General
Breaking Brick Walls with YDNA YouTube
Sheldon Family Association files at Allen County Public Library Large collection of information previously belonging to SFA
Sheldons in Chronicling America
A history of the Shelton family of England and America by Mildred Campbell Whitaker 1941. WARNING: this book contains much SHELDON information, but conflates them with the SHELTON family, which to date has no relationship to our SHELDON families.
Heartbreak and Healing: An Artist’s Search for Justice: Andrew Sheldon
America
Sheldons Prior to 1700 E Hortense Sheldon 1961 Her research on Sheldon is second to none
Descendants of John Sheldon much material here (need Ancestry account to access)
Sheldon Collection at Allen County Public Library
Sheldon Photographs on Dead Fred
California
Connecticut
The History of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut 1859
NEGHS article on the Isaac Sheldon. This was originally published in Oct 1926 The information connecting the Bakewell Sheldons to Isaac Sheldon is incorrect but the other information from Isaac forward is good.
Genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Sheldon of Suffield, Connecticut Sheldon by John Preston, 1819-
Black Sheep Sheldons in Connecticut
Maine
Scarborough Historical Society
Massachusetts
Deerfield Sheldon Family Papers Guide
History of Bernardston, Franklin Co MA 1736-1900 by Kellogg, Lucy Jane Cutler c.1902 extensive Sheldons, origin pg 485
History of Deerfield Massachusetts by George Sheldon Vol 2 c.1896 extensive genealogy of Sheldon family 291-301
Sheldons in Deerfield Massachusetts
The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong of Northampton, Massachusetts by Dwight, Benjamin Woodbridge c. 1871 estensive Sheldon origin pg 1161
History of Northampton Massachusetts from Settlement in 1654 by James Russell trumbull c1898 referred to be E Hortense as the Judd Manuscript
Memoranda Relating to the Ancestry and Family of Hon. Levi Parsons Morton by Josiah Granville Leach c1894 Sheldon pg 108-111
Sexual Misconduct in the Plymouth Colony
Michigan
Jackson County Sheldons & the Underground Railroad by Kelly Wheaton
New York
Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Sheldon, edited by Cuyler Reynolds 1911
Henry Sheldon Diaries 1861-1873 (b.1814-1873) of Gouverneur, New York
Rhode Island
Dale Sheldon’s page on John Sheldon of Newport and Kingstown
John Sheldon of Kingstown Fleur de Lis by Kelly Wheaton
Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and the Plantation in Providence Vol 1-10 beginning in 1636
Narragansett Meeting of Friends of Kingstown, RI
History of Washington and Kent Counties, Rhode Island by J. R. Cole W.W.Preston & Co., New York, 1889
The Records of the Proprietors of the Narragansett: Otherwise Called the Fones Record
The Narragansett Planters: A Study of Causes · Volume 4 1886
Collections of the Rhode Island Historical Society: Potter, E.R. The early history of Narragansett. 1835 Volume 3
Historical and Architectural Resources of South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Slavery and Its Legacy in South Kingstown
South Kingstown Colonial Records
Rhode Island Historic Cemeteries
Tennessee
Bible Record of Joseph Shaw Sheldon and Lula Honor Walls
Vermont
Henry Sheldon Museum Middlebury
Sheldons in the Civil War from Vermont
Vermont Once No Man’s Land by Barden, Merritt Clark c.1928 pg 48 origin also 82,97, 105 etc
Black Sheep Sheldons Prisoners in Vermont
Canada
England
The Sheldons : being some account of the Sheldon family of Worcestershire and Warwickshire (need Ancestry Account to access)
The Tapestries Called Sheldon Hilary L. Turner’s definitive site
Ken Sheldon’s Sheldon Chronicles Excellent articles on various English Sheldons
Work of Dr. Mike Sheldon – Bigland Pedigree of Sheldons
Derbyshire
NEGHS article on the Derbyshire Sheldons. This was originally published in Oct 1926 The information connecting the Bakewell Sheldons to Isaac Sheldon is incorrect but the other information is good.
Sheldons of Derbyshire and North Staffordshire
Gloucestershire
Warwickshire
Barcheston’s History by Hilary L. Turner
The register of the guild of Knowle in the county of Warwick, 1451-1535
Shakespeare Trust Archives Stratford on Avon
Records of Wroxall Abbey and Manor, Warwickshire John William Ryland London 1903
Warwickshire and Worcestershire
The Sheldons : being some account of the Sheldon family of Worcestershire and Warwickshire (need Ancestry Account to access)
Religious Life in Coventry 1485-1558 by Mark Knight doctoral thesis
Stratford on Avon Mace from the Guild
The History and Topography of Warwickshire
Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 Sheldon pg 2-3
Broadway Manor article on William Sheldon
Wiltshire
The Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. Sheldon pg 32-33
Worcester
Beoley Skeletons from the Sheldon Chapel, Beoley
Broadway Manor, Broadway Sheldon Landholdings
Milhay House Broadway Part of the original Gatehouse of Broadway Manor owned by the Sheldons
Biography & Epitaph of William Sheldon c.1500 – 1570 of the Sheldon Tapestries
The Tapestries called Sheldon Many images from Victoria & Albert Museum
Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 Sheldon of Beoley pg 127
Will and testament, of Ralph Sheldon of Beoley dated 20 November 1612 and proved 19 April 1613
Will and testament of William Sheldon of Beoley dated 3 January 1570 and proved 10 February 1571, of William Sheldon (d. 24 December 1570)
Will and testament, of William Sheldon, dated 30 September 1587 and proved 27 October 1587, of William Sheldon (1543-1587) of Wadborough Park, Worcestershire
