Roger Sherman, Jr.

Roger Sherman, Jr.

• Find A Grave Memorial ID # 74452067
• Prescott & Sherman Records at Yale University

Roger Sherman (Hon. Roger 10, William 9, Joseph 8, Capt. John 7, John 6, Henry 5, Henry 4, Thomas 3, John 2, Thomas 1), b. at New Haven, Connecticut on July 16, 1768 B.A. Yale, 1787, M.A. Studied law. Representative for New Haven in General Assembly of Connecticut, May and October, 1810 and May, 1811, Merchant.

Began business in October, 1793. With his uncle Benjamin Prescott, formed on January 31, 1794, the firm of Prescott & Sherman, to trade in dry goods, groceries, navigation, shoemaking and tanning. This firm carried on a very extensive mercantile business on Long Wharf in New Haven, owning and employing many vessels and dealing extensively in real estate, until the death of Mr. Prescott, October 23, 1839, aged 82 years.

Roger Sherman lived in New Haven, on Chapel Street, opposite the College, in the house built by his father and still standing but altered and now used for business purposes.

Shortly after the Revolutionary War, he made a visit of a fortnight to Gen. Washington at Mount Vernon, m. at Canterbury, Connecticut, September 1, 1801, Susannah Staples, daughter of Rev. John and Susannah (Perkins) Staples, b. at Canterbury, August 20, 1778. The marriage ceremony was performed by her father, Rev. John Staples, B.A. Princeton, 1765. He was born April 23, 1742, died February 18, 1804, married August 13, 1772, Susanna Perkins, daughter of Matthew and Hannah (Bishop) Perkins, born January 29, 1752/3; died September 10, 1810. Rev. John Staples was son of Deacon Seth Staples, born about 1699; d. March 25, 1778; married January 14, 1721/2, Hannah Standish, born March 6, 1703/4, died April 5, 1774. Hannah Standish was daughter of Ebenezer Standish, born 1672, died March 19, 1755; married about 1697, Hannah Sturtevant, daughter of Deacon Samuel (1654-1736) and Mercy Sturtevant, born March, 1674, died January 23, 1754, in her 80th year. Ebenezer Standish was son of Alexander Standish, born about 1626, died July 6, 1702; married 1670, Sarah Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden, "Mayflower" passengers, born about 1629, died before June, 1688. Alexander Standish was son of Captain Myles Standish of Plymouth, Massachusetts, born about 1584 in England and Barbara his second wife. He came in the "Mayflower;" died October 3, 1656, aged 72. His wife, Barbara, was born in England, survived her husband and died after October 16, 1659.

Susannah Sherman died at New Haven, Nov. 22, 1855.

Roger Sherman preserved his health and activity to great age and died at New Haven, March 5, 1856, in his 88th year.
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Roger Sherman, son of Hon. Roger Sherman was born in New Haven, Connecticut on 16 July, 1768. He graduated Yale in 1787. He was a representative for New Haven in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1810 and 1811. He was a Merchant and with his uncle Benjamin Prescott formed the firm Prescott & Sherman to trade in dry goods, groceries, navigation, shoemaking and tanning. The firm was located on Long Wharf in New Haven. Roger Sherman lived in New Haven on Chapel Street in a house built by his father. He visited with General Washington shortly after the Revolutionary War. He married Susannah Staples of Canterbury Connecticut on 1 Sept, 1801.

Their children were:

• Oliver Sherman, born 8 June 1802, died 30 July 1821
• Susan Sherman, born 1 January 1804, died 15 August 1805
• Martha Sherman, born 13 February 1807, married Henry White
• Susannah Sherman, born 22 January 1809, died 18 January 1821
• John Staples Sherman, born 5 July 1811
• Sophia Sherman, born 20 January, 1813, married Robert Lenox Taylor
• Frederick Roger Sherman, born 31 March, 1815, died 10 January, 1892
• Edward Standish Sherman, born 27 January, 1818 m. Catherine Davis Townsend
• George Sherman, born 27 January 1818
• Benjamin Prescott Sherman, born 4 December, 1820
• Elizabeth Baldwin Sherman, born 27 October, 1823, married Professor Thomas Anthony Thacher. [1]

Birth Record:

Name Roger Sherman
Gender Male
Birth Date 16 Jul 1768
Birthplace NEW HAVEN TWP, NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT
Father's Name Roger Sherman
Mother's Name Rebecca [2]
Marriage Record:

Name Roger Sherman
Spouse's Name Susan Staples
Event Date 01 Sep 1801
Event Place New Haven, Connecticut [3]
Household in 1850:

Roger Sherman M 81 Connecticut
Susannah Sherman F 71 Connecticut
Elizabeth R Sherman F 25 Connecticut
Ann Marvin F 17 Ireland [4]
Joint Headstone Inscription: "Roger Sherman son of Roger Sherman, Born July 16, 1768. Died March 5 1856. Susannah his wife daughter of Rev. John Staples. Born August 1, 1778. Died November 22, 1855."[5]

Death Record:

Name Roger Sherman
Gender Male
Death Date 05 Mar 1856
Death Place New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut
Age 88
Birth Date 1768 [6]

Additional Sources:

1. Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England; By Thomas Townsend Sherman; T. A. Wright, 1920
2. Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, database, FamilySearch; accessed 25 December 2015, Roger Sherman, 16 July 1768; citing; FHL microfilm unknown.
3. Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997, database, FamilySearch; accessed 25 December 2015, Roger Sherman and Susan Staples, 01 September 1801; citing Connecticut, United States, reference; FHL microfilm 3,251.
4. United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch; accessed 25 December 2015, Roger Sherman, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; citing family 2625, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74452067 Find A Grave Memorial #74452067
6. Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934, database, FamilySearch; accessed 25 December 2015, Roger Sherman, 05 March 1856; citing New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, reference; FHL microfilm 3,200.
7. NEHGR: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1856) Vol. 10, Page 196