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Female Silence Sheldon Click to view Silence Sheldon in the family tree

Silence was born in 1775 in West Suffield, Hartford, CT.1   Silence's father was Phineas Sheldon and her mother was Ruth Harmon.  Her paternal grandparents were Jonathan Sheldon and Mary Southwell; her maternal grandparents were Samuel Harmon and Deborah Winchell. She had five brothers and three sisters, named Asaph, Ezra, Alexander, Increase, David, Lydia, Anna and Beulah. She had three half-brothers and two half-sisters, named Phineas, Benjamin, Joseph, Apphia and Deborah.1 

Family Details of Silence's family with Oliver L Harmon

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World Family Tree Vol. 1, Ed. 1 @ Tree #3084