William Sherman Jr. (abt. 1642 - bef. 1680)

Born about 1642 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

Husband of Desire (Doty) Standish — married 25 Dec 1667 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, New England

Descendants

Died before 25 Oct 1680 before about age 38 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony

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Biography

Birth

William Sherman Jr. was born about 1642 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony, son of William Sherman (1599 - 1679) and Prudence (Hill) Sherman (1618 - 1680).

There is an alternate birth date for him. He was born about 1639 in Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.^[1]

There are an alternate birth date and birthplace for him. He was born about 1646 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.^[2]

Siblings

He had two brothers and a sister as follows:

1. Samuel Sherman (1642 - 1718)
2. Hannah (Sherman) Stephens (1644 - 1680)
3. John Sherman Sr. (1645 - 1723)

Marriage

William Sherman married Desire Doty on 25 December 1667 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.^{[3][4][5][1][6]}

Children

William Sherman and Desire Doty had six children as follows:

• Hannah Sherman^[4]
• Elizabeth Sherman^[4]
• William Sherman^[4]
• Patience Sherman^[4]
• Experience Sherman^[4]

Military

William Sherman was a soldier in King Philip's War in 1676 and suffered from exposure leading to periods of insantity that plagued him for the entirety of his life.^[1] Because of this infirmity, he was granted relief by Plymouth Colony after the war. He sustained injuries, for which in 1678, his family received 20 pounds from the Colony.^[1] He inherited the family homestead upon the death of his father in 1676.^[1] He died not long afterward.^[1]

Occupation

At one time he served as constable.

Death

William Sherman died before the inventory was taken on 30 December 1680 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colony.

Probate

His inventory was taken on 30 December 1680 and recorded at Plymouth.^[7]

Burial

William Sherman was buried perhaps with his wife at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, but his gravestone was lost.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Mary Lovering Holman. Descendants of William Sherman of Marshfield, Massachusetts, Brookline Massachusetts: Harriet Grace Scott, 1936, pg. 3.
2. ↑ Brøderbund World Family Tree (WFT), Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0003. Apr 5, 1997.
3. ↑ Robert M. Sherman and Ruth Wilder Sherman. Vital Rocords of Marshfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1969, pg. 10.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} Susan E. Roser. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Ancestry.com. (Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013). This collection was indexed by contributors.
5. ↑ Mayflower Descendent Legacy [CD-ROM], Wheat Ridge, Colorado: Search and ReSearch Publishing, 1997; citing articles in The Mayflower Descendant Magazine. The Mayflower Descendant, Vol 2. July 1900. No 3. The Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts, p. 6.
6. ↑ Bowman, George Ernest, "The Vital Records of Marshfield, Mass.," Mayflower Descendant, Vol. 2(1899):182. Text: "William Sher(man) and Desire Doety (worn) ye 25 of de(cember 1677)."
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V33Y : 14 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 518 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73143473/william-sherman: accessed 14 March 2023), memorial page for William Sherman (1645–17 Nov 1680), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73143473; Burial Details Unknown; Maintained by Lawrence H. Grunert (contributor 46831293).

• "History of Marshfield", 1905.

• Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Baltimore Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, 1992, 2004. Ancestry.com. (U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 [database on-line]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012).

• Bowers, Heather W. Descendants of William Sherman.