Joseph Sherwood (1702 - 1791)

Born 1 Dec 1702 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Osborn) Sherwood — married 17 Feb 1731 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

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Biography

• Birth: 01 DEC 1702; Source: #S00140 Page: 1915, Vol 69, p 42, Greenfield Hill Church Records
• Baptism, 31 Jan 1702/03 @ Greenfield Hill, CT^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FW-8  : 11 April 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 37, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 22.

• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Volume I. For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut) vol. 1, page 552
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 148 vols., 1847-1994
• "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield" by Donald Lines Jacobus Vol 1 page 549 film 599305 film 599306 page 837 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus at the FHC.
• Talcott, Miss Mary Kingsbury. Records of The Greenfield Hill Church, Fairfield, Conn., The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1915) Vol. 69, Page 42
• https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XO8nAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&authuser=0&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA668
• "A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport CT" by Rev. Samuel Orcutt Part I dated 1886 pages 1292-1293 from Heritage Quest under Joseph Sherwood #48 showing his wife and children. This shows his birth as 1 Dec 1702
• "The history of Fairfield: Fairfield County, CT" by Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck dated 1889 pages 408-409 found at Heritage Quest Online.
• William Richard Cutter A.M., Historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol II (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), page 668.
• Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), Vol. 1 page 553; digital images, Heritage Quest Online.
• Gene Chamberlain, "Fourth Generation Joseph (1) Sherwood of Greenfield (1702-1791," , Second Edition: Januray 5, 2016 (my efile Sherwood): page 1.
• Rev Samuel Orcutt, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport Connecticut: Part I (Published under the auspices of the Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886), page 1293; digital images, Heritage Quest Online.
• Clarence Almon Torry, Torry's New England Marriages to 1700: vital Records (incl. Bible, Cemetery, Church and SSDI) (n.d.), Vol. 2 page 1369; digital images, American Ancestors.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002)

• Vol. Fairfield, Page 97: Sherwood, Joseph, [s. Benjamin], b. Nov. 21,1702, Vol. LR-2, Page 461.
• Vol. Fairfield, Page 97: Sherwood, Joseph, m. Sarah Osborn, Feb. 17, 1731, Vol. 1, Page 213