William Sherman, Sr., of Marshfield

William Sherman arrived in colonies in 1632. The name of the ship is unknown.

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William "The Pilgrim" Sherman. Information taken from "The Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Mass.", written by Mary Lovering Holman, pub. 1936

SHERMAN (Eng): The shearman or cutter of wool or cloth. [*** Taken from the 'New Dictionary of American Family Names', by Elsdon C. Smith, published by Harper & Row 1973. ***]

1st Generation

1. SHERMAN, William: died in Marshfield, Plymouth Co., Ma. 25 Oct 1679; married 23 Jan 1638 at Plymouth, Ma. to Prudence HILL. It has been considered possible that William Sherman was identical with the man of that name mentioned in the records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (vol. I, p. 25), under the date of 26 Feb 1628/9: "Wm Sherman hath liberty for 14 daies to fech his keynes in Northampt., near ferry." If this supposition is correct, he probably was about to emigrate then and was in the country before 1630, but there is no mention of him so early. He was in Plymouth before 1632. In 1640 he had lands granted to him at Green Harbor or Marshfield and removed there. He is first mentioned in the records of Marshfield, 25 Aug 1652. On 7 Jul 1653 he was made one of the committee with Josiah Winslow, Sr., Peregrine White, and Thomas Tilden to "agree with a workman or workmen" in regard to building a bridge over the South River. On 13 Aug 1657 he was chosen grand juryman for the year and, 11 Oct 1658, paid a tax of 10 shillings. At at town meeting held 18 May 1663, the town granted to William Sherman and his heirs forever twenty acres of land to be added to the head of his estate. On 27 Apr 1668, he was appointed to sell the wheat 'now in the constables hands.' He had apparently four adult children, three sons and a daughter. He evidently gave his grandson, William Stephens, some land, but the deed has not been found. He made no will and no administration was taken on his estate, but some years before his death, he gave to his three sons all of his real estate and, since he made no provisions for his wife in any way, it is presumed that she predeceased him. Unfortunately, the name of his daughter has not been preserved, but it was possibly Hannah or Sarah. The records of Marshfield have the following imperfect record: "[worn]h the wife of edward [worn] was Buried ye I of October 1680." It is supposed, and probably correct, to refer to the wife of Edward Stephens as this daughter of William's whose name cannot be found. "To all people to whome this present writing shall come I William Sherman senr: of the Towne of Marshfield in the Collonie of New Plymouth in New England in America Planter sendeth Greet: &c [etc.]: Know yee that I the said William Sherman . . . for the tender Love and affection which I haue and beare to my Naturall and well beloved son John Sherman of Marshfield . . . have Given . . . all my right . . . unto one Share of a certaine prsell or Tract of land lying and being att and near Saconett in the collonie of New Plymouth . . . bounded with lands formerly Graunted to the Township of Plymouth on the Northerly syde and on the easterly syde: with the Lands of the Towne of Dartmouth; and with the sea on the southerly and westerly sydes . . . . unto my son John Sherman . . . In Witness whereof I have heerunto sett my hand and seale this fifth day of February; in the year of our Lord God 1673. . . Signed . . . in the William Sherman prsence of us John Dogett His W marke And a [seal]" Samuel Sprague (Plymouth Colony Deeds, 5:202-203). "William Sherman, senr of the Towne of Marshfield in the Jurisdiction of New Plymouth in New England . . . yeoman . . . Know ye that I the said William Sherman out of my singular Good affection to my Naturall son Samuell Sherman of . . . Marshfield . . . Doe . . . Give and Grant unto my said Son Samuell . . . a Certain tract . . . of land and meddow; being a pte of those lands whereon I now Dwell in . . . Marshfield . . . (viz) of my upland twenty poles of breadth on the southerly side of my said Lott; beginning att the northerly bounds of the Lott of Thomas Doged, and att my southerly bounds . . . att the foot or easterly end of our Lands, att a Rock which is between the meddow and a swamp or the upland, and soe for breadth to River northerly twenty poles unto my Lott and in length to River from the Meddow westward the whole Length to my lands both of my first purchase and alsoe of the aditionall Graunt, from the abovesaid Towne, together with one halfe or moyety of the Marsh and Meddow land appertaining to my said Lott viz The southerly pte or syde of my marsh and meddow, by equall and Just Division or measure all the above mensioned lands . . . In witness whereof I have heerunto sett my hand and affixed my seale, this ninth Day of June in the yeer of Grace; one thousand six hundred seventy and three; Delivered in the psence The mark W of William Sherman senr of Peregrine White and a [seale]" Francis Crocker (Plymouth Colony Deeds, 4:110) "William Sherman senir of the Towne of Marshfield in the Jurisdiction of New Plymouth . . . sendeth Greeting . . . Know yee that I the said William Sherman as well for and in consideration of the Great love and fatherly affection; which I beare unto my Naturall and wellbeloved son William Sherman of Marshfield . . . as alsoe for divers other good causes and consideration . . . have Given . . . and made over . . . unto my son William Sherman . . . all that my dwelling house and land . . . upland and meddow . . . within . . . Marshfield . . . together with all edifices buildings orchyards pastures . . . whatsoever . . . In witness wherof, I the said William Sherman senir have heerunto sett my hand and seale this fifteenth day of August Anno Dom 1676. John Doged The mark of William Sherman senir Samuel Sprague and a [seale]" ("This Deed was acknowlidged by William Sherman senir and hee declared the Intent of this deed was for all his Lands in Marshfield not mensioned in his son Samuells deed.") (Plymouth Colony Deeds, 4:109)

