Born in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Edwards
and Sarissa (Nichols) Edwards
Wife of
Albert Sherwood
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Sarah Curtiss (Sherwood) Wilson
Died
at age 44
in Trumbull, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
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Biography
m. Albert Sherwood
She died at the age of 45 of "derangement of mind" and on 17 August 1816[1]was buried in the Long Hill Burial Ground, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut [2]
In 1815, she received a distribution from her brother, Theophilus Edwards' estate.[3]
Her inventory was completed on 11 October 1816 in Trumbull.[4]
In 1817, her estate distribution was set out to Albert E. Sherwood, and Sally Sherwood.[5]
Family
Thomas Edwards (father)
Will of Thomas Edwards[6]
Dated: 24 April 1788
Proved: 31 January 1792
Stratford, Fairfield, CT
Beloved wife, Sarissa - my homestead containing 10 acres with my dwelling house and barn, also a tract of 14/15 acres near Reuben Edwards dwelling house to her & her hiers forever - also one-third of all my moveables to be her own forever - also the use of the improvements of all my real estate for her natural life
Daughter Charity Hinman - fifty pounds
Daughter Sarah Edwards - fifty[?] pounds
Sons Isaac Edwards and Theophilus Edwards - all real estate and moveables not given to my wife to be divided equally among them
Executors: My beloved wife and son Isaac
Sources
- ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1930) Vol. 2, Page 867 .
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21122133/sarah-sherwood: accessed 28 December 2023), memorial page for Sarah Edwards Sherwood (Feb 1772–15 Aug 1816), Find A Grave: Memorial #21122133, citing Long Hill Burial Ground, Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).
- ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TJB2 : 12 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 491-493, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1813-1820, Pages 254-258.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TJYJ : 13 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 510-511, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1813-1820, Pages 303-304.
- ↑ “Probate records v. 5-6 1805-1820”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-TJYS : 14 January 2023), FHL microfilm 007627134, image 528-530, Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 6, 1813-1820, Pages 339-342.
- ↑
Probate records, 1782-1917:
"Probate records, 1782-1917"
Catalog: Probate records, 1782-1917 Probate records v. 3-4 1795-1809
Film number: 007627133 > image 11 of 608
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L92K-TV1X (accessed 17 March 2023)
- Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 Hartford Probate Packets, Shelton, V-Sterling, N, 1780-1880. for Sarah Sherwood
- Guilbert, Edmund. Annals of an Old Parish (T. Whittaker, Southport, Connecticut, 1898) Page 241
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