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!NOTE: Samuel Sherman came to Boston from England in June of 1634 when he was about 14 years of age. He went with father to Watertown, Massachusetts, and remained there a couple of years. He came to Wethersfield, Connecticut probably in 1636 for the following May he was one of the committee, who before the General Court was organized, which declared war against the Pequot Indians, he being then but 19 years of age. He married, probably at Wethersfield, Sarah, daughter of Mathew Mitchell, and sister of the Rev. Jonathan Mitchell, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, probably in the year 1640. He then to moved to Stamford, and finally settled in Stratford, now Bridgeport, Connecticut, before 1656. He was an Assistant or Member of the General Court in 1662, 1663, and 1664, and in 1665 he was appointed one of a committee of sixto watch and guard the coast, as a war committee, if the Dutch fleet should make its appearance, as expected, from Stratford to Rye. It is probably for his services in the General Court that he received from the General Court in October, 1664, 250 acres of land, which were finally located in Stratford, nearly opposite Derby Landing. He became possessed of a large quantity of land in Stratford, all of which nearly, he gave to his children before his decease, and he removed from Stratford village to the home of one of his sons on the Toilsome road near the Second Stratfield meetinghouse. In a writinf dated Nov. 9, 1685, he says, "I Samuel Sherman, Senr., now of Fairfield" showing that he was then living on the west side of the Toilsome road in the town of Fairfield. He died at that place, according to his grave-stone inscription, a facsimile of which is here given.

Sherman, Samuel, s of Edmund. Served in the Pequot war. Deputy (Stratford) to Conn. Leg., Oct 1660; Assistant, Conn. Col., Oct 1662, 1663-67. Commissioner for Stratford, 1671-75, for Stratford and Woodbury, 1676-79, for Stratford, 1680-84, for Fairfield, 1685-88.
Page 541. Bapt at Dedham, co. Essex, England, 12 July 1618, d at Stratfield, 5 Apr 1700 age 80 (g. s.). He came with his father to Wethersfield, and (prob there) m abt. 1640, Sarah Mitchell, dau of Matthew, bapt 14 Oct 1621. With the Mitchells and others, he joined the migration to Stamford.
He remained in Stamford until 1650, rem to Stratford, and finally in 1685 to Fairfield, where he located in the Stratfield section.
Children, recorded at Stratford:
Samuel, b 19 June 1641.
Theophilus, b 28 Oct 1643.
Matthew, b 21 Oct 1645.
Edmund, b 4 Dec 1647.
John, b 8 Feb 1650 [1650/1].
Sarah, b 8 Feb 1653, d at Guilford, 1713; m Josiah Rossiter.
Nathaniel, b 21 Mar 1656.
Benjamin, b 29 Mar 1662.
David, b 15 Apr 1665.


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Samuel Sherman (1618 - 1700)
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ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Edmund Sherman and Grace (Makin) Sherman
Brother of Edmund Sherman, Anne Sherman, Joan Sherman, Hester (Sherman) Warde, Richard Sherman, Bezaleel Sherman, John Sherman and Grace (Sherman) Livermore
Husband of Sarah Mary (Mitchell) Sherman — married before 1640 [location unknown]
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Father of Samuel Sherman, Theophilus Sherman, Matthew Sherman, Edmund Sherman, John Sherman, Sarah (Sherman) Rossiter, Nathaniel Sherman, Benjamin Sherman and David Sherman
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Hon. Samuel Sherman came from Dedham with his father Edmund, who died at New Haven, Conn., 1641.[citation needed]
HON. SAMUEL SHERMAN was baptized at Dedham, Essex, England on July 12, 1618. (Reg. 50, p. 416.)[1] He migrated with his parents, Edmund and Grace (Makin) Sherman,[1] and several siblings in 1635[1] when he was about 17 years old.[1]His brother, Rev. John Sherman had arrived in 1634.[1]Other brothers Edmund and Richard remained in England, sister Joan may have married Henry Wright of Dedham, Mass., and sister Hester married in England to Andrew Ward and they came to New England in 1633. Another sister Grace married John Livermore.[1]

Samuel was briefly at Boston, [citation needed] Watertown, Massachusetts, went from there about 1636, to Wethersfield.[1] Afterwards at Stamford until about 1650, then Stratford, and finally in 1685 to the area in Stratfield which was in Fairfield, Connecticut.[1]

