Source: Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
27. EDMUND5 SHERMAN (14. Edmund,5 Henry,4 Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), b. at Dedham about 1572. His grandfather Henry4 Sherman, in his will dated Jan. 20, 1590, gives "To Edmonde Shearman, the son of my son Edmonde" £13. 13s. 4d. at two and twenty. His father, in his will dated Aug. 1, 1599, gives "To son, Edmond, after decease of my wife all the houses and lands before given to said wife and a house and seven acres called Ryes where he now dwells, and my sherman's occupation." Also authorized his son Edmond and his heirs forever to appoint a poor child to be freely taught by the Schoolmaster of the Public Grammar School in Dedham. (Reg. 50, p. 283.) m. Joan Makin, daughter of Tobias Makin of Fingringhoe (Reg. 51, p. 313). Went to New England, was at Wethersfield, Conn., 1635, later went to New Haven, Conn., where he died in 1641. "3 Mon 1641 an Inventory and will of Olde Father Shirman was delivered into Court." (New Haven Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 52.) Will and inventory cannot be found. (Reg. 51, p. 309.) His brother Bezaliel5 Sherman, of Ipswich, grocer, in his will dated Oct. 7, 1618, gives "To Joane Sherman, daughter of my brother Edmond Sherman forty pounds at the age of four and twenty years. To John Sherman, son of my said brother, twenty pounds at same age." (Reg. 50, p. 288.)
His sister Ann (Sherman) Anger, in her will dated Sept. 2, 1625, gives legacies to her brother Edmund Sherman and to Ann Sherman and Jone Sherman "daughters of my brother Edmund." (Reg. 50, p. 402.)
In will of Samuel Sherman, of Dedham, clothier, brother of Edmund, dated June 14, 1643, is the following: "I give
unto my sister Bacon in New England ten pounds to be sent to her or her husband in linen cloth and shoes by my cousin Edmond Sherman. To my loving sister Sherman, Edmond's widow, twenty shillings and to her son Samuel ten pounds, to her son John Sherman twenty shillings, and to her daughters Grace and Ester Ward and her youngest daughter, to either of them twenty shillings." (Reg. 50, p. 391.) Children:
I. Edmund7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, June or Oct. 23, 1599 (Reg. 50, p. 415), clothier, m. (1), ;(2),
as a widower at Bilston, Dec. 8, 1656, Grace Stevens of Stratford, Essex. (Reg. 50, p. 414.) He went to New England and was at Watertown, Mass., where he was admitted Freeman, May 25, 1636, and was Selectman, 1636. (Bond's Watertown 430.) He returned to Dedham. His will dated Apr. 11, 1673, proved May 28, 1673 (P. C. C. Pye 64), mentions his wife Grace and makes her Executrix. Three children, John, Martha and Edmund. To John £200. at twenty two; to Martha at twenty; to Edmund at twenty-two. (Reg. 50, p. 396.)
II. Ann7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Sept. 15, 1601. (Reg. 50, p. 415.)
III. Joan7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Dec. 13,1603. (Reg. 50, p. 415.)
IV. Hester7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Apr. 1,1606. (Reg. 50, p. 415), m". Andrew Ward (signed his name "Warde") who was admitted freeman at Watertown, Mass., May 14, 1634; and afterwards went to Wethersfield, Conn., where he was a magistrate in 1636 (Bond's Watertown p. 619). He went from Wethersfield to Stamford about 1642. (Id. p. 960.) He was in Fairfield, Conn., about 1651, when he bought Simon Hoyt's home lot, west of Hyde Pond, which he sold in 1653. He lived at Fairfield until his death in 1659. His will is dated June 3, 1659, proved Oct. 20, 1659. There is a monument to him recently erected in the old Fairfield burying ground on the Beach Lane. In 1636 he was appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts, with Roger Ludlow and six others, to govern the Colony of Connecticut for one year. Hester Ward's will dated Dec. 27, 1665, was proved Feb. 28, 1665/6. Her uncle Samuel5 Sherman in his will, dated June 14, 1643, gives a legacy to his niece Ester Ward (Supra). V. Richard7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Oct. 16, 1608
(Reg. 50, p. 416), of Dedham, m. Mary . Buried
at Dedham, Oct. 27, 1647. (Reg. 50, p. 417.)
