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Peleg Sherman (abt. 1638 - aft. 1719)

Peleg Sherman aka Shearman
Born about in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of Englandmap
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Husband of — married 25 Jul 1657 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Colony of Englandmap
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Died after after about age 81 in Kingstown, Providence County, Rhode Island and Providence Plantationsmap
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Biography

Portsmouth (present day Aquidneck Island) was settled in 1638 by a group of religious dissenters from Massachusetts Bay Colony, which included Peleg's father, Philip Sherman-1884, who had been disarmed and forced to leave the colony

Notes

From Cutter, v. 4, p. 1783: Peleg Sherman, son of Philip Sherman, was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in 1638; he died after 1719. He lived first in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, then in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, and finally at Kingston, Rhode Island; was a farmer.

Birth

Date: 1638, at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Source: Cutter

Christening

Date: May 1638 [citation needed] at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Occupation

Farmer

Source: Cutter

Marriage and Children

He married, July 25, 1657, Elizabeth Lawton-42, daughter of Thomas Lawton; she died 1711. They had the following children:

  1. Thomas, mentioned below
  2. William, born October 3, 1659
  3. Daniel, born June 15, 1662
  4. Mary, born December 11, 1664
  5. Peleg, Jr., born October 8, 1666
  6. Elizabeth, born November 25, 1670
  7. Samuel, born July 15, 1672
  8. Eber, born October 20, 1674
  9. Benjamin, born July 15, 1678
  10. Sarah, born January 25, 1680
  11. Isabelle, born June 3, 1683
  12. George, born December 18, 1687

Death

Peleg likely passed before June, 1720, because his brother John’s Will of the same date refers to Peleg as being deceased. Massachusetts, Bristol, John Shearman Will available here: (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YR-MPRB?cat=189808)

Source: Cutter

Sources


  • Source: S10 William Richard Cutter. New England families, genealogical and memorial. 4 vols. New York : Lewis historical Pub. Co., 1913.

Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Shearman-14 created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011 by Doris Muller. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Doris and others.
  • WikiTree profile Sherman-564 created through the import of Ancestors_for_wikitree.ged on 29 March 2011 by Bill Buchanan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ron and others.
  • WikiTree profile Sherman-891 created through the import of BDM7-7-11.ged on Jul 8, 2011 by Brian McCullough. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Brian and others.
  • WikiTree profile Sherman-961 created through the import of Sherman Family Tree(1).ged on Jul 11, 2011 by Jerry Sherman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Jerry and others.
  • WikiTree profile Sherman-1260 created through the import of Callahan, Wiley, Plotner, Powell Family Tree - 2009.ged on Dec 2, 2011 by Ron Callahan. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ron and others.
  • WikiTree profile Sherman-1588 created through the import of Hopkins-Elci Family Tree.ged on Jul 9, 2012 by Kristen Crandall. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kristen and others.
  • WikiTree profile Sherman-2824 entered on 29 Jun 2014 by Eunice Pender, Sunday, June 29, 2014. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Eunice and others.




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Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Sherman-9165 and Sherman-564 appear to represent the same person because: same data and relationships shown on Geni.com source used on Sherman-9165
posted by Robin Lee
Wilbur-403 Eunice (Wilbur) Pender
Sherman-564 was created before Sherman-9165. Therefore, please reverse the direction of the merge. In this merge, Sherman-564 should be the final WikiTree ID.
posted by Eunice (Wilbur) Pender
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
And look at the merge, above that was how it was requested. During a merge the "system" will automatically make you merge into the lowest number, but the merge was proposed correctly.
posted by Robin Lee
Wilbur-403 Eunice (Wilbur) Pender
I have reviewed the image of the original Last Will of Peleg's brother John Sherman-310, which clearly states, verbatim "and whereas my Brother Peleg Shearman deceased hath given unto me twenty pounds in his Last will (to be paid in two years after his decease) my will is that if de(a)d before I receive it that the said twenty pounds shall be equally divided among my above said four sons that is to say five pounds a piece.”

Therefore, it would seem that Peleg predeceased his brother, by less than two years, and the details in = Death = should be amended.

Please see: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YR-MPRB?cat=189808, image 318 of 1675

posted by Eunice (Wilbur) Pender
Edward Stone
Ancestry trees show Peleg's children as:

Thomas (1658–1719) William (1659–1719) Daniel (1662–1732) Mary (1664–1699) Peleg (1666–1755) Ann (1668–) Elizabeth (1670–1718) Samuel (1672–1719) Eber (1674–1747) John (1676–1747) Benjamin (1677–1719) Isabel (1683–) George (1687–1719)

Note that 5 are listed as dying 1719. Peleg and wife Elizabeth Lawton seem to have died spring 1720. Can anyone surmise what caused so many to die in such a short time? I cannot find any epidemics, except that the winter of 1719/20 was exceptionally cold.

posted by Edward Stone
Pickering-2819 Bob Pickering
Peleg likely after June 19, 1720 because his brother John’s Will of the same date refers to Peleg as still living.John Shearman Will Available here
posted by Bob Pickering
edited by Bob Pickering
Remus-2 Fred Remus III
One of the merged profiles for Peleg, and several other profiles of immediate family gave the spelling "Shearman" for the surname. I have seen this in an old book (late 19th or early 20th c.) by Rev. Henry B. Sherman. Rev. Sherman states that while he and most other descendants now spell the name Sherman, his early ancestors used the Shearman spelling. I would have to search for the book again to see if Rev. Sherman cites any sources for this. Meanwhile, I thought the alternate spelling would be useful for search purposes.
posted by Fred Remus III
LaMunion-1 Donald LaMunion Jr
Shearman-8 and Sherman-564 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate... please merge
posted by Donald LaMunion Jr

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