Who Are We?   The Sheldon Family Association (SFA) is a non-profit organization with about 600 members, founded in 1939 to stimulate interest in, and to perpetuate the history of the SHELDON (or SHELDEN) family. These purposes are met through annual meetings and by maintenance of an extensive genealogical data file on all branches of the family. This information is being corrected and updated continuously and is thus being preserved for posterity. Currently, an effort is underway to computerize our records. As a general repository for Sheldon Family lineage in the U.S.A., SFA serves as a central lineage source of information and study for Sheldon lineage researchers. The focus of SFA records centers on the five known Colonial Sheldons: Godfrey of Bakewell Parish, Darby, England, and Saco, York County, Maine; b. ca. 1599, Bakewell Parish, Derby, England; d. 1671, Scarborough, Maine; m. Alice Frost, 11 March 1620, Bakewell Parish, Derby, England. Related families: Alger, Frost, Goodale, Giles, Scadlocke. Isaac Sheldonof Windsor, Connecticut, and Northampton, Massachusetts; b. ab. 1629, prob. Ashford, Derby, England; d. 29 August 1708, Northampton, MA; m. (1st) 1653, Mary Woodford; m. (2nd) 1685 Mehitable (GUNN) Ensign. John Sheldonof Providence, Rhode Island; b. ca. 1630, prob. England; d. 27 September 1708, Pawtuxet, RI; m. 1660 Joanna Vincent. John Sheldonof South Kingstowne, Rhode Island; b. ca. 1628 in England; d. after 1679, South Kingstown, RI; m. Sarah ______. Richard Sheldon--Very little is known of Richard. The Sheldon Magazine shows Richard as the sixth child of John Sheldon of Providence, but this has proven to be untrue. By means of the Sheldon Family Association Quarterly, members are informed of discoveries in Sheldon lineage research, and dates and places of the annual meeting where they can access SFA files.   http://www.sheldonfamily.org/who.htm © Sheldon Family Association, 1997-2006 Rev. 16 April 2006