Hannah Sherwood

"Wid. Hannah Sherwood, age 85, died 13 Apr. 1812, of The Fever"

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Hannah (Stebbins) Sherwood (1727 - 1812)

Hannah Sherwood formerly Stebbins

Born 22 Mar 1727 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Daughter of Benjamin Stebbins and Sarah (Mead) Stebbins

Sister of Benjamin Stebbins, Ebenezer Stebbins, Esther (Stebbins) Benedict, Theophilus Stebbins, Nehemiah Stebbins, Josiah Stebbins, Joseph Stebbins and Sarah Stebbins

Wife of John Sherwood — married 19 May 1751 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT

Wife of Isaac Keeler — married about 1758 [location unknown]

Mother of Benjamin Sherwood Sr, Dorothy (Keeler) Osborn, Chloe (Keeler) Chapman and Phineas Keeler

Died 14 Apr 1812 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Hannah Stebbins was the daughter of Benjamin Stebbins (1692-1780) and Sarah Mead (1695-1774). born on 22 Mar 1728 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., CT. [1]

Hannah Stebbins married John Sherwood (1728-1779) on 19 May 1751 in Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.[1]

The History of Ridgefield Connecticut shows that John Sherwood and Hannah Stebbins had one son named Benjamin Sherwood born on 10 Apr 1753. He may have been the only son of this couple.

The Stebbins Genealogy by Ralph and Robert Greenlee. Hannah b. 28 Mar 1728 married John Sherwood who was born 15 March 1729 at Ridgefield, Conn. who was son of Daniel Sherwood and Ruth

Child Benjamin Sherwood b. 10 April 1753; m. Sarah Olmstead.[2] Benjamin is the only child of Hannah and John Sherwood recorded in the Ridgefield records.[1] The descendants of Jacob Sebor, 1709-1793, of Middletown, Connecticut by Helen Beach also calls him son of Daniel.

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↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Ridgefield p. 117 ↑ Greenlee, Ralph Stebbins,and Greenlee, Robert Lemuel,The Stebbins genealogy v. 1 chicago, 1904. Keeler, Wesley B., Keeler Family, Ralph Keeler of Norwalk, CT, and Some of His Descendants (Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1985) Page 32. #33 Website: Births, Part 1 Extracted from The History of Ridgefield Connecticut, by George L. Rockwell, 1927 (no copyright statement). Transcribed by Jane Devlin. This shows the birth of a son "Benjamin, son of John & Hannah SHERWOOD, b. 10 Apr 1753". Rockwell, George. The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut (Ridgefield, Conn., 1927) Page 38-9: She is listed with the 29 people that died from a "prevailing fever". The Day (Tuesday, Jun 09, 1812 Danbury, CT) Vol: I, Issue: 5, Page: 3. "Wid. Hannah Sherwood, age 85, died 13 Apr. 1812, of The Fever"