William Sherman, Jr

William Sherman was the son of William Sherman and Prudence Hill.He married Desire Doty as her first husband on Dec. 25, 1667 and together they had six children. Wm. Sherman served in King Phillips war, in 1676, and sustained injuries, for which in 1678, his family received 20 pounds from the Colony. During the war (with others) he was made a prisoner by the Indians, and was compelled by them to witness their cruel treatment of some of the prisoners in consequence of which as the record says, "He fell distracted." At one time he served as constable.

Family

From Second Generation Descendants of Edward Planter Doty on Lutherans Online:

http://www.lutheransonline.com/servlet/lo_ProcServ/dbpage=page&gid=...

Desire DOTY (~) and William SHERMAN Jr. were married on 25 Dec 1667.[11],[13]

William SHERMAN Jr. (son of William SHERMAN Sr. and Prudence HILL) was born in 1644 in Marshfield, Plymouth County, MA.[13]

• He died in 1679.[13]
• Desire DOTY (~) and William SHERMAN Jr. had the following children:
  • 1. +33 i. Experience SHERMAN.
  • 2. +34 ii. William SHERMAN III.
  • 3. +35 iii. Hannah SHERMAN.
  • 4. +36 iv. Ebenezer SHERMAN.
  • 5. +37 v. Patience SHERMAN.
  • 6. 38 vi. Elizabeth SHERMAN.

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My guess he is also buried in the Old Burial Grounds @ the Congregational church in Marshfield known today as Cedar Grove Cemetery which is where Desire is buried???

William Sherman was a soldier in King Philip's War and suffered from exposure leading to periods of insantity that plagued him for the entirety of his life. [1] Because of this infirmity he was granted relief by Plymouth Colony after the war. [1] He inherited the family homestead upon the death of his father in 1676. [1] He died not long afterward.

References:

• Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 1995. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) By Subscription. Page 1674. <AmericanAncestors>
• 11. Ruth Wilder Sherman and Robert Moody Sherman, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Volume 13, Family of William White. Descendants of the Pilgrims Who Landed at Plymouth, Mass., December 1620 (General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1977), Information excerpted by Gary Griggs, 4/19/2003.
• 13. Genealogies of Mayflower Families, 1500's-1800's, "Children and Grandchildren of Capt. Myles Standish," page 446
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sherman-140
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Philip%27s_War

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sherman-140
William Sherman Jr. (abt. 1642 - bef. 1680)

William Sherman Jr.
Born about 1642 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
Son of William Sherman and Prudence (Hill) Sherman
Brother of Samuel Sherman, Hannah (Sherman) Stephens and John Sherman Sr.
Husband of Desire (Doty) Standish — married 25 Dec 1667 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, New Englandmap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Hannah (Sherman) Ring, Elizabeth (Sherman) Gaskill, William Sherman, Patience (Sherman) Wormall, Experience (Sherman) Standish and Ebenezer Sherman
Died before 25 Oct 1680 before about age 38 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
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Contents

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1 Biography
1.1 Birth
1.2 Siblings
1.3 Marriage
1.4 Children
1.5 Military
1.6 Occupation
1.7 Death
1.8 Probate
1.9 Burial
2 Sources
Biography

Birth

William Sherman Jr. was born about 1642 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, son of William Sherman (1599 - 1679) and Prudence (Hill) Sherman (1618 - 1680).

There is an alternate birth date for him. He was born about 1639 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.[1]

There are an alternate birth date and birthplace for him. He was born about 1646 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.[2]

Siblings

He had two brothers and a sister as follows:

Samuel Sherman (1642 - 1718)
Hannah (Sherman) Stephens (1644 - 1680)
John Sherman Sr. (1645 - 1723)
Marriage

William Sherman married Desire Doty on 25 December 1667 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.[3][4][5][1][6]

Children

William Sherman and Desire Doty had six children as follows:

Hannah Sherman[4]
Elizabeth Sherman[4]
William Sherman[4]
Patience Sherman[4]
Experience Sherman[4]
Military

William Sherman was a soldier in King Philip's War in 1676 and suffered from exposure leading to periods of insantity that plagued him for the entirety of his life.[1] Because of this infirmity, he was granted relief by Plymouth Colony after the war. He sustained injuries, for which in 1678, his family received 20 pounds from the Colony.[1] He inherited the family homestead upon the death of his father in 1676.[1] He died not long afterward.[1]

Occupation

At one time he served as constable.

Death

William Sherman died before the inventory was taken on 30 December 1680 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.

Probate

His inventory was taken on 30 December 1680 and recorded at Plymouth.[7]

Burial

William Sherman was buried perhaps with his wife at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, but his gravestone was lost.[8]

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Mary Lovering Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Massachusetts, Brookline Massachusetts: Harriet Grace Scott, 1936, pg. 3.
↑ Brøderbund World Family Tree (WFT), Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0003. Apr 5, 1997.
↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital Rocords of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1969, pg. 10.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Susan E. Roser. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Ancestry.com. (Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013). This collection was indexed by contributors.
↑ Mayflower Descendent Legacy [CD-ROM], Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and ReSearch Publishing, 1997; citing articles in The Mayflower Descendant Magazine. The Mayflower Descendant, Vol 2. July 1900. No 3. The Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts, p. 6.
↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "The Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass.," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 2(1899):182. Text: "William Sher(man) and Desire Doety (worn) ye 25 of de(cember 1677)."
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V33Y : 14 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 518 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73143473/william-sherman: accessed 14 March 2023), memorial page for William Sherman (1645–17 Nov 1680), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73143473; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Lawrence H. Grunert (contributor 46831293).
"History of Marshfield", 1905.
Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, 1992, 2004. Ancestry.com. (U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012).
Bowers, Heather W. Descendants of William Sherman.