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Barbara Sheldon
Born: 1724.
Died: 6 Feb 1784 in Dunkirk, aged 60.

father: Edward Sheldon Esq of Weston near Long Compton, Warws
mother: Elizabeth Shelley of Michelgrove, Sussex

Benedictines, Dunkirk choir nun.
She was clothed 14 May 1743.
examination

She professed 30 May 1744, aged 20.[examination]

Cellarer until 1784

She was the sister of Anne Sheldon, Mary Sheldon, Catherine Sheldon.
She was the great niece of Elizabeth Shelley, Christina Shelley, Mary Sheldon, Elizabeth Sheldon.
She was the niece of Katherine Sheldon.
She was the cousin of Anne Scrope.

Sources: Dunkirk History: 76, 107; BB Y62: 323, 345.

Family tree (Sheldon of Beoly-Canning-Fowler-Fleetwood-Pershall)
Family tree (Shelley of Michelgrove-Cotton of Warblington)