Amos
Osborn
Sherwood
Born in Weston, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Fanton Sherwood
and Eunice (Lyon) Sherwood
Brother of
Elizabeth (Sherwood) Thorp, Nathan Jackson Sherwood, Jabez Munson Sherwood, Polly (Sherwood) Burr, John Fanton Sherwood, Rosevelt Rensselaer Sherwood, Stephen Hanford Sherwood and Bradley Burr Sherwood
Husband of
Lucinda (Lord) Sherwood
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Betsey (Burr) Sherwood
— married
16 Feb 1817 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Eunice (Sherwood) Seeley, Nathan Sherwood, Ebenezer B. Sherwood, Amelia (Sherwood) Moore, Granvill Bailey Sherwood, Eleanor Sherwood, William Henry Sherwood, Sally Sherwood, Harriett Sherwood and John Lewis Sherwood
Died
at age 81
in Preston Township, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Apr 2015
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Biography
He married Betsey Burr on 16 February 1817 in Greenfield Hill Church.[1]
In 1828, Amos' children, Eunice, Ebenezer, Amelia, and Nathan all received a distribution from Nathan Jackson. There is no relation mentioned, but they seemed to be neighbors. Nathan Jackson had one child who died young.[2]
Children:
- Eunice
- Ebenezer B.
- Amelia
- Nathan J.
Burial
- Simpson-Sherwood Cemetery, Preston, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Sources
- ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1-3, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9F8-D : 7 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007833583, image 128, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 2, Part IV, Page 76.
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 30-31, 1807-1835”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y9QH-3 : 30 August 2022), FHL microfilm 007627302, image 359, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 31, 1827-1835, Pages 116-117.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #71570560
- Jacobus, Donald. The Bulkeley Genealogy (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1933)
- Page 338: "The will of Nathan Jackson, dated 10 July 1823, proved 22 Dec. 1826, wife Elizabeth; residue to Eunice, Ebenezer B., Amelia, and Nathan J. Sherwood, all children of Amos O. Sherwood of Weston; Isaac Bennet of Weston, Executor."
- Lawyer, William Summer. Binghamton, Its Settlement, Growth and Development (Century Memorial Pub. Co., Binghamton, NY, 1900)
- Page 891. In 1835, the family moved to Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amos by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Amos:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Amos by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Amos:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Dorsey Moore 
:
23andMe
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~3.12%
Craig Robinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A921376 [compare], Ancestry member uzzk23a1
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