Henry Sherman, of Dedham & Colchester

4.  Henry (Sr.) Sherman  b: Abt. 1510 in Dedham d: Bef. July 25, 1590 in Dedham + Agnes ? d: October 14, 1580 in Dedham

His parents are not known & neither are his wife Agnes'. Some say his parents are Thomas Sherman and Jane Waller.

notes

• parents - DISPROVEN: 3. Thomas Sherman, of Yaxley  b: Abt. 1490 in Yaxley  d: Aft. May 05, 1551 in Yaxley + Jane Waller m: Abt. 1512 in Yaxley d: 1573 in Yaxley. See open  letter on 13 Oct 2006 from noted genealogist Michael J. Wood, to the RootsWeb forum - also printed below

Sources

1. http://www.soysite.com/SOYdescendants/index.html
2. Sherman genealogy including families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: some descendants of the immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman (Google eBook) Thomas Townsend Sherman. T. A. Wright, 1920 - 474 pages. Page 3. "Henry Sherman, of Dedham & Colchester, clothier, whose will was proved July 25, 1590 ..."

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Oct 13, 2006  letter from Michael Wood - noted genealogist - to an open forum on RootsWeb..

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Several hundred databases on worldconnect.rootsweb.com say that Henry Sherman of Dedham, Essex, clothier, who died in 1590, was son of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, Suffolk, d. 1551. I am sending this message in batches, as time permits, to the creators of the 181 databases (as at 1 Oct 2006) on which Henry has been allocated the year of birth 1524, for no reason I can see.

This date does not fit the fourth son of Thomas of Yaxley, who in his will dated 20 Jan 1550/1 said his son Henry was then still an apprentice, that is, under 21. More particularly, that Henry probably lived at Diss, Norfolk, where his only known son Thomas, named in the will of that Henry's brother Richard of Diss dated 1587, was living in the early 1600s. [B L Stratton, Transatlantic Shermans (1969), esp. pages 37, 47, 49.]

Nor does it fit the Dedham clothier, several of whose great-grandchildren settled in New England, either as young adults or with their parents. More than 50 years ago B L Stratton in New Light on Henry Sherman (1954), pages 1-10, pointed out that the clothier deposed on 11 October 1574 that he was then aged 62 and had lived in Dedham for 40 years, so was born 1511/12 and settled there in 1534. His daughters Alice Fince and Judith Petfield were both married before 1561 (when Henry son of Thomas of Yaxley was no more than 30), and his son Thomas was buried at Dedham 16 March 1563/4, probably aged 8, which is why he is not named in Henry's will dated 25 July 1590.

So as not to mislead viewers of your database(s) [some addressees have more than one], please amend the year of birth of Henry Sherman to 1511 or 1512 and disconnect him from his pretended "Yaxley" ancestry; and while doing so, please delete also the conjectural surname of his wife Agnes. I have examined all surviving pertinent records, and can affirm she was NOT daughter of Henry's friend Thomas Butter of Dedham, whose surname was once misprinted "Butler", which has led to ludicrous, and wholly fictitious, speculations as to her ancestry on some databases.

If you want to retain on your database the disconnected pedigree of the Shermans of Yaxley, I commend to you B L Stratton's Transatlantic Shermans  (1969), pages 31-54 and the pull-out pedigree at the end, which identifies all the sons of Thomas & Jane (Waller) Sherman and their families. "Sherman" being an occupational surname, it is quite possible the Yaxley and Dedham families were not even distantly related agnately.

Yours sincerely,    Michael J Wood

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Henry SHERMAN SR was buried in 1590 in Dedham, Essex, England. He died on 25 Jul 1590 in Dedham, Essex, England. He was born in Dedham, Essex, England. Parents: Thomas SHERMAN and Jane WALLER.

He was married to Agnes BUTTER in 1541 in Dedham, Essex, England.

Children were:

1. Alice SHERMAN,
2. Henry SHERMAN JR,
3. Edmund SHERMAN,
4. Judith SHERMAN,
5. John SHERMAN,
6. Thomas SHERMAN,
7. Robert SHERMAN.

