Abigail (Tisdale) Shearman (abt. 1716)

Born about 1716 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Salisbury Shearman — married 29 Nov 1739 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island

Descendants

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Biography

Abigail, the daughter of James and Abigial Coleman Tisdale, was born ca 1715 at Dighton, Massachusetts. ^[1]

Abigail married Salsbury Sherman on 29 November 1739 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay.^[2]

They had perhaps seven children: 1- Tisdale (Shearman) Sherman (1742–1805)** 2- Richard Sherman (1744 – ?) 3- Sybil Sherman (1746– ?) 4- Elizabeth Sherman (1748– ?) 5- Abigail Sherman (1750–1811) 6- Alice Sherman (1755 – 1822) 7- Phebe Sherman (1762 – 1841)

There is a Find A Grave memorial for Abigail Tisdale.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Tisdale, Rosa D. Meet the Tisdales: Descendants of John Tisdale of Taunton, Mass., 1634-1980. Washington, DC: Self Published. Page 111.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"
   citing FHL microfilm: 903395;
   FamilySearch Record: FCDM-Q74 (accessed 17 October 2022)
   Abigail Tisdil marriage to Salsbury Sherman on 29 Nov 1739 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay.
3. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #84832162 (accessed 17 October 2022)
   Memorial page for Abigail Tisdale (1714-1790); Maintained by Connie Edwards Thomilson (contributor 47072802) Burial Details Unknown, who reports a unknown.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCDM-Q74 : 27 April 2021), Abigail Tisdil in entry for Salsbury Sherman, 1739.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVV-1S7 : 15 January 2020), Abigail in entry for Tisdale Shearman, 1742.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVV-7R3 : 15 January 2020), Abigail in entry for Sybel Shearman, 1746.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVN-BZR : 15 January 2020), Abigail in entry for Abigail Shearman, 1750.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVJ-GL4 : 15 January 2020), Abigail in entry for Alice Shearman, 1755.

• Barber, Janine Ruth. Sophia (Payne) (Gould) Cummings: From Connecticut to Canada, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., 2017) Vol. 50, Page 196.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "International Genealogical Index (IGI)," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M9G4-N1T : accessed 2018-02-05), entry for Abigail Tisdale.