James Sherburne (1688 - abt. 1760)

Born 1688 in Portsmouth, NH

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Rowe) Sherburne — married 23 Jun 1709 in Portsmouth, NH

Descendants

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Biography

Of "the Plains," Portsmouth; a surveyor for many years, planter, and a considerable landholder in new towns and in Portsmouth. He sealed his deeds with the arms of the Sherburnes of Stonyhurst. His father gave him 15 acres on "the Plains," and 40 acres in Barrington. He was a religious man, and was in covenant at the church of Greenland, NH, in 1712 and Deacon of the South Church, Portsmouth, 1715-1732. 28-Mar-1744, he deeded to his sons James, Jr., chairmaker, and Jethro, 100 acres each in Barrington, and to the latter in 1756 all his rights in common lands of Barrington.

His wife, Margaret, was a member of the North Church, 1707. She is said to have been the daughter of William and granddaughter of Nicholas Rowe, but in the division of the estate of William, in 1728, she is not mentioned.

In his will, proved 26-Nov-1760, he gave his entire estate to his "dear wife Margaret," with reversion to his son George, except £500 to son Thomas, and mentions all his other children hereinafter named, except Isaac and Abigail.

James was born in 1688. He is the son of John Sherburne and Mary Jackson. ^[1]

Family

Margaret & James Sherburne christened their daughter Margaret Sherburn in Wakefield, Carroll, New Hampshire on 17 Nov 1717.^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Thomas Sherburne, Thursday, March 13, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDFR-L9H : 18 January 2020), Margaret Sherburn, 1717.

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