References

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Doggett-16
• 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>
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sherman-139 cites
• Holman, Mary Lovering. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Massachusetts (Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1936) Page 1
• Richards, Lysander Salmon. History of Marshfield, 2 Vols, (Memorial Press, Plymouth, MA, 1901)
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
• S261Mayflower Descendant Legacy on CD-ROM (Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and ReSearch Publishing, 1997) citing articles in The Mayflower Descendant Magazine.
• The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Robert Charles Anderson, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995, p.1673-1675 (date of birth based on date of marriage), (date of burial October 25, 1679)subscribers$
• www.PlymouthAncestors.org [a collaboration between Plimouth Plantation and the New England Historic Genealogical Society]
• Vital records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p.10 [date buried], p.27 [birth of children]
• Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Plymouth, NEHGS online database [marriage]
• PCR:Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet & Pulsifer, David. Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England ( AMS Press, New York, 1855)
• Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families (1899; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977) Page 240: William, Plymouth, 1632, and afterwards Marshfield, m., 1639, Prudence Hill, and had Samuel, William; and John, 1646.
• Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, by Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman. (Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1969) Page 9
• The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants) Vol 13. April 1911 No. 2 Plymouth Colony Vital Records p. 84
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82541042/william-sherman claims his parents were Edmund Sherman & Judith Anger. “ There is a widespread misconception that this couple had descendants in New England. …”. See attached discussion for details.

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William Sherman (1599 - 1679)

William Sherman
Born 1599 in Dedham, Colchester, Essex, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Husband of Prudence (Hill) Sherman — married 23 Jan 1639 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Samuel Sherman, William Sherman Jr., Hannah (Sherman) Stephens and John Sherman Sr.
Died 25 Oct 1679 at about age 80 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
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1.1 Name
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2 Sources
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William Sherman was born in Essex, England.

Name

William Sherman[1]
Marriage

23 JAN 1637/38 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Wife: Prudence Hill
Child: William Sherman
Very little is known about immigrant William Sherman. Based on the date of his marriage he was probably born about 1613. He arrived in Plymouth about 1632. He was assessed a tax of 9s. in Plymouth in 1633 (PCR: 1:11). In 1637 he bought approximately 5 acres of land from James Davis, both of Plymouth (PCR: 12:24).

William of Marshfield was definitely NOT the one b. in Dedham in 1613, who almost certainly died as a baby while the parish register was neglected. His dates don't fit. 30 years ago Robert Moody Sherman, 1911-1984 and his wife Ruth Wilder Sherman, 1929-1992, were joint editors of The American Genealogist.
In February of 1637/38 he was granted property in Duxbury and at Powder Point (PCR: 1:76). He removed to Duxbury by 1638. He took the oath of fidelity in 1639 (PCR: 8:182), on the list of men able to bear arms in 1643 (PCR: 8:189), and Highway Surveyor in 1644 (PCR: 2:72). He requested the court for land in 1639 (PCR: 1:120) and was so granted in 1640 (PCR: 1:145). Later in 1640 he was granted 4 more acres in Duxbury (PCR: 1:153).

