Mehetabel Sherman

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Mehetabel Sherman (Wellington)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: April 12, 1776 (89)
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
Place of Burial: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Benjamin Wellington, Sr. and Elizabeth Wellington
Wife of William Sherman
Mother of Mehetebel Battell; William Sherman; Mary Brottle; Hon. Roger Sherman, signer of the "Declaration of Independence"; Elizabeth Buck (Sherman) and 3 others
Sister of Elizabeth Fay; Benjamin Wellington; John Wellington; Ruhamah Brown; Ebenezer Wellington and 2 others

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About Mehetabel Sherman

Mehetabel Sherman (Wellington)

Find A Grave Memorial # 12241819

Birth: February 26, 1688 Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death: April 12, 1776 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA

Second wife of William Sherman and the daughter of Benjamin Wellington and Elizabeth Sweetman Wellington of Watertown, Mass.

Children: William Sherman Jr, Mehitable Battle (Sherman), Roger Sherman, Elizabeth Buck (Sherman), Rev. Nathaniel Sherman, Rev. Josiah Sherman and Rebecca Hartwell (Sherman).

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2nd Spouse: William Sherman (1692 - 1741)

Her sister, Elizabeth Wellington, was great-grandmother of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin.

Inscription:

Relict of Mr. William Sherman of Stoughton. She was born at Watertown... 89th year of her age. Youngest daughter of Benjamin Wellington, son of Roger Wellington who came from England to Watertown in New England.

Burial: Grove Street Cemetery New Haven New Haven County Connecticut, USA

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Mehetabel Sherman's Timeline

1687
February 26, 1687
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1718
March 20, 1718
Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
1718
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
1719
1719
1721
April 19, 1721
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1723
April 5, 1723
Newton, Suffolk County (Present Norfolk County), Province of Massachusetts
1727
March 16, 1727
Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, British Colonial America
1729
April 1, 1729
Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America
1731
July 30, 1731
Stoughton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Colonial America