Capt. Samuel Sherwood

Samuel Sherwood

• Gender: Male
• Birth: circa 1680
• Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
• Death: November 10, 1732 (47-56) Stratfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Colonial America
• Place of Burial: Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

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Family

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Parents: Matthew Sherwood (1644 - 1715) Mary Fitch Sherwood (1643 - 1730)

Spouses:

1. Rebekah Burr Sherwood (1681 - 1721)*
2. Mary Wheeler Sherwood (____ - 1743)* widow of Henry Jackson

Children (with 1st wife)

1. John Sherwood (1705 - 1779)*
2. Daniel Sherwood (1708 - 1784)*
3. Sarah Sherwood Fitch (1709 - 1801)*

Siblings:

1. Lemuel Sherwood (1667 - 1732)**
2. Samuel Sherwood (1680 - 1732)
3. Anne Sherwood Fairchild (1691 - 1777)*
4. Adonijah Fitch (1700 - 1780)**

Calculated relationship* Half-sibling**

Inscription: age 52

Burial: Old Stratfield Cemetery Bridgeport Fairfield County Connecticut, USA

Created by: Jan Franco Record added: Apr 14, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 13950565

Buried in Old Stratfield Cemetery, Stratford, Ct ( now part of Bridgeport Ct)

Stone : HERE LYES BURIED THE BODY OF CAPt SAMl SHERWOOD

DECd NOVr Ye 10 ANNO DOMINI 1732 IN THE 52 YEAR OF HIS AGE

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sherwood-281

Samuel Sherwood was born about 1680 in Sratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut. He was the son of Matthew & Mary Fitch Sherwood.[1]

First Marriage: Samuel married Rebecca Burr on 30 Nov 1704. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Burr and Sarah Ward. [1]

Second Marriage: Samuel married Mary (Wheeler) Jackson in 1721.[1]

In 1717, the old church having become too small to accommodate the congregation, a new "meeting-house" was erected under the charge of five leading citizens: Major John Burr, Captain David Sherman, Lieutenant Richard Hubbell, Jr., Samuel Sherwood, and Mr. Benjamin Fayerweather." Beckford, William Hale. Leading Business Men of Fairfield County (Mercantile Pub. Co., Boston, 1887) Page 19

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sherwood-281 cites

1. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield; Jacobus, Donald Lines; Vol II; Part 2; P 836; Sherwood Family (Fairfield)
2. "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
3. Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Vol. 011 Bridgeport
4. Find a Grave, database and images (: accessed 19 December 2021), memorial page for Capt Samuel Sherwood (1680–10 Nov 1732), Find A Grave: Memorial #13950565, citing Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA.
5. Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut) page 556
6. Darlen's Family Geneology - http://dkdonovan.com/
7. Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts; Vol 1, Pt. 2 (1910) pg. 2369
8. Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1911) Vol. 1, Page 191
9. Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Vol. 1, Page 578
10. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1919) Vol. 50, Page 232
11. Palmer, Charles Ray. The Bi-Centennial Celebration of The First Congregational Church and Society of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, 1895) Page 170.
12. Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, Down to 1721 (n.p) Book 5, Page 32.