Mary (Sherwood) Symes (abt. 1655 - abt. 1687)

Born about 1655 in Somerset, England [uncertain]

Wife of William Symes Sr. — married about 1677 in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1687 at about age 32 in James City, Virginia [uncertain]

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Biography

Mary was born about 1655. Mary Sherwood passed away about 1687. ^[1]

William Sims probably married twice. He probably married first, circa 1677. The maiden name of his first wife, Mary, was probably Sherwood. This is based upon a grandson being named Sherwood Sims. She probably died in 1687 in Bruton Parish, Virginia.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by James Swiger, Thursday, February 5, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ John Vogt, Bruton Parish, Virginia, Register 1662-1797 (Athens, Georgia: New Papyrus Publishing Co., 2004), p. 73. 1687, folio 22: _____ the wife of William Syms Buried. No name or exact date was recorded.

See also:

• Ancestry.com file, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1857035&id=I106935473&printer_friendly

• U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s,

Name Mary Sherwood

Arrival Year 1656

Arrival Place Virginia

Source Publication Code 6220

Primary Immigrant Sherwood, Mary

Annotation Record of 20,000 very early immigrants, with much relevant information. Taken from Patent Books 1 through 5. Title page states, "In 5 volumes," but up to 1979 only three had appeared. See nos. 6221 and 6223 for second and third volumes, published in 1977

• Bibliography NUGENT, NELL MARION. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1666. Vol. 1. Richmond [VA]: Dietz Printing Co., 1934. 767p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1983. Page 329