Thomezine Sheffield

1673 - 1743  (70 years)

• Name	Thomezine Sheffield  [2]
  	Adams (1898) gives her parents as William and Hannah (Bullard) Sheffield. The dates make this highly unlikely.
  Birth	25 May 1673	Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  History	17 Oct 1691 (18 years)	Plymouth Colony merged with Massachusetts Bay Colony forming the Province of Massachusetts Bay
  Death	4 Jul 1743	Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 6, 7]
  Siblings	4 brothers and 6 sisters
  > 1. Mary Sheffield,   b. say 1658   d. Bef 17 Jul 1722  (Age 64 years) ▻ John Clark,  m. 9 Jan 1679/80 > 2. Rachel Sheffield,   b. 24 May 1660, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 May 1687, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  (Age 26 years) ▻ Joseph Daniels,  m. say 1683 > 3. Hannah Sheffield,   b. 18 Apr 1663, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 19 Jul 1754, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 91 years) ▻ Deacon John Partridge,  m. 17 Apr 1721   4. Daniel Sheffield,   b. 3 Mar 1665, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony > 5. William Sheffield,   b. 19 May 1667, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 23 Aug 1732, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 65 years) ▻ Hannah Bullard,  m. 30 May 1692 > 6. Martha Sheffield,   b. 8 Jan 1668, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony ▻ George Denning,  m. 1 Apr 1724 and 21 Feb 1726/27   7. Joseph Sheffield,   b. 3 Mar 1671, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 10 Jul 1750, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 79 years) + 8. Thomezine Sheffield,   b. 25 May 1673, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 4 Jul 1743, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 70 years) ▻ Jonathan Adams,  m. 1 Feb 1697 > 9. Susanna Sheffield,   b. 11 Dec 1675, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 3 Jun 1742, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 66 years) ▻ Zuriel Hall,  m. 1 Sep 1697 > 10. Elizabeth Sheffield,   b. 28 Nov 1678, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. ▻ Nathaniel Holbrook,  m. 18 Jan 1714/15 ;   George Blanchard,  m. Bef 23 Nov 1720 > 11. Nathaniel Sheffield,   b. 7 Mar 1681, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony d. 21 Jan 1753, Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  (Age 71 years) ▻ Mary ______,  m. say 1726
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Thomas Sheffield,   b. Abt 1550   bur. 29 Jun 1598, St. Peter's Church, Sudbury, Suffolk, England St. Peter's Church, Sudbury, Suffolk, England  (Age ~ 48 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Humility,   b. Abt 1588, England d. Nov 1687, Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 99 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I1545	Roy Line
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Sheffield,   c. 15 Nov 1619, All Saints Church, Sudbury, Suffolk, England All Saints Church, Sudbury, Suffolk, England d. 6 Dec 1700, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age ~ 81 years)
  Mother	Mary Webb,   b. Abt 1636   d. 31 Oct 1714, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F1309	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Jonathan Adams,   b. 5 May 1679, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1744, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	1 Feb 1697	Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	She : 23 years and 9 months - He : 17 years and 9 months.
  Children	2 sons and 2 daughters
  1. Tamezin Adams,   b. 21 Aug 1699, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 2 Sep 1777, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay (Age 78 years) ▻ Joseph Ellis  m. 16 Jun 1719;   Captain Samuel Darling  m. 7 Sep 1760 +   2. Hannah Adams,   b. 12 Feb 1701/02, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay ▻ Jonathan Jones  m. 25 Jan 1727     3. Ezekiel Adams,   b. 1 Jul 1705, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 7 Aug 1777, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 72 years) ▻ Bethia Parker  m. 8 May 1728;   Lydia Lovell  m. 23 Jul 1740     4. Captain Jonathan Adams,   b. 15 Aug 1709, Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay d. 28 Oct 1804, Millis, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 95 years) ▻ Patience Clark  m. 30 Apr 1732
  Family ID	F418	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jul 2025

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Thomezine Sheffield(1673 – 1743) 2William Sheffield(1619 – 1700) 4Edmund Sheffield(1580 – ) 8Thomas Sheffield(Abt 1550 – 1598) 9 5Thamazine(1586 – ) 10 11 3Mary Webb(Abt 1636 – 1714) 6Christopher Webb(1599 – 1671) 12Thomas Alexander Webb(Abt 1564 – ) 13 7Humility(Abt 1588 – 1687) 14 15

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 May 1673 - Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Marriage - 1 Feb 1697 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Death - 4 Jul 1743 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S2597] Spencer, Austin W. and Beverly Spooner. " William Sheffield of Braintree and Sherborn, Massachusetts, with Further Notes on the Daniel(s) Family of Medfield" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 170, Number 4, 2016). [S76] Adams, Andrew N. A Genealogical History of Henry Adams of Braintree, Mass., and his Descendants also John Adams of Cambridge, Mass., 1632-1897, (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Company, 1898). [S68] Jameson, E. O. The Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons and the Genealogical Records of Many Early and Other Families in Medway, Mass. 1713-1886, (Providence, Rhode Island: J.A. & R.A. Reid Printers, 1886). [S78] Morse, Abner. Genealogical Register of the Descendants of The Early Planters of Sherborn, Holliston, and Medway, Massachusetts, (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1855). [S81] Morse, Abner. A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans volume I, (Boston: Abner Morse, 1857). [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S93] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).