Jonathan
Sherman
Born in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of Edward Sherman
and Sarah (Parkhurst) Sherman
Brother of
Joseph Sherman and David Sherman
Husband of
Elizabeth (Bruce) Sherman
— married
19 Dec 1745 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Died [date unknown]
in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2015
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Biography
Jonathan was the son of Edward Sherman and Sarah (Parkhurst) Sherman, born in Watertown, Massachusetts, on 2 February 1711/2. [1][2]
Jonathan Sherman (also recorded as Sherman) of Sudbury, Massachusetts, and Elisabeth Bruce of Marlborough, Massachusetts, were married by Israel Loring on 19 December 1745. The marriage was recorded in both Sudbury and Marlborough. They probably were married in the bride's home town of Marlborough; the name of the marriage officiant appears on a number of other Marlborough marriage records.[3][4][5]
He is presumed to have died in Lincoln, Middlesex County, Massachusetts., but his date of death is unknown.
Children
Jonathan and his wife Elizabeth had two sons named Jonathan. The first one was born on November 14, 1749 and he is the one that died on September 11, 1756. Their second son Jonathan was born on October 12, 1763; he has many living descendants.
Sources
- ↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). Watertown, Vol. 2, page 47: Jonathan Sherman Son of Edward & Sarah Sherman his wife Born February 2d. 1711/12.
- ↑ The Sherman Genealogy, page 132, had his birth in Wayland, Massachusetts, on 2 January 1711/2.
- ↑ Sudbury Marriages. "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QY-H393?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DM-K6D%3A353350601%2C353362601%2C353362602 : 21 October 2020), Middlesex > County records > Births, marriages, deaths 1651-1793 > image 390 of 652; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-QXSB?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-L2L%3A353350601%2C353831501%2C353832201 : 30 October 2019), Middlesex > Marlborough > Marriage index 1663-1843 > image 33 of 37; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.
- ↑ Sudbury Marriages, Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook). Accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2495/images/41254_265613-00261
- http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Sudbury/Images/Sudbury_M266.gif Marriage Record found at the Massachusetts Vital & Town Records, Sudbury Marriages, pg. 266
- http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Middlesex/Watertown/Images/WatertownV2_047.shtml Birth Record found at the Massachusetts Vital & Town Records, Watertown Births, Marriages and Deaths, pg. 47
- https://archive.org/stream/shermangenealogy00sherrich#page/132/mode/2up
- See also:
- Sherman, Thomas Townsend. Sherman Genealogy, Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England (T.A. Wright, New York, 1920)
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EDITED: Aha. I intended two merge duplicate profiles for an Edward She(a)rman, and I accidentally copied an ID from one of the Jonathan profiles I had been looking at.
edited by Ellen Smith