William
Sherman
Born in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Son of Eber Sherman
and Mary (Wilcox) Sherman
Brother of
Samuel Sherman, Elisha Sherman, Abigail (Sherman) Spink, Peleg Sherman, Eber Sherman, Mary (Sherman) Sweet and Stephen Sherman
Husband of
Abigail (Palmer) Sherman
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Deliverance Sherman, Eber Sherman, Phebe Sherman, Abigail (Sherman) Reynolds, Mary Sherman, Edward Sherman, Jemima (Sherman) Sweet, William Sherman, Parthena Sherman, Jacob Sherman and Palmer Sherman
Died
at age 89
in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jul 2011
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Biography
Sources
- Stewart, Lois. Abigail Palmer vs Abigail Cleveland Who Was The Wife of William Sherman?, The American Genealogist (The American Genealogist, Barrington, RI, 1976) Vol. 52, Page 30
- "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F872-RM9 : 17 December 2019), William Sherman, 1659.
Note: Peleg Sherman had a son, William Sherman b. 3 Oct 1659 as noted by the source above. I doubt that the birth dates for both William's are the same. I think things are a little mixed up here.
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:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L21, FTDNA kit #487752, MitoYDNA ID T16238 [compare]
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~0.39%
Albertus Robert Casimir (Fuller) Jung :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Louise (White) Buckley :
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~0.39%
Harry (Fuller) Parker :
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~0.39%
Michael (Fuller) Prager :
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