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Subject: Sherman Families of Watertown, Mass.
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of
Watertown,
Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston & the Early History of the Town
by Henry Bond,
M.D., Boston, 1860.
Part 1.
p.429

There were several early settlers in New England of the name of Sherman,
three of whom
first settled in Watertown, viz., Edmund Sherman, Capt. John Sherman and
Rev. John Sherman.
Capt. John Sherman was a cousin of the other two, who were brothers.

Samuel Sherman of Boston, 1637, afterwards of Connecticut, where he was a
magistrate; was
a brother of Rev. John Sherman. By wife, Grace, he had in Boston:

1. Philip Sherman, b. Dec 31, 1637.
2. Martha Sherman, b. Sept. 5, 1639.
3. Nathaniel Sherman, b. Dec. 19, 1642.

Perhaps he was for a short time in Watertown, as his land there is once
referred to. They
all came from Dedham, Essex County, England about the same time.

Edmund Sherman, Selectman of Watertown, 1636; admitted freeman, May 25,
1636, brother of
Rev. John Sherman; was a clothier by trade; returned to England and was
residing in Dedham,
England 1648 and 1666.

Mary Sherman, (parentage not ascertained) married in Watertown, Nov 27,
1656, Henry Freeman, as his 2nd wife.

The Will of Richard Sherman, merchant of Boston, dated April 7th, proved
July 31, 1660,
mentions wife Elizabeth; daughters, Ann Sherman, Priscilla (Sherman) wife of
Martin Garrett, Martha (Sherman) Browne and Abigail (Sherman) Damme;
grandchildren, Mary &
Elizabeth Sprawle; makes his cousin, Mr. Angier of Cambridge, trustee of
legacies for two
daughters in England (not Martha and Abigail); kinsmen Edmund Angier, and
John Livermore of
Watertown, overseers. He had a daughter Elizabeth Sherman born in Boston,
Dec. 1, 1635.

Capt. John Sherman, b. in Dedham, Essex County, England, 1613, came to
America, 1634; admitted freeman May 17, 1637; a land surveyor; a Selectman many
times from 1637 to 1680,
Town Clerk, 1648 and often afterwards; Representative, 1651, 1653, and 1663.
He married
Martha, dau. of Roger and Grace Porter. He died Jan 25, 1690/1 aged 76 and
his widow d.
Feb. 7, 1700/1. He was chosen Ensign, 1654 and was Steward of Harvard
College, 1662.
Children:

1. John Sherman b. Nov. 2, 1638, was killed in the Narragansett fight.

2. Martha Sherman b. Feb 21, 1640/1; m. Sept 26, 1661, Francis Bowman.

3. Mary Sherman, b. Mar 25, 1643; m. Jan 18, 1666/7, Timothy Hawkins, Jr.
and died in
childbed Nov 6, 1667, leaving son Timothy Hawkins b. Oct 26, 1667, who
probably died
early.

4. Sarah Sherman, b. Jan. 17, 1647/8; died 1667.

5. Elizabeth Sherman, b. March 15, 1648/9; m. July 20, 1681, Samuel Gaskill,
of Charles-
town (this marriage is doubtful if not improbable).

Insert: Torry, New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
p.296
Gaskell/Gaskill, Samuel, (1650-1706) & 1st wife, Elizabeth ____? (d. 1686,
Cambridge); Watertown/Cambridge/New Haven.
Gaskin/Gaskell, Samuel (1650-1706) d. aged 56. Charlestown; & 2nd wife,
Elizabeth
Sherman (1651-1736) Watertown; m. July 20, 1687; marriage bond July 26,
1687;
Sudbury/Boston/Charlestown/New Haven.

6. Joseph Sherman, b. May 14, 1650.

7. Grace Sherman, b. Dec 20, 1653. died.

Joseph Sherman, a blacksmith, m. at Watertown, Nov 18, 1673, Elizabeth
Winship, dau. of
Lieut. Edward Winship of Cambridge, by his 2nd wife, Elizabeth. Joseph
Sherman was a
Representative 1702, 1703, 1704 and 1705; often Selectman and Assessor.
Children:

1. John Sherman b. Jan 11, 1674/5; by his wife Mary had:
1. Mary Sherman b. Aug 16, 1699.
2. Grace Sherman bap. Feb 8, 1701/2.
3. Joseph Sherman, bap. May 9, 1703; of Shrewsbury.
4. Ephraim Sherman, born in Marlboro, 1710.
5. John Sherman, born 1713.
6. Samuel Sherman, b. 1718 - in 1722 he was of Charlestown, m. about 1704
Abigail
Stone (or was it one of his brothers?)