VI. Bezaleel7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Sept. 17, 1611.
(Reg. 50, p. 416.)
VII. Rev. John7 Sherman, b. at Dedham, Dec. 26, 1613,
bap. there Jan. 4, 1614 (Reg. 24, p. 66.) A.B. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1629. A.M., 1633. Came to Watertown and was dismissed from the Church there to Wethersfield, Conn. Resided at Wethersfield, Conn. Resided at Wethersfield until after May 7, 1640, when he was "freed from watching." Went to Milford, Conn., and was on the list of free planters there Nov. 20, 1639. Admitted to the Milford Church Nov. 8, 1640. Nov. 24, 1640, one of the five persons
chosen by General Court of New Haven Colony, magistrates of the Colony. Dismissed from Milford Church Nov. 8, 1647. Returned about that time to Watertown and became its third minister. Admitted freeman May 19, 1669. Died Aug. 8, 1685, aged 72. He was buried in East Watertown, Mass.
VIII. A child bap. at Dedham, June 18, 1616. (Reg. 50, p. 416.)
IX. Hon. Samuel7 Sherman.
X. Grace7 Sherman, b. 1614 or 1615. Mentioned in will of her uncle Samuel Sherman, supra, m. John Livermore. She d. Jan. 14, 1690, aged 75 years, at Chelmsford, Mass. (Grave stone.) XI. A daughter/ "youngest daughter" mentioned in will of Samuel Sherman, supra.
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
27. EDMUND5 SHERMAN (14. Edmund,5 Henry,4 Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), b. at Dedham about 1572. His grandfather Henry4 Sherman, in his will dated Jan. 20, 1590, gives "To Edmonde Shearman, the son of my son Edmonde" £13. 13s. 4d. at two and twenty. His father, in his will dated Aug. 1, 1599, gives "To son, Edmond, after decease of my wife all the houses and lands before given to said wife and a house and seven acres called Ryes where he now dwells, and my sherman's occupation." Also authorized his son Edmond and his heirs forever to appoint a poor child to be freely taught by the Schoolmaster of the Public Grammar School in Dedham. (Reg. 50, p. 283.) m. Joan Makin, daughter of Tobias Makin of Fingringhoe (Reg. 51, p. 313). Went to New England, was at Wethersfield, Conn., 1635, later went to New Haven, Conn., where he died in 1641. "3 Mon 1641 an Inventory and will of Olde Father Shirman was delivered into Court." (New Haven Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 52.) Will and inventory cannot be found. (Reg. 51, p. 309.) His brother Bezaliel5 Sherman, of Ipswich, grocer, in his will dated Oct. 7, 1618, gives "To Joane Sherman, daughter of my brother Edmond Sherman forty pounds at the age of four and twenty years. To John Sherman, son of my said brother, twenty pounds at same age." (Reg. 50, p. 288.)
His sister Ann (Sherman) Anger, in her will dated Sept. 2, 1625, gives legacies to her brother Edmund Sherman and to Ann Sherman and Jone Sherman "daughters of my brother Edmund." (Reg. 50, p. 402.)
In will of Samuel Sherman, of Dedham, clothier, brother of Edmund, dated June 14, 1643, is the following: "I give
unto my sister Bacon in New England ten pounds to be sent to her or her husband in linen cloth and shoes by my cousin Edmond Sherman. To my loving sister Sherman, Edmond's widow, twenty shillings and to her son Samuel ten pounds, to her son John Sherman twenty shillings, and to her daughters Grace and Ester Ward and her youngest daughter, to either of them twenty shillings." (Reg. 50, p. 391.) Children:
I. Edmund7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, June or Oct. 23, 1599 (Reg. 50, p. 415), clothier, m. (1), ;(2),
as a widower at Bilston, Dec. 8, 1656, Grace Stevens of Stratford, Essex. (Reg. 50, p. 414.) He went to New England and was at Watertown, Mass., where he was admitted Freeman, May 25, 1636, and was Selectman, 1636. (Bond's Watertown 430.) He returned to Dedham. His will dated Apr. 11, 1673, proved May 28, 1673 (P. C. C. Pye 64), mentions his wife Grace and makes her Executrix. Three children, John, Martha and Edmund. To John £200. at twenty two; to Martha at twenty; to Edmund at twenty-two. (Reg. 50, p. 396.)