In about 1640[1] at Wethersfield,[1] Samuel married Sarah Mitchell[1] (daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Butterfield)Mitchell and sister of Jonathan Mitchell, of Cambridge, a Fellow of Harvard College).[1]She was bap. at South Owram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Oct. 14, 1621[1] and came to New England with her parents, Matthew and Susan (Wood) Butterfield) Mitchell[1] and six siblings[1] on the James,[1] landing on August 17, 1635[1] and settling in Charlestown.[1]Sarah's maternal uncle was Edmund Wood.[1]Her sister Hannah married Robert Coe.[1]

He was a leading man in New Haven Colony, a conspicuous member of the Church and an Assistant from 1662 to 1667.[1] In 1637 he was on a Wethersfield committee that declared war on the Pequots;[1]and fought in the Pequot campaign in 1637.[1]He was deputy from Stratford to Connecticut Legislature, October 1660;[1] one of the purchasers of land from the natives for the parish of Stratfield in 1661;[1]An assistant to Connecticut Colony, October 1662, 1663-1667. [1]He was elected magistrate of the new Connecticut Colony in January 1664/5.[1] In 1665 on committee to assist in putting the colony in a posture of defense against the enemy (the Dutch) from Stratford to Rye.[1]He was on a list of Freemen at Stratford on October 7, 1669; and served on a committee appointed to assign seats in the new meeting house.[1]He served as commissioner for Stratford 1671-1675, for Stratford and Woodbury 1676-1679; for Stratford 1680-1684, and for Fairfield 1685-1688.[1]He placed his signature on the articles of agreement for the settlement of Woodbury in 1672 but probably did not move there.[1]In September 1692 he was one of the grand jurors who indicted Mercy Disborough on charges of witchcraft.[1]

Samuel was described as a "large land owner" and he was a community leader. In ancient deeds he is referred to the "Worshipful Mr. Sherman."

He was the father of Captain and Judge John Sherman, of Woodbury, Conn., who was speaker of the Connecticut General Assembly, Assistant and Judge of Probate and Judge of the County Court. Their descendants included General William Tecumseh Sherman and United States Senator and Secretary of State, John Sherman.[2]

Sarah died after April 15, 1665 at the birth of their last child. Samuel died at Fairfield, Connecticut on Apr. 5, 1700.

Sept. 10, 1700, agreement between his surviving children and heirs to divide his estate, Matthew and Edmund then dead. Children:

Samuel Sherman, b. at Stamford, June 19, 1641 ; m. (1), Mary Titherton, June 19, 1665. m. (2), Abigail (Thompson-Curtiss) Huse, Aug. 1, 1695. She d. Mar. 2, 1731. He d. Feb. 20, 1718/19.[1]
Theophilus Sherman, b. at Stamford, Oct. 28, 1643. m. at Wethersfield on February 16, 1711/12 (1) Comfort Robbins, daughter of John and Mary (Welles) Robbins; b. at Wethersfield, Oct. 12, 1646 and d. by 1697. He m. (2nd) before April 14, 1697 Mary (Taylor?) Coltman who died after October 1714. She m. about Sept. 24, 1667 at Wethersfield, John Coltman.[1]
Matthew Sherman, b. at Stamford, Oct. 21, 1645 and died in Stratfield, 1698. He m. Hannah (possibly Bulkley) who died before January 6, 1713/14.[1]
Edmund Sherman, b. at Stamford, Dec. 4, 1647, d. Stratford before November 5, 1683. m. Susannah Hardy, dau. of Richard and Ann (Huested) Hardy. She married (2nd) __?___Raynor.[1]
John Sherman, b. at Stratford, Feb. 8, 1650/51; died at Woodbury on December 13, 1730. m. Elizabeth ___?___ who died at Woodbury on October 1, 1744.[1]
Sarah Sherman, b. at Stratford, Feb. 8, 1653/4 and d. on March 30, 1712/3 at Guilford, aged 58. m.Josiah/Josias Rossiter, son of Bray and Elizabeth (Alsop) Rossiter before about 1646. Josiah died January 31, 1716 at Guilford.[1]
Nathaniel Sherman, b. at Stratford, Mar. 21, 1656/7 and d. at Stratford on April 19, 1712. m. (1st) at Stratford, June 13, 1680, Mary Phippen (daughter of of Benjamin and Wilmot Phippen/Phippeny). m. (2nd) on Nov. 26, 1707 at Stratford, Abigail (Burr) (Lockwood) Hanford, widow and daughter of Daniel Burr. She d at Stratford on March 2, 1730/1. He d. at Stratford, Apr. 19, 1712. Abigail married (1st) Daniel Lockwood and (2nd) Elnathan Hanford.[1]
Benjamin Sherman, b. Mar. 29, 1662 and d. August 29, 1741. m. June 6, 1683 at Stratford, Rebecca Phippen, daughter of Benjamin and Wilmot (___) Phippen/Phippeny, b. Fairfield on August 10, 1666; d. August 5, 1739.[1]
David Sherman, b. at Stratford, Apr. 15, 1665 and died at Stratfield on January 1, 1753 at 88 years old. m. Mercy Wheeler about 1690, the daughter of Isaac Wheeler. Mercy was born about 1670 and died in Stratfield on August 19, 1745. [1]

