John Sherman

For the record: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132148766/john-shearman

Mr. Sherman was a farmer and blacksmith lived on land inherited from his father in what is now South Dartmouth, Mass. He and four others of the name Sherman held proprietary interests in Dartmouth under the title of his father. We know only of Mr Sherman that he was a highly respected citizen an honest hard working thrifty man.

His will was executed June 19 1720 and was probated May 21 1734. His sons Philip and Timothy are named in the will as executors.

Children:

• i Phillip died 1740
• ii Joshua b. Sept 1678
• iii Abigail b Sept. 1680 d. 1748
• iv Hannah b July 1682 she married Unknown Shea
• v Isaac b Oct 1684 d 1765
• vi Ephraim b Jan 1689
• vii Timothy b July 1691 d 1781

Links

• Descendants of: John Sherman

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

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Name

: Name: John /SHERMAN/<ref>Source: #S364 p. 28</ref>

Birth

: Date: 1644
: Source: #S410

Notes

: Place of death: Two contributors showed different towns, bothin Plymouth County, as place of death; Plymouth and Darmouth. Managers should check their sources and discuss which seems most likely to be correct.

: Children of Sarah SPOONER and John SHERMAN are:

• : 1. Joshua SHERMAN, born 15 SEP 1678 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, and died BEF. 1720 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA. He married Alice TRIPP 1702 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, d/o Joseph TRIPP and Mehitable FISH. She wasborn 1 FEB 1678/79 in Portsmouth, Newport, RI.
• : 2. Abigail SHERMAN was born SEP 1680 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, anddied 20 SEP 1748 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA. She married Nathaniel CHASE 2 NOV 1702 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, s/o William CHASE and Mary HOLDER. He was born 1669 in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA, and died 10 MAY 1760in Dartmouth, Bristol, MA.
• : 3. Hannah SHERMAN was born ABT. 1682. She married John AKIN.
• : 4. Isaac SHERMAN.
• : 5. Ephraim SHERMAN.

: They had 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived and died in South Dartmouth, R.I. (from previous report)

: Note: The segment above on the children of John and Sarah Sherman came from one of the older profiles that was merged into this one.I have sent a note to the original creator of that profile asking for clarification of the last paragraph, above. - Remus-2|FR, 23 Mar2014.

Sources

• Source S410 Robert Charles Anderson. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, Edition: [database online], Volume: 1-3. Boston : New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1995.
• Source: S364 Spooner, Thomas. Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and his descendants; vol. 1, pt. 1. Medium: Book. Publication: Cincinnati, Ohio : Press of F. W. Freeman, 1883. Repository: #R209 Call Number: GC 929.2 Sp66so v.1 pt.1. Note: This book is out of copyright and is also available digitally online. It can be downloaded as a PDF file at Archive.org.
• Repository: R209 Name: Allen County Public Library. Address: 900 Library Plaza, PO Box 2270, Fort Wayne, IN 46801-2270 USA Phone Number: (260) 421-1225 E-Mail Address: Genealogy@ACPL.Info URL: http://www.genealogycenter.org/Home.aspx
• Source: S2329653885 Title: Ancestry Family Trees: Tree #1, Tree #2. User submitted. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA : Ancestry.com.

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Contributors

• WikiTree profile Sherman-896 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by McCullough-222 | Brian McCullough. See theChanges page for the details of edits by Brian and others.
• WikiTree profile Sherman-957 created through the import of Sherman Family Tree(1).ged on Jul 11, 2011 by Sherman-924 | Jerry Sherman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jerry and others.
• WikiTree profile Sherman-963 created through the import of Sherman Family Tree(1).ged on Jul 11, 2011 by Sherman-924 | Jerry Sherman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jerry and others.
• WikiTree profile Sherman-1592 created through the import of Hopkins-Elci Family Tree.ged on Jul 9, 2012 by Crandall-558 | Kristen Crandall. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kristen and others.
• WikiTree profile Sherman-2147 created through the import of wikitree.ged on Jun 28, 2013 by Gillett-59 | Donna Gehring. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Donna and others.
  • Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Jul 18 2023, 21:32:14 UTC