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Abiel Shearman (1684 - abt. 1742)

Abiel Shearman aka Sherman
Born in Portsmouth, Newport Co.,RImap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died about at about age 57 in South Kingstown, Kings, Rhode Islandmap
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Biography

Abiel Shearman/Sherman is the son of Samson Sherman and Isabel Tripp of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Abiel was mentioned in the will of Ephraim Bull, in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, dated 14 Feb 1720/1, and witnessed the will of Alice Knowles in South Kingstown on 7 Oct 1732, and of Nathaniel Gardner in South Kingstown on 31 Jan 1733/4.

On October 20, 1712, Abiel married Dorcas Gardner, daughter of William Gardner and Elizabeth (Wilkinson?) Gardner.

Abiel's Will is dated 28 June 1741, and was proved in South Kingstown on 12 April 1742. He names his wife, Dorcas, and all nine living children having surname Sherman except for daughter "Isable", wife of Caleb Gardner of S. Kingstown.

The will of Abiel's wife, Dorcas, was written 7 Dec 1760 and proved in South Kingstown on 12 April 1762. In this will she names son James; six daughters Hannah Brown, Izable Gardner, Alice Shearman, Experience Taylor, Sarah Brown, and Ruth Shearman; and granddaughter Amy Shearman. Children, first four b. Kingstowne, remainder b. S. Kingstown (all the same place):

Sources


  • One Hundred and Sixty Allied Families by John Osborne Austin, published in Massachussetts, 1893
  • Article,Genealogies of Rhode Island Families Gary Boyd Roberts, compiler, in the The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. II, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1989
  • Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, First Secretary of Rhode Island, by Roy V. Sherman, 1968, pgs 191, 195, 203
  • Gardiner-Gardner Genealogy by Miller, Clara Gardner and John Milton Stanton, The Tuttle Publishing Co., Rutland, Vermont 1937
  • Sherman Directories by John H. Sherman, 1991, page 59
  • The Gardiner of Narragansett, ...Genealogy of Descendants of George Gardiner, 1638 by Caroline E. Robinson, Published by Daniel Goodwin, Providence, Rhode Island,1919
  • "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F87V-HHR : accessed 03 Nov 2014), Abial Sherman in entry for Hannah Sherman, 28 Oct 1713; citing NORTH KINGSTOWN,WASHINGTON,RHODE ISLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 908270.




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