Samuel married Sarah (Mary) MITCHELL about 1640 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Sarah (daughter of Mathew MITCHELL and Susan Wood) was born on 14 Oct 1621 in South Owram, Halifax, England; was christened on 14 Oct 1621 in Dedham, Essex, England; died on 15 Apr 1665 in Hartford County, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Samuel SHERMAN was born on 19 Jan 1641 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died on 5 Apr 1700 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
2. Theophilus SHERMAN was born on 28 Oct 1643 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died on 16 Feb 1711 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
3. Matthew SHERMAN was born on 24 Aug 1645 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died about 1698 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
4. Edmund SHERMAN was born on 4 Dec 1647 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died on 5 Nov 1683 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
5. John SHERMAN, Sr was born on 8 Feb 1650 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died on 13 Dec 1730 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
6. Sarah SHERMAN was born on 8 Feb 1653/1654 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died on 30 Apr 1712 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
7. Nathaniel SHERMAN was born on 21 Mar 1656 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died on 19 Apr 1712 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
8. Benjamin SHERMAN was born on 29 Mar 1662 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died on 27 Aug 1741 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.
9. David SHERMAN was born on 15 Apr 1665 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; died on 1 Jan 1753 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Married Judith Angiers in 1611. They came to America about 1632 and settled in Watertown, Massachusetts, whence they removed to Wethersfield, Connecticut, and finally to New Haven, Connecticut, where they died. (Palfrey's History of New England. Drake's History of Boston)
He was a freeman and proprieter

Edmund Sherman
Birth: 1572
Dedham
Essex, England
Death: 1641
New Haven
New Haven County
Connecticut, USA

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He came from Dedham, Co.Essex to Massachusetts Bay in 1635 (based on his election as Watertown selectman on Nov 25,1635). From Watertown, he removed to Wethersfield by 1638, and, finally, New Haven in 1640. He died between 29 October 1640 and May 1641 (the date of the inventory of his estate).

He married, about 1598, Grace Makin. She was a daughter of Tobias Makin and Katherine (Westbrome) Makin of Fingringhoe, Co.Essex. She was living on June 14,1643 (when she was mentioned in the will of her husband's uncle Samuel Sherman. She was mentioned earlier, on Feb 7,1620/1, in the will of her brother Tobias Makin Jr.). NOTE: Edmund's wife was not Joan Makin as postulated in a 1920 Sherman Genealogy. (NEHGR Vol 168 [Jan 2014], p.18, and Great Migration, Volume VI (2009), pp.282ff.)

Children: Edmund Sherman Jr, Ann Sherman, Joan Sherman Wight, Hester Sherman Ward, Richard Sherman, Bezaleel Sherman, John Sherman, Frace Sherman Livermore, Samuel Sherman, and, possibly, a "youngest daughter", whose name is not known.

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In her will of 2 September 1625, "Ann Anger," sister of this Edmund Sherman, and wife of John Anger, included bequests to "my brothers Edmund Sherman & Richard Sherman" and to "Ann Sherman and Jone Sherman daughters of my brother Edmund."

In his will of 14 June 1643, "Samuel Sherman of Dedham in the County of Essex, clothier, brother of this Edmund Sherman, included bequests to "my loving sister Sherman, Edmond's widow twenty shillings, and to her daughters Grace and Ester Ward and to her youngest daughter to either of them twenty shillings." This "youngest daughter," otherwise undocumented, would probably have been born in that period beginning in late 1620 when there is a large gap in the record of baptisms in Dedham, Essex.

