York, USAB,G, as a private, after serving in the Battle of Long Island and being captured during the battle of Fort Washington and confined on a prison ship at New York. He was in the battle of Bemas Heights at Saratoga and was in the taking of General Burgoyne's army5
Milit-Svc20 May 1818Supreme Court, Chittenden County, Vermont, USAB,G, submitted a Revolutionary Claim (pension application) under Act of Congress May 1 18208

Child of Israel Sheldon and Mary (?)

Unique ID=SHELD-41210
Last Edited=8 Aug 2019

Citations

  1. [S604] 1820 United States Federal Census (VT, Chittenden), Chittenden Co., Vermont, population schedule, Ancestry.com, (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/7734/), Israel Sheldon, Charlotte, Roll M33_127, p. 515 (image 8/9), image number 120; citing NARA microfilm roll M33_127.
  2. [S1018] "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files", database and images, National Archives and Records Administration, Fold3.com, URL https://www.fold3.com/title/467/revolutionary-war-pensions: 2008, record group 15, roll 2167; Israel Shelden, pension no. W26460, page 10, "...that the said Israel Sheldon enlisted into the Massachusetts continental line in the service of the United States some four or five years prior to her marriage to him...", page 11 "She further declares that she was married to the said Israel Sheldon on the 15th day of April, A. D. 1782 at Danby in the state of Vermont, by Thomas Rowlee, a Justice of the Peace in the County of Rutland...". Her own signature is attached., citing NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files.
  3. [S387] Alma Stewart and Betty Stewart, Family File, Henden, online n.p. (Eugene, Oregon), 1999.
  4. [S1018] "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files", database and images, National Archives and Records Administration, Fold3.com, URL https://www.fold3.com/title/467/revolutionary-war-pensions: 2008, record group 15, roll 2167; Israel Shelden, pension no. W26460, citing NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files.
  5. [S1018] "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files", database and images, National Archives and Records Administration, Fold3.com, URL https://www.fold3.com/title/467/revolutionary-war-pensions: 2008, record group 15, roll 2167; Israel Shelden, pension no. W26460, page 8, citing NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files.
  6. [S607] Anonymous, History of Chittenden County, Vermont : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1886), p. 547. Hereinafter cited as History of Chittenden County, Vermont.
  7. [S1018] "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files", database and images, National Archives and Records Administration, Fold3.com, URL https://www.fold3.com/title/467/revolutionary-war-pensions: 2008, record group 15, roll 2167; Israel Shelden, pension no. W26460, page 8; accessed 8 Aug 2019, citing NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files.
  8. [S1018] "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files", database and images, National Archives and Records Administration, Fold3.com, URL https://www.fold3.com/title/467/revolutionary-war-pensions: 2008, record group 15, roll 2167; Israel Shelden, pension no. W26460, page 10; accessed 8 Aug 2019, citing NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files.