Ancestry of
Sylvester Laflin Weaver

(1908–2002)

Sheffield Weaver

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Sylvester Laflin Weaver — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Weaver 
  • Mother:
  • Wait Read   
  • Birth Date:
  • 18 Nov 1763 
  • Birth Location:
  • Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Jul 1839 
  • Death Location:
  • Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • North Burial Ground, Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Lydia Read
  • Marriage Date:
  • 23 Aug 1792 
  • Marriage Location:
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  • Child:

  Charles Benjamin Weaver (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

    Sheffield Weaver's given name is also seen as Sheffel.

• Additional marriages for Sheffield Weaver

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  • Spouse:
  • Rhoda Gibbs
  • Marriage Date:
  • 13 Jun 1785

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah Durfee
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 Feb 1834

• Sources for Sheffield Weaver

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A123423.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/17/2021).
  • ³ Reed, William Field, The Descendants of Thomas Durfee of Portsmouth, R. I., Vol. 1, Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros., Printers and Bookbinders (1902), 178.
  • ⁴ Weaver, Lucius E., History and Genealogy of a Branch of the Weaver Family, Rochester, New York: The Dubois Press (1928), 127, 204-207.