Pope thought that the Edmund Sherman who created the Watertown records was the son of this immigrant, and Savage wasn't sure. The crucial reason for believing that the Watertown man was the father rather than the son may be found in the 1637 grants of the Beaverbrook Plowland and Remote Meadow lots. In each case Edmund Sherman received six acres, which should represent a household of six. The son Edmund was not known to have been married at this time and should not have had six persons in his household. The older Edmund, however, had with him his wife and his four younger children: John, Samuel, Grace and the (unnamed) youngest daughter. (Grace probably married John Livermore very close to the date of the Remote Meadows grant.) There is no record to show that the younger Edmund Sherman was ever in New England. The early Watertown records of landholding and officeholding pertain to the father. Later New England records, which certainly pertain to the son, all place him in England, in 1640, 1648 and 1663, and the younger Edmund Sherman died in Dedham, Co.Essex between Apr 11,1673 and May 28,1673.



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Parents:
Edmund Sherman (1548 - 1600)
Anne Pallette Sherman (1549 - 1584)

Spouse:
Grace Makin Sherman

Children:
Edmund Sherman (1599 - 1673)*
Ann Sherman (1601 - ____)*
Joan Sherman (1603 - ____)*
Hester Sherman Ward (1606 - 1665)*
Richard Sherman (1608 - 1647)*
Bazaleel Sherman (1611 - 1618)*
John Sherman (1613 - 1685)*
Grace Sherman Livermore (1616 - 1691)*
Child Sherman (1616 - 1616)*
Samuel Sherman (1618 - 1700)*

Siblings:
Henry Sherman (1570 - 1586)*
Edmund Sherman (1572 - 1641)
Ann Sherman (1575 - 1575)*
Richard Sherman (1577 - 1660)*
Child Sherman (1578 - 1578)*
Anna Sherman Anger (1581 - 1625)*
Bezaleel Sherman (1585 - 1618)**
Sarah Sherman Warner (1587 - ____)**
Anna Sherman Backler (1589 - 1639)**
Susan Sherman (1591 - ____)**
Samuel Sherman (1593 - 1644)**
John Sherman (1595 - 1655)**
Benjamin Sherman (1597 - 1647)**
Mary Sherman Bacon (1599 - ____)**

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Note: Headstone Lost

Burial:
Old Burying Ground
Fairfield
Fairfield County
Connecticut, USA

Maintained by: Kevin Avery
Originally Created by: Linda Mac
Record added: May 18, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 37235068

Edmund married Judith ANGIERS on 15 May 1611 in Dedham, Essex, England. Judith (daughter of William ANGERS and Joan) was born in 1582 in Dedham, Essex, England; died in 1634 in , New Haven, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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pp 100 "Edmund Sherman of Colchester, M. Judith Anger, dau of Wm. and sister of John Anger (ante, p. 63)

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• Occupation: Wool Merchant
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Henry Sherman (1546-1610) was a Clothier and lived and worked in "Sherman's Hall", which is in Dedham, Essex, England. His father bequethed to him "my Shearman's crafte" and added, "I give to Henry Shearman, my son, all the household which is in his house which he hath already". Thus it seems he was already living and working in "Shearman Hall". And there he presumably lived and worked throughout his life. At age 23 he married Susan Lawrnece and they produced seven sons and four daughters. The fifth son, John, was the ancestor of Hon. Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence for Connecticut. Henry and his wife died within two weeks of one another, perhaps of the same malady. and their wills were probated on the same day, September 12, 1618. Both are buried at Dedham, England

Henry married Susan LAWRENCE on 14 Jun 1568 in Moze, Essex, England. Susan (daughter of John LAWRENCE and Agnes) was born about 1551 in Moze, Essex, England; died on 13 Aug 1610 in Dedham, Lexden, Essex, England; was buried on 13 Sep 1610 in Dedham, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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There seems to be some discrepency as to whether her name was Lawrence or Hill.

