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Elizabeth (Lee) Sheldon (abt. 1670 - 1758)

Elizabeth Sheldon formerly Lee aka Pratt
Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 10 Mar 1692 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticutmap
Wife of — married 20 Apr 1708 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticutmap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 88 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticutmap
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Biography

Elizabeth Lee was born about 1670.[1][2]

She married Daniel Pratt on 10 Mar 1691/92. at Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.[3] He died at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1703.[4]

Second, the widow Elizabeth Pratt married John Sheldon on 20 Apr 1708 at Hartford.[5][4]

Elizabeth Sheldon died on 4 May 1758 at the age of 89[1] and is buried in the Center Church Graveyard, Hartford.[2][6]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 First Church of Christ (Hartford, Conn. Historical catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885 ... [Hartford] Pub. by the Church, 1885. Page 265. Image copy accessed a HathiTrust on 5 Feb 2017. Page 265
    1758 4 May: "The Aged Wido Elizabeth Sheldon -- AE 89"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Barbour, Lucius Barnes. Families Of Early Hartford, Conn. (The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977) Page 519
  3. Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Hartford, Page 255
  4. 4.0 4.1 Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. Vol. 2, Page 1222
    PRATT, Daniel (-1703) & Elizabeth LEE, m/2 John SHELDON 1708; 10 Mar 1691/2; Hartford {Reg. 13:344; Goodwin-Morgan 1:19; Warner (1919) 39; Stevens-Miller 406; Hartford Prob. 2:103}
  5. Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Hartford, Page 286
  6. Burial List, Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground, Center Church (First Church of Christ in Hartford) Elizabeth
    Shows burial on 6 May 1758: "The Mother of John Sheldon (the aged widow Elizabeth)"




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