William Sherman was born at Marshfield, Massachusetts Bay, in 1693; he married Mary Eames in 1719.[1] William lived only until 1724; Mary remarried the following year to Thomas Phillips.
William died intestate and on 11 July 1724, his widow Mary was granted the letter of administration for his estate.[2]
His inventory was taken on 21 July 1724 in Marshfield.[3]
Ancestral File Number
Ancestral File Number: 3JNL-7X
Sources
↑ Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Massachusetts, by Mary Lovering Holman, compiled by the author for Harriett Grace Scott; pp. 12-13 (parentage; birth & siblings) & p. 42 (marriage; children with Mary Eames); http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89065905069;view=1up;seq=11 ; source entered by Laura Lee Scott, Mar 9, 2014
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L97D-FN4F : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1717-1724 and 1854-1862 vol 4-4Q > image 232 of 485; State Archives, Boston.
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011; Name: Mary Eames; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 8 Oct 1719; Marriage Place: Marshfield, Massachusetts; Spouse Name: William Sherman; http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NEGenReg&h=371647&indiv=try; marriage record alternative access: Vital Records from The NEHGS Register. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (Compiled from articles originally published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register); https://www.americanancestors.org/DB522/i/21070/351/426673243 (subscription required)
Holman, Mary Lovering. (1936). Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Massachusetts. [Concord, N.H.: The Rumford press].
Page 42 (image 60/554): 25. William Sherman born in Marshfield, Mass 23 jan 1693-4, died there 26 May 1724, aged 29 years. He married in Marshfield, 8 Oct 1719, Mary Eames, born in Marshfield 17Jul 1698, bpt. 21 Aug 1698, d. Bridgewater, Mass, probably before 1756, daughter of Anthony and Mercy (Sawyer) Eames. She married secondly in Marshfield, 23 Feb 1724-25, Thomas Phillips, b. Marshfield 17 Jan 1791, d. Bridgewater aft. 1756. Children, born in Marshfield, Mass: John b. 1729 m. Elizabeth Dingley; Anthony b. 21 Dec 1722, m. Silence Ford
Note on Mary Eames from Holman page 42: Her name may have been Mercy. "Mercy" w. of Willliam Sherman, admitted to Marshfield Church, 14 May 1721. Mercy and Marcy are often confused. In most of the records pertaining to her she is "Mary".
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