David Sherman (1665 - 1753)

Born 15 Apr 1665 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (Wheeler) Sherman — married about 1688 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1 Jan 1753 at age 87 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

"Captain David Sherman died on New Year's Day, 1753 at age 88. He had been a Deacon to the Stratfield congregation for over half a century, from 1695 until his death in 1753. Said to be the son of Judge Samuel and the former Sarah Mitchell (her death occurred on the day of his birth). Married to the former Marcy Wheeler, he was a widower at the time of his death. Originally interred in Old Stratfield Cem, in 1926 Capt. Sherman's remains were transferred to the Tower Crypt, along with four other local religious leaders of the early American era. Marcy Wheeler Sherman's remains are still in Old Stratfield Cem".

Lieut. David Sherman lived on Division St. opposite Capt. Thaddeus Bennett, a shoemaker. he was the son of Samuel Sherman Jr, of Old Mill - 7th grandson of the first settlers in Stratford. Deacon David Sherman, uncle of Lieut. David. died at 65 is in old Parish Burial Ground.

Lieut. David and Mercy Wheeler had son Elnathan who married Eunice Gregory, son Jonathan (unmarried), David married Mary Sterling, and was killed by lightning in the Church where John Burr was, Jul 1771.

His inventory was taken in January 1753 and recorded at Fairfield.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6WHW : 23 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 576-577, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 10, 1748-1755, Page 549-551.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F74T-V3B : 11 February 2018), David Sherman, 15 Apr 1665; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVJ-LS5V : 13 December 2015), David Sherman, 1753; Burial, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Tower Crypt United Congregational Church; citing record ID 21692661, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• Genealogy of one branch of the Sherman Family, Walter S. Booth & Mrs. Hosea B. Northrop, 1900
• "Stratfield Church Records - Early" transcribed by Coralynn Brown, 27 Mar 1924
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut) Vol. 1, page 545, Vol. 2, page 58
• Orcutt, Samuel. A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) Vol. 1, Page 639
• Beckford, William Hale. Leading Business Men of Fairfield County (Mercantile Pub. Co., Boston, 1887)

• Page 19: "In 1717, the old church having become too small to accommodate the congregation, a new "meeting-house" was erected under the charge of five leading citizens: Major John Burr, Captain David Sherman, Lieutenant Richard Hubbell, Jr., Samuel Sherwood, and Mr. Benjamin Fayerweather."