Benjamin
Sherwood
Born in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Seth Sherwood
and Sarah (Bulkley) Sherwood
Brother of
Amelia (Sherwood) Sturges [half], Wakeman Sherwood [half], Ruamah (Sherwood) Thorp [half], Mabel (Sherwood) Middlebrook [half], Eunice (Sherwood) Mills [half], Wakeman Sherwood [half], Elizabeth Sturges [half], Seth Sherwood [half], Joseph Sturges [half], Ebenezer Sherwood [half], Samuel W. Sherwood [half], Eunice (Sturges) Hugg [half], Mary (Sherwood) Steele [half], Ebenezer Sturges [half] and Zalmon Sherwood [half]
Husband of
Sarah Ann (Robinson) Sherwood
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Rebecca (Morris) Sherwood
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Father of
Sereno Sherwood
Died
at age 75
in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Aug 2018
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Biography
- m1. Ruamah Robinson
- m2. widow Homan
In 1856, he is mentioned in Eunice Sturges Huggs' will as a brother.[1]
Sources
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 35-38, (page 1-312) 1851-1865”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92Y-STK5 : 3 November 2022), FHL microfilm 007629985, image 263-265, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 35, 1851-1865, Pages 477-480.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 2.
- Page 849: Benjamin, b. [Feb. 1802], d. 9 June 1827 ae. 75 yrs. 4 mos. (Fairfield rec.); m(1) ____ Robinson; : m(2) widow Homan. The vital records state that he d. single, but perhaps widower was meant.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #148714784
- Includes a photograph of a gravestone with inscriptions for both he and his wife, Rebecca Morris, so gravestone must have been erected after she died (1900).
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