Capt. Benjamin Sherman

Capt. Benjamin Sherman

• b. 22 Dec 1675 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
• d. Bet 22 May 1734 and 7 Oct 1734
• Parents: Benjamin Sherman (1650 - 1719) and Hannah Mowry (1656 - Aft 1718) m. 3 Dec 1674
• Wife: Mary Lawton (1681/82 - ?) - Marriage 9 Apr 1702 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. She was the daughter of Robert Lawton and Mary Wodell.

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Benjamin inherited land in the Portsmouth area and worked as a sea captain. He would pass away in 1734 while Mary lived on until 1754 when she passed at 72 years of age. No burial record was found.

Biography

Benjamin3 Shearman, in Sumner, Edith Bartlett. Ancestry and descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin. (Los Angeles, Calif.: American Offset Printers, 1954) 182-83. < Archive.Org >

"Benjamin3 Shearman was born in Portsmouth, R.I., on Dec. 26, 1675. Benjamin died in Newport in 1734 (Mss. in New York City Public Library). Benjamin, though the eldest son, was not executor of his father's will, but shared with his brother Joseph in a large amount of property in Portsmouth. He was a resident of Newport, and was probably the Captain Benjauin Shearman of Newport who was admitted freeman of the colony on May 4, 1714. (There were two other records of a Benjamin Shearman admitted freeman of the colony, one in 1727 and one in 1733, both of Newport.) … The only record of Benjamin's will of May 22, 1734, probated on Oct. 7, 1734, in Newport, is found in 'Town Council, a fragment, VII:202,' which unfortunately only contains the name of a Mary Perkins."

Children of Mary Lawton and Benjamin Sherman include:

1. Benjamin4, 2-8-1702/03, Portsmouth. D., 1704.
2. Elizabeth, Portsmouth, 6-21-1704. Married 1725 to Theophilus Morgan; 1 son. Divorced.
3. Robert, Portsmouth, 9-1-1705. Captain, mariner, Trinity Church warden. D. 1780 , Newport. Had 13 chil. M., 1, 1723, Isabel Hamilton. M., 2, 12-4-1729, Katherine2 (Robert1) Taylor.
4. George, Newport, 2-22-1706/7. D. 1713.
5. Isaac, Newport, 6-9-1709. Bp. 8-21-1709. M., 9-2-1736, Martha Hookey; had chil. Was a mariner.
6. Joseph, Newport, 6-1-1712. Bp. 7-6-1712. M. 17521, Elizabeth2 (Thomas1) Sisson; 5 chil.
7. George, Newport, 8-7-1713. (given in NYC Library MSS).
8. Mary, bp. Trinity Church, Newport. 6-12-1715. Married Abraham Kimberly.
9. Benjamin, bp. Trinity Church, Newport.

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References

1. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Benjamin_Sherman_(22) cites
   1. Benjamin3 Shearman, in Sumner, Edith Bartlett. Ancestry and descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin. (Los Angeles, Calif.: American Offset Printers, 1954) 182-83. < Archive.Org >; (document attached)
2. https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Mary_Lawton_%2827%29 cites
   1. Mary3 Lawton, in Sumner, Edith Bartlett. Ancestry and descendants of Amaziah Hall and Betsey Baldwin. (Los Angeles, Calif.: American Offset Printers, 1954) 125. "Mary3 Lawton was born in Portsmouth, R. I., on Feb. 20, 1681/2. She married on April 9, 1702, Benjamin Sherman, Jr., … The date of Mary's death is not known."
   2. Portsmouth Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891) 81. “LAWTON, Mary, of Robert and Mary, [born] Feb. 20, 1681-2”
3. WikiTree contributors, "Mary (Lawton) Shearman (1681-1754)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lawton-45 : accessed 15 May 2024). cites
   1. "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8SK-KM6 : 4 November 2020), Mary Lawton, 1681.
   2. "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8V1-8RF : 4 November 2020), Mary Lawton in entry for Benjamin Shearman, 1702.
   3. "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8FJ-PDM : 4 November 2020), Mary in entry for Benjamin Shearman, 1704.
   4. "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6YZ-5TZM : 9 November 2020), Mary in entry for George Shearman, 1706.
   5. "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6BM-FXMM : 9 November 2020), Mary Shearman in entry for George Shearman, 1707.
   6. "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F83R-9X6 : 17 December 2019), Mary in entry for Isaac Shearman, 1709.
   7. "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F83R-9XN : 17 December 2019), Mary in entry for Joseph Shearman, 1712.
   8. "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D6BS-3HW2 : 9 November 2020), Mary Shearman in entry for George Shearman, 1713.
   9. Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Inc. - Pane-Joyce Genealogy - Information on Benjamin Sherman and Mary Lawton. < link >
   10. Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families, by Sebastian Visscher Talcott. Genealogical Publishing Com, 1973. Page 690. < GoogleBooks >
   11. The Hazard family of Rhode Island, 1635-1894 : being a genealogy and history of the descendants of Thomas Hazard ... by Caroline E. Robinson. Page 15. < Hathitrust >
   12. Records of the Sherman family, as relating to the ancestors and descendants of Benj. Sherman, from Henry Sherman, county of Suffolk, Eng., down to the 13th generation, by Sherman, David H., 1837-; Sherman, David, 1822-1897. Publication date 1887. Page 85. < Archive.Org >