Judge Samuel Sherman

Judge Samuel Sherman

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When Judge Samuel Sherman was born on 12 July 1618, in Dedham, Essex County, England, his father, Edmund Sherman, was 47 and his mother, Grace Makin, was 41. He married Sarah Mitchell in 1640, in Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 1 daughter.

In 1664, at the age of 45, his occupation is listed as elected magistrate in Connecticut, United States. He died on 5 April 1700, in Stratfield, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 81, and was buried in Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

Served in Perquot War.

Deputy (Stratford) Connecticut Assembly in October of 1660, Assistant Connecticut Col. October 1662, 1663-67.

In 1665 he was part of Wartime Committee of six to watch and guard the Coast. Commissioner for Stratford (1671-75), for Stratford and Woodbury (1676--79), for Stratford (1680-84) for Fairfield (1685-1688)
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He came to America with his father when about 14 years of age and remained for several years at Watertown, Massachusetts. Removed thence to Wethersfield, Connecticut, probably in 1635 and in May following was one of the committee which declared war against the Pequot Indians.

He then was only 19 years old. Served in the Pequot War as Deputy(Stratford) to Connecticut Legislature October 1660; Assistant, Connecticut Col., October 1662, 1663-67; and Commissioner for Stratford 1671-75 for Stratford and Woodbury 1676-79 for Stratford 1680-84 for Fairfield 1685-1688.

He married Sarah Mitchell, sister of the Reverend John Mitchell of Cambridge, Massachusetts, about 1640. Before 1656 he removed to Stratford, Connecticut, and was there an Assistant, or member of the General Court in 1662-1665.

In 1665 he was appointed on the war committee to watch and guard the coast against the incursions of the Dutch, then holding New York. He was a leading man in the Colony. Member of the court of Assistants, or Upper House of the General Court, and supreme judicial tribunal for 5 or 6 years from 1663, and he held various offices and appointments of honor and trust. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, by Donald Lines Jacobus, I 540.

• Sherman Genealogy, by Thomas Townsend Sherman, (1920), 124-125. The New England Shermans, by Roy V. Sherman, (1974), 169. Waters, Henry F.
• GENEALOGICAL GLEANINGS IN ENGLAND, II 1203, (Baltimore, 1981).

Name Samuel Sherman
SAR Membership 74845
Role Ancestor
Application Date 19 Jan 1952
Spouse Sarah Mitchell
Children Benjamin Sherman

U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
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Immigration: Came with his father to New England in 1634; was in Watertown, Massachusetts & Wethersfield, Connecticut, with his father; was afterwards at Stratford, Stamford and Fairfield, Connecticut.