II. Ann7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Sept. 15, 1601. (Reg. 50, p. 415.)
III. Joan7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Dec. 13,1603. (Reg. 50, p. 415.)
IV. Hester7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Apr. 1,1606. (Reg. 50, p. 415), m". Andrew Ward (signed his name "Warde") who was admitted freeman at Watertown, Mass., May 14, 1634; and afterwards went to Wethersfield, Conn., where he was a magistrate in 1636 (Bond's Watertown p. 619). He went from Wethersfield to Stamford about 1642. (Id. p. 960.) He was in Fairfield, Conn., about 1651, when he bought Simon Hoyt's home lot, west of Hyde Pond, which he sold in 1653. He lived at Fairfield until his death in 1659. His will is dated June 3, 1659, proved Oct. 20, 1659. There is a monument to him recently erected in the old Fairfield burying ground on the Beach Lane. In 1636 he was appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts, with Roger Ludlow and six others, to govern the Colony of Connecticut for one year. Hester Ward's will dated Dec. 27, 1665, was proved Feb. 28, 1665/6. Her uncle Samuel5 Sherman in his will, dated June 14, 1643, gives a legacy to his niece Ester Ward (Supra). V. Richard7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Oct. 16, 1608
(Reg. 50, p. 416), of Dedham, m. Mary . Buried
at Dedham, Oct. 27, 1647. (Reg. 50, p. 417.)
VI. Bezaleel7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Sept. 17, 1611.
(Reg. 50, p. 416.)
VII. Rev. John7 Sherman, b. at Dedham, Dec. 26, 1613,
bap. there Jan. 4, 1614 (Reg. 24, p. 66.) A.B. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1629. A.M., 1633. Came to Watertown and was dismissed from the Church there to Wethersfield, Conn. Resided at Wethersfield, Conn. Resided at Wethersfield until after May 7, 1640, when he was "freed from watching." Went to Milford, Conn., and was on the list of free planters there Nov. 20, 1639. Admitted to the Milford Church Nov. 8, 1640. Nov. 24, 1640, one of the five persons
chosen by General Court of New Haven Colony, magistrates of the Colony. Dismissed from Milford Church Nov. 8, 1647. Returned about that time to Watertown and became its third minister. Admitted freeman May 19, 1669. Died Aug. 8, 1685, aged 72. He was buried in East Watertown, Mass.
VIII. A child bap. at Dedham, June 18, 1616. (Reg. 50, p. 416.)
IX. Hon. Samuel7 Sherman.
X. Grace7 Sherman, b. 1614 or 1615. Mentioned in will of her uncle Samuel Sherman, supra, m. John Livermore. She d. Jan. 14, 1690, aged 75 years, at Chelmsford, Mass. (Grave stone.) XI. A daughter/ "youngest daughter" mentioned in will of Samuel Sherman, supra.
Source: Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
27. EDMUND5 SHERMAN (14. Edmund,5 Henry,4 Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), b. at Dedham about 1572. His grandfather Henry4 Sherman, in his will dated Jan. 20, 1590, gives "To Edmonde Shearman, the son of my son Edmonde" £13. 13s. 4d. at two and twenty. His father, in his will dated Aug. 1, 1599, gives "To son, Edmond, after decease of my wife all the houses and lands before given to said wife and a house and seven acres called Ryes where he now dwells, and my sherman's occupation." Also authorized his son Edmond and his heirs forever to appoint a poor child to be freely taught by the Schoolmaster of the Public Grammar School in Dedham. (Reg. 50, p. 283.) m. Joan Makin, daughter of Tobias Makin of Fingringhoe (Reg. 51, p. 313). Went to New England, was at Wethersfield, Conn., 1635, later went to New Haven, Conn., where he died in 1641. "3 Mon 1641 an Inventory and will of Olde Father Shirman was delivered into Court." (New Haven Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 52.) Will and inventory cannot be found. (Reg. 51, p. 309.) His brother Bezaliel5 Sherman, of Ipswich, grocer, in his will dated Oct. 7, 1618, gives "To Joane Sherman, daughter of my brother Edmond Sherman forty pounds at the age of four and twenty years. To John Sherman, son of my said brother, twenty pounds at same age." (Reg. 50, p. 288.)