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Henry is the 13th Great Grandfather of George W. Bush.

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Henry SHERMAN Agnes BUTTER Marion SMYTH Margery __?__ WARNING: secondary sources are all over the map with regard to these SHERMANs. Beware especially of files at WorldConnect; the errors there are horrendous. I've mainly confined what I show here to what was given by David Sherman's 1870 article in the NEHGR (cited as Source 1 below). Husband: Henry1 SHERMAN Birth: 1511/2, of Dedham, ESS Death: bet. 16 Feb 1589/90 and 25 Jul 1590, Colchester, ESS Disposition: buried parish churchyard, Dedham, ESS Will signed: 20 Jan 1589/90; codicil 16 Feb 1589/90 Will proved: 25 Jul 1590 Transhumance: 1534, moved from Yaxley to Dedham Occupation: shearman, clothier, landlord Marriage-1: 1542 Wife-1: Agnes __?__ Birth: 1521, Dedham, ESS Death: Oct 1580, Dedham, ESS Disposition: buried 14 Oct 1580, Dedham, ESS Marriage-2: 5 Jun 1581, Dedham, ESS Wife-2: Marion / Maryann SMYTH Other Spouse: m1. Edmund WILSON Marriage-3: Wife-3: Margery / Margerye __?__ Children with Agnes BUTTER — born in Dedham, ESS: 1. Henry SHERMAN, b. ca. 1540s 2. Edmond SHERMAN, b. 8 Jun 1548 3. Judith SHERMAN, b. ca. 1550s; m. bef. 1561, Mr. PETFIELD 4. John SHERMAN, b. ca. 1550s 5. Thomas SHERMAN, b. ca. 1555; bur. 16 Mar 1563/4 5. (Dr.) Robert SHERMAN, bap. 6 Feb 1560 6. Alice SHERMAN; m. bef. 1561, Mr. FINCE

Children with Marion SMYTH: - Children with Margery: - Keywords for search engines: UK, United Kingdom, ENG, England, Essex, Suffolk

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Sources: 1. David Sherman. 1870. "The Sherman Family." New England Historical and Genealogical Record 24(Jan): 63-72.

2. Henry F. Waters. 1896. "Genealogical Gleanings in England." New England Historical and Genealogical Record 50(Apr): 249-288. Several SHERWOOD wills, including the will of our subject on pp. 281-282.

3. Descendants of Hon. Samuel Sherman (online at the SHERMANs of Yaxley web site [link died]).

4a. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org). 4b. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org). 4c. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

5. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). There are a couple of files here that include substantial documenation in the Notes.

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• http://www.sherman-roots.com/sherman/bio/04-sherm-henry.html

Henry Sherman, Clothier

Henry Sherman (4), 1524-1590 Agnes Butler (4) (Sherman), 1521-1580

1524. Henry was born in Yaxley in County Suffolk England

xxxx. Henry was a clothier, lived in Colchester in Essex County England. He bore the Suffolk- Sherman coat-of-arms.

xxxx. Henry married first to Agnes Butler at Dedham

1533/9. The Church of England was founded, prior to this date the Churches at Dedham, Yaxley and Diss were of the Roman Catholic religion.

1548. Henry was a landlord in Dedham in Essex County, and lived in a mansion called "Southfields," or sometimes called the Flemish House," which was built just before 1500. It included his residential quarters, a counting room, woadhouse and storerooms.

1567. September 30th Henry Sherman took surrender of the property called Hykell, this land held by later generations of the family.

1580. October 14th Agnes Sherman died, buried same day.

1581. June 5th Henry married second to Marion/Maryan Smyth (Wilson). She was the widow of Edmund Wilson.

1585/8. Henry married third to Margery _______.

1589/90. Henry wrote his will.

