THE SHEAFFE FAMILY
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The Markhams are related to the Sheaffe by the marriage of Ruth McCormick Markham to Harley B. Markham Sr. Ruth's grandmother was the daughter of John Kitchel, descendant of Robert Kitchel.

MARGARET SHEAFFE, who married Robert Kitchel and was founder, with him, of the Kitchel family in America. They emigrated in 1639 and she was widowed in 1672 after which she removed from Newark, New Jersey to Greenwich, Connecticut. Her line is as follows, given in The Sheaffe Family of Guilford, Conn.

Descendants of Thomas Sheaffe
Generation No. 1

THOMAS SHEAFFE died 1520 in Cranbrook/England.

Children of THOMAS SHEAFFE are:
i.RICHARD SHEAFFE, b. 1510, Cranbrook/England; d. 1557.
ii JOHN SHEAFFE.

Generation No. 2

RICHARD SHEAFFE (THOMAS) was born 1510 in Cranbrook/England, and died 1557. He married ELIZABETH 1534. She died 1564.

Children of RICHARD SHEAFFE and ELIZABETH are:
     i.THOMAS SHEAFFE, b. 1535, Cranbrook/England.
     ii. JOAN SHEAFFE, m. RICHARD KNACHBULL.
     iii. KATHERINE SHEAFFE, m. _____LOVE.
     iv. MARGERY SHEAFFE, b. 1538; d. 1574.
     v. MARGARET SHEAFFE, b. 1540; m. JOHN SOMERSOLL.
     vi. ALICE SHEAFFE, b. 1541.
     vii. WILLIAM SHEAFFE, b. 1543.
     viii. MARY SHEAFFE, b. 1545.
     ix. ANNA SHEAFFE, b. 1546.

Generation No. 3

3.THOMAS SHEAFFE (RICHARD) was born 1535 in Cranbrook/England. He married MARY HARMAN 1559. She was born 1536, and died November 1609.

Children of THOMAS SHEAFFE and MARY HARMAN are:
     i. RICHARD SHEAFFE, m. MARY ROBERTS.
     ii.EDMUND SHEAFFE, b. 1560, Cranbrook/England; d. November 1626.
     iii. THOMAS SHEAFFE, m. MARIA WILSON.
     iv. JOAN SHEAFFE, m. DR. GILES FLETCHER.
     v. KATHERINE SHEAFFE.
     vi. JOHN SHEAFFE, m. KATHERINE SANDERS.
     vii. ALEX SHEAFFE, m. PHOEBE HYDER.
     viii. HARMAN SHEAFFE, m. SARAH GYLLEBRAND.
     ix. ANN SHEAFFE, m. PETER COURTHOP.
     x. SAMUEL SHEAFFE.
     xi. WILLIAM SHEAFFE.
     xii. BENJAMIN SHEAFFE.
     xiii. ELIZABETH SHEAFFE, m. STEPHEN BRETT.
     xiv. MARY SHEAFFE.

Generation No. 4

EDMUND SHEAFFE (THOMAS) was born 1560 in Cranbrook/England, and died November 1626. He married (1) ELIZABETH TAYLOR May 30, 1586. He married (2)JOAN JORDAN1599.

Children of EDMUND SHEAFFE and ELIZABETH TAYLOR are:
     i THOMAS SHEAFFE.
     ii. MARIE SHEAFFE.
     iii. ELIZABETH SHEAFFE.
     iv. EDMUND SHEAFFE, m. ELIZABETH COTTON.

Children of EDMUND SHEAFFE and JOAN JORDAN are:
     v. JOHN SHEAFFE, b. Abt. 1600.
     vi. HARMAN SHEAFFE.
     vii.MARGARET SHEAFFE, b. Cranbrook/Kent/England; d. 1682, Greenwich/CN; m.ROBERT KITCHEL, July 21, 1632, Rovenden/Kent/England; b. 1604, Rovenden/England; d. 1672, Newark/NJ.
     viii. JOANNA SHEAFFE, m. WILLIAM CHITTENDEN.
     ix. JACOB SHEAFFE, b. 1616; m. MARGARET WEBB.
     x. MARY SHEAFFE, m. ROBERT MERRIAM.
     xi. DOROTHY SHEAFFE, m. REV. HENRY WHITFIELD.

Notes for JACOB SHEAFFE: One of the seven pillars of the Church at Guilford. He and Robert Kitchel, Rev. Henry Whitfield, their first minister, and William Chittenden were brothers-in-law as well as co-emigrants in 1639.

The Harvard graduates, Sampson Sheaffe and Hon. James Sheaffe, U.S. Senator from New Hampshire were descendants of Dr. Edmund Sheaffe.

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