David Newton Sheldon (June 26, 1807 – October 4, 1889) was the fifth President of Colby College, Maine, United States from 1843–1853.
[1] Sheldon was born in Suffield, Connecticut, to David and Elizabeth Hall.
He was educated at Williams College, where he graduated as the valedictorian of the class of 1830[2] and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa society.
[3] He was a tutor for one year before entering the Andover Newton Theological School and graduating in 1835.
He married Rachael Hobart Ripley in Chelsea, Massachusetts on October 15, 1835, with whom he ultimately had five children.