Phillip Sherman

Philipp Ward

Parents:

Husband: Samuel Sherman, son of Henry and Susan (Hills) Sherman, was born in 1573, and died in Dedham, England, in 1615.

Children born at Dedham in Essex:

• 1. Mary SHERMAN, b. 2 Oct 1599
• 2. Samuel SHERMAN, b. 20 Oct 1601; d. Boston, Suffolk Co., MA
• 3. Henry SHERMAN, b. 20 Oct 1601; died young
• 4. Henry SHERMAN, b. 23 Jun 1603
• 5. Martha SHERMAN, b. 24 Jan 1604
• 6. Sarah SHERMAN, b. 11 Feb 1606; d. 12 Dec 1612
• 7. Philip SHERMAN, b. 5 Feb 1609/10

Phillipa is George W. Bush's 11th Great Grandmother.

Biography

http://jtbullock.com/Tree/SarahShearmn.html#PW

Philipp’s exact ancestry is undocumented. Her given name has been spelled in many different ways, including Philip, Phillipp, Phillippa and Philippa, but the ‘a’ does not appear in original documents. Apparently, Philip was both a male and female name used in England at this time. Most researchers believe she was born about 1575-77 in either Colchester or Dedham, Essex, England, one of four children born to Lancelot Ward and his unknown wife, possibly a Springe. In the 1586 will of Alice Spring of Westhersfield, she mentions her daughter Lilie Clarke and her son Lancelot Ward, who also witnessed the will. She left Lancelot the same amount she left her daughters, only 40s, while she left her sons, Henry Livermore and Robert Springe, a minimum of 3£’s. This tends to make this researcher believe that Alice just may be the mother of Lancelot Ward’s deceased wife, maybe Joan Springe, thus calling him her son.

No birth or baptism records have been found to prove this, but there are strong ties between the known sons of Lancelot Ward and Philipp’s husband, Samuel Sherman. Carl Boyer in his book, Ancestral Lines, states “Samuel Sherman and Robert Ward both called John Upcher of Denham, ‘brother-in-law’ and had children named Samuel, Mary, Martha and Sarah. Perhaps John Upcher married a Ward.” Another strong tie is that in the will of John Ward Jr, grandson of Lancelot, he calls Samuel and Philip Sherman his cousins. Lastly, and probably the strongest tie to the Ward’s, is that Phellep Shearman was a witness to Robert Ward’s 1616 will. Researches believe this Phellep is our Philipp, and her relationship to Robert, must have been close, as females were not common witnesses to wills in those days. But these ties in no way proves Philipp was a Ward. There is a chance she may be Philip Clarke, the sister mentioned in the 1590 will of Henry Youngeman alias Clarke of Westhersfield, that Lancelot Warde is a witness to. In Robert Ward’s 1616 will, mentioned above, he also mentions a servant named Philip Clarke, whose gender is not known. Could she have worked for Robert as a young woman, and witnessed his will as an older married woman? This researcher concludes that the surname and ancestry of Philipp is for now, unknown.

Philipp married Samuel Sherman about 1597, possibly in Dedham or Colchester and they had seven children together, all baptized at the St Mary the Virgin Church in Dedham, on the dates shown – Mary on October 2, 1599; an unnamed son baptized on October 20, 1601*, probably a twin to Henry who died at birth; Henry, who probably was born on October 20th, but baptized on November 20, 1601, married Mary Fisher on February 1, 1626, in Fersfield, Norfolk, England, went to New England and died about 1651 in Boston; Martha on January 24, 1603/4; Sara on February 11, 1605/6, who died at age 6 and was buried on December 5, 1612; Samuel born about 1607*, married twice in Denham, went to New England and died in Boston about 1643; and ancestor Philipe. (*It should be noted that the parish register for a baptism on this date is for a son of Samuell Sharman, no given name is listed. The register note states: “First name not in register. Might be a mistake and the only son was Henry, baptised 20 Nov?” Some researchers have assumed it is son Samuel’s baptism date, but this researcher believes it could be another son who died at birth. What is certain, is that the two boys were not born a month apart! It also should be noted that in their father Samuel’s will, son Henry is mentioned first, then sons Philip and Samuel together. In the next paragraph he bequeathes to Samuel in detail before Philip and lastly his daughters. This seems to indicate that Samuel was younger then Henry, but older than Philip. If this is so, the only times son Samuel could have been born was in 1602 or most likely between 1607 and 1609.)

