Ens. Thomas Sherwood, Rev. War Spy

Ens Thomas Sherwood BIRTH 1 Jun 1745 Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA DEATH 10 Dec 1826 (aged 81) Brockville, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada BURIAL Sherwood Cemetery Sherwood Springs, Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada Add to Map MEMORIAL ID 116003319 · View Source

a son of Seth Sherwood & Sarah Pitcher of Conn. Thomas Sherwood became a spy during the American Revolution, helping the British aganist the Patroits. His cousin Justice Sherwood was a Captain of British Forces during the American Revolution. His Home is the Blue Church at Maitland, Ont.

Spouse Anna Brownson Sherwood, 1752–1801 (m. 1765)

Children Thomas Sherwood, unknown–1864 John Sherwood, 1775–1857 Adiel Sherwood, 1779–1874 James Sherwood, 1784–1856

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Thomas Sherwood (1745 - 1826)

Esn Thomas Sherwood Born 1 Jun 1745 in Old Stratford, Connecticut, USAmap

Son of Seth Sherwood and Sarah (Pitcher) Sherwood Brother of Elizabeth Sherwood, Seth Sherwood, Lydia Sherwood, Adiel Sherwood, Sarah B. Sherwood and Tamar Sherwood Husband of Annah Brownson — married about 1770 in of Fort Edwards, Washington, New Yorkmap

Father of Lois (Sherwood) Buell, Reuben Sherwood, Adiel Sherwood, James Sherwood, Thomas Sherwood, Seth Sherwood and Anna Sherwood Died 10 Dec 1826 in Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canadamap

Categories: United Empire Loyalists.

Thomas Sherwood was a United Empire Loyalist. UEL Status: Undetermined Date: Undated Biography

Thomas was born on 1 Jun 1745 in Old Stratford, Connecticut, USA. He died on 10 Dec 1826 in Brockville, Leeds, Ontario, Canada[1]. He was the son of Seth Sherwood and Sarah Pitcher. Thomas married Annah Brownson about 1770 in of Fort Edwards, Washington, New York, USA

Thomas Sherwood was an Ensign in Loyal Rangers, serving under Major Edward Jessup[2]. The Haldimand Papers compiled in 1783, states that he was born in Connecticut, and had served six and a half years in the Loyal Rangers.

Thomas moved to the area of Fort Edward New York, where he had 150 acres of farmland.

Thomas was recognised as a United Empire Loyalist (UEL)

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↑ As remembered by his son Adiel Sherwood (1779-1874) as printed in the Brockville History Handbook ↑ THE OLD UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS LIST, APPENDIX B, Sherwood, Thomas E District M. C., Subaltern Ensign Jessup's O.C. 28th Jany., 1800.

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