He then moved to Marshfield which was officially set off as a separate "town" from Plimoth Plantation in 1640. He was one of the earliest settlers as shown by his name appearing on the List of Freemen of 1643. [2] There he was Highway Surveyor in 1652 (PCR: 3:9) and grand juror in 1657 (PCR: 3:115).

It has been possible that William Sherman was identical with that William Sherman mentioned in the records of Massachusetts bay colony under date 26 Feb 1628(-9)"Wm. Sherman hath liberty for 14 daies to fech his keynes in Northhampton near

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ferry.' If this supposition is correct, he probably was about to emigrate then and was in the country before 1630, but there is no mention of him so early. He was probably in Plymouth before 1632. In 1640 he had lands granted to him at Green Harbor or Maeshfield and removed there. He is first mentioned in the town records 25 aug 1652. On July 7 1653 he was made one of a committee in regard to building a bridge over the South River. On Aug 13 1657 he was choswn grand juryman for the year and, 11 Oct 1658 , paid a tax of ten shillings.
At a town meeting hels , 18 May 1663 , the town granted William Sherman and his heirs forever twenty acres of land to be added to the head of the estate. On the 27 April 1668, he was appointed to sell the wheat now in the constables hands.
He had apparently four adult children, three sons and a daughter. He evidently gave his grandson, William Stephens , some land , but the deed has not been found. He made no will but some years before his death he gave his three sons all his real estate, making no provisions for his wife it is evident that she preceeded him in death.
Death

25 OCT 1679 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts[3][4]
William Sherman Seniour was buried the 25 of october 1679[5][6][7]
Sources

Holman, Mary Lovering. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Massachusetts (Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1936) Page 1
Richards, Lysander Salmon. History of Marshfield, 2 Vols, (Memorial Press, Plymouth, MA, 1901)
Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
Mayflower Descendant Legacy on CD-ROM (Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and ReSearch Publishing, 1997) citing articles in The Mayflower Descendant Magazine.
The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Robert Charles Anderson, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995, p.1673-1675 (date of birth based on date of marriage), (date of burial October 25, 1679)subscribers$
www.PlymouthAncestors.org [a collaboration between Plimouth Plantation and the New England Historic Genealogical Society]
Vital records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p.10 [date buried], p.27 [birth of children]
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Plymouth, NEHGS online database [marriage]
PCR:Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet & Pulsifer, David. Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England ( AMS Press, New York, 1855)
Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families (1899; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977) Page 240: William, Plymouth, 1632, and afterwards Marshfield, m., 1639, Prudence Hill, and had Samuel, William; and John, 1646.
Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, by Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman. (Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1969) Page 9
The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants) Vol 13. April 1911 No. 2 Plymouth Colony Vital Records p. 84
Footnotes

↑ Davis: Page 240
↑ Wikipedia:History_of_Marshfield,_Massachusetts
↑ The Mayflower Descendant, Vol 2. July 1900. No 3.
↑ Vital Records of Marshfield: p 5.
↑ Holman: Page 1
↑ Vital Records of Marshfield: Page 9
↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "The Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass.," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 2(1899):181.
"(W)illiam Sherman Seniour was (b)uried the 25 of october 1679."

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William Sherman (1599 - 1679)

William Sherman
Born 1599 in Dedham, Colchester, Essex, Englandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling%28s%29 unknown]
Husband of Prudence (Hill) Sherman — married 23 Jan 1639 in Plymouth, Plymouth Colonymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Samuel Sherman, William Sherman Jr., Hannah (Sherman) Stephens and John Sherman Sr.
Died 25 Oct 1679 at about age 80 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
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William Sherman migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See Great Migration Begins, by R. C. Anderson, Vol. 3, p. 1673)
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Contents

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1 Biography
1.1 Name
1.2 Marriage
1.3 Death
2 Sources
2.1 Footnotes
Biography

Flag of Essex (historic flag)
William Sherman was born in Essex, England.

Name

William Sherman[1]
Marriage

23 JAN 1637/38 Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Wife: Prudence Hill
Child: William Sherman
Very little is known about immigrant William Sherman. Based on the date of his marriage he was probably born about 1613. He arrived in Plymouth about 1632. He was assessed a tax of 9s. in Plymouth in 1633 (PCR: 1:11). In 1637 he bought approximately 5 acres of land from James Davis, both of Plymouth (PCR: 12:24).

