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Some Descendants of Edmund Sheffield - aqw01.htm

Some Descendants of Edmund SHEFFIELD

First Generation


1. Edmund SHEFFIELD was born 1580 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. He died before 4 Jan 1630 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.

"English Origins of Americal Colonists"; Genealogical Pub. Co.; pp 31-34.

Edmund married Thomazine about 1607.

They had the following children:

  2 M i
Humphrey SHEFFIELD was christened 30 Nov 1608 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
  3 F ii
Thomazine SHEFFIELD was christened 17 Jul 1610 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England.
  4 F iii
Frances SHEFFIELD was born 1611 in England. She was buried 28 Feb 1611 in England.
+ 5 M iv Edmund SHEFFIELD was born 16 Aug 1612 and died 13 Oct 1705.
+ 6 M v William SHEFFIELD was christened 15 Nov 1619 and died 6 Dec 1700.
  7 M vi
Tomson SHEFFIELD was christened 20 Jul 1623 in England. He was buried 24 Jun 1624 in England.
  8 F vii
Elizabeth SHEFFIELD was christened 12 Mar 1625 in England. She was buried 4 Jul 1626 in England.
  9 M viii
Amos SHEFFIELD was christened Dec 1627 in Sudbury, Suffolk, England. He died 31 Dec 1708 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

GENEALOGIES OF R.I.FAMILIES, VOL. II, ONE BRANCH OF THE RHODE ISLAND SHEFFIELDS, by G. Andrews Moriarty, A.M., LL.B., F.S.A., page 158.
    Amos settled in Braintree and occurs in the case of Joy vs. Woodmansey 7 July 1660 (cf. Suffolk Court Files). He died on 31 Dec. 1708 in Braintree, apparently, single. There are few references to him in the records.
+ 10 M ix Ichabod SHEFFIELD was christened 23 Dec 1630 and died 4 Feb 1712.

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