Born about in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Minot
and Elizabeth (Wilder) Rogers
Sister of
John Minot [half], Rebecca (Minot) Prescott [half], James Minot [half], Tilley Merrick [half], Martha Minot and Ephraim Minott [half]
Wife of
Josiah Sherman
— married
24 Jan 1756 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Descendants 
Mother of
Martha (Sherman) Battell, Elizabeth (Sherman) Mitchell, Mary (Sherman) Ives, Susanna (Sherman) Baldwin, Josiah Sherman and Roger Minot Sherman
Died
at about age 81
in Durham, Greene, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Jan 2011
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Biography
Martha was born 1738 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America . She is the daughter of James Minott and Elizabeth Merrick.
Martha married Josiah Sherman on 24 January, 1757, in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.[1]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP4D-RMPW : 19 April 2021), Josiah Sherman and Martha Minot, 24 Jan 1757; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011227.
- Houghton, Roy M., Manual of The Church of Christ Congregational in Milford, Connecticut (Milford, Connecticut, 1945) Page 31.
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
- Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850
- Minot, Joseph Grafton. A Genealogical Record of the Minot Family in America and England (privately printed, Boston, 1897) Page 20.
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