William of Marshfield was definitely NOT the one b. in Dedham in 1613, who almost certainly died as a baby while the parish register was neglected. His dates don't fit. 30 years ago Robert Moody Sherman, 1911-1984 and his wife Ruth Wilder Sherman, 1929-1992, were joint editors of The American Genealogist.
In February of 1637/38 he was granted property in Duxbury and at Powder Point (PCR: 1:76). He removed to Duxbury by 1638. He took the oath of fidelity in 1639 (PCR: 8:182), on the list of men able to bear arms in 1643 (PCR: 8:189), and Highway Surveyor in 1644 (PCR: 2:72). He requested the court for land in 1639 (PCR: 1:120) and was so granted in 1640 (PCR: 1:145). Later in 1640 he was granted 4 more acres in Duxbury (PCR: 1:153).

He then moved to Marshfield which was officially set off as a separate "town" from Plimoth Plantation in 1640. He was one of the earliest settlers as shown by his name appearing on the List of Freemen of 1643. [2] There he was Highway Surveyor in 1652 (PCR: 3:9) and grand juror in 1657 (PCR: 3:115).

It has been possible that William Sherman was identical with that William Sherman mentioned in the records of Massachusetts bay colony under date 26 Feb 1628(-9)"Wm. Sherman hath liberty for 14 daies to fech his keynes in Northhampton near

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ferry.' If this supposition is correct, he probably was about to emigrate then and was in the country before 1630, but there is no mention of him so early. He was probably in Plymouth before 1632. In 1640 he had lands granted to him at Green Harbor or Maeshfield and removed there. He is first mentioned in the town records 25 aug 1652. On July 7 1653 he was made one of a committee in regard to building a bridge over the South River. On Aug 13 1657 he was choswn grand juryman for the year and, 11 Oct 1658 , paid a tax of ten shillings.
At a town meeting hels , 18 May 1663 , the town granted William Sherman and his heirs forever twenty acres of land to be added to the head of the estate. On the 27 April 1668, he was appointed to sell the wheat now in the constables hands.
He had apparently four adult children, three sons and a daughter. He evidently gave his grandson, William Stephens , some land , but the deed has not been found. He made no will but some years before his death he gave his three sons all his real estate, making no provisions for his wife it is evident that she preceeded him in death.
Death

25 OCT 1679 Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts[3][4]
William Sherman Seniour was buried the 25 of october 1679[5][6][7]
Sources

Holman, Mary Lovering. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Massachusetts (Rumford Press, Concord, N.H., 1936) Page 1
Richards, Lysander Salmon. History of Marshfield, 2 Vols, (Memorial Press, Plymouth, MA, 1901)
Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985)
Mayflower Descendant Legacy on CD-ROM (Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and ReSearch Publishing, 1997) citing articles in The Mayflower Descendant Magazine.
The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Robert Charles Anderson, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995, p.1673-1675 (date of birth based on date of marriage), (date of burial October 25, 1679)subscribers$
www.PlymouthAncestors.org [a collaboration between Plimouth Plantation and the New England Historic Genealogical Society]
Vital records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, p.10 [date buried], p.27 [birth of children]
Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Plymouth, NEHGS online database [marriage]
PCR:Shurtleff, Nathaniel Bradstreet & Pulsifer, David. Records of the colony of New Plymouth, in New England ( AMS Press, New York, 1855)
Davis, William T., Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families (1899; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1977) Page 240: William, Plymouth, 1632, and afterwards Marshfield, m., 1639, Prudence Hill, and had Samuel, William; and John, 1646.
Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, by Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman. (Picton Press, Camden, Maine, 1969) Page 9
The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants) Vol 13. April 1911 No. 2 Plymouth Colony Vital Records p. 84
Footnotes

↑ Davis: Page 240
↑ Wikipedia:History_of_Marshfield,_Massachusetts
↑ The Mayflower Descendant, Vol 2. July 1900. No 3.
↑ Vital Records of Marshfield: p 5.
↑ Holman: Page 1
↑ Vital Records of Marshfield: Page 9
↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "The Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass.," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 2(1899):181.
"(W)illiam Sherman Seniour was (b)uried the 25 of october 1679."