Capt. Matthew Sherwood

Note: Probably born in Fairfield, Ct ( perhaps Stratfield section ) as were his siblings also where he died and is buried

Matthew Sherwood

• Born: 1643 or 1644,
• Died: Oct. 26, 1715, Stratfield section of Stratford Ct.,( Now Bridgeport, Connecticut ) Stone : Here lyes the body of CAPT. MATTHEW SHERWOOD , departed this life ye 26th of October, 1715 in ye 72 Year of his age
• Parents: Thomas Sherwood & Mary

First Marriage: 1668, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

• First Wife: Mary Fitch
  • Born: 1643 or 1644, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut
  • Died: 25 Dec 1730, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
  • Parents: Thomas Fitch & Anne Stacie
  • Children:
    • 1. Lemuel Sherwood
      • Born: 1687, Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
      • Died: 2 Sept. 1732, Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
    • 2. Samuel Sherwood
      • Born: Abt 1680, Connecticut
      • Died: Nov. 10, 1732, Stratfield, Connecticut
    • 3. Anne Sherwood*
    • 4. John Sherwood
      • Born: 1672, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
      • Died: Oct. 7, 1696, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
    • 5. Matthew Sherwood
      • Born: 1675, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
      • Died: 1709, Unknown
    • 6. Sarah Sherwood
      • Born: 1676, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
      • Died: May 25, 1743, Connecticut
    • 7. Mary Sherwood
      • Born: 1672, Fairfield, Connecticut
      • Died: 16 Sep 1752, Montville, New London, Connecticut"

Ref.: www.geocities.com/the_trowbridges/matthew_sherwood.html

NEW ENGLAND MARRIAGES BEFORE 1700

SHERWOOD, Matthew (1644-1715) & 1/wf Sarah [TURNEY] (1641-?), ca 1666, Stratford, CT

SHERWOOD, Matthew (1644-1715) & 2/wf Mary [FITCH] (1644-1730), b 1670, Stratford, CT

• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Sep 26 2016, 1:10:12 UTC

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Biography

Birth===Matthew Sherwood, son of Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield, was born in 1644, calculating back from his gravestone inscription that he died 26 Oct 1715 in his 72nd year.<ref name = FooF >Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, p. 551-2, viewed on americanancestors.org ($)</ref> His birth does not appear in the town or church records of Fairfield.

Marriages===Matthew Sherwood married, first, Sarah Turney (the daughter of Benjamin, b. 11 Dec 1641 in Concord) circa 1666 <ref>Torrey, Clarence Almon. Space:Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700|Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Vol. 2, p. 1369 1369, citing Stratford Hist. 2:1292; Fairfield1:409; Miner Ancestors 157; Bennett etc. (1931) 35; Botsford-Marble 149; TAG 13:142; Knapp Anc. 115; Warner-Harrington 577; Ackley-Bosworth65} </ref> and before 1670.<ref>#Daniels|Daniels: p. 28</ref><ref>#Jacobus1930|Jacobus(1930): Vol. 1, pp. 551 & 619.</ref>

Matthew married, second, Mary Fitch (daughter of Thomas), by 1670.<ref>Torrey, Clarence Almon. Space:Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700|Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Vol. 2, p. 1369 1369, citing Bennett etc. (1931) 35; Waterman (1939) 1:652; Warner-Harrington 577; Booth (1952) 13; Reg. 39:388; Ackley-Bosworth 55; Stratford Hist. 2:1292; #Jacobus1930|Jacobus(1930): Vol. 1, pp. 205 & 551.; Miner Anc. 103, 157; Winthrop-Babcock 197; Botsford-Marble 148; Ward (#1) 34; Knapp Anc.115; Utag Gen. Mag. 23:109; Bradford (1900) 93; Bradford (1951) 11; New Haven Gen. Mag. 1855}</ref>

Military and Civic Activities===Matthew Sherwood was commissioned Ensign of the Fairfield County Troop, Aug. 1673, and of Fairfield Train Band, Oct. 1685; In April 1690 hebecame Lieut. of the Train Band, and Captain of the Fairfield County Troop raised for active service the same date. Matthew

also served as Deputy for Fairfield, May 1692, and as Justice of the Peace for several years.<ref name = FooF /> Matthew's sister Abigail Sherwood Lockwood appointed him, along with her brother-in-law Joseph Lockwood, to oversee her will, as did his father-in-law Thomas Fitch. The Court appointed him as Guardian for Caleb and Agur, children of the late Zechariah Fairchild, and to oversee the estate of Joseph Jackson and several others.<ref>Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, p. 383, 205, 196, 322</ref> Matthew Sherwood was clearly thoroughly trusted by his relatives and fellow townsmen.

Death, Will, Burial ===Matthew Sherwood died in Stratfield on 26 Oct 1715. He signed his will on 14 Apr 1713, and it was proved 21 Dec 1715. The will mentions sons Samuel and Lemuel, grandchildren Ruth Treadwell, (daughter of lateson Matthew), Jemima (daughter of late son John) and daughters Mary Fitch, Sarah Fayerweather, Ann Trowbridge and wife Mary.<ref name = FooF />

Matthew was buried in the Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut. His gravestone is inscribed "Here lyes the Body of: CAPT. MATTHEW SHERWOOD, departed this lifeye 26th of October, 1715, in ye 72 Year of his age."<ref>Findagrave memorial 10044159, includes a photo</ref>

Children===Matthew and his first wife Sarah Sherwood had: <ref name = FooFWives>Jacobus, Donald Lines, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, vol. 1, p 444, 551-2; Vol. 2, p. 836,</ref>

