Sarah (Kimball) Sherman (1754 - 1834)

Born 10 Apr 1754 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Aaron Sherman — married 6 Apr 1774 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 24 Jul 1834 at age 80 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Sarah Kimball was born in Grafton, Massachusetts on April 10, 1754. the daughter of Aaron Kimball and Mary Brooks. ^{[1] [2]}

Sarah married Aaron Sherman on April 6, 1774, at Grafton. ^{[1] [2]} Aaron was born there on August 25, 1748, son of Ephraim Sherman an Thankful Temple. ^{[1] [3]}

In her father Aaron Kimball's will written on January 31, 1801, he left daughter Sarah Sherman, the contents of all notes I hold on her husband Aaron Sherman. On January 29, 1809, Sarah Sherman acknowledged receipt of $171. 71 as her full share of her father Aaron Sr.s' estate, from her brother Aaron Kimball, executor. ^[4]

Her husband died at Grafton on December 9, 1806. ^[1]

Sarah died there on July 24, 1834. ^[1] She is buried in the Old Oak Street Burial Ground at Grafton. Her inscription reads: In Memory of Mrs Sarah Sherman relict of Mr. Aaron Sherman who died July 24 1834 In her 81 year ^[5]

Children

1. Sally born December 14, 1774. ^{[1] [3]}
2. Elijah born September 19, 1776. ^{[1] [3]}
3. Aaron born October 21, 1778. ^{[1] [3]}
4. Ephraim born November 19, 1780. ^{[1] [3]}

Research notes

Grafton Births

KIMBALL, Sarah, (Kimbal in dup.) d. Aaron and Mary, April 10, 1754. (p. 79)

SHARMAN, Aaron s. Ephraim and Thankfull, Aug. 25, 1748. (p. 115)

SHERMAN, Aaron s. Aaron and Sarah, Oct. 21, 1778. (p. 116)

SHERMAN, Elijah s. Aaron and Sarah, Sept. 19, 1776. (p. 116)

SHERMAN, Ephraim s. Aaron and Sarah, Nov. 19, 1780. (p. 116)

SHERMAN, Salley d. Aaron and Sarah, Dec. 14, 1774. (p. 117)

Grafton Marriages

KIMBALL, Sarah and Aaron Sherman, April 6, 1774. In Shrewsbury. (p. 237)

Grafton Deaths

SHERMAN, Sarah, wid. Aaron, July 24, 1834. In 81st year. GS (p. 362)

SHERMAN, Aaran, Dec. 9, 1806. In 59th year. GS (p. 361) ^[1]

Entered by Chris Hoyt, Thursday, September 25, 2014. '

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Grafton Massachusetts to the Year 1850 Franklin P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1906
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Morrison, Leonard A. and Stephen P. Sharples, History of the Kimball family in America, from 1634 to 1897 : and of its ancestors the Kemballs or Kemboldes of England; with an account of the Kembles of Boston, Massachusetts, Damrell & Upham, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897, p. 131; 250
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Pierce, Frederick CC. History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the Present Time, 1879, Press of C. Hamilton, 1879, p. 560
4. ↑ Case 35098: p. 1-36. Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB1635/i/30222/35098-co1/682829474
5. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 30877183

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