Joseph Sheffield

1671 - 1750  (79 years)

• Name	Joseph Sheffield
  Birth	3 Mar 1671	Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1]
  Death	10 Jul 1750	Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1]
  He died unmarried with a good estate.
  Siblings	3 brothers and 7 sisters
  > 1. Mary Sheffield,   b. say 1658   d. Bef 17 Jul 1722  (Age 64 years) ▻ John Clark,  m. 9 Jan 1679/80 > 2. Rachel Sheffield,   b. 24 May 1660, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 May 1687, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 26 years) ▻ Joseph Daniels,  m. say 1683 > 3. Hannah Sheffield,   b. 18 Apr 1663, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 Jul 1754, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 91 years) ▻ Deacon John Partridge,  m. 17 Apr 1721   4. Daniel Sheffield,   b. 3 Mar 1665, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony > 5. William Sheffield,   b. 19 May 1667, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 23 Aug 1732, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 65 years) ▻ Hannah Bullard,  m. 30 May 1692 > 6. Martha Sheffield,   b. 8 Jan 1668, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony ▻ George Denning,  m. 1 Apr 1724 and 21 Feb 1726/27   7. Joseph Sheffield,   b. 3 Mar 1671, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 10 Jul 1750, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 79 years) + 8. Thomezine Sheffield,   b. 25 May 1673, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 4 Jul 1743, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 70 years) ▻ Jonathan Adams,  m. 1 Feb 1697 > 9. Susanna Sheffield,   b. 11 Dec 1675, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 Jun 1742, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 66 years) ▻ Zuriel Hall,  m. 1 Sep 1697 > 10. Elizabeth Sheffield,   b. 28 Nov 1678, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ Nathaniel Holbrook,  m. 18 Jan 1714/15 ;   George Blanchard,  m. Bef 23 Nov 1720 > 11. Nathaniel Sheffield,   b. 7 Mar 1681, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 21 Jan 1753, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 71 years) ▻ Mary ______,  m. say 1726
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Sheffield,   b. Abt 1550   bur. 29 Jun 1598, St. Peter's Church, Sudbury, Suffolk, England St. Peter's Church, Sudbury, Suffolk, England  (Age ~ 48 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Humility,   b. Abt 1588, England d. Nov 1687, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 99 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14891
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Sheffield,   c. 15 Nov 1619, All Saints Church, Sudbury, Suffolk, England All Saints Church, Sudbury, Suffolk, England d. 6 Dec 1700, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Mary Webb,   b. Abt 1636   d. 31 Oct 1714, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Joseph Sheffield(1671 – 1750) 2William Sheffield(1619 – 1700) 4Edmund Sheffield(1580 – ) 8Thomas Sheffield(Abt 1550 – 1598) 9 5Thamazine(1586 – ) 10 11 3Mary Webb(Abt 1636 – 1714) 6Christopher Webb(1599 – 1671) 12Thomas Alexander Webb(Abt 1564 – ) 13 7Humility(Abt 1588 – 1687) 14 15

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 3 Mar 1671 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 10 Jul 1750 - Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S2597] Spencer, Austin W. and Beverly Spooner. " William Sheffield of Braintree and Sherborn, Massachusetts, with Further Notes on the Daniel(s) Family of Medfield" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 170, Number 4, 2016).