Gideon Sheldon^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1762 -

• Name	Gideon Sheldon  [1, 2, 4, 5]
  Born	1762
  Gender	Male
  Sheldon Magazine	Gideon #2524 "Canada"
  Residence	Abt. Oct 1777	Whipple Hollow, Rutland, Vermont, USA   [3]
  	Age 15, captured along with his younger brother Thomas and taken to Canada. Capt. Salisbury's militia came to Pittsford 16 Oct 1777 due to this and other similar events.
  Residence	Abt. Jan 1778	Canada   [3]
  	"Gideon and the Rowley boys, after a few months confinement, were released and returned home." Returned to Pittsford, Vermont from Canada.
  Residence	14 Feb 1798	Bastard, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
  	Land Petition for Abel Stevens including a list of all the settlers of the township of Bastard as being connected to Abel Steven. Listed, Gideon Sheldon on Lot 13 in Concession 7 of the Township.
  Residence	1801	Bastard, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
  	Census: "Gideon Sheldin", listed with wife and two children.
  Died	Canada
  Person ID	I412292226320	Sheldon Family Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Gideon Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1737, Rhode Island, USA ,   d. Apr 1798, Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, USA  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Sarah Waters,   b. Abt. 1740
  Married	Abt. 1760
  Family ID	F2805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Hannah Jackson,   b. Abt. 1765
  Married	1785  [3, 4]
  	The private notes of A. M. Caverly, author of "History of the Town of Pittsford" (1872) noted that Gideon Jr and Hannah Jackson were never married but were the parents of Gideon III, born 1785. He omitted this detail in the published history.
  Children	1. Gideon Sheldon, 3rd,   b. Abt. 1785, Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, USA ,   d. 8 Apr 1840, Pittsford, Rutland, Vermont, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F2626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah "Sally" Patterson,   b. 1773, Vermont, USA ,   d. 25 Sep 1864, Lenawee County, Michigan, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	02 Nov 1790	Whiting, Vermont, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Truman Sheldon,   b. 10 Sep 1797, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1881, Lathrop, Clinton, Missouri, USA  (Age 83 years)   2. Polly Sheldon,   b. Abt. 1800   3. Gideon Sheldon, III,   b. 1806, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Apr 1852, Ogden, Lenawee, Michigan, USA  (Age 46 years)   4. Stephen Sheldon,   b. 12 Oct 1809, Leeds, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1885, Leeds, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2025
  Family ID	F2694	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Abt. Oct 1777 - Whipple Hollow, Rutland, Vermont, USA Residence - Abt. Jan 1778 - Canada Residence - 14 Feb 1798 - Bastard, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1801 - Bastard, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada Died - - Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1610402201] Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; State of Vermont. Vermont Vital Records through 1870. [S1608723419] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 6. . [S1621430661] History of the town of Pittsford, Vt. : with biographical sketches and family records, Ancestry.com, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). [S1608211328] The Sheldon Magazine, Henry Olcott Sheldon, The Sheldon Magazine, 1855. Page 26 - Gideon #2524, son of Gideon #859 and Sarah Waters. Note, "Canada", no birth or other notation given. [S1665410957] SFA Card Files, SFA (Sheldon Family Association), SFA Card Files.