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Edmund Sherman (abt. 1574 - bef. 1641)

Edmund Sherman aka Shearman
Born about in Dedham, Essex, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married about 1598 in Englandmap
Descendants descendants
Died before before about age 67 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticutmap
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The Puritan Great Migration.
Edmund Sherman migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Great Migration (Series 2), by R. C. Anderson, vol. 6, p. 282)
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Biography

Birth: 1 JUL 1572 Dedham, Essex, England[1]

Death: 1 JUL 1641 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut[2]

The genealogies of Edmund Sherman found online are unbelievably confused and scrambled. There were several men of the same name, father & son, cousins, nephews, etc. What seems to be the most accurate source for placing these men and their wives in the proper order is by Thomas Townsend Sherman [3]

Edmund's grandfather Henry Sherman, in his will dated 20 Jan 1590, gave a bequest to "Edmonde Shearman, the son of my son Edmonde", a little over 13£ to be given to him when he reached the age of "two and twenty". Edmund's father's will, dated 1 Aug 1599, gave to "son, Edmond, after decease of my wife all the houses and lands before given to said wife and a house and seven acres called Ryes where he now dwells" [4]

1635 Edmund Sherman migrated by 1635 - he was elected as a Watertown selectman 25 Nov 1635 and admitted to church membership prior to 25 May 1636 when he became one of eight freemen.

25 Jul 1636. Edmund Sherman was granted 50 acres in the first division of the Great Dividend at Watertown. 28 Feb 1636/7, he was six acres in the Beaverbrook Plowlands; and on 26 Jun 1636, six additional acres in the Remote Meadows. Although this Edmund has been confused with his son of the same name, the awarding of the six acres of plowland and remote meadow indicates he had a household of six persons - that would be Edmund, his wife and the four younger children, John, Samuel, Grace & an unnamed youngest daughter. The younger Edmund was not known to be married at this time and there is no indication he left England.

1638 He lived at Wethersfield

29 Oct 1640 when he was admitted a member of New Haven Court and his name added to the list of freemen.

Edmond died in New Haven in 1641 where the New Haven Records [5], state "3 Mon 1641 an Inventory and will of Olde Father Shirman was delivered into Court". Neither the will nor the inventory has ever been found.

24 Apr 1641 Lands of Sam. Sherman, given him by his father Ed. Sherman, lying in Wethersfield on Connecticut River: 1 piece whereon his house & barn stands, 3 acres; one pice of 40 acres lying in the West Field, one pice on the east side of the Great River, 144 acres.

The 1644 Watertown inventory of Grants showed five parcels granted Edmond Shearman: 4 acres of meadow in Pequusset Meadow; 7 1/2 acres of upland; 50 acres of upland being a Great Dividend in the First Division and second lot; 6 acres of plowland in the Hither Plain, and 6 acres of Remote Meadow & the 53rd lot.

In the 1644 Watertown Inventory of Possessions & Composite Inventory, Nicholas Busby held the homestall that had been granted to Andrew Ward and the Great Dividend, Plowland and Remote Meadows lots that had been granted to Edmond Sherman. This implies that Edmond Sherman purchased the homestall of Andrew Ward when the latter left for Westhersfield in 1635, after which Sherman received further grants based on the proprietary share attached to that homestall, and that Nicholas Busby purchased all these parcels from Sherman before 9 Apr 1638 when Busby was granted six acres at the Town Plot, based on the proprietary share attached to the homestall that came from Ward by way of Sherman.[6]

She was widow of Edmond Sherman, who had lived in Watertown and Wethersfield, and died soon after arrival in New Haven [7]. For more information about Grace Makin visit her profile.

Children

Edmund's children were baptized in Dedham, in England.

