Jerusha (Savage) Sherwood (1748 - 1782)

Born 20 Oct 1748 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Stephen Sherwood — married 14 Oct 1777 in Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1782 at age 33 in Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Jerusha was born in 1748. She is the daughter of Ebenezer Savage and Rebecca Ranney.

Sources

• Family of John Savage of Middletown, Conn. by James Francis Savage. 1894. No. 10, iii., pg. 14
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Vol. 2, Page 823 & Page 861.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Weston.

• Page 45: Sherwood, Jerusha, [w. Stephen], d. Mar. 2, 1782 Vol. LR11 Page 494.
• Page 46: Sherwood, Stephen, m. Jerusha Savage Oct. 14, 1777 Vol. LR11 Page 494.

• Fairfield Historical Society, Reports and Papers (The Standard Assoc., Bridgeport, 1882)

• Page 34: "Jerusha Savage, of Ballston, New York, but earlier from Middletown upper houses (now Cromwell) Conn. The issue by this marriage was a son and a daughter."