Mary (Whipple) Sherman (1730)

Born 21 Sep 1730 in Grafton, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Joshua Winchester — married 6 Dec 1750 (to about 30 Aug 1757) in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Wife of Ephraim Sherman Jr. — married 12 May 1760 in Grafton, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

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Biography

Mary Whipple was born at Hassanamisco, Massachusetts (now Grafton) on September 21, 1730, daughter of James and Sarah (Adams) Whipple. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}

She married first, Joshua Winchester on November 17, 1750. ^{[1] [2]} Joshua was baptized on May 12, 1727, son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Chamberlain) WInchester. ^{[3] [5]}

Joshua died on August 30, 1757 ^[5]and his estate was administered at the Worcester County Probate in 1757. ^{[3] [6]}

James Whipple Sr. was initially administrator of Joshua's estate and on October 15, 1757 submitted an accounting to the court. He was ordered to sell the real estate to provide for widow Mary in the bringing up of the children. After his father's decease in 1759, James Whipple Jr. was then administrator. ^[6]

In the division of the estate of her father, James Whipple who died intestate in 1759 , the court ordered that the real estate in Grafton be divided among four children being James Jr., John, and Lydia Whipple and Mary Winchester. Further orders indicated that James Jr. and John pay sisters Sarah Willard, Eunice, and brother Daniel the sum ofL64 each. ^[7]

The following persons, signed final settlement on May 20, 1760, as satisfied with the above divisions:

• James Whipple Jr.
• Jacob Whipple as guardian for John and Eunice
• Mary Sherman and Ephraim Sherman Jr.
• Ephraim Sherman Jr. as guardian for Daniel and Lydia
• Isaac Willard and Sarah, his wife ^[7]

She married second, Ephraim Sherman Jr. at Grafton on May 12, 1760. ^{[1] [5] [2] [3]} Ephraim was born there on March 19, 1733/4, son of Ephraim Sr. and Thankful Sherman. ^{[1] [4]}

Ephraim is said to have died at Vermilion, Ohio in 1818. ^[4]

Winchester Children

1. Mary born on June 6, 1751; married Phineas Newton on September 2, 1771. ^{[1] [5] [3]}
2. Sarah born on August 17, 1753 ^[8]; married Phineas Leland on July 6, 1774. ^{[1] [5] [3]}
3. Prudence born March 29, 1755; married Samuel Waters on September 23, 1775. ^{[1] [5] [3]}

Sherman Children

1. Elizabeth born on December 27, 1760 ^[1]; likely died in infancy.
2. Elizabeth born on August 16, 1761. ^{[1] [2]}
3. Lydia born on February 7, 1763. ^{[1] [2]}
4. Martha born on March 17, 1765. ^{[1] [2]}
5. Ephraim III, born on July 9, 1767; married Remember ^[2] Cook, of Smithfield int published at Grafton on May 9, 1789. ^[1]
6. Thankful born on August 5, 1769. ^{[1] [2]}

Research notes

Grafton Births

WHIPPLE, Mary d. James Jr. and Sarah, Sept. 21, 1730. (p. 144)

SHEARMAN [Sherman in CR] Ephraim s. Ephraim and Thankfull, March 19, 1733-34. (p. 116)

Winchester, Mary d., Joshua and Mary, June 6, 1751. (p. 149)

Winchester, Prudence d., Joshua and Mary, March 20, 1755. (p. 149)

Sherman, Elizabeth d. Ephraim Jr. and Mary, Dec. 27, 1760. (p. 116)

Sherman, Elizabeth d. Ephriam Jr. and Mary, Aug . 16, 1761. (p. 116)

Sherman, Lydia d. Ephriam Jr. and Mary, Feb, 17, 1763. (p. 117)

Sherman, Ephraim s. Ephriam Jr. and Mary, 9 July, 1767. (p. 116)

Sherman, Martha, d. Ephraim Jr. and Mary, March 17, 1765. (p. 117)

Sherman, Thankfull d. Ephraim Jr. and Mary, Aug. 5, 1769. (p. 117)

Grafton Marriages

WHIPPLE, Mary and Joshua Winchester, Dec. 6, 1750. (p. 305)

WINCHESTER, Joshua and Mary Whipple, Dec. 6, 1750. (p. 310)

WINCHESTER, Wid. Mary and Ephraim [Ephriam in int] Sherman Jr., May 12, 1760. (p. 310)

SHERMAN, Ephraim [Ephriam in int] Jr. and Wid. Mary Winchester, May 12 , 1760. (p. 278)

Winchester, Mary and Phineas Newton of Sutton, Sept. 2, 1771. CR (p. 310)

Winchester, Sarah and Phineas Leland July 6, 1774. In Shrewsbury. (p. 310)

Winchester, Mrs. Prudence and Samuel Waters, of Sutton, Sept. 23, 1775. (p. 310) ^[1]

Hardwick Births

Winchester, Sarah, d. of Joshua and Mary, Aug. 17, 1753. (p. 127)^[8]

Mary was born in 1730. She is the daughter of James Whipple and Sarah Adams.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13} Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Grafton Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, Franklin P. Rice, publisher, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1906
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Pierce, Frederick Clifton. History of Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts: From Its Early Settlement by the Indians in 1647 to the Present Time, 1879, Press of C. Hamilton, 1879 p. 560: 599
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Hotchkiss, Fanny Winchester. Winchester Notes. Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1912 p. 263-4
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Sherman, Thomas Townsend. Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman, T. A. Wright, New York, 1920 p. 130
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} Descendants of John Winchester in: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 78, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1924 p. 21
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Case 66523: p. 1-16: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Case 63866:p. 1-27: Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881, Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Baldwin, Thomas, compiler. Vital Records of Hardwick Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1917

See also:

• Find A Grave Memorial# 39891284

Mary Whipple Winchester Sherman Birth: Sep. 21, 1730 Grafton, Worcester County, Massachusetts Death: Unknown