I just belong to the nobodies
I doubt that very much!
The early genealogical information for the Sheldon family was compiled from old records in England by J. Gardner Bartlett in 1920 and published in 1926 by the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and is now used by the Sheldon Family Association, which continues to verify and defend Bartlett’s work. He used Visitations (early census), charters (deeds) and tax rolls, as well as established pedigrees. The earliest records show the name spelled Scheladon, and includes entries such as, “On the Monday before the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, 6 Henry VI (21 June 1428) William Mon, chaplain, granted to John de Mere, Thomas Troch, William de Monyash and Richard de Scheladon, all of Monyash, a parcel of land in Monyash lying between the mansion of the Chantry of St. Mary on the south and the tenement of William le Paynter on the north.” (Harleian Charters). Later records show the properties being passed down the generations.
Later still, one of my cousins in Michigan compiled a family tree from her time, in the 1970s, going back to the Sheldons of New England, using family bibles as such, which I received from my dad and verified with records which are now available online from resources like
Ancestry.com. I sent this information to the Sheldon Family Association, which verified and accepted the research. Speaking of my dad (since this is a photo thread), here he is looking dapper in 1935, when he was eight years old.
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. Through this line, I’m also related (4th cousin, 12 times removed) to Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of Oxford (born 1598). I’m also (assuming the genealogy is reliable) the 10th cousin of Lady Diana Spencer, and therefore also related to the future King of England. I’m mystified as to why I never get invited to the royal weddings 
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