Sheldon Canfield (bef. 1771 - 1774)

Born before 10 Feb 1771 in Derby, New Haven, CT

Ancestors

Died 31 Jan 1774 after age 2 in Derby, New Haven, CT

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Biography

Sheldon CANFIELD was christened 10 Feb 1771 in First Congregational Church Of Derby. He died 31 Jan 1774 and was buried in Derby Colonial Cemetery, Derby, New Haven, CT.

Sources

• Samuel Orcutt, History of the Old Town of Derby, Connecticut, 1642-1880 (1880, Reprint: Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., 1998), p. 707.

• Copied and compared with the original by Nancy O. Phillips, Sarah Riggs Humphrey Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Derby, Connecticut Town Records, 1655-1710 (New Haven, CT, The Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor Company, 1901.), p. 478. . "Church Records." http://www.derbyhistorical.org/Records1655-1710/478.html.

• Susan Woodruff Abbott, Families of Early Milford, Connecticut, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), p. 197.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 804.

• Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 414.

• Samuel Orcutt, History Old Town of Derby, Connecticut 1642-1880, p. 804. "In memory of | Shelden son to Doct Josiah and | Mrs Naomi | Canfield | aged 3 years died Jan 31 1774."

• Frank F. O'Brien, 1934 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Derby Colonial Cemetery, p. 249. http://oxfordpast.net/dccemscan249.html.

• Derby Colonial Cemetery Photograph - Derby, CT. http://oxfordpast.net/cem16817.html.