Ruth Haskell and Abel Shed

ABEL SHED, son of SARAH [FARNSWORTH] BARRON and JONATHAN SHEAD, was born March 9, 1743/1744 in Groton, Massachusetts, and died September 21, 1819 in Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire.⁶⁴⁶³ He is buried in Meeting House Cemetery, Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire.⁶⁴⁶³

He married RUTH HASKELL on November 29, 1768 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, daughter of HULDAH SMITH and DR. HENRY HASKELL. She was born March 18, 1742/1743 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, and died February 2, 1834 in Weathersfield, Vermont.

• Ancestor Report (John Adams Scott)

• Descendant Reports
  • Moses Baron Descendant Report (Ancestor of Abel Shed)
  • Daniel Shed Descendant Report (Ancestor of Abel Shed)
  • Capt. Jerathmeel Bowers Descendant Report (Ancestor of Abel Shed)
  • Walter Tybbott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ruth Haskell)
  • William Brown Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ruth Haskell)
  • John Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ruth Haskell)
  • John York Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ruth Haskell)
  • ? Haskell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ruth Haskell)
  • William Graves Descendant Report (Ancestor of Ruth Haskell)

Children of RUTH HASKELL and ABEL SHED:

1. ABEL SHEDD, b. August 25, 1769, Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;²³⁶⁰ m. (1) PRISCILLA FRENCH on October 27, 1793 in Jaffrey, New Hampshire³³, m. (2) REBEKAH ADAMS on January 20, 1802 in New Ipswich, New Hampshire³³; d. September 7, 1819, Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire.
2. JOHN HASKELL SHEDD, b. March 1, 1771, Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;²³⁶⁰ d. July 17, 1819, Jaffrey Centre, New Hampshire.¹⁷¹⁰
3. SAMUEL C. SHEDD, b. August 5, 1773, Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;²³⁶⁰ d. November 4, 1848, Windsor, Windsor, Vermont.¹⁷¹⁰
4. EBENEZER SHEDD, b. August 7, 1775; d. August 9, 1775, Mason, New Hampshire.
5. EBENEZER SHEDD, b. November 6, 1776, Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;²³⁶⁰ m. FANNY BANNISTER on November 12, 1801 in Windsor, Windsor, Vermont¹⁷¹⁰; d. March 11, 1866, Weathersfield, Windsor, Vermont.¹⁷¹⁰
6. HENRY SHEDD, b. June 18, 1779, Mason, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;²³⁶⁰ d. July, 1802.¹⁷¹⁰
7. JOSIAH SHEDD, b. November 1, 1781, Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire;²³⁶⁰ d. September 4, 1851.¹⁷¹⁰
8. TIMOTHY SHEDD, b. April 9, 1784, Rindge, New Hampshire; d. December 7, 1855, Newbury, Orange, Vermont.¹⁷¹⁰

Personal Information

• Ruth Haskell received First Holy Communion November 5, 1762 .³

Cemetery Pictures



Meeting House Cemetery, Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire