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Samuel Sherman (1618 - 1700)

Judge Hon. Samuel Sherman aka Shearman [uncertain]
Born in Dedham, Essex, Englandmap
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Husband of — married before 1640 [location unknown]
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Died at age 81 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
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Samuel Sherman migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
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Biography

  • Hon. Samuel Sherman came from Dedham with his father Edmund, who died at New Haven, Conn., 1641.[citation needed]

HON. SAMUEL SHERMAN was baptized at Dedham, Essex, England on July 12, 1618. (Reg. 50, p. 416.)[1] He migrated with his parents, Edmund and Grace (Makin) Sherman,[1] and several siblings in 1635[1] when he was about 17 years old.[1]His brother, Rev. John Sherman had arrived in 1634.[1]Other brothers Edmund and Richard remained in England, sister Joan may have married Henry Wright of Dedham, Mass., and sister Hester married in England to Andrew Ward and they came to New England in 1633. Another sister Grace married John Livermore.[1]

Samuel was briefly at Boston, [citation needed] Watertown, Massachusetts, went from there about 1636, to Wethersfield.[1] Afterwards at Stamford until about 1650, then Stratford, and finally in 1685 to the area in Stratfield which was in Fairfield, Connecticut.[1]

In about 1640[1] at Wethersfield,[1] Samuel married Sarah Mitchell[1] (daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Butterfield)Mitchell and sister of Jonathan Mitchell, of Cambridge, a Fellow of Harvard College).[1]She was bap. at South Owram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England, Oct. 14, 1621[1] and came to New England with her parents, Matthew and Susan (Wood) Butterfield) Mitchell[1] and six siblings[1] on the James,[1] landing on August 17, 1635[1] and settling in Charlestown.[1]Sarah's maternal uncle was Edmund Wood.[1]Her sister Hannah married Robert Coe.[1]

He was a leading man in New Haven Colony, a conspicuous member of the Church and an Assistant from 1662 to 1667.[1] In 1637 he was on a Wethersfield committee that declared war on the Pequots;[1]and fought in the Pequot campaign in 1637.[1]He was deputy from Stratford to Connecticut Legislature, October 1660;[1] one of the purchasers of land from the natives for the parish of Stratfield in 1661;[1]An assistant to Connecticut Colony, October 1662, 1663-1667. [1]He was elected magistrate of the new Connecticut Colony in January 1664/5.[1] In 1665 on committee to assist in putting the colony in a posture of defense against the enemy (the Dutch) from Stratford to Rye.[1]He was on a list of Freemen at Stratford on October 7, 1669; and served on a committee appointed to assign seats in the new meeting house.[1]He served as commissioner for Stratford 1671-1675, for Stratford and Woodbury 1676-1679; for Stratford 1680-1684, and for Fairfield 1685-1688.[1]He placed his signature on the articles of agreement for the settlement of Woodbury in 1672 but probably did not move there.[1]In September 1692 he was one of the grand jurors who indicted Mercy Disborough on charges of witchcraft.[1]

Samuel was described as a "large land owner" and he was a community leader. In ancient deeds he is referred to the "Worshipful Mr. Sherman."

He was the father of Captain and Judge John Sherman, of Woodbury, Conn., who was speaker of the Connecticut General Assembly, Assistant and Judge of Probate and Judge of the County Court. Their descendants included General William Tecumseh Sherman and United States Senator and Secretary of State, John Sherman.[2]

Sarah died after April 15, 1665 at the birth of their last child. Samuel died at Fairfield, Connecticut on Apr. 5, 1700.

Sept. 10, 1700, agreement between his surviving children and heirs to divide his estate, Matthew and Edmund then dead. Children:

