Edmund Sherman, of Dedham

THE DESCENDANTS OF HENRY SHERMAN (1511/12) DEDHAM, ESSEX WERE NOT ENTITLED TO THE ARMS OF THE SHERMANS OF YAXLEY - ONE OF HENRY'S DESCENDANTS, HOWEVER, DID USE THE ARMS WITHOUT AUTHORITY. Since this is the Master Profile of Edmund Sherman it would be advisable to remove the Arms that belong not to the Shermans of Dedham but to the Shermans of Yaxley.

5. Edmund Sherman b: Abt. 1548 in Dedham  d: December 22, 1600 in Dedham

parents: 4.  Henry (Sr.) Sherman  b: Abt. 1510 in Dedham d: Bef. July 25, 1590 in Dedham   + Agnes ? d: October 14, 1580 in Dedham

Married

• + Anne Pellate m: April 25, 1570 in Dedham d: June 08, 1584 in Dedham
• *2nd Wife: Ann Clere m: September 11, 1584 in Dedham d: Bef. January 12, 1609/10 in Dedham

Children: 

1. Mary Sherman
2. Hannah Sherman
3. Benjamin Sherman
4. Samuel Sherman
5. Sarah Sherman
6. John Sherman
7. Susan Sherman

There were two daughters named Ann also.

Notes

From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedham,_Essex

Dedham Classis

In 1582–1587, a schismatic Presbyterian Christian group called the Dedham Classis, which included dozens of members opposed to the established church, was active in north-east Essex.[3] This group held clandestine meetings and prayer groups in and around Colchester and surrounding villages like Dedham, publishing and distributing versions of Wycliffe's Bible and various other Calvinist texts obtained from London; the Dedham Classis is the best recorded of those active in the sixteenth century.[4]

Link to Hathitrust

Dedham Settlers in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

A group of early dissenters left Dedham to found the township of Dedham in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1635. Under the leadership of John Rogers, a preacher banned from his work in England, they established a settlement on the western edge of the colony first established in 1628, now a suburb of the city of Boston. Despite some early setbacks this township eventually proved very successful and a number of prominent US families can trace their ancestry from these early arrivals from East Anglia – see note below on William Tecumseh Sherman.

https://www.greatmigration.org/tour_april.html

THE DEDHAM CLASSIS

The Oxford English Dictionary does not provide a definition for the word "classis"that pertains directly to the Dedham Classis. The following is its first and main definition of the word:

In the Presbyterian system: an ecclesiastical court or assemby above the consistory and below the synod consisting of the elders or pastors from each parish or congregation within a given area.

The Dedham Classis was not so formal, nor was it part of any larger "system," but was an informal and secret gathering of ministers of the Puritan persuasion in the latter days of Queen Elizabeth, mostly from Essex and Suffolk. The more formal definition implies a compact group of contiguous parishes, whereas the members of the Dedham Classis were from those scattered parishes which were at that time of a Puritan persuasion. (In the latter part of the sixteenth century, the critical division between the Independents [Congregationalists] and the Presbyterians has not yet arisen.)

The Dedham Classis operated from 1582 to 1589. Much of the time in the meetings was taken up with exposition of a Biblical text. Other business involved the placing of young ministers, just out of Cambridge or Oxford, in various parishes or lectureships. Although the ministers of the Dedham Classis were of an older generation than those who took part in the Winthrop Fleet, many connections can be traced.

Links

• http://nefamilies.com/fam/groupsheetI100007275.aspx

Sources

1. http://www.soysite.com/SOYdescendants/index.html
2. Sherman genealogy including families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: some descendants of the immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman (Google eBook) Thomas Townsend Sherman. T. A. Wright, 1920 - 474 pages. Page 3. "Edmund Sherman of Dedham, clothier, son of Henry Sherman, in his will, proved April 30, 1601 ..."
3. Wood, Michael Johnson. The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives, Part 4. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, July 2013, Vol. 167, WN667, page 222-3.

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GEDCOM Note

Category: Dedham, Essex

Biography

Edmund Sherman, the son of Sherman-177|Henry Sherman the Elder andhis first wife, was born 'say 1548' and was buried in Dedham December22, 1600. Edmund was a clothier in Dedham, Essex. He married twice. On April 25, 1569 he married Ann Pellett, the daughter of William Pellett of Steyning. After they had 7 children his first wife died and was buried on June 8, 1584. On September 11, 1584 Edmund married Anne Clere, the daughter of Nicholas Clere and Ann ____ Haselwood. With this second wife Edmund had another 7 children.<ref name=Wood>Wood, Michael Johnson. “The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives, Part 6: The Family of Edmund Sherman.” NEHGR, Vol 168, pages 16-18. 2014</ref>

Children with wife Anne Pellett:<ref name=Wood />

1. Henry, baptized September 1570; buried January 1, 1585/6
2. Edmund, born say 1572; married Grace Makin
3. Ann, baptized October 9, 1575; died young# Richard, baptized March 3, 1576/7; married (1) Alice Cage; (2) Elizabeth ____
4. Child, born and buried February 4, 1578/9
5. Ann, baptized as Anna March 7, 1580/1; married John Anger
6. Bezaliel, born say 1583; married (1) Mary ____; (2) Priscilla Burges

Children with wife Ann Clere:<ref name=Wood />

1. Sarah, baptized Jul 4, 1587; married Thomas Warner
2. Ann, born say 1589; married (1) Richard Backler; (2) Robert Salmon
3. Susan, baptized February 17, 1590/1
4. Samuel, born say 1593; married Hester Burges
5. John, born say 1595; married (1) Margaret Sparhawke; (2) Anne ____
6. Benjamin, baptized March 27, 1597; married Margaret Freemen
7. Mary, baptized March 20 1598/9; married Andrew Bacon Edmund was a clothier in Dedham, England. His will was dated 31 July 1599. A codicil was written 20 December 1600 and the will was proven 20April 1601. The willl mentions his wife; sons Edmond ,Richard, Baziliel, Samuel, John, and Benjamin; eldest daughter Anne Sherman (under 21); daughter Sarah; Hannah (daughter by Anne his 2nd wife) (nder 21); daughters Susan and Mary (under 21); sister Judith Pettfield; brother Henry Sherman; kinsman Simon Fenn; children Sarah, Hanna, Susan, Samueland John were to receive 20s each, which was from their grandmother Clere; kinsman John Elmes. His wife Anne was executor.<ref name=Wood /> Anne Clere Sherman's will was dated 3 Aug 1609, and proved 12 Jan 1610/11, and mentioned son John Sherman (under 21), son Samuel Sherman; myseven children viz Samuel, John and Benjamin Sherman, Sara Warner, Anna, Susan, and Mary Sherman (under 21 except Sara. Executors: NicholasClarr[sic] of Colchester and Thomas Warner (son-in-law). Overseers brother Thomas Haselwood and brother Mr Robert Lewis. <ref name=Wood /> Edmond Sherman was founder of the English school in Dedham. He made a will in 1598, and was buried in 1600. Anne Cleare, widow of Edmond Sherman, made a will in 1609.<ref>Sebastian Visscher Talcott, "Genealogical notes of New York and New England families," 1883, pages 681-682: https://archive.org/details/genealogicalnote00talc</ref>

Sources

<references/>* http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=4478194&pid=...

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