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William married Joan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166 (October 2012):245-58 (Part 1), "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives," "Part I: Henry Sherman the Elder and His Wives," by Michael Johnson Wood
GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY HENRY SHERMAN[64] was born about 1512,[65] perhaps in Essex. He settled in Dedham, Essex about 1534, and late in life in Colchester, Essex, about 1584. He died between 26 February 1589/90 and 25 July 1590 (dates of codicil and probate), probably in Colchester. His first wife, whom he married about 1539, was perhaps A DAUGHTER OF ROBERT PERPOYNT of Dedham. She was probably identical with AGNES, wife of Henry Sherman the elder, who was buried in Dedham 14 October 1580. He married next in Dedham 5 June 1581, MARION (___) (SMYTHE) WILSON, widow of Thomas Smythe of Dedham, then of Edmund Wilson of St. Leonard’s, Colchester, whom she had married in Dedham 5 April 1563 . She was perhaps "Mrs Sherman" buried at St. James, Colchester, 4 August 1584. Henry married last MARGERY ___, who was living when he made his will. As Henry Shearman the elder, of Colchester, Essex, he left a will dated 20 January 1589/90, with a codicil dated 26 February 1589/90, proved in London 25 July 1590.[66] The will named son Henry Shearman and his children Henry, Samuel, Daniel, John, Ezechiell, Phebe, Nathaniel, and Anne Shearman; son Edmonde Shearman and his children Edmonde, Richard, Bezaliell, Anne, and Sara Shearman (all under age; sons under 22, daughters under 21), son-in-law William Petfield and his children Richard, Susan, and Elizabeth Petfield (all under age); wife Margerye; son Robert; Jane and Anne Shearman, underage daughters of Robert [evidently the testator’s son Robert]; daughter Judith Petfield; son-in-law Nicholas Fynce; the wives of sons Edmond, Henry, and Robert; the poor of All Hallows [i.e., All Saints, Colchester]; and the poor of Dedham and the free school of Dedham (the testator asked to be buried in Dedham). Executors were to be sons Henry and Edmond. Children of Henry Sherman and his first wife (if Agnes was his second wife, she could have been the mother of at least one of the youngest children): i. ALICE SHERMAN, b. say 1540; bur. Dedham 20 Oct. 1580 as Alice, wife of Nicholas Fince; m. ca. 1562, as his first wife, NICHOLAS FINCE, b. after 25 Aug. 1532 (date of his father’s will), bur. Dedham 28 Feb. 1593/4, son of John and Ellen (___) Fince of Ardleigh, Essex.[67] Nicholas and Alice had seven children baptized in Dedham from 1562/3 to 1578. The burials of five in infancy or childhood are recorded there, and the other two children, Judith and Alice, may have died young also as they were not named in their grandfather’s will.[68] ii. JUDITH SHERMAN, b. say 1543, bur. Dedham 1 April 1601 as Judith, wife of William Petfield; m. Dedham 27 June 1566 WILLIAM PETFIELD, clothier, living in 1610,[69] probably the elder son of John Petfield of Earls Colne, Essex, clerk, whose undated will proved 17 June 1572, names also a younger son Matthew.[70] William and Judith had nine children baptized in Dedham from 1567 to 1588, the eldest being named Matthew. iii. HENRY SHERMAN, b. say 1545; m. SUSAN Lawrence. See Part 2. iv. EDMUND SHERMAN, b. say 1548; m. (1) ANN PELLETT; (2) ANN CLERE. See Parts 3 and 4. v. John Sherman, b. say 1551,[71] bur, Dedham 16 Oct. 1576, unmarried. He left an undated nuncupative will, probably proved in 1576.[72] The will mentioned brothers-in-law "William Pettfylld" and "Nycollas Fynce"; brother Robert Sharman; "my mother"; and "my father." vi. Thomas SHERMAN, b. say 1555; bur. Dedham 16 March 1563/4. Probably he was the godson of Thomas Butter, as discussed above. vii. ROBERT SHERMAN,[73] bp. Dedham 6 Feb. 1559/60; bur. St. Stephen Coleman Street, London, 14 Jan. l602/3.[74] He was educated at Cambridge University, and became a Fellow of the College of Physicians in 1599[75] He m. (1) Dedham 9 Dec. 1583 BARBARA BROWNE, bp. Dedham 1 April 1561, daughter of Martin and Katherine (Reynolds) (Warner) Browne;[76] (2) shortly after 4 July 1597 BRIDGET JENNEY, daughter of Francis and Margaret (Peyton) Jenney.[77] Robert’s will, dated 10 Jan. 1602/3, proved 20 Jan. 1602/3,[78] names wife Bridget; children Jane, Mary, Anne, and Robert; son Richard. Brother Henry Sherman was to be executor. Notes: 1. Among his many descendants, living and deceased, are several first-rate genealogists and editors of genealogical publications. 2. Bertha L. Stratton, "New Light on Henry Sherman of Dedham, Essex, England, and Some Notes on His Descendants" (Staten Island, N.Y.: the author, 1954), 1-10. Nevertheless, the Internet is riddled with this false ancestry, which has also been perpetuated in two relatively recent books: Sherrie A. Styx, "The Mumford Families in America, 1600-1992" (Eugene, Ore.: Styx Enterprises, 1992), chart iii on p. 17, and Margaret Sherman Lutzvick, "Going to Palmyra: Sherman Deeds" (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1997), 21-22. 