2. Edward Sherman, b. Sept 2, 1677; m. Oct. 16, 1700, Sarah Parkhurst.
Children:
1. Sarah Sherman, b. May 29, 1701; m. June 7, 1722, Andrew Wilson of
Cambridge.
2. Abigail Sherman, b. June 10, 1704.
3. Joseph Sherman b. Sept 10, 1706.
4. Edward Sherman b. Mar 9, 1708/9.
5. Jonathan Sherman b. Feb 2, 1711/12; prob. the Jonathan of Lincoln, Mass.
who
by wife Elizabeth had:
1. Rebecca Sherman b. Nov 14, 1746.
2. Timothy Sherman b. Nov 14, 1749.
3. Jonas Sherman b. Nov 11, 1751 who by his wife, Mary had:
1. Catherine Sherman b. Aug 18, 1777.
2. Lucy Sherman b. July 31, 1779.
4. Rebecca Sherman b. Aug 1, 1755.
5. Jonathan Sherman who died September, 1756.
6. Jonathan Sherman (again) b. October 1762.
6. Daniel Sherman, bap. Oct. 24, 1714 (Jonas Sherman and Ruth Farrar m. in
Lincoln, Oct 7, 1811).

p.431

3. Joseph Sherman b. Feb 8, 1679/80; a surveyor.

4. Samuel Sherman b. Nov 28, 1681.

5. Jonathan Sherman b. Feb 24, 1683/4; a blacksmith of Charlestown, 1712.

6. Ephraim Sherman b. Mar 16, 1684/5; died the next September.

7. Elizabeth Sherman b. July 15, 1687.

8. Martha Sherman, bap. Sept 1, 1689; m. Rev. Benjamin Shattuck.

9. william Sherman, b. June 28, 1692.

10. Sarah Sherman b. June 2, 1694.

11. Nathaniel Sherman b. Sept 19, 1696; m. Mar 31, 1726, Mary Livermore.
Children:
1. Mary Sherman b. Dec 9, 1726.
2. Betty Sherman b. June 14, 1728.
3. Martha Sherman b. Feb 16, 1729/30.

To be continued, Part 2 - p. 431 - William Sherman & wives, Rebecca Cutler &
Mehitabel
Wellington.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

Subject: Sherman Families of Watertown, Mass.
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of
Watertown,
Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston & the Early History of the Town
by Henry Bond,
M.D., Boston, 1860.
Part 2.

p.431

William Sherman, a cordwainer; some time of Charlestown; m. (1) Rebecca
Cutler of Charles-
town, by whom he had one sone, William Sherman, who died aged 6 mos., and
she died soon
afterwards. He m. (2), in Watertown, Sept. 3, 1715, Mehitabel Wellington.
In the record
of this marriage, said to be "Charlestown," but he soon moved to Newton. He
moved to
Stoughton, 1723. Children:

1. William Sherman b. and d. in Charlestown.

2. William Sherman (again), b. Mar 20, 1716/17; d. April 20, 1756, a
magistrate, of New
Milford, Conn., m. Ruth Terrill.

3. Mehitable Sherman, who m. John Battel of Dedham; five children.

4. Roger Sherman, born in Newton April 19, 1721; A.M., Yale College, 1786.
He went from
Stoughton to New Milford, 1743 and to New Haven, 1761. He was a member of
the Conti-
nental Congress, 1774; a signer of the Declaration of Independence; U. S.
Senator, 1791
to his death, July 23, 1793. He m. (1) Elizabeth Hartwell, dau of Deacon
Joseph Hart-
well of Stoughton, by whom he had seven children. She died Oct. 1760 and he
m. (2),
May 12, 1763, Rebecca Prescott b. May 20, 1742, dau of Benjamin & Rebecca
(Minot)
Prescott, Esq. of Danvers. Children by his first wife, Elizabeth Hartwell:

1. John Sherman who had two wives; (1) a dau. of David Austin,
and had children
He m. (2) ____and had children.
2. William Sherman who left a dau. who m. Lester Phelps of Canandaigua, N.Y.,
and had children.
3. Isaac Sherman, who died.
4. Chloe Sherman who died soon.
5. Oliver Sherman who died.
6. Chloe Sherman (again) who m. Dr. John Skinner of New Haven, who died
leaving
a son, who died leaving children.
7. Elizabeth Sherman who died soon.

Roger Sherman and Rebecca Prescott had children
-see Prescott Memorial, p.89 for lengthy
biography of Roger Sherman.

8. Rebecca Sherman who m. the Hon. Simeon Baldwin of New Haven; grad. Yale
College, 1781; a tutor; member of Congress and Judge of the Supreme Court
of Conn. He died May 26, 1851; aged 90 yrs., and she died Sept, 1795.
1. Rebecca Baldwin.
2. Ebenezer Baldwin, grad. Yale Coll. 1808; a lawyer; of
Albany, Recorder of the City and Surrogate of the County;
d. 1837.
3. Roger Sherman Baldwin; grad. Yale Coll. 1811; LL.D., Trinity
Coll.; Governor of Connecticut & U.S. Senator.
4. Simeon Baldwin who died in infancy.

9. Elizabeth Sherman who m. the Hon. Simeon Baldwin the widower of her
sister,
Rebecca. They had one child:
1. Simeon Baldwin, a merchant of New York.
2. Charles Baldwin; unmarried.

10. Roger Sherman who in 1851 was of New Haven; grad Yale Coll.
1787; m. and had
eight children.

11. Mehitabel Sherman who died Nov 18, 1772 aged 9 years.

12. Mehitabel Sherman, (again) b. Jan 23, 1774; d. 1850; m.
Daniel Barnes by
whom she had one son, Daniel Barnes, Jr., of New York City. She m. (2)
Jeremiah Everts, Esq., and had child., of whom William Everts was a
lawyer of New York.

13. Oliver Sherman, b. Jan 19, 1777; grad. Yale Coll. 1795; a
merchant of Boston
who died in Havana in 1820, unmarried.

14. Martha Sherman who m. January, 1805, Rev. Jeremiah Day,
LL.D., President of
Yale College. She d. April 4, 1806 leaving one son, Sherman Day b. Feb. 13,
1806.

15. Sarah Sherman who m. Oct 13, 1812, the Hon. Samuel Hoar of
Concord, Mass.
Insert: History of Concord by Lemuel Shattuck, 1835 - p.315
Prescott Memorial - p.92

5. Elizabeth Sherman who m. James Buck of New Milford - ten children.

p.431

6. Nathaniel Sherman b. Mar. 5, 1724; grad. Nassau Hall, 1753; ordained in
Bedford, Mass.
Feb. 18, 1756; dismissed December, 1766; afterwards installed at Mount
Carmel Co., Conn.
and was dismissed December 1766. He moved to East Windsor, Conn. where he
died July 18,
1797. He m. March 1, 1759, Lydia, the dau. of Deacon Merriam of Bedford,
Mass. A son,
Thaddeus Merriam in 1851 resided in New Haven.

7. Josiah Sherman who grad. Nassau Hall, 1754; a minister of Woburn, Mass.,
died 1789; he
m. Jan 24, 1757 Martha Minot, dau of the Hon. James Minot of Concord, by his
(James
Minot) 2nd wife, Elizabeth Merrick of Brookfield. (see Genealogical Register
I., 176 &
258 and American Quart. Register XI, 188).
1. Roger Minot Sherman b.Dec 9, 1757; of Fairfield, Conn., grad. Yale Coll.,
1792; LL.D.; Judge of the Supreme Court of Conn.
2. Martha Sherman b. Dec 8, 1758.
3. Elizabeth Sherman b. Mar 26, 1761.
4. Mary Sherman b. Feb 3, 1763.
5. Susanna Sherman b. April 7, 1765.