1590. Henry died in Colchester or Dedham and is buried in the Parish Church of Dedham.

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Formerly of Dedham, Essex

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of Colchester & Dedham

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Henry SHERMAN SR was buried in 1590 in Dedham, Essex, England. He died on 25 Jul 1590 in Dedham, Essex, England. He was born in Dedham, Essex, England. Parents: Thomas SHERMAN and Jane WALLER.

He was married to Agnes BUTTER in 1541 in Dedham, Essex, England.

Children were:

Alice SHERMAN, Henry SHERMAN JR, Edmund SHERMAN, Judith SHERMAN, John SHERMAN, Thomas SHERMAN, Robert SHERMAN.

Henry is the 13th Great Grandfather of George W. Bush.

Agnes BUTTER

Husband: Henry1 SHERMAN Birth: 1511/2, of Dedham, ESS Death: bet. 16 Feb 1589/90 and 25 Jul 1590, Colchester, ESS Disposition: buried parish churchyard, Dedham, ESS Will signed: 20 Jan 1589/90; codicil 16 Feb 1589/90 Will proved: 25 Jul 1590 Transhumance: 1534, moved from Yaxley to Dedham Occupation: shearman, clothier, landlord

Marriage-1: 1542 Wife-1: Agnes __?__ Birth: 1521, Dedham, ESS Death: Oct 1580, Dedham, ESS Disposition: buried 14 Oct 1580, Dedham, ESS Marriage-2: 5 Jun 1581, Dedham, ESS Wife-2: Marion / Maryann SMYTH Other Spouse: m1. Edmund WILSON Marriage-3: Wife-3: Margery / Margerye

Children with Agnes BUTTER — born in Dedham, ESS: 1. Henry SHERMAN, b. ca. 1540s 2. Edmond SHERMAN, b. 8 Jun 1548 3. Judith SHERMAN, b. ca. 1550s; m. bef. 1561, Mr. PETFIELD 4. John SHERMAN, b. ca. 1550s 5. Thomas SHERMAN, b. ca. 1555; bur. 16 Mar 1563/4 5. (Dr.) Robert SHERMAN, bap. 6 Feb 1560 6. Alice SHERMAN; m. bef. 1561, Mr. FINCE

Children with Marion SMYTH: - Children with Margery: - Keywords for search engines: UK, United Kingdom, ENG, England, Essex, Suffolk

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: 1. David Sherman. 1870. "The Sherman Family." New England Historical and Genealogical Record 24(Jan): 63-72.

2. Henry F. Waters. 1896. "Genealogical Gleanings in England." New England Historical and Genealogical Record 50(Apr): 249-288. Several SHERWOOD wills, including the will of our subject on pp. 281-282.

3. Descendants of Hon. Samuel Sherman (online at the SHERMANs of Yaxley web site [link died]).

4a. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org). 4b. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org). 4c. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: Pedigree Resource File (index to CDs, online at FamilySearch.org).

5. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com). There are a couple of files here that include substantial documenation in the Notes.

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Henry Sherman, Clothier

Henry Sherman (4), 1524-1590 Agnes Butler (4) (Sherman), 1521-1580

1524. Henry was born in Yaxley in County Suffolk England

xxxx. Henry was a clothier, lived in Colchester in Essex County England. He bore the Suffolk- Sherman coat-of-arms.

xxxx. Henry married first to Agnes Butler at Dedham

1533/9. The Church of England was founded, prior to this date the Churches at Dedham, Yaxley and Diss were of the Roman Catholic religion.

1548. Henry was a landlord in Dedham in Essex County, and lived in a mansion called "Southfields," or sometimes called the Flemish House," which was built just before 1500. It included his residential quarters, a counting room, woadhouse and storerooms.

1567. September 30th Henry Sherman took surrender of the property called Hykell, this land held by later generations of the family.

1580. October 14th Agnes Sherman died, buried same day.

1581. June 5th Henry married second to Marion/Maryan Smyth (Wilson). She was the widow of Edmund Wilson.

1585/8. Henry married third to Margery _______.

1589/90. Henry wrote his will.

