Jane (Burr) Sherwood (bef. 1701 - 1779)

Born before 27 Apr 1701 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Samuel Sherwood II — married 8 Mar 1722 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 10 Mar 1779 after age 77 in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Jane Burr, daughter of Daniel Burr and Elizabeth (Pinkney) Burr. She married Samuel Sherwood on 8 March 1722. Jane died on 10 March 1779 at Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut. (Jacobus)

Baptism

17 April 1702 (Todd)

27 April 1701 (Jacobus)

Marriage

Mar. 8, 1722 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut (Barbour Collection)

In 1767, she received a distribution from her brother, David Burr.^[1]

Her inventory was completed on 25 March 1779 in Fairfield.^[2]

Burial (1779) Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut

Sources

1. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y938-T  : 17 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 238, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 439.
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 19-20, 1775-1783”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TL93  : 5 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627295, image 369-371, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 20, 1778-1781, Pages 170-173.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 June 2023, 04:20), entry for Jane Burr (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L55X-ZHL ); contributed by various users.
• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 June 2023, 04:20), entry for Jane Burr (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L55X-ZHL ); contributed by various users.
• “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FW-M : 11 April 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 36, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 21.
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1930) Vol. 1, Pages 125, 554.
• Ward, George Kemp. Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910 (A.T. De La Mare Printing and Pub. Co., New York, 1910) Page 43.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Fairfield.
  • Page 24. Burr, Jane, m. Samuel Sherwood, Mar. 8, 1722 Vol. 1, Page 75.
  • Page 97: Sherwood, Samuel, m. Jane Burr, Mar. 8, 1722 Vol. 1, Page 75.
• Todd, Charles Burr. A General History of the Burr Family (The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1902) Page 136.
• Dempsey, Barbara. Greens Farms Church Records, 1742-1851, concluded Page 14: Deaths, 1777-1795, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 2019) Vol. 61, No. 3, Page 112.