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Ancestry/Genealogy

appalachiablue

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1. How fascinating that you have family links and stories. We saw Deerfield briefly

Reply to wnylib (Original post)

Thu Mar 30, 2023, 09:31 PM

Mar 2023

and I well remember the house (Sheldon?) with the hatchet marks from the 1704 raid. That made a real impression. I wish we'd had more time but I'm glad I saw some of the village. One branch of the family is thought to have settled in New England but I haven't pursued any research yet.

https://historyofmassachusetts.org/raid-on-deerfield/

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Colonial Deerfield, Massachusetts - 1704 Deerfield Raid [View all] wnylib Mar 2023 OP

How fascinating that you have family links and stories. We saw Deerfield briefly appalachiablue Mar 2023 #1

My family traces back to John Sheldon and wnylib Mar 2023 #2

My husband traces back to Thomas Wells Jr and his wife Hebzibah (nee Buell) csziggy Aug 2023 #3

Not sure without checking my sources, but wnylib Aug 2023 #4

There were probably three Thomas Wells csziggy Aug 2023 #5

Sarah Barnard? My ancestor, Ebenezer Sheldon, wnylib Aug 2023 #6