Joseph
Sherwood
Born in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Sherwood
and Anne (Burr) Sherwood
Brother of
Amos Sherwood, Abigail (Sherwood) Bennett, Matthew Sherwood, Sarah (Sherwood) Leavitt, Daniel Sherwood and Anna (Sherwood) Osborn
Husband of
Sarah (Bradley) Sherwood
— married
26 Feb 1778 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Husband of
Hannah (Cheney) Sherwood
— married
1809 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joseph Sherwood, Nathan Sherwood, Samuel Sherwood, Alson Sherwood and Benjamin Cheney Sherwood
Died
at age 84
in Chester, Orange, New York, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2013
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Biography
Lieutenant Joseph Sherwood served with 4th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.
Joseph Sherwood is listed in the DAR records as serving as a lieutenant in service in Connecticut.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed August 31, 2017), "Record of Joseph Sherwood", Ancestor # A103522.
- Carlson, M. Beatrix. Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield, Conn. & Descendants (n.p., 1959) Page 63.
- He married 26 Feb 1778 Sarah Bradley, citing D.A.R. Lineage #16402
- Also notes D.A..R. Lineage #17141: m. Hannah Cheney
- Talcott, Mary Kingsbury. Greenfield Hill Church Records, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1916) Vol. 70, Page 37. Marriage record.
- Pope, Charles Henry. The Cheney Genealogy (Boston, MA, 1897) Page 279.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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