Edmond Sherman

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sherman#CITEREFAnderson1995 Philip Sherman] Born baptized 5 February 1610/11 Dedham, Essex, England Died 1687 Portsmouth, Rhode Island Other names Philip Shearman Education Sufficient to be General Recorder of the colony Occupation Secretary, Town Clerk, General Recorder, Deputy Religion Quaker Spouse(s) Sarah Odding

Children: Eber, Sarah, Peleg, Edmund, Samson, John, Mary, Hannah, Samuel, Benjamin, Phillip[1]

Parents Samuel Sherman and Phillipp Ward

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sherman-304

Edmund Sherman (1641 - abt. 1719)

Edmund Sherman aka Shearman

Born Apr 1641 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Son of Philip Sherman and Sarah (Odding) Sherman

Brother of Eber Sherman, Sarah (Sherman) Mumford, Peleg Sherman, Mary Sherman, Samson Sherman, William Sherman, John (Sherman) Shearman, Mary (Sherman) Brown, Samuel Sherman, Hannah (Sherman) Chase, Benjamin Sherman and Philip (Sherman) Chase

Husband of Dorcas Jane (Hicks) Sherman — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Father of Elkanah Shearman, Nathaniel Shearman, Samuel Shearman, Nathan (Shearman) Sherman, David Sherman, Lydia (Sherman) Maxfield, Elkanah Shearman, Elnathan Shearman and Joseph Shearman Sr.

Died about 1 Apr 1719 at about age 78 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts

Profile last modified 16 Nov 2021 | Created 3 Jan 2011

Biography

Taken from article: The Sherman Family.[1].

Edmond was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1641 to Philip Sherman.

Edmond had at least the following children:

Elkanah 1674
Nathaniel 1676[2]
Nathan 1678
David 1680[3]
Lydia 1682[4]
Samuel 1686
Elnathan 1694[5]
Joseph 1698[6]

Last Will and Testament

On October 20, 1712, Edmund Shearman (spelled Sharman by scrivener) of Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, executed (by his Mark) his Last Will and Testament leaving his Estate as follows: first, to his son Samuel, 15 shillings; second, to his son David, specific real property; third, to his son Nathan, specific real property; third to his Loving Wife Dorcas Shearman, a life estates or term of widowhood, whichever occurred, first, the rest and residue of his Lot and farm lands and movables with a remainder estate to his sons Elkanah and Joseph equally; fourth, to his son Elnathan, specific real property; fifth, to his daughter Lidy Maxfield, specific real property; sixth, to his five sons David, Nathan, Nathaniel, Elkanah, and Joseph, equally, specific real property; seventh, to his seven sons, Samuel, David, Nathan, Nathaniel, Elkanah, Joseph, and Elnathan, equally, specific really property; eighth, to his six sons David, Nathan, Nathaniel, Elkanah, and Elnathan, equally, specific really property; and ninth, he nominated his wife Dorcas Shearman as Executrix. The Will was proved July 6, 1719. Dorcas Shearman was named Executrix. The initial Inventory was made on April 1, 1719.[7]

Research Notes

It appears that at least two people named Edmund Sherman/Shearman had children in Dartmouth/New Bedford, Massachusetts, from 1675 to 1700.

Published Family Histories

A long article published in 1870 lists Shermans in southeast Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island in the late 1600s.[1] In it, Edmond is listed as son of Phillip, born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1641, who then moved to Dartmouth, Massachusetts. He had a daughter Lydia, born 1682. No wife name is included.[1] For Edmond's profile, I'm following this reference, though no sources were included.

Notes on Children

Nathaniel was born in May 1676 and Samuel was born in July 1676. Since no mother's names were recorded, it is unlikely that we can sort them out. Duplicate birth records are recorded in Dartmouth and New Bedford, complicating our analysis. An eight year gap between Nathan 1686 and Elnathan in 1694 also points to separate families, possibly. You will note the differences in birth dates between familysearch.org citations and the published but unsourced genealogy below.

The Edmund Shermans/Shearmans had at least the following children:

Nathaniel 1676[2]
Samuel 1676[8]
David 1680[3]
Lydia 1682[4]
Nathan 1686[9]
Elnathan 1694[5]
Joseph 1698[6]
Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Rev. David Sherman, The Sherman Family, NEHGR 24(1870):63-164, esp. p. 65-68. Note this article defines the "Register style" for listing family trees and the schema for numbering descendants.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Name: Nathaniel Shearman Event Type: Birth Event Date: May 1676 Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Edmund Shearman Mother's Name: / "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4PKK : 5 November 2017), Edmund Shearman in entry for Nathaniel Shearman, May 1676; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Name: David Shearman Event Type: Birth Event Date: Jan 1680 Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Edmund Shearman Mother's Name: / "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4PZJ : 5 November 2017), Edmund Shearman in entry for David Shearman, Jan 1680; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
↑ 4.0 4.1 Name: Lydia Shearman Event Type: Birth Event Date: Feb 1682 Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Female Father's Name: Edmund Shearman Mother's Name: / "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4PD5 : 5 November 2017), Edmund Shearman in entry for Lydia Shearman, Feb 1682; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
↑ 5.0 5.1 Name: Elnathan Shearman Event Type: Birth Event Date: Oct 1694 Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Edmund Shearman Mother's Name: / "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4PG1 : 5 November 2017), Edmund Shearman in entry for Elnathan Shearman, Oct 1694; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Name: Joseph Shearman Event Type: Birth Event Date: Feb 1698 Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Edmund Shearman Mother's Name: / "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4P5W : 5 November 2017), Edmund Shearman in entry for Joseph Shearman, Feb 1698; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
↑ Mass., Bristol, Probate Files, Edmund Shearman, 1719 Available here
↑ Name: Samuell Shearman Event Type: Birth Event Date: 27 Jul 1676 Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Edmund Shearman Mother's Name: / "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4PCK : 5 November 2017), Edmund Shearman in entry for Samuell Shearman, 27 Jul 1676; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
↑ Name: Nathan Shearman Event Type: Birth Event Date: Feb 1686 Event Place: New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States Gender: Male Father's Name: Edmund Shearman Mother's Name: / "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-4PXD : 5 November 2017), Edmund Shearman in entry for Nathan Shearman, Feb 1686; citing Birth, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009325.
Also:

Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families ... J.H. Beers & Company, 1908 - Rhode Island
Source: S2329653885 Title: Ancestry Family Trees: Tree #1, Tree #2. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com. Note: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
Source: S24 Title: Pedigree Resource File. User submitted. Note from this page: "He settled on land owned by his father, in Dartmouth, Mass., and was a leading man in the settlement of that town." - Rev. David Sherman, A.M. (recorded after 1868). Added by me - FR: I believe the work being cited here is: Sherman, Rev. David. "The Sherman Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 24 (January & April, 1870).
Contributors

WikiTree profile Sherman-304 created through the import of Weaver.ged on 03 January 2011. See the Changes page for details of edits.
WikiTree profile Shearman-97 created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011 by Doris Muller. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Doris and others.
WikiTree profile Sherman-724 created through the import of HART, Elizabeth - WIKITREE.ged on Jun 20, 2011 by Betty Patterson. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Betty and others.
WikiTree profile Sherman-893 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.
WikiTree profile Sherman-965 created through the import of Sherman Family Tree(1).ged on Jul 11, 2011 by Jerry Sherman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jerry and others.
WikiTree profile Shearman-304 created through the import of Remus Wikitree.ged on Feb 12, 2012 by Fred Remus. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Fred and others.
WikiTree profile Sherman-1595 created through the import of Hopkins-Elci Family Tree.ged on Jul 9, 2012 by Kristen Crandall. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kristen and others.
Proflie created by Judith Painter-McGregor.

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Name

: Edmund /Sherman/

Birth

: Date: 1641
: Place: Portsmouth, Newport, RI

Marriage

: Date: ABT 1673<ref>Source: #S24 Note: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/3M91-NDZ User submitted.</ref> : Husband: Shearman-97|Edmond Shearman : Wife: Hicks-2375|Dorcas Hicks : Child: Shearman-153|Elkanah Shearman : Child: Shearman-154|Nathaniel Shearman : Child: Shearman-155|Nathan Shearman : Child: Shearman-156|David Shearman : Child: Shearman-157|Lydia Shearman : Child: Shearman-158|Samuel Shearman : Child: Shearman-159|Elnathan Shearman : Child: Shearman-160|Joseph Shearman

Death

: Date: 1719
:Will of Edmund Shearman

Bio

:(I) Hon. Phillip Sherman.:(II) Edmund Sherman, son of Hon. Phillip, was born about 1641, and resided at Dartmouth, Mass., he being a large landholder in that town and at Portsmouth, R. I. He died about 1719. His wife, Dorcas, bore him children as follows: Elkanah, Nathaniel, Nathan, David, Lydia, Samuel, Elnathan and Joseph.:Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and HistoricalSketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families ... :J.H. Beers & Company, 1908 - Rhode Island

Sources

• Source: S2329653885 Title: Ancestry Family Trees: Tree #1, Tree #2. Publication: Online publication- Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com. Note: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Source: S24 Title: Pedigree Resource File. User submitted. Note from this page: "He settled on land owned by his father, in Dartmouth, Mass., and was a leading man in the settlement of that town." - Rev. David Sherman, A.M. (recorded after 1868). Added by me - Remus-2 | FR: I believe the work being cited here is: Sherman, Rev. David. "The Sherman Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 24 (January & April, 1870).