Husband: Edmund Sherman
Wife: Grace Makin
Marriage: 25 APR 1569 Dedham, Essex, England[8][9]
  1. Edmund Sherman
  2. Ann Sherman
  3. Joan Sherman
  4. Hester Sherman
  5. Richard Sherman
  6. Bezaleel Sherman
  7. John Sherman
  8. Grace Sherman
  9. Samuel Sherman
  10. [Daughter] Sherman

Research notes

  • Great Migration Directory: Sherman, Edmund: Dedham, Essex; 1635; Watertown, Wethersfield, New Haven [GM 2:6:282-87; NEHGR 166:245-58, 167:213-24, 275-84, 168:16-33].
  • His half-brother Samuel's will can be seen HERE

Sources

  1. Sherman, Thomas Townsend. Sherman Genealogy, Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England (T.A. Wright, New York, 1920) p.84, 105-108 Note: Found Online in the Family & Local Histories at Ancestry.com
  2. NEHGR Jul 1897; Vol 51, p.309-315
  3. Sherman Genealogy, Including Families of Essex, Suffolk, and Norfolk, England; Descendants of the Immigrants Captain John Sherman and Rev.John Sherman, etc. Thomas Townsend Sherman, Published by T. A. Wright, New York, 1920. Archive.org
  4. Will is printed in the NEGHS Register, Vol 50, p.283
  5. New Haven Colony Records, Vol 1, p.52
  6. Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol. VI R-S (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Great Migration Study Project, Boston, 2009) Edmund Sherman, page 282-87.
  7. Jacobus, Families of Old Fairfield, 1:540]
  8. NEHGR Oct 1912; Vol. 66, p.322-326 Data: Text: "The Early English Shermans" by Thomas Townsend Sherman
  9. Ward, George Kemp. Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910 (A.T. De La Mare Printing and Pub. Co., New York, 1910): p.28

See also:

  • NEHGR Vol 168; January 2014; Whole Number 669, p.18; Michael Johnson Wood "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex". Available on AmericanAncestors.org $.
  • NEHGS Register Online Title: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (The New England Historic & Genealogical Society) Online at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org. Note: Back issues available and searchable online, members only. Page: Apr 1896; Vol 50, p.286-287
  • Edmund Sherman Biographical Information
  • Find A Grave Memorial# 37235068




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Thanks Ann! I added a link under research notes.
posted by Traci Thiessen
Please remove United States from death location. Error 633
posted by James Carr
Shearman-449 and Sherman-210 appear to represent the same person because: Exact date - Parents to be merged as well
Catch 22: looks like Sherman-744 and Sherman-210 are one and the same. Can't merge because the higher number is PP
posted by Bob Tonsmeire
Are we doing away with "Acknowledgements"??
posted by Laura (Braun) Scott
Greetings Jacques ,Regarding Sherman-744 and the wife of his son Edmund, b. Abt 1572, I seek to clarify the confusion regarding the two wives, both named Grace:-

As you have correctly posted Grace Ravens, b. abt 1591 Prob. East Bergholt, Suffolk, died 3 June 1662 Watertown, MA, daughter of Richard Ravens & Elizabeth Hedge married 1st John Sherman b. 17 Aug 1585 , 2nd Thomas Rogers, 3rd Roger Porter. Grace Makin, daughter of Tobias Makin & Katherine Westbrome, on the other hand, married Edmund Sherman b. abt 1572. [Note that Edmund’s wife was not Joan Makin]. Source for Grace Ravens & John Sherman: NEGHR Vol 167 Jan 2013; Whole Number 665, pp 45, 50 & 51 Michael Johnson Wood 'The Earliest Shermans of Dedham Essex; Source for Grace Makin & Edmund Sherman: NEHGR Vol 168; January 2014; Whole Number 669, p.18; Michael Johnson Wood "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham Essex" Because this involves The Great Migration Project I am not quite sure of the best way to sort all this out. Kind Regards, Gilly Wood.

posted by [Living Wood]
Roger you are correct. Joan Makin was not the wife of Edmund Sherman 1572. She was Grace Makin b Est 1578 dau. of Tobias Makin and Katherine Westbrome. Source: NEHGR Vol 168; Jan 2014; Whole Number 669; p18; Michael Johnson Wood; "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex and their wives" Regards, Gilly Wood
posted by [Living Wood]
Kay Haden has convinced me that his wife was not Joan Makin, per a 1985 _American Genealogist_ article. We'll have to deal with that at some point, probably using her Joan UNKNOWN.
posted by Roger Travis Jr.
27Edmund6
posted by Roger Travis Jr.
This is the Edmund who's the ancestor of William Tecumseh Sherman; the line goes through his son Samuel.
posted by Roger Travis Jr.
27Edmund6 in Sherman 1920.
posted by Roger Travis Jr.

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