David Sherwood (abt. 1676 - 1759)

Born about 1676 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Meeker) Sherwood — married 16 Mar 1709 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1759 at about age 83 in Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

David Sherwood was born about 1676 in Fairfield, Fairfield, son of Isaac Sherwood Sr (~1651 - >1733) and Elizabeth (Jackson) Sherwood (1662 - 1727).

His siblings were:

1. Thomas Sherwood (1674 - 1756)
2. Elizabeth (Sherwood) Sanford (1676 - ~1747)
3. Abigail (Sherwood) Pike (~1679 - 1735)
4. Isaac Sherwood Jr (~1684 - 1768)
5. Daniel Sherwood I (1686 - 1749)
6. John Sherwood (1690 - 1726)

David married Sarah Meeker (1696 - 1748) on 16 Mar 1709 in Fairfield. Their children were:

1. Sarah (Sherwood) Carley (1710 - >1760)
2. Joseph Sherwood (1712 - >1760)
3. Jabez Sherwood (1714 - 1761)
4. Andrew Sherwood (1716 - <1761)
5. David Sherwood (1718 - 1722)
6. Abel Sherwood (1720 - ~1761)
7. David Sherwood Jr. (1723 - )
8. Mary Sherwood (1725 - )
9. Hannah (Sherwood) Hurlbut (1728 - ).

David died on 5 Nov 1759 in Westport, Fairfield aged ~83.^[1]

His will is dated 13 October 1759 and proved 20 November 1759 in Fairfield. He bequeaths the continued enslavement of his enslaved black man Titus and his enslaved black woman Dina to his son David. They were not to be sold to pay for debts.^[2]

His inventory was taken on 8 January 1760 and recorded at Fairfield.^[3]

Distribution of his real estate was made on 24 April 1760. It was divided among his children, David, Joseph, Jabez, Andrew, Abel, Sarah Carely, and Hannah Couch.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #130169772 Burial Details Unknown
2. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 11-12, 1753-1762”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y2GP  : 1 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627290, image 500-501, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 12, 1747-1761, Page 370-371.
3. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 11-12, 1753-1762”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y2GR : 1 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627290, image 499-500, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 12, 1747-1761, Page 368-369.
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 13-14, 1753-1764”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-892K-YB28 : 6 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627296, image 181-182, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 13, 1753-1764, Page 330-332.

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - White, Lorraine Cook, ed. (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994-2002) Vol. Fairfield, Page 96
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 1, Page 559.
• LDS Ancestral File MB5N-6M Date: 1 APR 2008 Time: 20:19:15
• Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999, Fairfield Probate Records, Vol 11-12, 1753-1862, Page 370.
  • David Sherwood, Last Will & Testament dated 13 Oct. 1759.
  • Will mentions, son David Sherwood; Negros Dina, Titus, Half(?); daughter Sarah Carley; daughter Hannah Couch; son Joseph Sherwood; son Jabez Sherwood; son Andrew Sherwood; son Abel Sherwood; son-in-law Joseph Couch.
• Golding, Augustus C., Descendants of Rev. Thomas Hanford (Norwalk, Conn., 1936) Page 15.
  • "Haynes Hanford lived in Norwalk, but soon moved to Compo in the town of Fairfield, now in Westport. He bought the homestead of David Sherwood, May 6, 1761..."
• Dempsey, Barbara. Greens Farms Church Records, 1742-1851, continued Part 13: Deaths, 1744-1776, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Nov 2018) Vol. 61, No. 2, Page 71.
  • David Sherwood d. 15 Nov 1759.