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John Sherman, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
Death: December 13, 1730
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Place of Burial: Old North Cemetery, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Son of Judge Samuel Sherman and Sarah Sherman
Husband of Elizabeth Sherman
Father of Hannah Chittenden; Deacon Samuel Sherman; Elizabeth Terrill; John Sherman, Jr.; Sarah Hinman and 3 others
Brother of Samuel Sherman; Theophilus Sherman; Matthew Sherman; Edmund Sherman; Sarah Rossiter and 3 others

Occupation: Judge; a founder of Woodbury; town clerk
Church: Deacon in the Congregational Church
Government: Speaker of the assembly
Legal: Judge
Military: Captain of militia
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About John Sherman, Sr.

Another son of the Honorable Samuel was John, who moved early to Woodbury, Connecticut. He was Town Clerk there twenty-five years; Captain in Militia, Speaker of the House, 1711, 1712, Judge of Probate Court nine years, and Judge of County Court forty-four years,

esource: http://www.thirdstbooks.com/sherman/hdsbio01.html

Dea. John Sherman

  • b. 8 February 1650/51, d. 13 November 1730
  • Father Samuel Sherman b. 12 Jul 1618, d. 5 Apr 1700
  • Mother Mary [Sarah] Mitchell b. b 14 Oct 1621

Dea. John Sherman was born on Wednesday, 8 February 1650/51 at Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, British America, (now Connecticut).1,2

Dea. John Sherman married Elizabeth Thorne before 1680 at Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut.2 (John married Elizabeth Thorne by 1680 in Woodbury or Stratford, Connecticut, or in Flushing, New York)

John died on 13 November 1730 at age 79.1,2

Family

Elizabeth Thorne d. 1744

Children

  1. Ichabod Sherman b. c 1679
  2. Hannah Sherman b. 1 Jul 1680
  3. Samuel Sherman b. 1 Aug 1682, d. 25 Feb 1757
  4. Elizabeth Sherman b. 1 Oct 1684, d. 1769
  5. John Sherman+ b. 1 Jun 1687, d. 1727
  6. Sarah Sherman b. 1 Jun 1689
  7. Mary Sherman b. 1 Mar 1691
  8. Susannah Sherman b. 1 Nov 1693

Alternate birth date 8 Feb 1650

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References

  • http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sherman-1426
  • http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Sherman_(12)_
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156652198/john-sherman
  • http://www.on-sitetraining.com/Ancestors/p417.htm#i10412
  • Sherman, Rev. David. "The Sherman Family", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 24 (January & April, 1870). The New England historical and genealogical register Author Waters, Henry F. (Henry Fritz-Gilbert). Genealogical gleanings in England,New England Historic Genealogical Society,New England Historic Genealogical Society. Proceedings. “The Sherman Family.” Page 69. Archive.Org
  • "Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700", online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Torrey's Marriages. (http://www.newenglandancestors.org/ : 2008).
  • Ancestry.com. U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012. Original data:Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004. Page 669. AncestryImage. Sherman, John (1651 - 1730) & Elizabeth [Thorne] ( - 1744); b 1680; Woodbury, CT/Stratford, CT.
  • Barnes, Leon M., Barnes' Mortality Record of The Town of Woodbury (Leon M. Barnes, Woodbury, Connecticut, 1898) Page 12. Deaths 1730. December 13, The Worshipfull John Sherman, Esq., age 79.
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John Sherman, Sr.'s Timeline

1650
February 8, 1650
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut
February 8, 1650
February 8, 1650
Stratford, Fairfield, Conn.
1680
July 1, 1680
Woodbury, Fairfield Co, Connecticut
1682
August 13, 1682
Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
1684
October 1, 1684
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
1687
June 19, 1687
Woodbury, CT
1689
June 1, 1689
Woodbury, Orange County, New York, United States
1691
March 1, 1691
Woodbury, Lichfield, Connecticut, United States