Born in Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Fanton Sherwood
and Eunice (Lyon) Sherwood
Sister of
Elizabeth (Sherwood) Thorp, Nathan Jackson Sherwood, Jabez Munson Sherwood, Amos Osborn Sherwood, John Fanton Sherwood, Rosevelt Rensselaer Sherwood, Stephen Hanford Sherwood and Bradley Burr Sherwood
Wife of
Bradley Burr
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Eunice (Burr) Davidge and Polly (Burr) Crary
Died
at age 81
in Liberty, Sullivan, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jun 2018
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Biography
Polly was born in 1797. She was the daughter of Fanton Sherwood and Eunice Lyon. She passed away in 1878.
Burial
- Liberty Cemetery, Liberty, Sullivan, New York
Sources
- Jacobus, Donald. The Bulkeley Genealogy (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, Conn., 1933) Page 826
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Weston.
- Page 46: Sherwood, Polly, [d. Stephen & Jerusha], b. Jan. 15, 1780 Vol. LR11 Page 494.
- Todd, Charles Burr. A General History of the Burr Family (The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1902) Page 227.
- Carlson, M. Beatrix. Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield, Conn. & Descendants (n.p., 1959) Page 52.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #75854331
- Whitlock Family One-Name Study: Whitlock09.zip
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Polly by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Polly:
-
~6.25%
~12.50%
Dorsey Moore 
:
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Craig Robinson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A921376 [compare], Ancestry member uzzk23a1
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