To be continued Part 3 - p. 432 - Rev. John Sherman, 3d minister of
Watertown, Mass., and
his wives, Abigail ___ & (2) Mary Launce.
Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth

Subject: Sherman Families of Watertown, Mass.
Source: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of
Watertown,
Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston & the Early History of the Town
by Henry Bond,
M.D., Boston, 1860.
Part 3 of 3.

p.432

Rev. John Sherman, 3d minister of Watertown, Mass., born in Dedham, England,
Dec 26, 1613;
A.B., Trinity College, Cambridge, 1629; A.M., 1633. Dr. Eliot says he came
to America in
1635 and went to Watertown. He soon moved to New Haven Colony, Conn., where
he was a magi-
strate several years. He returned to Watertown between 1644 and 1648 and
became its third
minister a few years before Rev. Mr. Knowles returned to England. He was
admitted freeman
May 19, 1669, and died Aug 8, 1685, aged 72 yrs. For some account of his
talents, character and services, see Francis, Farmer, Eliot, etc.)

By his first wife, Abigail, he is said to have had six children and by the
2nd wife, Mary
Launce (according to Mather, a grand daughter of Thomas Darcy, Earl of
Rivers), (See
Genealogical Register, IV., p. 307), Mather said he had by her 20 children.
Although he
had many children this is probably a great exaggeration. He had seven
children whose births are recorded in Watertown. His Will, dated August 6,
proved October 6, 1685,
mentions wife Mary; son Samuel Willard, for children of his first wife,
Abigail, £12;
children of son Bezaleel, d., £10; dau. Mary Allen, £10; son Daniel, £15;
son Samuel,
£10; dau. Mary Barron, £10; other children, James, John, Abial, Elizabeth,
Hester, Grace,
Mercy; son James, executor. His widow, Mary, died in Watertown March 9,
1709/10. He had
a dau. Mary by each wife, both living at the same time. Children:

1. Mary Sherman who m. about 1658, Daniel Allen.

2. Bezaleel Sherman b. 1640, grad. Harvard Coll. 1661; died prior to 185
leaving children.

3. Daniel Sherman

4. Samuel Sherman

5. James Sherman, a clergyman and physician, the 2nd minister of Sudbury,
where he began
to prech, 1677, and was deposed from his pastoral office in July, 1705.
James Sherman
and wife Mary of Sudbury. In 1706 residing at Elizabethtown, New Jersey
convey by deed
of gift to sons John and Thomas of Watertown, 1000 acres, nonesuch meadow,
had of
Ebenezer Prout, bounded west by Natick; east by Watertown Farms; south by
Dedham; north
by Sudbury. Dr. John Sherman of Springfield m. Abigail Stone b.Feb 13,
1680, dau of
Deacon Daniel & Mary (Ward) Stone of Sudbury. September 24, 1708, John &
Thomas Sherman
practitioners of Physic, formerly of Sudbury and Watertown, thence of
Springfield, sons
of Rev. James Sherman, clerk and physician now of Salem, quit claim to him
said gift of
1000 acres.

6. Abiah Sherman, was living in 1685; died prior to 1712.

7. Abigail Sherman, b. in Watertown, Feb 1, 1647/8; m. at Groton, Mass., Aug
8, 1664, Rev.
Samuel willard, b. Jan 31, 1640, son of Major Simon Willard of Concord;
grad. Harvard
Coll. 1659; of Groton and afterwards of Boston; for some time vice-president
of Harvard
College. she d. before 1685, leaving six children and had two others who
died in
infancy.

8. Elizabeth Sherman mentioned in her father's Will; was widow Gaskill of
New Haven, 1713.

9. Joanna Sherman b. at Watertown Sept 3, 1652; died young.

10. Mary Sherman b. at Watertown Mar 5, 1656/7; m. May 27, 1679 Ellis
Barron, Jr.

11. Grace Sherman b. at Watertown, Mar 10, 1658/9; was living in 1712.

12. John Sherman b. Mar 17, 1659/60.

13. Hester Sherman b. Aug 25, 1688.

14. Mercy Sherman who m. April 4, 1700, Samuel Barnard.

Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth




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