Section ALR: Descendants of Thomas Sheffield

David Thaler
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Generation One

1. THOMAS1 SHEFFIELD of Sudbury, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom was born about 1550[8] of Sudbury[8], and was buried on 29 June 1598[8] in St. Peter's Church, Sudbury[8].
Child:
+2i.EDMUND2 SHEFFIELD of All Saints, Sudbury, b. about 1580[8] of All Saints[8]; d. between 1 Jan. and 4 Jan. 1631[8]; m. about 1607[8] THOMASINE _____, d. between 3 Sept. 1632 and 31 Dec. 4095[8].

Generation Two

2. EDMUND2 SHEFFIELD (Thomas1) of All Saints, son of (1) Thomas1 SHEFFIELD, was born about 1580[8] of All Saints[8], and died between 1 Jan. and 4 Jan. 1631[8]. He married about 1607[8], THOMASINE _____, who died between 3 Sept. 1632 and 31 Dec. 4095[8].
Child:
+3i.ICHABOD3 SHEFFIELD, bp. on 23 Dec. 1630[5, 9] in St. Peter's Church[5, 9]; d. on 4 FEB 1711/2[5, 9] in Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island, United States[5, 9]; m. in 1660[5, 10] in Portsmouth, Newport Co.[5, 10] (AGL-2) MARY PARKER, b. about 1642[1], daughter of (AGL-1) George and Frances (_____) PARKER.

Generation Three

3. ICHABOD3 SHEFFIELD (Edmund2, Thomas1), son of (2) Edmund2 and Thomasine (_____) SHEFFIELD, was christened on 23 Dec. 1630[5, 9] in St. Peter's Church[5, 9], and died on 4 FEB 1711/2[5, 9] in Newport[5, 9]. He married in Portsmouth[5, 10], in 1660[5, 10], (AGL-2) MARY PARKER, daughter of (AGL-1) George and Frances (_____) PARKER, who was born about 1642[1].
Child:
+4i.CAPT. JOSEPH4 SHEFFIELD, b. on 22 Aug. 1661[4, 10] in Portsmouth[4, 10]; d. about 1705[6, 10]; m. on 12 FEB 1684/5[6, 10] (ALT-2) MARY SHERIFF, b. about 1665[1], d. about 1750[6], daughter of (ALT-1) Thomas and Martha (_____) SHERIFF.

Generation Four

4. CAPT. JOSEPH4 SHEFFIELD (Ichabod3, Edmund2, Thomas1), son of (3) Ichabod3 and (AGL-2) Mary (PARKER) SHEFFIELD, was born on 22 Aug. 1661[4, 10] in Portsmouth[4, 10], and died about 1705[6, 10]. He married on 12 FEB 1684/5[6, 10], (ALT-2) MARY SHERIFF, daughter of (ALT-1) Thomas and Martha (_____) SHERIFF, who was born about 1665[1], and died about 1750[6].
Child:
+5i.ELIZABETH5 SHEFFIELD, b. on 1 June 1698[7] in Portsmouth[7]; d. about 1760; m. on 17 Oct. 1717[2, 3, 7] (ARZ-4) JOSEPH WAIT, b. in Kingstowne, Washington Co., Rhode Island[2, 3] on 27 April 1697[2, 3], d. in Exeter, Washington Co.[2, 3] about April 1776[2, 3], son of (ARZ-3) Samuel, Jr. and (ATQ-23) Aylice (WIGHTMAN).

Generation Five

5. ELIZABETH5 SHEFFIELD (Joseph4, Ichabod3, Edmund2, Thomas1), daughter of (4) Capt. Joseph4 and (ALT-2) Mary (SHERIFF), was born on 1 June 1698[7] in Portsmouth[7], and died between 17 Oct. 1717 and 1808. She married on 17 Oct. 1717[2, 3, 7], (ARZ-4) JOSEPH WAIT, son of (ARZ-3) Samuel, Jr. and (ATQ-23) Aylice (WIGHTMAN), who was born on 27 April 1697[2, 3] in Kingstowne[2, 3], and died about April 1776[2, 3] in Exeter[2, 3]. [2]
Child: See (ARZ-4) Joseph WAIT


1. Donna Spence, to Dave Thaler, e-mail.
2. Mary Ross Whitman, George Wightman of Quidnessett, R.I. and Descendants (Chicago, Illinois: Chauncey Leonard Whitman?, 1939), 17.
3. G. Andrews Moriarty, Jr., "Thomas Waite of Portsmouth, R. I., and Some of His Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register (Oct. 1919): 298.
4. G. Andrews Moriarty, "One Branch of the Rhode Island Sheffields," New England Historical and Genealogical Register 104 (Jan. 1950).
5. Ibid.: 3.
6. Ibid.: 5.
7. Ibid.: 7.
8. G. Andrews Moriarty, "Genealogical Research in England: Sheffield," New England Historical and Genealogical Register (July 1923): 192.
9. Ibid.: 193.
10. Ibid.: 194.