Ebenezer Sherman (1702 - abt. 1782)

Born 23 Jul 1702 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Waite (Barker) Sherman — married 28 Jan 1730 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1782 at about age 79 in Nova Scotia

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Biography

Ebenezer was a Friend (Quaker)

Ebenezer Sherman was born on July 23, 1702 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts to Daniel Shearman and Sarah Jenney.^[1]

Ebenezer married Waite Barker on 28d 11m 1729/30 [28 Jan 1730] in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay.^[2][3]

He was living in Oswego, New York as a member of the Oblong monthly meeting in 1760.^[4] He was enumerated there along with his wife and sons Joshua and Daniel.^[4] His sons Joshua, Moses, and Daniel were noted as living in Dutchess County, New York in 1755.^[5]

Children

Ebenezer and Waite had the following children all born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts:

• Joshua Sherman, born 2d 11m 1730/1 [2 Jan 1731].^[6][7]
• Moses Sherman, born 17d 1m 1732 [17 Mar 1732] (the clerk appears to have anticipated the new year).^[6][8]
• Elizabeth Sherman, born 4d 10m 1733 [4 Dec 1733].^[6][9]
• Patience Sherman, born 8d 9m 1735 [8 Nov 1735].^[6][10]
• Daniel Sherman, born 25d 8m 1737 [25 Oct 1737].^[6][11]
• Abigail Sherman, born 5d 9m 1739 [5 Nov 1739].^[6][12]
• Anne Sherman, born 18 Oct 1741.^[13]
• Waite Sherman, born 9 Dec 1743.^[14]
• Mary Sherman, born 27 Dec 1745.^[15]
• Hannah Sherman, born 12 Apr 1748.^[16]

Conflation

Two other men named Ebenezer Sherman were born in New England about the same time as Ebenezer of Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

1. Ebenezer Sherman was born 10 Oct 1701 Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island to Samuel Sherman.^[17]
2. Ebenezer Sherman was born on October 30, 1706 in Carver, Plymouth, Massachusetts to John Sherman.^[18]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TX16 : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman, 23 Jul 1702; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
2. ↑ Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 248.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHCL-1BQ : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Shearman and Wait Barker, 03 Jan 1730; citing Marriage Notice, New Bedford, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 574,885.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Wilson, Warren H.. Quaker Hill: A Sociological Study. Australia, by the Author, 2000. pp 156.
5. ↑ O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New-York, Volume 3. United States: Weed, Parsons & Company, Public Printers, 1850. pp 622.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5} Monthly meeting records, Births - Marriages - Deaths 1699 - 1880, Society of Friends, Dartmouth Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Dartmouth, Mass.), p 26.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TN79 : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Joshua Sherman, 02 Jan 1731; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TNWT : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Moses Sherman, 17 Mar 1732; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TNHF : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Elizabeth Sherman, 04 Dec 1733; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TNCB : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Patience Sherman, 08 Nov 1735; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TN8J : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Daniel Sherman, 25 Oct 1737; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TN6G : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Abigail Sherman, 05 Nov 1739; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
13. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TNFK : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Anne Sherman, 18 Oct 1741; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
14. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TNJV : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Wait Sherman, 09 Dec 1743; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TNVP : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Mary Sherman, 27 Dec 1745; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-TN2C : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Sherman in entry for Hannah Sherman, 12 Apr 1748; citing Birth, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 775,496.
17. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 16 January 2018), memorial page for Ebenezer Sherman (10 Oct 1701–21 Sep 1791), Find A Grave: Memorial #81469778 ; Maintained by almeyer1 (contributor 47521962) Unknown.
18. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ82-PP5 : 4 December 2014), Ebenezer Sherman, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0874029 IT 3.