Philipp was alive when her husband wrote his will on January 20, 1615/16. Researchers say she died in 1617, and is buried in the St Mary the Virgin churchyard in Dedham, but no documentation can be found to support this.

GEDCOM Note

Name

In the book "Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation" they list her name as Phillis.

: Her Christian Name is Phillip not Phillipa.
: Source: #S6|Wood

Note from Gilly Wood:- In response to my request to Michael J. Wood, London Genealogist, regarding the Christian name Phillipp Michael has replied:-

"Phillip was sometimes used as a girl's name 400 years or so ago. In Wethersfield, Essex, England I found a relative of Samuel Sherman's wife with that name as well. In English records, before spelling became settled about 1700, it could be written with one or two Ls and one or two final Ps, and with or without a final E. Phil(l)ippa, the modern form of this girl's name, ends in A, which was the Latin for the female name, the Latin for the male name being Phil(l)ippus. (As you may know, legal records were usually still written in Latin then.) I now spell the name of Samuel's wife, and that of his youngest daughter, and the grandchildren so named, "Phillipp" as a compromise, the double L and double P being an artificial distinction from that of a man named Philip. I am sure it was not at that time spelt with a final A in English records, or pronounced with final A in the families."

Birth

: Date: BET 1570 AND 1585
: Place: England

: Date: 1573

: Date: 1573: Place: Lexden, co Essex, ENG<ref name="LorenMC1">Source: #S626 </ref><ref name="Cohan, et al">Source: #S614</ref>

Marriage

: Date: ABT 1597
: Place: England

: Date: ABT 1599

: Date: ABT 1598: Place: Dedham, co Essex, ENG<ref name="LorenMC1"/><ref name="Cohan,et al"/>

Sources

• Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ... By Thomas Townsend Sherman
• http://www.gulbangi.com/5families-o/p497.htm
• http://dgmweb.net/FGS/S/ShermanSamuel-PhillipaWard.html
• The Ancestry of Nathan Lewis Harrison Revisited Nineteen Years Later. By Keith Harrison. Page 307. GoogleBooks
• Source: NEHGR Vol 167 Jan 2013; Whole Number 665, page 44 The Earliest Shermans of Dedham Essex. Michael Johnson Wood.
• Source: Author: Cohan, Art. Title: Shermans of Yaxley Homepage. Note: Author is dedicated Sherman family researcher. Note: The author of the website referenced here died 15 Jul 2013. The work has been taken over by another researcher. I have corrected the url to reflect the current site. The previous url led only to an error page.
• Note By Gilly Wood. Unfortunately Art Cohan made the mistake of assuming that the Shermans of Dedham were descendants of the Yaxley Shermans which in fact was not the case at all. Refer Michael J. Wood, London Genealogist, Notes Below.
• Source: LorenMC1@aol.com-GED-Jun97. Note: This refers to an individual's GEDCOM file. More clarification of this source, along with any sources it cites, would improve this entry.
• 10/1993 from M.L.Alexander of Canton, MI. Note: Reference to an email? Letter? Published work?
• Ancestry Member Trees.
• Rootsweb.
• From a letter sent by Michael J. Wood to the Authors of many Rootsweb Databases:- Michael J. Wood, London Genealogist Notes:-Several hundred databases on worldconnect.rootsweb.com <http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi> say that Henry Sherman of Dedham, Essex, clothier, who died in 1590, was son of Thomas Shermanof Yaxley, Suffolk, d. 1551. I am sending this message in batches, astime 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 atDiss, 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 buriedat 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 havemore 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, whichidentifies all the sons of Thomas & Jane (Waller) Sherman and their families. "Sherman" being an occupational surname, it is quite possiblethe Yaxley and Dedham families were not even distantly related agnately. Yours sincerely, Michael J Wood
• "Genealogical and family history of central New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the building of a nation"www.findagrave.com

Phillipa Ward Sherman
BIRTH 1577
Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
DEATH 1617 (aged 39–40)
Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
BURIAL
St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
MEMORIAL ID 130967848

Source: Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...
By Thomas Townsend Sherman

Family Members
Spouse
Samuel Sherman
1573–1616

Children
Philip Sherman
1611–1687

• citing "Find a Grave, web site," https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130967848/phillipa-sherman