Gurdon
Sherwood
Born in Stratfield, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel Sherwood
and Mercy (Sherman) Sherwood
Brother of
Samuel Sherwood, David Sherwood, Esther (Sherwood) Sterling, Josiah Sherwood and Eunice (Sherwood) Sterling
Husband of
Hannah (Hawley) Penfield
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Hannah (Hawley) Sherwood
— married
1765 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sabrina (Sherwood) Wakeman
Died
at age 34
in Stratfield, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut
Profile last modified
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Contents |
Biography
Gurdon was born in 1740. He passed away in 1772.
Burial
Old Stratfield Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Probate
A distribution agreement between the widow and Ephraim's brothers and sister was signed on 18 December 1772.[1]
Research Notes
Previous Researcher felt Gurdons tombstone looked more like a in Curdon.
Gurdon was born in 1738. He passed away in 1772.
Sources
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 17-18, 1767-1776”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-Y5S4 : 25 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627294, image 311, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 18, 1775-1776, Page 16-17.
- Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0299-00285?pId=688695
- Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2900/images/32971_301898-00137?pId=860343.
- Orcutt, Samuel. History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut. (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, Conn., 1886) https://books.google.com/books?id=HH4sb5UqwssC&pg=PA577.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. Additions and Corrections, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Fairfield, Conn., 1943) Page 16.
- Ward, George Andrew Warde and His Descendants, 1597-1910]] (A.T. De La Mare Printing and Pub. Co., New York, 1910) [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_ZG9ZAAAAMAAJ/page46.
- FindAGrave, 1600-Current. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13878361/gurden-sherwood
- Palmer, Charles Ray. "Space:The Bi-Centennial Celebration of The First Congregational Church and Society of Bridgeport, Connecticut" (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, New Haven, 1895) Gurdon Sherwood, d. 1772 age 33, son of John Sherwood. https://books.google.com/books?id=xggWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA190.
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/vitals/KC31-NM6
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