  1. Samuel Sherman, b. at Stamford, June 19, 1641 ; m. (1), Mary Titherton, June 19, 1665. m. (2), Abigail (Thompson-Curtiss) Huse, Aug. 1, 1695. She d. Mar. 2, 1731. He d. Feb. 20, 1718/19.[1]
  2. Theophilus Sherman, b. at Stamford, Oct. 28, 1643. m. at Wethersfield on February 16, 1711/12 (1) Comfort Robbins, daughter of John and Mary (Welles) Robbins; b. at Wethersfield, Oct. 12, 1646 and d. by 1697. He m. (2nd) before April 14, 1697 Mary (Taylor?) Coltman who died after October 1714. She m. about Sept. 24, 1667 at Wethersfield, John Coltman.[1]
  3. Matthew Sherman, b. at Stamford, Oct. 21, 1645 and died in Stratfield, 1698. He m. Hannah (possibly Bulkley) who died before January 6, 1713/14.[1]
  4. Edmund Sherman, b. at Stamford, Dec. 4, 1647, d. Stratford before November 5, 1683. m. Susannah Hardy, dau. of Richard and Ann (Huested) Hardy. She married (2nd) __?___Raynor.[1]
  5. John Sherman, b. at Stratford, Feb. 8, 1650/51; died at Woodbury on December 13, 1730. m. Elizabeth ___?___ who died at Woodbury on October 1, 1744.[1]
  6. Sarah Sherman, b. at Stratford, Feb. 8, 1653/4 and d. on March 30, 1712/3 at Guilford, aged 58. m.Josiah/Josias Rossiter, son of Bray and Elizabeth (Alsop) Rossiter before about 1646. Josiah died January 31, 1716 at Guilford.[1]
  7. Nathaniel Sherman, b. at Stratford, Mar. 21, 1656/7 and d. at Stratford on April 19, 1712. m. (1st) at Stratford, June 13, 1680, Mary Phippen (daughter of of Benjamin and Wilmot Phippen/Phippeny). m. (2nd) on Nov. 26, 1707 at Stratford, Abigail (Burr) (Lockwood) Hanford, widow and daughter of Daniel Burr. She d at Stratford on March 2, 1730/1. He d. at Stratford, Apr. 19, 1712. Abigail married (1st) Daniel Lockwood and (2nd) Elnathan Hanford.[1]
  8. Benjamin Sherman, b. Mar. 29, 1662 and d. August 29, 1741. m. June 6, 1683 at Stratford, Rebecca Phippen, daughter of Benjamin and Wilmot (___) Phippen/Phippeny, b. Fairfield on August 10, 1666; d. August 5, 1739.[1]
  9. David Sherman, b. at Stratford, Apr. 15, 1665 and died at Stratfield on January 1, 1753 at 88 years old. m. Mercy Wheeler about 1690, the daughter of Isaac Wheeler. Mercy was born about 1670 and died in Stratfield on August 19, 1745. [1]

Sources

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 1.33 1.34 1.35 1.36 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 Early New England Families, 1641 – 1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.), profile of Samuel Sherman (m. 1640) (1618-1700)
  2. Sherman genealogy, including families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England [electronic resource] : some descendants of the immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the descendants of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman"
  • Anderson, Robert C. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 Vol. VI R-S (2009) Pages 285-6.AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription).
  • History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882  :Samuel Orcutt Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1882 - Bridgewater (Conn. : Town) - 909 pages Google Books
  • Frederick Adams Virkus, The Compendium of American Genealogy (Chicago, A.N. Marquis & company, 1925-) volume 1
  • Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) p.540
  • George K. Ward, Compiled under Direction of Assoc. of Descendants of Andrew Ward; Andrew Warde and His Descendants 1597-1910 (New York: A.T.De La Mare Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 1910) Note: The Warde book is also available on Microfilm #1321498; Item 2
  • http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7122234&pid=1898
  • Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2010. In Ancestry.com, online database: Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
  • Early New England Families, 1641 – 1700. (Original Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013. (By Alicia Crane Williams, Lead Genealogist.), profile of Samuel Sherman (m. 1640) (1618-1700).link for subscribers
  • Connecticut Soldiers in the Pequot War of 1637, by Shepard, James, Publication date 1913 via Archive.org [1], Page 26.

Acknowledgments

  • Thanks to Gilly Wood for starting this profile.
  • Thank you to Robert Block for creating WikiTree profile Sherman-2197 through the import of Block Family Tree (1).ged on Jul 29, 2013.
  • Sherman-1047 created through the import of Comstock for Wiki.ged on Jul 27, 2011 by Kay Haden. *Sherman-746 created through the import of Durrell Family Tree.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Pamela Durrell. *Created on 11 March 2011 through the import of VOELKER.ged.
  • Created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
  • Sherman-1565 created through the import of temp.ged on Jun 1, 2012 by Steve St. Martin.
  • Sherman-1502 created through the import of Winsor_Morganstein Family Tree.ged on Feb 25, 2012 by Amy Morganstein.
  • Created by Mary Helen McCarthy, Wednesday, July 2, 2014.




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Sherman-2831 and Shearman-332 appear to represent the same person because: name, birth and death are the same
posted by Robin Lee
Changing his parentage due to a confusion of Edmunds. His father is 27Edmund6, not 26Edmund6.
posted by Roger Travis Jr.
34Samuel7 in Sherman 1920.

The Honorable.

posted by Roger Travis Jr.

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