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John Sheffield (abt. 1793 - aft. 1843)

John Sheffield
Born about in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , [half] and [half]
Husband of — married 10 Jan 1822 in St. John's Anglican, Cornwallis, Kings County, Nova Scotiamap
Father of and
Died after after about age 49 in Canning, Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotiamap
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Biography

John was born in 1793. He was the son of Stephen Sheffield and Rachel Cunnabell. He passed away in 1844.

John married Asenath Wells, daughter of John Wells and Prudence Eaton on Nov 12, 1822 at St. John's Anglican Church, Cornwallis Township, Kings, NS. The record of marriage is on a loose note signed by John Sheffield, Canning, NS, March 18th, 1839 in his own hand [2] John's parents "Stephen Sheffield and Rachel his wife" are recorded, as are Asenath's parents, "John Wells and Prudence his wife".

They had at least three children alive at the time of the writing of John's will: Prudence Sophia, Stephen and Mary Elizabeth.

After John's death, his widow and Executrix, Asenath, and James D. Harris, Executor, petitioned the Kings Co. Court of Probate for an extension to allow more time to settle the affairs and estate of her deceased husband. A two month extension was granted to them on Jun 5, 1844 [1]


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Research Notes

The hand-written marriage record states 1822 as the year of marriage.

Eaton's History of Kings County, page 151-152 (in text). In partnership with Judah Wells (brother-in-law)

Sources

  1. ↑ "Nova Scotia Probate Records, 1760-1993," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZR-X366?cc=2134302&wc=SN12-VZQ%3A1411645602%2C1412253103 : 4 November 2014), Kings > Petitions, 1844-1885, vol 1-2 > image 5 of 359; county courthouses, Nova Scotia. [1]
  • Doug Coldwell, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Doug and others.
  • FamilySearch: Canada, Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001 Kings Cornwallis Square Church of England in Canada St John Baptisms, marriages, burials 1718-1911. Image 418 of 751. [3]
  • American Ancestry: Embracing lineages from the whole of the United States. 1888 -1898. Ed. by Frank Munsell. J. Munsell's sons, 1889 - Albany (N.Y.)
  • Potter, R.R. The Potter Family of the Canning Area of Kings County Nova Scotia. Bedford, NS, 2003 [4]




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Morgan Campbell
Scheffield-2 and Sheffield-185 appear to represent the same person because: Hello Kari,z

I have already proposed a merge of my John Sheffield into Sheffield-185. A match did not come up in my case because there was insufficient info and no sources on 185 but it is a clear duplicate. The spelling of Sheffield with a "c" is not accurate so we should merge all three. Thank you in advance, Morgan

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Morgan Campbell
Sheffield-3088 and Sheffield-185 appear to represent the same person because: Hello Douglas; we have a clear duplicate with John Sheffield. The option to add rather than create a new profile did not come up for me because there was no birthdate (?).

Thank you in advance! Progress being made :) Best, Morgan

posted by Morgan Campbell

Rejected matches › John H. Sheffield (1846-1928) › John Sheffield (abt.1728-abt.1790) › Wright Sheffield (1758-1854) › John Sheffield (abt.1774-bef.1831)

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