Marriage Certificate of Job Shearman and Amy Spencer, Newport, R. I., dated June 1, 1732 indicates a wedding before a Quaker meeting and was signed by Job Shearman & Amy Shearman (using her married name). The following witnesses were in attendance: John Wanton, Philip Wanton, William Corker, John Stanton, Clarke Rodman, John Casey,Sam_ll Easton, Jos. Jacob, Peleg Wood, David Richards, William Wood, Sarah Jacob, Benjamin Stanton, Naomi Marks, William Borden, Benjamin Lawton, John Proud, Anne Leach, Thomas Leach, Mary Leach, Elizabeth Shearman, Almy Buffam, Hannah Fry, Katharine Rodman, Walter Spencer, Benj. Spencer, Benjamin Shearman, Grizzil Shearman, Caleb Shearman, Abraham Shearman, Philip Shearman, Bridget Spencer.
source notes were Copied from the original, then in possession of Rowland Sherman, Esq., Newport,
Rhode Island Historical Magazine. Formerly the NewportHistorical Magazine. July, 1885 Vol. 1, No. 6. Published by the Newport Historical Publishing Co., Newport, R. I., R. H.Tilley, Editor. Page 49: Genealogical Notes.
Marriage Certificate of Job Shearman and Amy Spencer, Newport, R. I.,June 1, 1732: - "Whereas Job Shearman, of Portsmouth, in the county ofNewport, in the colony of Rhode Island, in New England, and Amy Spencer,of Newport, in the county and colony aforesaid, having declared theirintentions of taking each other in marriage before two public meetings ofthe people called Quakers, on Rhoad [sic] Island, aforesaid, according tothe good order used among them, whose said proceedings, after adeliberate consideration thereof, and appeared clear of all others; alsohaving consent of parents and relations concerned, were allowed by thesaid meetings.
Now these are to certifie [sic] all whom it may concern, that for thefull accomplishing of their said intentions, this first day of the fourthmonth called June, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-one, they, thesaid Job Shearman and Amy Spencer, appeared in an assembly of theaforesaid people at their meeting-house at Newport, aforesaid, and in asolemn manner he, the said Job Shearman, taking the said Amy Spencer bythe hand, did openly declare as followeth:
'I desire this assembly to be my witnesses that I take this my friend,Amy Spencer, to be my wife, promising by the Lord's assistance to be afaithful husband unto her untill [sic] death separate us.'
And then and there, in the said assembly, Amy Spencer did in like mannerdeclare as followeth:
'I desire this assembly to be my witnesses that I take this, my friend,Job Shearman, to be my husband, promising, by the Lord's assistance, tobe a faithful wife unto him, untill death shall separate us.'
And the said Job Shearman and Amy Spencer, as a further confirmationthereof, did then and there to these presents set their hands (sheaccording to the custome of marriage assuming the name of her husband),and we whose names are hereunto subscribed being present, among others,at the solemnizing of their said marriage and subscription, in manner asaforesaid, as witnesses, hereunto also, to those present, subscribe ournames the day and year above.
{ Job Shearman.
{ Amy Shearman.
John Wanton Philip Wanton
William Corker John Stanton
Clarke Rodman John Casey
Sam'll Easton Jos. Jacob
Peleg Wood David Richards
William Wood Sarah Jacob
Benjamin Stanton Naomi Marks
William Borden Benjamin Lawton
John Proud Anne Leach
Thomas Leach Mary Leach
Elizabeth Shearman Almy Buffam
Hannah Fry Katharine Rodman
Walter Spencer Benj. Spencer
Benjamin Shearman Grizzil Shearman
Bridget Spencer Caleb Shearman
Abraham Shearman Philip Shearman
[Copied from the original, in possession of Rowland Sherman, Esq.,Newport, R. I.]
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Sources
The Gardiners of Narrangansett book page 31, GN reference 21as married to Job.
S614: Cohan, Art Title: Shermans of Yaxley -- Main Sherman Abbreviation: Cohan, Art Publication: RootsWeb/19 Jul 2008 Note: Author is dedicated Sherman family researcher, uses thorough references in database, coded as below. RootsWeb has database, entitled "Main Sherman", at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=artcohan&id=I28644
S618: Friends Records, RI VR 7, JHS-91 Abbreviation: Friends Records, RI VR 7, JHS-91
"The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" by Thomas Williams Bicknell, 1834-1925; published 1920 by The American Historical Society, New York; Page 255 & 256
Rhode Island, Vital Extracts
Job Shearman
Birth: 8 Nov 1687 Rhode Island, USA
Father: Samson Shearman
Mother: Isabel Shearman
Page: 90
Ancestry.com. Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912. Digitized images from New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.
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