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_____________________|_____________________
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___??__ SHELDON _____|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
_Edmund SHELDON _____|
| (1769 - 1850) m 1797|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Ruth AIKEN _________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Eliza SHELDON
| (1800 - 1889)
| _Moses, Jr. HOYT ____+
| | (1662 - 1711) m 1691
| _Caleb, Sr. HAIGHT __|_Elizabeth SHUTE ____
| | (1706 - 1779) (1672 - ....)
| _Caleb, Jr. HAIGHT __|
| | (1746 - 1782) m 1771|
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_Elizabeth __??__ ___|_____________________
| | (1711 - ....)
|_Mary Ann HAIGHT ____|
(1781 - 1880) m 1797|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth ALLEN ____|
(1745 - 1823) m 1771|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[13260]
All data from Craig.
From Edward Higby and His Descendants:pg.. 292
"The bride's dowry consisted of one bed with furnishings, six chairs,one table, one cow and ten sheep, which was a considerable dowry for abride in those days."
From "A Story of an Old House" - Alice Higby Downs
"Levi Higby had become one of the most active young men in town. Hewon the heart of Eliza Sheldon, the bright faced amiable seconddaughter. On the 15th of September in 1819, on the 22 anniversary ofthe birth of Levi Higby, Jr., the spacious mansion (Sheldon) was allaglow with light and sparkling youth and beauty. The hum of youngvoices was in every room and hallway. Hearts were beating with allthe joyous hopes of the future as are felt at the present day, ahundred years from that time. The families of the town were wellrepresented: The Fairchilds, Hoffnagles, the Aikens, the Throops, theCuylers, Risings and Delances - there was a hush over the assembly asLevi and Eliza advanced before the gathering of young friends andthere they were united in marriage. The bride was robed in beautiful,soft, white canton crepe. The neck cut square, was headed with adouble row of appliqued muslin on lace, one row wider than the other.A box plaited narrow white satin ribbon passed around the neck endingwith a bow on the lace and fastened with an oval pin-on brooch, thesetting of which was a fluting of finest gold. The skirt was trimmedwith a row of white satin ribbon four or five inchs wide between tucks- four on a side- and a hem the width of the ribbon. Her slipperswere of white kid with a spangled star on top. This description wasgiven by the bride herself as she sat in the large sitting room of theold house in Willsboro, Dec. 4, 1882 in her 82nd year; with somethingof the old glistening of the eye and delicate blush of the cheek whichthe vicissitudes of a long life of sunshine and shadow had notdispelled."
The bride's dower consisted of one bed with ample furnishings, sixchairs, one table and a cow and ten sheep. The husband had beenappointed Postmaster the year following his marriage which office heheld continuously for twenty-five years. "
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Ibid., pg. 28:
"Letters in those days had to be 'way-billed', a process which tookmuch time and care, postage was not always prepaid, so much wascharged on the pages of the Ledger. The mail was carried by stagefrom Albany to Rouses Point. In the bleak winter weather and terriblesnow storms the carrier was often belated. How distinctly I recallthe loud knocking on the front door - never locked - the night. Thesound of the heavy mail sack as he threw it on the floor; the voicesas he and father would talk, the shuffling of letters and papers byfather's quick hands, while the driver was getting warmed for afurther and more difficult ride 'over the mountain' to Keeseville.The chain was run through the iron loops and locked, and this was donenight after night, year after year. Frequently, passengers rode inthe stages and packages were carried, and kegs of oysters, andoftentimes, a passage had to be shoveled a long distance through thedrifts of snow; although toll gates were in then in operation andfamilies to take tolls were living at the gates, it was impossible tokeep the roads open at all time."
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| | _____________________
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| |_____________________|_____________________
|
_J. Aiken SHELDON ________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_________________________________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Gertrude Abigal SHELDON
| (1873 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _George Washington VANDERHEYDEN _|
| | (.... - 1891) m 1843 |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Frances A. VANDERHEYDEN _|
(1846 - 1919) |
| _Jonathan HOYT ______+
| | (1761 - 1826)
| _Caleb M. HOYT ______|_Chloe MILLER _______
| | (1793 - 1858) m 1815 (1758 - 1815)
|_Mary Jane HOYT _________________|
(1822 - 1895) m 1843 |
| _____________________
| |
|_Melinda DRAKE ______|_____________________
(1795 - 1841) m 1815
[11776] All data from Hoyt's Issue 15th Anniversary Issue Vol. 8, 1998.
