Thankful (Sherman) Polden (1699 - 1739)

Born 10 Apr 1699 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Atkins — married 3 Jan 1723 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Wife of John Polden — married 26 May 1726 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 28 Sep 1739 at age 40 in Marshfield, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thankful Sherman, daughter of William Sherman and Mercy (White), was born in Marshfield, Massachusetts, 10 Apr 1699.^[1][2]

Thankful Sherman married (1) Robert Atkins 3 Jan 1722/3. He was born about 1690 and died at Marshfield, 19 May 1724, in his 35th year.^[1][2]

Thankful Atkins married (2) John Poland (or Polden) 26 May 1726. He was born in Plymouth, 20 Jan 1702, son of John and Lydia (Tilden) Poland.^[1][2]

John Poland was baptized as an adult 21 Mar 1730/1 in the Marshfield Church.^[1] Thankful Poland was admitted to the church 5 Oct 1735.^[1][3]

19 Apr 1738, John Polden, cordwainer, and wife Thankful, both of Marshfield, sold to Thomas Eames, land and buildings, in Marshfield, given them by their father William Sherman.^[1]

John Polden of Marshfield, cordwainer, was sued March 1743/4 by Peleg Ford for debt. This is the last record of John. No probate was found.^[1]

Thankful Polden died in Marshfield 28 Sep 1739 age 40. ^[1][2] She was buried in the Old Burial Ground at the Congregational Church, Marshfield, now designated as Cedar Grove Cemetery.^[2]

Thankful's father, William, made his will Nov 1739, shortly after Thankful's decease. He made bequests of £25 each to her two children John and Mary Polden.^[4]

Children born in Marshfield.^[1]

1. Mary Polden, b. 2 Jun 1731
2. John Polden, b. 9 Mar 1736/7. He was mentioned in the 16 Apr 1654 will of his mother's nephew, Cornelius White, as "my apprentice boy John Poland"; n.f.r.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Wakefield, Robert S. (editor). Sherman, Ruth Wilder and Sherman, Robert Moody (original compilers). Mayflower Families Through Five Generations. Volume Thirteen Family of William White. Third Edition. (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2006)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Sherman, Robert M and Sherman Ruth Wilder. Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1970) birth p. 24; marriage (1) p. 143; marriage (2) p. 145; death & burial p. 407 Links at AmericanAncestors ($)
3. ↑ "Records of First Church in Marshfield, Mass." Mayflower Descendant: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History. 32:14 (1934)Boston, MA: Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1899- . (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB407/i/13099/14/234142616
4. ↑ "William Sherman's Will" The Mayflower Descendant 25:134 (1923) Link at AmericanAncestors ($)

• Find A Grave, database, No image. (accessed 04 November 2019), memorial page for Thankful Sherman Polden (10 Apr 1699–28 Sep 1739), Find A Grave: Memorial #138515006, citing Cedar Grove Cemetery, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Janis Paulding Swanson (contributor 48116511) .

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