Thomas Sherwood, Jr.

Thomas Sherwood, II

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80726116/thomas-sherwood

Children of Thomas Sherwood and Alice Tiler:

8. Thomas Sherwood, b. about 1624 (aged 10 on 30 April 1634; m. (1) by about 1650 Sarah Wheeler, daughter of Thomas Wheeler; m. (2) by about 1660 Ann Turney (eldest known child b. about 1660, daughter of Benjamin Turney; m. (3) by 1683 Elizabeth ( ) Cable, widow of John Cable m. (4) soon after 24 June 1695 (marriage contract) Sarah (Hide) Colcy, daughter of Humphrey Hide and widow of Peter Coley.

Biography

THOMAS2 SHERWOOD Thomas1 is called ten years of age in 1634 when his father came over He was admitted freeman at Hartford Oct 13 1664 He was the first miller at Mill River in Fairfield He married four times as follows First SARAH WHEELER daughter of Thomas and Anne Wheeler Second ANN TURNEY daughter of Benjamin and Mary Turney Third ELIZABETH CABLE widow of John Cable Jr Fourth SARAH COLEY widow of Peter Coley and daughter of Humphrey Hyde

Children with Wife #1, Sarah Wheeler:

1. Mary Sherwood (ca 1650-)
2. Thomas Sherwood (bef 1654-1699)
3. Sarah Sherwood (ca 1656-)

Children with Wife #2, Ann Turney (or Agnes):

1. Benjamin Sherwood, b. 1669.
2. Samuel Sherwood, b. 1670, Connecticut, d. 1725, Concord, MASS.
3. Mary Sherwood, married David Whitlock
4. Ruth Sherwood, married (1) Samuel Drake and (2) John Barlow
5. Hannah Sherwood, married (1) John Bradley (2) Cornelius Jones of Stamford
6. Abigail Sherwood, b. 1671, Connecticut, d. May 01, 1744, Greenfield, Conn. Married David Ogden.
7. Isaac Sherwood.
8. Phoebe Sherwood, married Samuel Bradley.

His third marriage was to Elizabeth Cable. She was the widow of John Cable. They had no children.

His fourth marriage was to Sarah Hide. She was the widow of Peter Coley and daughter of Humphrey Hide. They had no children.

Sources

1.  Families of Old Fairfield, by Jacobus, Vol 1, P 275
2. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818: 1639-1700 (Google eBook) Elizabeth Hubbell Godfrey Schenck.  The author, 1889 - Fairfield (Conn.).  Page 408.  "Sherwood"

4th wife Thomas SHERWOOD

Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700

Vital Records (incl. Bible, Cemetery, Church and SSDI) MARRIAGE: 1695.

LOCATION: Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States VOLUME: Volume 2 PAGE: 1370 SHERWOOD, Thomas2 (1624-1698) & 4/wf Sarah (HIDE) COLEY, w Peter; m cont 25 Jun 1695; Fairfield, CT {Ackley-Bosworth 201; Warner-Harrington 576; Fairfield Fam. 1:154, 275, 549; Stratford Hist. 2:1292; Miner Anc. 157; Bennett etc. (1931) 35; Crary-Hill 123

SPOUSE: Sarah [Hide] COLEY

References

• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Sherwood_%285%29 cites
  • Thomas Sherwood, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (NEHGS, 1999-2011) 6:304-12. ORIGIN: Kettle Baston, Suffolk. MIGRATION: 1634 on the Francis of Ipswich (on 30 April 1634, "Thomas Sherwood," aged 48, "Alice his wife," aged 47, "Anna Sherwood," aged 14, "Rose Sherwood," aged 11, "Thomas Sherwood," aged 10, and "Rebecca Sherwood," aged 9, were enrolled at Ipswich as passengers for New England on the Francis of Ipswich [Hotten 279-79 280-81]. BIRTH: About 1586 (aged 48 on 30 April 1634 [Hotten 279]). DEATH: Between 21 July 1655 (date of will) and 7 September 1655 (date of inventory).
• https://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/g14945.htm