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|
___??__ SHELDON _____|_____________________
|
_Edmund SHELDON _____|
| (1769 - 1850) m 1797|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Ruth AIKEN _________|_____________________
|
_Aiken E. SHELDON ___|
| (1804 - 1893) m 1866|
| | _Caleb, Sr. HAIGHT __+
| | | (1706 - 1779)
| | _Caleb, Jr. HAIGHT __|_Elizabeth __??__ ___
| | | (1746 - 1782) m 1771 (1711 - ....)
| |_Mary Ann HAIGHT ____|
| (1781 - 1880) m 1797|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Elizabeth ALLEN ____|_____________________
| (1745 - 1823) m 1771
|
|--Isabella SHELDON
|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Phebe PERRY ________|
(1805 - 1887) m 1866|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[15985] All data from Craig.
[11775] All data from Hoyt's Issue 15th Anniversary Issue Vol. 8, 1998.
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|
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|
___??__ SHELDON _____|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
_Edmund SHELDON _____|
| (1769 - 1850) m 1797|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Ruth AIKEN _________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Jane SHELDON
| (1799 - 1883)
| _Moses, Jr. HOYT ____+
| | (1662 - 1711) m 1691
| _Caleb, Sr. HAIGHT __|_Elizabeth SHUTE ____
| | (1706 - 1779) (1672 - ....)
| _Caleb, Jr. HAIGHT __|
| | (1746 - 1782) m 1771|
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_Elizabeth __??__ ___|_____________________
| | (1711 - ....)
|_Mary Ann HAIGHT ____|
(1781 - 1880) m 1797|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth ALLEN ____|
(1745 - 1823) m 1771|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[15942] All data from Craig.
_____________________
|
___??__ SHELDON _____|_____________________
|
_Edmund SHELDON _____|
| (1769 - 1850) m 1797|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Ruth AIKEN _________|_____________________
|
_Aiken E. SHELDON ___|
| (1804 - 1893) m 1866|
| | _Caleb, Sr. HAIGHT __+
| | | (1706 - 1779)
| | _Caleb, Jr. HAIGHT __|_Elizabeth __??__ ___
| | | (1746 - 1782) m 1771 (1711 - ....)
| |_Mary Ann HAIGHT ____|
| (1781 - 1880) m 1797|
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_Elizabeth ALLEN ____|_____________________
| (1745 - 1823) m 1771
|
|--Martin A. SHELDON
| (.... - 1861)
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
| _____________________|
| | |
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Phebe PERRY ________|
(1805 - 1887) m 1866|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[15986] All data from Craig.
[9859] All data from Hoyt's Issue Spring 1990.
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|
_____________________|_____________________
|
___??__ SHELDON _____|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
_Edmund SHELDON _____|
| (1769 - 1850) m 1797|
| | _____________________
| | |
| | _____________________|_____________________
| | |
| |_Ruth AIKEN _________|
| |
| | _____________________
| | |
| |_____________________|_____________________
|
|
|--Mary Ann SHELDON
| (1815 - ....)
| _Moses, Jr. HOYT ____+
| | (1662 - 1711) m 1691
| _Caleb, Sr. HAIGHT __|_Elizabeth SHUTE ____
| | (1706 - 1779) (1672 - ....)
| _Caleb, Jr. HAIGHT __|
| | (1746 - 1782) m 1771|
| | | _____________________
| | | |
| | |_Elizabeth __??__ ___|_____________________
| | (1711 - ....)
|_Mary Ann HAIGHT ____|
(1781 - 1880) m 1797|
| _____________________
| |
| _____________________|_____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth ALLEN ____|
(1745 - 1823) m 1771|
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|_____________________
[15948]
All data from Craig.
From "Story of an Old House" - Alice Higby Downs
pg. 78/79 Notes from Uncle William Higby in California on learning ofAunt Mary Ann's death gives one a glimpse of her as she was as childand maiden.
'The news of the death of Mrs. Putnam was peculiarly sad. She and Iwere about the same age, only a few days difference. We were infantsand children together, the same years brought us to mature years, welived near each other. The families were old and tried friends.Brothers of the one married sisters of the other; and they indeedseemed like kindred families. I had but few bright hours in mychildhood. Some of the brightest are treasured in earliestrecollections of time spent at the old Sheldon Homestead when yourmother and older sisters were young ladies; attractive in person, intalent and good humor, receiving that attendtions due to such valuableacquaintances. Mary Ann, like myself was a child - full of a child'sthought and actions. She was my mate. The winter that I taughtschool in that district, Mary Ann was married. I attended herwedding. Since then she has devoted her life to the rearing ofchildren and their culture; till death took her from a group thatneeded her much longer on earth. My sympathies are deeply stirred atthe sad event."
___________________
Ibid., pg. 80
"For many years the Town Library was held in the Putnam home, andthough calls were constant, in all seasons and in all weathers, fromgrown people and children, through sickness and health; Aunt Mary Annwas never seen with a frown on her face nor was a hasty word heardfrom her. Her boys gleaned much information from the books and werequiet and studious; though occasionally they made a racket playing "Ispy" or "Blindfold", with their cousins."