Ancestry of
Barbara Hutton

Socialite (aka “Poor Little Rich Girl”)

Mercy Sheldon

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Barbara Hutton — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 49 
  • Father:
  • Simeon Sheldon 
  • Mother:
  • Grace Phelps   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Oct 1758 
  • Birth Location:
  • Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut 
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Aug 1831 
  • Death Location:
  • Lisbon, St. Lawrence, New York 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Phineas Woolworth
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1781 
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  • Child:

  Jasper Woolworth (Ahnentafel No:24 )

• Sources for Mercy Sheldon

  • ¹ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870, Suffield, p. 248, Birth record for Mercy Sheldon.
  • ² Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A102661 and #A130336.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Granville, Vol. 1, p. 90, Birth record for son Jesper Woolworth.
  • ⁴ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1939, Vol. 93, p. 365.
  • ⁵ Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of Northern New York: A Record of the Achievements of her People . . ., Vol. 3, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1910), 862.
  • ⁶ Oakes, R. A., Genealogical and Family History of the County of Jefferson, New York: A Record of the Achievements of . . ., Vol. 1, New York: The Lewis Publishing Company (1905), 190.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 69.