Ruth Sherman (Fish)

Ruth Fish Sherman

Born: 9 Mar 1742, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

Died: 10 March 1818, Portsmouth, R.I

Father: David Fish, b. March 10, 1710, Portsmouth, R.I.; d. April 1, 1781, Portsmouth, R.I.

Mother: Jemima Tallman, b. September 11, 1708, Portsmouth, R.I.; d. February 1780 Portsmouth, R.I.

Marriage 1: 8 Jul 1756 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

Spouse: John Sisson b: Bef 1735; d. Bef 10 Mar 1783

Marriage 2: 12 December 1761, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

Spouse: Samson Sherman, b. July 23, 1737, in Portsmouth, RI

Children:

1. Walter Sherman b: 4 Apr 1763 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
2. Amy Sherman b: 5 Dec 1764 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
3. Job Sherman b: 21 Jan 1766 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
4. Susannah Sherman b: 19 Oct 1767 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
5. Hannah Sherman b: 27 Jan 1769 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
6. Anna Sherman b: 19 Nov 1770 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
7. David Sherman b: 2 Jun 1772 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
8. Ruth Sherman b: 21 Oct 1773 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
9. Ruth Sherman b: 20 Feb 1778 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
10. Asa Sherman b: 22 Dec 1779 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
11. Abigail Sherman b: 2 Apr 1782 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island
12. Mary Sherman b: 18 Nov 1783 in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island

"Ruth Fish was born ye 9th of ye 3thmo AD 1741. 2 & was married to Samson Sherman son of Job Sherman & had born unto them 12 Children as the following sheets is their births recorded"

Burial: 12 Mar 1818, Burial Portsmouth Cemetery (PO600), Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island (loc unk); Alt. Burial, Friends Burying Ground, Foster, Providence County, Rhode Island

"Ruth Sherman Widow of Samson Sherman departed this Life the 10th of 3mo 1818 about 5 oClock in ye morning & was Entered in Friends burying Pladce after a Solid meeting in which Several weighty Testimonies were delivered on the 12th of ye month aged about 77 years old." The Sherman Vital Records Book by Job Sherman

Sources:

The Tallman Family - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ricktallm...

Talman/Tallman Families, by Herbert S. Ackerman, Publication: 1953

One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families, Author: John Osborne Austin, Publication: Massachussetts, 1893

"RussFamily2" - http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/5518985/ Repository: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3169691

WorldTree Database: "Thomas, Wilbur and Courser Families", by Roger Courser, Publication: May 3, 2004 - http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rogerd2527

RI Cemetery Index

Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, First Secretary of Rhode Island, by Roy V. Sherman, Pub. 1968

Thomas, Wilbur and Courser Families - http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=rogerd25...

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rinewpor/article07.html#Philip

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scwhite/sherman/records/JobRecord...