Person Record
Metadata
Name |
Sheafe, William, 1758-1839 |
Born |
Sept. 11, 1758 |
Birthplace |
Portsmouth, N.H. |
Deceased |
1839 |
Deceased where |
Portsmouth, N.H. |
Father |
Jacob Sheafe, III, 1715-1791 |
Mother |
Hannah Seavey |
Spouse |
Anna Wentworth, daughter of Thomas Wentworth and Anne Tasker, b. July 27, 1766, |
Children |
1. Elizabeth Wentworth Sheafe, b. June 7, 1788, d. Sept. 11, 1858 (Prop. Cem), m. Jacob Sheafe Pickering on Feb. 15, 1812. 2. William Thomas Sheafe, d. Havana, Cuba in Feb., 1811. 3. Ann Bellou Sheafe, b. c1791, d. 1843, service at St. John's on Dec. 16, 1843, unmarried. 4. Frances Sheafe, d. Feb. 5, 1875 in Boston, Mass., unmarried. 5. Emily Sheafe, of Greenland, N.H., bapt. May 15, 1796 at St. John's, d. Mar. 9, 1871, m. Joshua Winslow Peirce on May 4, 1823. 6. Mark Wentworth Sheafe, of Wisconsin, b. c1797, bapt. Nov. 4, 1811 at St. John's, m. Mary Weston in 1843. 7. Charlotte Wayland Sheafe, of Boston, Mass., bapt. Oct. 16, 1855 at St. John's, d. 1883, service at St. John's on Mar. 22, 1883, unmarried. 8. Augustus Willard Sheafe, b. c1800, bapt. Nov. 4, 1811 at St. John's, d. 1835 in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, m. Lucy Sheafe on Feb. 4, 1835. 9. Maria Lang Sheafe, b. c1801, bapt. Nov. 4, 1811 at St. John's, d. Feb. 4, 1889 (Prop. Cem.), m. John Hale Sheafe on May 16, 1823. 10. Hannah Sheafe, b. c1803, bapt. Nov. 4, 1811 at St. John's, d. May 13, 1881 (buried at St. John's), m. Nathaniel Folsom on June 30, 1825 at St. John's. 11. Susuan Sheafe, b. c1804, d. Nov. 27, 1842 (Prop. Cem.), m. Edmund Quincy Sheafe on Aug. 6, 1832 at St. John's. |
Notes |
11 children survived and three others that died in infancy. |
Relationships |
Spouses: Anna Wentworth, daughter of Thomas Wentworth and Anne Tasker, b. July 27, 1766, d. 1806, service at St. John's on Apr. 14, 1806, m. Dec. 18, 1786. |
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