Zachariah
Sherwood
Born about in Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Andrew Sherwood
and Mary (Angevine) Sherwood
Brother of
Esther Sherwood [half], David Sherwood [half], Zachariah Sherwood [half] and Patience (Sherwood) Silliman
Husband of
Esther (Unknown) Sherwood
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
George Finch Sherwood, Henrietta (Sherwood) Lockwood, Phebe Maria Sherwood and Andrew William Sherwood
Died
at about age 81
in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 2 Oct 2018
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Biography
m. Esther ____, b.c.1870
Served in Capt. Robert Walker's Co.
Sources
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol.3, Page 110.
- Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790 (Government Printing Office, Washington, 1907-1908) Connecticut, Fairfield, Fairfield, 1, , 1
- U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900. Image 1009
- Name: Zachariah Sherwood
- Pension Year: 1819
- Application State: Connecticut
- Archive Publication Number: M804
- Archive Roll Number: 2174
- Total Pages in Packet: 37
- In 1820 he was age 64. He has wife, Esther age about 50, and five children. Oldest child, Henrietta age 24, lives with him. She m. Frederick Lockwood. Henrietta has two children, oldest is age 2, no husband mentiond. Next child, George age 22 years, employed as a sailor, but was recently injured and unable to take care of himself. Next child, Andrew William age 16, employed as a cabin-boy. Next child Harry/Charry age 12. Next child Charles McElwen(sp?) age 7.
- Aug. 1, 1833 He appeared in the court of probate. He was age 76.
- Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, [database on-line]. Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Vol. 11, Bridgeport, Page 281
- Sherwood, Anne & hus. Zechariah & children, bp. July 31, 1806 Vol. 1, Page 69
- Since Zachariah Sherwood had two children baptized on Jan. 21, 1807, perhaps the above "Anne & hus. Zechariah" is a different family.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #191486624: Died 22 Aug 1838 Bridgeport, burial unknown.
- Palmer, Charles Ray. The Bi-Centennial Celebration of The First Congregational Church and Society of Bridgeport, Connecticut (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, 1895) Page 172.
- Zachariah Sherwood m. Anne ____. She d. 1811 age 65.
- Johnston, Henry Phelps. Record of Service of Connecticut Men (Hartford, Connecticut, 1889) Page 261.
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