1590. Henry died in Colchester or Dedham and is buried in the Parish Church of Dedham. -------------------- Formerly of Dedham, Essex -------------------- of Colchester & Dedham

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Henry, son of Thomas Sherman, wa born in Yaxley about 1530. He is mentioned in his father's will, as well as several brothers' wills. His wife Agnes was buried October 14, 1580. He married (second) Margery Wilson, widow. His will was dated January 20, 1589, and proved July 25, 1590. He died in 1589.

Copied from http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/sherman-2.html

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GEDCOM Note

Category:England, Pre-1700 PPPs Category: Dedham, Essex Category: Colchester, Essex

Disputed Origins

Previously Thomas Sherman and Jane (Waller) Sherman were attached to this profile as Henry's parents. Thereis no evidence to support them as his parents. In fact, researcher Michael Johnson Wood states: "Exhaustive research, by myself and others before me, has yielded no clue to the true origin of the Dedham clothier." So those parents have been detached.<ref>Michael Johnson Wood, “The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives,” NEHGR, Vol 166, page 245. (2012)</ref>In fact, in Wood’s NEHGR article he refers to the fact that “In New Light on Henry Sherman, Mrs. B. L. Stratton conclusively proved thatHenry Sherman the elder was not the son of that name of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, Suffolk. That Henry, who was under age 21 in 1551, had a son Thomas who in 1587 was living in Diss, Norfolk, where his childrenwere living in the early 1600s. In contrast, Henry Sherman the Dedhamclothier was born about 1512, settled in Dedham about 1534, was fathering children in the 1540s and was not survived by a son named Thomas.” <ref>Michael Johnson Wood, “The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives,” NEHGR, Vol 166, page 245.</ref>
See Henry Sherman for the WikiTree profile of the manfrom Yaxley, who was born between 1529-33 (in many data-bases incorrectly stated as born about 1524) son of Thomas of Yaxley.

Biography

Henry Sherman was born, possibly in Essex, about 1512. (He was 62 in 1574.) He died, probably in Colchester, between February 26, 1589/90, the date of a codicil to his will and July 25, 1590, the date his will was probated. Henry was a prominent clothier in Dedham. Mrs. Stratton stated that he was a landholder in Dedham as early as 1548 and lived in a mansion called "Southfields" or, often "Flemish Houses", which wasbuilt just before 1500 and included his residential headquarters, a counting room, and store rooms. <ref>Michael Johnson Wood, “The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives,” NEHGR, Vol 166, pages 245-258.</ref> Henry was married at least three times. He married his first wife Agnes ____ about 1539. She was the mother of his seven children: Alice, Judith, Henry, Edmund, John, Thomas, and Robert. She may have been the daughter of Robert Perpoynt of Dedham. She was buried in Dedham on October 14, 1580. On June 5, 1581, Henry married Marion ____, the widow ofThomas Smythe and Edmund Wilson. She may have been the Mrs Sherman buried August 4, 1584. Henry’s last wife was Margery ____, who was living when he made his will. <ref>Michael Johnson Wood, “The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives,” NEHGR, Vol 166, pages 257-258.</ref>

Will==A portion of Henry's extensive will shows his interest in schooling for the children of his area.

