9. | Whiting, Mary was born on 19 Aug 1672 in Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts (daughter of Whiting, Captain Joseph and Pynchon, Mary, daughter of Whiting, John and Allun, Ann); died about 1676 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried about 1726 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut. Other Events:
- FamilySearch Id: LCJ8-CND
- FamilySearch Id: LCJC-HHW
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A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut with the time of their arrival in the Country and Colony their standing in Society, Place of Residence, Conition in Life , where from
Business , &c as far as is found on Record
ASHLEY, JOHN, the 3d son of David, b. in 1669; had three wives, first, Sarah Dewey, m. 1692, she d. in 1708;
he m. for his second wife, widow Mary Sheldon in 1703, she d. in 1735;
for a third wife, he m. Hannah Glover, in 1735. The second wife, widow Mary Sheldon, was the relict of Joseph Sheldon, Esq., of Suffield, (who went from Northampton ;) she was the daughter .of Joseph Whiting, of Hartford, who was the Treasurer of Connecticut, for some years. This Joseph Whiting resided a few years in Westfield, and m. Mary Pyncheon,
the only daughter of Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, Oct. 5, 1669; she was born Oct. 28, 1650. Mr. Whiting had by Mary Pyncheon in Westfield, Mary, b. Aug. 19, 1672, and Joseph b. 1674, who d. young.
Mr. Whiting returned to Hartford, and his wife soon after died, and he m. a daughter of Hon. John Allyn, for his second wife. This Mary Whiting, b. 1672, the grand-daughter of Col. Pyncheon, m. Joseph Sheldon, about 1694; she had a son Joseph b. in Northampton, 1695; the other children most or all of them were born in Suffield, Conn., viz: Amy, Mary, Joseph b. in 1700, (the first Joseph died,) Rachel, b. 1703; Benjamin, 1705. Joseph Sheldon d. July 2, 1708, at Boston, where he was attending the General Court as Representative of Suffield. His widow, (the grand-daughter of Col. Pyncheon,) rn. John Ashley, Esq., of Westfield. The children of John Ashley, of Westfield, by his wife, Sarah Dewey, were: Sarah, b. 1693; Hannah, 1695; John, 1697, (died young;) Moses, 1700; Ebenezer, 1702; Noah, 1704; Roger, 1705; Lydia, 1708. By his second wife, widow Mary Sheldon, he had John b. 1709, and Preserved, 1711, the latter died young. John Ashley, of Sheffield, was the only child of John Ashley, Esq., of Westfield, by his 2d wife, (Mary Sheldon,) who lived. John Ashley, Esq., who had been much employed in public business, and held many responsible places of public trust in Westfield, d. April 17, 1759, aged 89 years. Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, d. in 1703, but his estate, for some reason, was not fully settled until 1737. In that year there was about £8000 of his estate remaining not distributed, which consisted chiefly of land, and two-thirds of this, or £5312 was given by the Probate Court to the heirs of his son John, and one-third, or £2656 to the heirs of his grand-daughter, Mary Ashley, " alias Sheldon, alias Whiting,",(so the record reads;) of this £2656, Joseph Sheldon had a double portion, £758 ; Benjamin Sheldon, £379 ; Amy, wife of James Warriner, £379; Mary, wife of Ebenezer Hitchcock, £379; Rachel, wife of Jedediah Bliss, £379; (these were the five Sheldon children,) and John Ashley, son of Mr. John Ashley, £379; all having the same mother. This John Ashley, who afterwards settled at Sheffield, was a great-grandson of the first Robert Ashley; he was also the great-grandson of Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, and of William Whiting, one of the first settlers of Hartford.
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BIRTH: Also shown as Born Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
BIRTH: Also shown as Born Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
DEATH: Also shown as Died 13 Mar 1735
BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
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MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married 8 Sep 1695
Children:
- Sheldon, Ary was born about 1698 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
- Sheldon, Amy was born in 1696/1697 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts; died on 30 Mar 1759 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
- Sheldon, Mary was born in 1699 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; died on 8 Jan 1760 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
- Sheldon, Joseph was born on 26 Dec 1700 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in 1759.
- Sheldon, Rachael was born on 8 Mar 1702 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 1 Nov 1747 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
- 4. Sheldon, Benjamin was born on 26 Aug 1705 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 26 Aug 1705 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in Aug 1752 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Aug 1752 in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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