• Matthew, b. about 1667, m. Elizabeth Morehouse, died 1709 Matthew and his second wife Mary Sherwood had at least:<ref name = FooFWives />
• John, b. perhaps 1672, m. Johanna Booth, d. 1696*Mary, b. perhaps 1674 m. Capt. Daniel Fitch of Norwich, then Joseph Bradford*Sarah, b. abt 1676, m. Ephraim Wheeler, then Benjamin Fairweater, then Anthony Nouguier*Lemuel, b. perhaps 1678, m. Ann Wheeler, then Experience Wheeler, then widow Joanna Phippen, and then Anna Silliman, d. 1732, had Matthew, Andrew, and Samuel*Samuel, b. 1681, m. Rebecca Burr, then the widow Mary Wheeler Jackson, d. 1732, had sons John, Nathaniel, Thomas, Andrew*Ann, b. perhaps 1684, m. Joseph Trowbridge about 1708, then Caleb Fairchild, settled in Hanover, New Jersey

Sources

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• Daniels, Larry. Butts, Knowles & Hills; The Seeleys, Turneys, Sturges & Barlows (Privately printed, Bowie, MD 20715-1336, March 1993) Page 28 * Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. Space:The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut|The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1889) Vol. 1 Page 408* Space:Fairfield Historical Society, Reports and Papers|Fairfield Historical Society, Reports and Papers (Bridgeport, 1882) Page 34* Selleck, Lillian Lounsberry (Miner). Space:One Branch of the Miner Family|One Branch of the Miner Family (Higginson Book Company, 1928) Page 157-8* Sherwood, Frank P. Space:A Changing America|A Changing America (2006)* Space:Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721|Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721 (n.p., ?) Page 43: 1694 "Unknown-305555|Bancks, Mary widow, will of, dated Jan. 6, 1693/4, of Fairfield, probated 1694" "Legacy to her son Sherwood-384|Mathew Sherwood's daughter Mary Sherwood."* Cutter, William Richard. Space:New_England_Families_Genealogical_and_Memorial|New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial (Lewis Historical Publishing, New York, New York, 1913) Vol. IV* Jacobus, Donald Lines. Space:An American Family, Botsford-Marble Ancestral Lines|An American Family, Botsford-Marble Ancestral Lines (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, Connecticut, 1933) Page 250* Orcutt, Samuel. Space:A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut|A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Page 577* Beckford, William Hale. Space:LeadingBusiness Men of Fairfield County|Leading Business Men of Fairfield County (Mercantile Pub. Co., Boston, 1887) ::* Page 15: "The records of Fairfield, in 1669, show the names of the following freemen, who voted in that town, but resided within the limits of Stratfield:... Matthew Sherwood..."
• Palmer, Charles Ray. Space:The Bi-Centennial Celebration of The First Congregational Church and Society of Bridgeport, Connecticut|The Bi-Centennial Celebration of The First Congregational Church and Society of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, 1895) Page 170.
• 10044159

Matthew's Father's Family===NOTE: The discussion in this largely redundant section is not about Matthew but rather about his father Thomas and his children. To be removed and perhaps relocated.

April 1634, with his wife Alice and children Ann, Rose, Thomas, Rebecca, Sherwood-62 | Thomas Sherwood sailed from Ipswich, Suffolk, England in the ship "Frances". They spent time in Wethersfield, Connecticut and appeared at Fairfield as early as 1648, when a bill of sale of land to John Holly by Sherwood, appears on Stamford, Connecticut land records In 1650 he bought land at Barlow's Plain, Fairfield *Children by first wife: Jane, Tomson (Prob.Thomasine), Margaret, Sarah, Hannah, Rose, Thomas, Rebecca*Children by second wife: Mary: Stephen, Matthew, Mary, Ruth, Abigail,Isaac

• 14 children in all.
• Widow Mary went on to marry John Banks. Mary d.1693/4
• "Thomas Sherwood, born in Sherwood Forest, Nottingham, England, 1586,died Fairfield, Connecticut, 1655. He sailed from Ipswich, April 21, 1634 in the good ship "Francis", John Cutting, master, and landed in Boston, Massachusetts, in June of the same year, accompanied by his wife Alice, born 1587, and four children: Ann, born 1620; Rose, 1623; Thomas, 1624; Rebecca, 1625. He settled first at Wethersfield, where his name appears on the second list of settlers other than those from Watertown. He settled in Fairfileld as early as 1643, when his name appears on the Stamford land records. He served as deputy with Roger Ludlow in the general court, 1650. He brought with him to Fairfield his second Wife, Mary

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  , by whom he had six more children. His will is dated July 21, 1655, and proved October 26, 1655" From "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, First Families of America" by Fredrick A.Virkus, published 1987. "Sherwood, Thomas (1586-1655), From Eng. in the "Francis", 1634: land records of Conn. show his name in many transactions; moved from Wethersfield to Fairfield, ante 1648; built 1st grist mill on Mill Plain; original will with signature still at Fairfield, Conn, Town Hall; m. ca. 1612, Alice Seabrook (b. 1587); m 2nd, Mary Fitch (d 1693/974)." Book "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfiled', Vil I, compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., page 548: "Thomas came yo Boston in the "Francis", Apr 1634, age 48,with wife Alice, age 47, and children "Anna (14), Rose (11), Thomas (10), Rebecca (9). Thye came to Wetherfield with the first settlers, 1635, was a carpenter, and sold his lands to George Wyllys, 25 Mar. 1640. He removed to Stamford, where he lived until 1648, when he sold to John Holly, and settled on Fairfield. He may have been related to Thomas Morehouse, whose holdings adjoined him in Wethersfield, and accompanied him in his sub

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