:: :: . Will; 20 Jan 1589/90; Dedham, Essex, England. :: "In the name of God, Amen, the twentithe day of January a thousand fyve hundred eightie nine and in the two and thirtithe yeare of the reigne of oure soveraigne Ladie Quene Elizabethe, I Henry Shearman, the elder, of Colchester in the county of Essex being whole of memorye andin perfect mynde thankes be to God do make constitute and ordeyne this my laste will and testamente revokinge all other willes and testamentes made by me. Firste I bequeathe my soule into the handes of Almighty God my maker acknowledging Jesus the sonne of the Lyvinge God my only Savyoure and Redeemer by whose pretious bloodshedding all my synnes ar washed awaye which hath satisfied the wrathe of God the father and I by his meritts and noe other means shall enherite the Kingdome prepared for the faithefull. I acknowledge the holy ghoste the god of comforte which hathe sealed me up to the everlasting covenaunte of eternallioyes, my bodie I committ to the earth from whence yt came to be buried in the parishe churche of Dedham. Item. I will and bequeathe to Doctor Chapman the preacher of Dedham sixe poundes to be paid within sixemonthes after my decease. Item. I will to Mr. Parker fortie shillingsto be paide at the same time. Item. I will to the poore of Dedham twenty poundes to be a contynewall stocke for the poore to the worldes ende and the use and benifit of it to goe to the poore. Further my will and mynde is that it shalbe ordered at the discretion of the governours of the free schoole of Dedham or the greatest parte of them and th_ to take securitie for the princypall. Item. I will and bequeathe unto Henry Shearman, my son my Shearman's crafte to hym and his heires for ever. Item. I give to Henry Shearman, my sonne, all the householde (sic) which is in his house which he hathe already. Item. I give to my sonne, Henry Shearmans children that is to saye to Henry Shearman, Samuel Shearman, Daniel, John, Ezechiell, Phebe, Nathaniell and Anne Shearman to each of them five pounds a peece to be paied to the sonnes at the age of two anf twentie. And yf any of them dye before they shall accomplishe the foresaid age then I will yt to be equallie divided betwixt the reste alive and to the daughter at one and twentie. And yf they die before this age then I will there porcon to be equallie divided betwixt my sonne Henryes children then alive."

• Will of Henry Shearman<ref>http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=d2667588-0968-41ef-835...</ref>

Sources

<references />* Note: "Records regarding the descendants of this Henry become rather confused. I've done my best to sort it out, relying heavily on the work of Rev. David Sherman of Wilbraham, MA and his post Civil War genealogy, published about 1870."* Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 51 Drury, PROB 11/75/34, published in full in Thomas Townsend Sherman, "Sherman Genealogy" ... (NewYork: Tobias A. Wright, 1920, 53-57; abstracted in Waters "Genealogical Gleanings in England".

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He moved to Essex about 1534. According to a deposition he made in Dedham, Essex, England, in the case of Seckford vs Forth, taken 11 Oct. 1574, in which he said he was of the aige of lxij [62] yeres or ther abouts and hath Dwelt in Dedham by the space of sl 40 yeres, that is, since about 1534.

According to his will his will he states, He was a clothier in Dedham, a man of means,a middleman who bought lengths of cloth from cottage weavers, dyed them if he had a woad house,(A building in which woad is fermented or prepared for use as a dye). sorted them for quality, bailed them and marked them with his trademark. He was worth about $150,000 in 1950 dollars, and men this rich were much rarer than millionaires were in the mid-twentieth century. On 30 Sept. 1567 he took surrender of a property called Hykell; he was called Henry Sherman, Sr., in the record. this land was held by later generations of the family. In 1573 Henry Sr. and Henry Jr. were living next door to each other. In 1575 William littlebury left money to build a school, and Henry Sherman, Henry Sherman, Edmund Sherman, William Butter, Piers butler, his son, John Wood and Richard Wood were among the original governors. On Sept. 1575 Henry Sherman acquired the third part of the fourth part of Hykell, and on 12 April 1581, Thomas Cradocke surrendered land (probably an interest in Hykell) to Henry Sherman. Late in his life Henry lived in Colchester.

His will was dated 20 Jan. 1589/90, with a codocil dated 26 Feb. 1589/90 and was proven 25 July 1590.

