Richard (Sherman) Shearman (abt. 1701 - 1786)

Born about Apr 1701 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Bowen — married [date unknown] in Swansea, MA

Husband of Lydia Wilbur — married 1 Mar 1723 in Swansea, MA

Descendants

Died 1786 at about age 84 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts

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Biography

Rhode Island, Vital Extracts

Name: Richard Shearman

Birth Date: Apr 1701

Birth Place: Rhode Island, USA

Father Name: Peleg Shearman

Mother Name: Alice Shearman

Page Number: 90

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Christening

Christening:

Date: Apr 1701

Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Marriage

Name: Richard Shearman

Gender: Male

Spouse: Elisabeth Bowen

Marriage Date: 7 Mar 1770

City: Swansea

County: Bristol

Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0022366 item 3 & 0903395 items 7-8.

Note

Note: It is known that the Hon. Philip Shearman who was the first Sec. of RI spelled his name Shearman. By 1800 or so it had evolved to Sherman, as we see it today. I don't know just when family members adopted the new spelling, or which ones did or didn't change it.

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Laura Lee Scott, April 20, 2014

• "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HW-Y2D : 17 December 2019), Richard Shearman, 1701.

• Note: This source has marriage data, not birth data.
• "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-7BMY : 4 November 2020), Richard Shearman, 1722.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDZ-KCM : 14 January 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Ann Sherman, 1724.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD8-7GH : 14 January 2020), Richard Shearman in entry for Peleg Shearman, 1725.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD8-H2H : 15 January 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Daniel Sherman, 1728.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD8-TWR : 14 January 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Richard Sherman, 1730.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD8-4FD : 15 January 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Gideon Sherman, 1732.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD8-Z9M : 14 January 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Abner Sherman, 1733.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD8-NQD : 14 January 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Lott Sherman, 1734.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZD8-VWB : 15 January 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Caleb Sherman, 1736.

• Note: This source has marriage data, not death data.
• "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-71XP : 4 November 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Ann Sherman, 1745.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZDZ-QYG : 14 January 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Elizabeth Sherman, 1746.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC6F-7BR : 27 April 2021), Richard Shearman in entry for Peleg Shearman, 1752.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28D-Y8RJ : 10 March 2021), Giddeon Shearman and Abigail Eddy, 28 Feb 1760; citing Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 903,395.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDM-947 : 27 April 2021), Richard Sherman in entry for Caleb Sherman, 1765.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDM-QQ5 : 27 April 2021), Richard Shearman, 1770.

• Note: This source has marriage data, not birth data.
• "Rhode Island Town Births Index, 1639-1932", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29P-7TJ2 : 4 November 2020), Richard Sherman in entry for Daniel Sherman, 1773.

• Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co. , Providence, R.I., 1891)

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Ancestors_for_wikitree.ged on 29 March 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.

• This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom. You may wish to edit it for readability.