Edmund Sherman (1599 - 1673)

Born 23 Jun 1599 in Essex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Stevens) Sherman — married 8 Dec 1656 in Suffolk, England

Died 28 May 1673 at age 73 in Dedham, Essex, England

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Biography

Birth

1 JUL 1599 Dedham, Essex, England

Baptism

23 JUN 1599 OR OCT 1599 Dedham, Essex, England^[1]

Death

BEF 28 MAY 1673 Dedham, Essex, England

Notes

• Arrived with his parents at Watertown, MA about 1632, was selectman 1636 and freeman that same year.
• In 1648 he returned to Dedham, England, where he was in 1666. - Rev. David Sherman - pub. c.1870
• Edmund was baptized at Dedham, 23 Jun or Oct, 1599.
• His first wife is thought to be Sarah Paynter, married November 2, 1648, Sarah died in 1656 at Dedham.
• He married as a widower, (2) Grace Stevens of Stratford, Essex on 8 Dec 1656.
• There is no indication he ever left England.
• His will dated 11 Apr 1673, and proved 28 May 1673, names his wife Grace and makes her Executrix.
• There were three children, John, Martha & Edmund.

Sources

1. ↑ #S330: p.540

• S3349418663: Ancestry Family Trees Publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=7122234&pid=1904
• S318: Thomas Townsend Sherman, Sherman Genealogy, Including Families of Essex, Suffolk, and Nofolk England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants. (New York: T. A. Wright, 1920)Page: p.84, 105-108 Note: Found Online in the Family & Local Histories at Ancestry.com
• S330: Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield; 3 Volumes (Baltimore: Originally published Fairfield CT; Reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1930-1932; 1976, 1991)
• S364: Robert Charles Anderson, "Great Migration Biographical Sketches," new biographical sketches, Great Migration Study Project, NEHGS, Great Migration (http://www.greatmigration.org/index.html) July 2009; Edmund Sherman
• S52: Andrew Warde George K. Ward, Compiled under Direction of Assoc. of Descendants of Andrew Ward; Andrew Warde and His Descendants 1597-1910 (New York: A.T.De La Mare Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 1910) Note: The Warde book is also available on Microfilm #1321498; Item 2 NEHGS Lending Library Address: New England Historic Genealogical Society. No longer lends books, available only at the Library.
• Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration:Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635", Vol VI (R-S), page 284.
• Findagrave.com/memorial/130978317/edmund-sherman which gives date of death as 05/28/1673.