3. John Guillim, "Display of Heraldrie," 4th ed. (London, 1660), 189, quoted in Bertha L. Stratton, "Transatlantic Shermans" (Staten Island, N.Y.: the author, 1969), 22, and Stratton, New Light [note 2], 21. 4. Stratton, "New Light" [note 2], 19-20; Stratton, "Transatlantic Shermans" [note 3], 25-26. 5. All the documents in this file are at The National Archives, DL4/l6/l8. A photostatic copy of only one of them, Henry Sherman’s deposition, was published in Stratton, "Transatlantic Shermans" [note 3], facing 58, and a transcription of his deposition is in Stratton, "New Light" [note 2], 3. 6. "The Victoria History of the County of Essex," vol. 10 (London: University of London Institute of Historical Research, 2001), 165-69. 7. Court rolls of the Manor of Faites & Wades, Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/DC14/14- 28, of which only piece 14/14 has been needed for this article. Years 1360-1422, on membranes 2-12, are not entered consecutively, and the proceedings of 31 July 1559 are on an unnumbered membrane stitched at the end of the roll. 8. Ibid., D/DC14/14, membrane 8. 9. Ibid., membrane 5. 10. Ibid., membrane 4. 11. Ibid., membrane 6. 12. Ibid., membranes 12-13. 13. Ibid., membrane 14. 14. Ibid., membranes 16-17, consecutive court dates. 15. Ibid., membrane 17. 16. On 8 June 1500, it was presented at the Dedham Hall court that "John Clerke who lately died upon his deathbed surrendered [land described] to the use of Agnes Clerke his wife for the term of her life"; the previous court was held on 23 May 1599 (court rolls of the Manor of Dedham Hall, Duchy of Lancaster records, The National Archives, DL30/59/734). 17. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/ACR 1/1. 18. Faites & Wades [note 7], DIDC14/14, membranes 18-19, consecutive court dates. 19. Ibid., membrane 23. 20. Court record missing, but information cited on 1 May 1553 (ibid., membrane 25). 21. Dedham Hall [note 16], DL30/60/739, View of Frankpledge on 11 April 1575, in a list of tenants who owed suit of court but made default. 22. Ibid. 23. Faites & Wades [note 7], D/DC14/14, membrane 23. 24. Ibid., membrane 32. 25. Ibid., membrane 31. 26. Court rolls of the Manor of Dedham Campesse, Duchy of Lancaster records, The National Archives, DL30/58/728. 27. Faites & Wades [note 7], D/DC14I14, membrane 2. 28. Ibid., membrane 5. 29. Ibid., membrane 19. 30. Ibid., membrane 20. 31. Ibid., membrane 21. 32. Ibid., membrane 22. 33. Ibid., membrane 23. 34. Ibid., membrane 31. 35. See note 17. 36. Faites & Wades [note 7], D/DC14/14, membranes 21-25. 37. Ibid., not filed between membranes 25 and 26 where it ought to be, but at the end of the roll. 38. Dedham Hall [note 16], DL30/60/737. 39. Faites & Wades [note 7], D/DC14/14, membrane 30, stitched before membrane 31, which covers 1573-1578. The previous court was held on 4 September 1578. 40. The tenement Cranfens was called by Thomas Cranfen in his will dated 17 December 1529 (Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/ACR 2/203), "Richards now Thomas Cranfens," a former tenant being Richard Cranfen, so the 1581 description should probably have been written "Perpoynts and Cranfens alias Richard." Neither Laurence Richardson nor any Perpoynt ever held Cranfens. 41. Jennifer C. Ward, ed., "The Medieval Essex Community: The Lay Subsidy of 1327" (Chelmsford, Essex: Essex Record Office, 1983), 18. 42. Gerald H. Rendall, "Dedham in History, Feudal, Industrial and Ecclesiastical" (Colchester, Essex: Benham, 1937), map as frontispiece. 43. Faites & Wades [note 7], D/DC14/14, membrane 2. 44. Dedham Hall [note 16], DL30/59/732. 45. Will of John Cranefen, dated 15 March 15 10/1, no probate date (Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/ACR 1/182). On 18 May 1513 the death of John Cranefen was presented at Dedham Hall court, he having died since the previous court held 2 June 1512 (Dedham Hall [note 16], DL30/59/735). 46. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/ACR 5/118; F. G. Emmison, ed., "Essex Wills (England),’ vol. 1, Special Publications of the National Genealogical Society No. 51 (Washington, D.C., 1982), 225-26. 47. Thomas and Marion (___) Smythe had three children, all baptized in Dedham: Thomas Smythe, baptized 26 February 1559/60, buried in Dedham 14 April 1562 [his father was buried 20 April 1562]; James Smythe, baptized 10 September 1561, buried as "singleman" in Dedham 22 March 1585/6; and Susan Smythe, baptized 26 December 1562. The record of Susan’s baptism does not describe her father Thomas Smythe as deceased; however, I know of no other Thomas Smythe or Smith of Dedham then. 48. Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 68 Wallop, PROB11/96/235, abstracted in G. Andrews Moriarty, "Genealogical Research in England: Butter," Register 76 (1922):278-95, at 280-81. 49. Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 12 Doughty, PROB11/59/20, abstracted in Henry F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in England, 2 vols. (Boston: NEHGS, 1901; repr. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1969), 2:1162. 50. Court rolls of the Manor of Overhall & Netherhall [formerly Dedham Campesse], Duchy of Lancaster records, The National Archives, DL30/61/746, a draft in English entered between proceedings both dated 1589. The heading is mutilated, so the date has had to be obtained by cross-reference from an unconnected entry in the court for 12 April 1581 in DL30/61/744. 51. Dedham Hall [note 16], court of 12 April 1581, which cites the 1553 surrender, the records of which court are missing. 52. Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 5 Ketchyn, PROB11/38/23b, abstracted in Moriarty, "Genealogical Research in England: Butter" [note 48], Register 76:278-79. 53. The National Archives, C2/JasI/S37/53. 54. The National Archives, C33/1 13, ff. 278b, 546. 55. The National Archives, C3311 15, f. 611 and C33/1 16, f. 609 (two copies). 56. The National Archives, C33/1 15, f. 1048. 57. Henry Sherman the younger (c.1545-1610) became "the elder" at the death of his father in 1590, but that does not affect the reasoning in the text. 58. On 22 June 1591 William Butter deposed that he was 70 or thereabouts (The National Archives, DL4/33/42). See also the Genealogical Summary in Moriarty, "Genealogical Research in England: Butter" [note 48J, Register 76:292-95. 59. G. Andrews Moriarty, "Genealogical Research in England: The Gurdon Family," Register 82 (1938):380-87 et seq., including 95 (1941):69-72, at 72. 60. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/ACR 3/10. 61. For Gurdon, see note 59. The Lufkin information is based on the author’s unpublished research. 62. Henry’s 1589/90 will (see below) mentioned the children of his three sons and his daughter Judith, but did not mentioned any children of deceased daughter Alice Fince, who may have had two daughters alive when the will was made (see note 68 below). 63. Victoria History of the County of Essex [note 6], 10:158, 163-64. 64. Henry Sherman has been given no superscript since he had both grandchildren and great-children who immigrated to New England. 65. He was age 62 or thereabouts in 1574 (see note 5). 66. Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 51 Drury, PROB 11/75/34, published in full in Thomas Townsend Sherman, "Sherman Genealogy ..." (New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1920), 53- 57; abstracted in Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" [note 49], 2:1164-65. 67. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/ACR 2/253. Nicholas was named in the will of his brother John Fince dated 24 April 1559, no probate date (Emmison, "Essex Wills" [note 46], 250). 68. However, it is possible that Judith and Alice were named in the 1625 will of their first cousin, Ann (Sherman) Angier (see Part 3) as Judith Cartwright and "Allse Mase," widow, amongst beneficiaries known to be Ann’s relatives. 69. "Anna Petfield, daughter to William Petfield," was mentioned in the will of [her uncle] Henry Sherman, dated 21 August 1610 (see Part 2 of this article). 70. Episcopal Consistory Court of London, 164 Bullocke, at the London Metropolitan Archives. 71. John Sherman attended the Dedham Hall View of Frankpledge on 9 April 1572, so he had probably attained his majority since the previous View of Frankpledge for that court was on 1 October 1571 (Dedham Hall [note 16], DL30/60/739). 72. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/ABW 34/221, abstracted in Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" [note 49], 2:1162, and F. G. Emmison, ed., "Essex Wills: The Bishop of London’s Commissary Court, 1569-1578" (Chelmsford, Essex: Essex Record Office, 1994), 202. 73. Perhaps Robert Sherman was named after Robert Perpoynt, probably his grandfather. 74. Parish registers of St. Stephen Coleman Street, London. 75. John Venn and J. A. Venn, "Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Offices at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900: Part 1 (From the Earliest Times to 1751)," 4 vols. (Cambridge: University Press, 1922-27), 4:63. 76. Joan Corder, ed., "The Visitations of Suffolk, 1561," 2 parts, Publications of The Harleian Society, new series, vols. 2-3 (London, 1981-84), 2:183 (Reynolds). The will of Katherine’s brother Henry "Reignoldes" of Little Belstead, Suffolk, dated 9 August 1585, proved 13 October 1587 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 61 Spencer, PROB 11/71/166b, abstracted in Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" [note 49], 2:1164), mentions "cousin Sherman of Colchester," evidently Robert Sherman, who witnessed the will. 77. Sherman, "Sherman Genealogy" [note 66], 87-89; Corder, "Visitations of Suffolk, 1561" [note 76], 3:299 (Jenney). 78. Commissary Court of London Wills, 19:3 18, abstracted in Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" [note 49], 2:1167."

