Children of Roger Sherman and Rebecca Prescott Sherman:
Rebecca (Sherman) Baldwin, wife of Simeon Baldwin, the mother of Roger Sherman Baldwin, a Governor of Connecticut and a United States Senator, and grandmother of Simeon Eben Baldwin a Governor of Connecticut and Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.
Elizabeth (Sherman) Burr Baldwin, the second wife of Simeon Baldwin.
Roger Sherman, Jr. was a 1787 graduate of Yale College and served in the Connecticut General Assembly, 1810–1811.
Mehitabel (Sherman) Barnes Evarts, wife of Jeremiah Evarts, became the mother of William Maxwell Evarts, a United States Attorney General, Secretary of State and Senator for New York
Martha (Sherman) Day, wife of Jeremiah Day, became the mother of California State Senator and University of California founding trustee Sherman Day.
Sarah (Sherman) Hoar, wife of Samuel Hoar, was the mother of George Frisbie Hoar a United States Senator for Massachusetts, and Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar also a United States Attorney General and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice. [5][6]
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Rebecca Minot Prescott Sherman (1742-1813), who stitched herself into American history. The Massachusetts-born second wife of Roger Sherman and herself a patriot, she pursued ways to support the colonists fight and found one in helping construct the first official flag of the United States.
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Rebecca Minot Prescott Sherman (1742-1813), who stitched herself into American history. The Massachusetts-born second wife of Roger Sherman and herself a patriot, she pursued ways to support the colonists fight and found one in helping construct the first official flag of the United States.
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