Benjamin
Sheldon
Born before in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Phineas Sheldon
and Deborah (Hathaway) Sheldon
Brother of
Apphia (Sheldon) Loomis, Deborah (Sheldon) Hanchett, Phineas Sheldon II, Joseph Sheldon, Lydia (Sheldon) Kent [half], Ezra Sheldon [half], Anna (Sheldon) Sykes [half], Alexander Sheldon [half], Increase Sheldon [half], David Sheldon [half] and Silence Sheldon [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (King) Sheldon
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ambrose Sheldon
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Jan 2020
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Biography
Benjamin was the youngest child of Phineas and his first wife, Deborah (Hathaway) Sheldon - his mother died when he was just a few days old and his father married on 2 Jun 1756 with Ruth Harmon
Sources
- CT Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Dwight Sheldon
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-Z156, FTDNA kit #N100882 - Ron Sheldon :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test
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~1.56%
Marion (Rich) Spencer :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Duke1948
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~0.78%
Marianne Sheldon :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jeanne Sheldon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member EJSheldon
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N87543
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~0.39%
Stephen Pratt :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Stephen Chapman :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member schapmans
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~0.39%
Mike Edwards :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WB1490540 [compare], Ancestry member MichaelRayEdwards
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