Henry Sherman
in the UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
Name: Henry Sherman
Birth Date: 1511
Death Date: 15 Oct 1590
Cemetery: Dedham, St Mary the Virgin
Burial or Cremation Place: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex
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Note: It is not proven that he is the son of Thomas:
Henry was born in Colchester, County Essex, some thirty miles south of Yaxley. As fourth son of Thomas he received a relatively small share of his wealthy father's estate and thus had to abandon the life of landed proprietor and seek a new method of maintaining and increasing what he had. So he became a clothier. He carried on his trade in Dedham which is in County Essex a few miles north of his birthplace. Being on the River Stour only about 15 miles upstream from the important port of Harwich, Dedham may have been a better shipping point for the goods produced by the Sherman enterprise. The business occupied "Sherman Hall" which stands today as do numerous other ancient buildings of the Essex Clothiers. This Hall -still bearing our family name - is just across the street from Dedham's church and like many other old houses in the town, it boasts a charming Eighteenth Century facade added two centuries after the construction of the original Edifice.
Henry had 5 sons and 2 daughters. Their eldest son, Henry was our ancestor. The second son, Edmund, was the ancestor of General William Tecumseh Sherman. When Henry died in Dedham in 1590 at the age of seventy, his will left 1.20 to his son, Henry, and his armor to his sons, Henry and Robert (who was a physician) while Edmund, ancestor to a general, apparently had to go unarmed- or maybe he already had a full suit of his own. In any event, it is probable that all three sons armed themselves as best they could and rode down to the coast in July of 1588 to help repel the expected invasion by the dreaded Spanish Armada. But, thanks to Howard, Drake, Hawkins and the stormy seas, they had no need to unsheath their swords.

Henry married Agnes BUTTER about 1539 in Dedham, Essex, England. Agnes (daughter of Thomas BUTLER and Joane) was born in 1521 in England; died in 1580 in England; was buried on 14 Oct 1580 in Dedham, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sometimes listed as Agnes Butter.

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John married Agnes about 1543 in Wissett, Suffolk, England. Agnes was born in 1523 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England; died on 22 Jan 1583/1584 in Rumburgh, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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