William
Sherman
aka Shearman
Born in Providence Plantation, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Peleg Sherman
and Elizabeth (Lawton) Sherman
Brother of
Thomas Shearman, Daniel Shearman, Mary (Shearman) Strange, Peleg (Shearman) Sherman Jr., Ann Shearman, Elizabeth (Shearman) Potter, Samuel Sherman, Eber Shearman, John Shearman, Benjamin Shearman, Sarah Shearman and George Shearman
Husband of
Martha (Wilbore) Sherman
— married
12 May 1681 in Little Compton, Massachusetts Bay, Colony of England [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
William Shearman, Thomas Shearman, Elinor Shearman, Mary Shearman, Elizabeth (Shearman) Musfield, Peleg (Shearman) Sherman, Mary (Shearman) Shepherd, Benjamin Shearman, Sarah (Shearman) Cornell and Hannah Shearman
Died about
at about age 89
in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 29 Jun 2014
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Biography
William Shearman / Sherman was born 3 Oct 1659, Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
Sources
- Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F872-RM9 : 17 December 2019), William Sherman, 1659.
- Wilbur Family Geneaology prepared by Orina Delano Reagan Delano-852 (10th generation in America), daughter of Joseph Kempton Delano Delano-849 and Dora Wadsworth Wilbur Wilbur-420 (9th generation in America). Sources unknown.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Bill Sherman
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L21, FTDNA kit #487752, MitoYDNA ID T16238 [compare]
- Monica (Calabria) MacKeachan :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup K1b2a1a1, FTDNA kit #415593
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~0.39%
Eleanor Ide :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A723369 [compare], Ancestry member ER
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