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Henry Sherman the Elder of Colchester
Born: Abt 1512, Suffolk, England 1558
Marriage: Agnes Perpoynt in 1544 in Dedham, Essex, England 406,708,1558
Died: 26 Feb-25 Jul 1590, Dedham, Essex, England about age 78 1558
Buried: 1590, Dedham, Essex, England
bullet General Notes:

I've revised the information on my Sherman line to follow the new information from The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 166:245-258, 167:35-54, 167:149-156 167:213-224, 167:275-284, 168:16-33, which corrects the previous incorrect information from the Sherman Genealogy. Research has proven that Henry Sherman of Dedham, father of Edmund Sherman, also of Dedham could not possibly be the son of Thomas Sherman and Jane Waller. The dates and ages found in documents for Henry Sherman of Yaxley and our Henry Sherman of Dedham, show that it was impossible for them to be the same man. 708,1558

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. 1558
Henry Sherman was born, possibly in Essex, about 1512. (He was 62 in 1574.) He settled in Dedham, Essex about 1534 and later in Colchester, Essex about 1584. Henry was a prominent clothier in Dedham. Henry died, probably in Colchester, between 26 Feb 1589/90, the date of a codicil to his will and 25 Jul 1590, the date his will was probated.

Henry married his first wife, Agnes, about 1539. Agnes appears to be have been the mother of most, if not all, of Henry's children. She was the mother of his sons, Henry and Edmund, the progenitors of the New England Shermans. Agnes may have been the daughter of Robert Perpoynt of Dedham. Land that was held by the Perpoynts was given to Henry, which leads one to believe that Henry was somehow related to the Perpoynt family. The most likely scenario is that Henry Sherman's first wife was the sister, and in her issue the heiress of Henry and Stephen Perpoynt, and daughter of Robert Peropynt. She was buried in Dedham on 14 Oct 1580.

On 5 Jun 1581, Henry married a second time to Marion ____, the widow of Thomas Smythe and Edmund Wilson. She may have been the Mrs Sherman buried 4 Aug 1584. Henry's third and last wife was Margery ____, who was living when he made his will.

Henry Sherman, "the elder," of Colchester, Essex, England left a will dated 20 Jan 1489/90, with a codicil dated 26 Feb 1589/90, and proved in London 25 Jul 1590. The will named his son Henry Sherman and Henry Jr.'s children: Henry, Samuel, Daniel, John, Ezechiel, Phebe, Nathaniel and Anne Sherman; son Edmonde Sherman and his children: Edmonde, Richard, Bezaliell, Anne and Sara Sherman (all under age; sons under 22, daughters under 21), son-in-law William Petfield and his children: Richard Susan and Elizabeth Petfield (all under age); wife Margerye; son Robert & his underage daughters Jane and Anne Sherman; daugter Judith Petfield; son-in-law Nicholas Fynce; the wifes of sons Edmond, Henry and Robert; the poor of All Hallows; and the poor of Dedham and the free school of Dedham. Henry asked to be buried in Dedham and his executors were to be his sons Henry and Edmond.

Children:
Alice, b about 1540; bur. Dedham 20 Oct 1589 as Alice, wife of Nicholas Fince.
Judith, b about 1543, bur. Dedham 1 April 1601 as Judith, wife of William Petfiled whom she married in Dedham 27 Jun 156.
Henry Sherman, b. abt 1545; m. Susan Lawrence.
Edmund Sherman, b. abt 1548; m. 1st Ann Pellett and 2nd Ann Clere.
John Sherman, b. abt 1551; bur in Dedham 16 Oct 1576. Unmarried
Thomas Sherman, b. about 1555; bur. Dedham 16 Mar 1563/4. Most likely the Thomas Sherman "godson of Thomas Butter."
Robert Sherman, bp. Dedham 6 Feb 1559/60; bur. St. Stephen Coleman Street, London, 14 Jan 1602/3. He was educated at Cambridge University and became a Fellow of the College of Physicians in 1599. He married 1st in Dedham 9 Dec 1583 Barbara Browne, and 2nd to Bridget Jenney. Robert's will was dated 10 Jan 1602/3 and proved 20 Jan 1602/3.

"The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives," NEHGR, Vol. 166, pp. 245-258

Henry married Agnes Perpoynt in 1544 in Dedham, Essex, England 406,708.,1558 (Agnes Perpoynt died before 14 Oct 1580 in Dedham, Essex, England 708,1558 and was buried on 14 Oct 1580 in Dedham, Essex, England.)
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