His sister Ann (Sherman) Anger, in her will dated Sept. 2, 1625, gives legacies to her brother Edmund Sherman and to Ann Sherman and Jone Sherman "daughters of my brother Edmund." (Reg. 50, p. 402.)
In will of Samuel Sherman, of Dedham, clothier, brother of Edmund, dated June 14, 1643, is the following: "I give
unto my sister Bacon in New England ten pounds to be sent to her or her husband in linen cloth and shoes by my cousin Edmond Sherman. To my loving sister Sherman, Edmond's widow, twenty shillings and to her son Samuel ten pounds, to her son John Sherman twenty shillings, and to her daughters Grace and Ester Ward and her youngest daughter, to either of them twenty shillings." (Reg. 50, p. 391.) Children:
I. Edmund7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, June or Oct. 23, 1599 (Reg. 50, p. 415), clothier, m. (1), ;(2),
as a widower at Bilston, Dec. 8, 1656, Grace Stevens of Stratford, Essex. (Reg. 50, p. 414.) He went to New England and was at Watertown, Mass., where he was admitted Freeman, May 25, 1636, and was Selectman, 1636. (Bond's Watertown 430.) He returned to Dedham. His will dated Apr. 11, 1673, proved May 28, 1673 (P. C. C. Pye 64), mentions his wife Grace and makes her Executrix. Three children, John, Martha and Edmund. To John £200. at twenty two; to Martha at twenty; to Edmund at twenty-two. (Reg. 50, p. 396.)
II. Ann7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Sept. 15, 1601. (Reg. 50, p. 415.)
III. Joan7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Dec. 13,1603. (Reg. 50, p. 415.)
IV. Hester7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Apr. 1,1606. (Reg. 50, p. 415), m". Andrew Ward (signed his name "Warde") who was admitted freeman at Watertown, Mass., May 14, 1634; and afterwards went to Wethersfield, Conn., where he was a magistrate in 1636 (Bond's Watertown p. 619). He went from Wethersfield to Stamford about 1642. (Id. p. 960.) He was in Fairfield, Conn., about 1651, when he bought Simon Hoyt's home lot, west of Hyde Pond, which he sold in 1653. He lived at Fairfield until his death in 1659. His will is dated June 3, 1659, proved Oct. 20, 1659. There is a monument to him recently erected in the old Fairfield burying ground on the Beach Lane. In 1636 he was appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts, with Roger Ludlow and six others, to govern the Colony of Connecticut for one year. Hester Ward's will dated Dec. 27, 1665, was proved Feb. 28, 1665/6. Her uncle Samuel5 Sherman in his will, dated June 14, 1643, gives a legacy to his niece Ester Ward (Supra). V. Richard7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Oct. 16, 1608
(Reg. 50, p. 416), of Dedham, m. Mary . Buried
at Dedham, Oct. 27, 1647. (Reg. 50, p. 417.)
VI. Bezaleel7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Sept. 17, 1611.
(Reg. 50, p. 416.)
VII. Rev. John7 Sherman, b. at Dedham, Dec. 26, 1613,
bap. there Jan. 4, 1614 (Reg. 24, p. 66.) A.B. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1629. A.M., 1633. Came to Watertown and was dismissed from the Church there to Wethersfield, Conn. Resided at Wethersfield, Conn. Resided at Wethersfield until after May 7, 1640, when he was "freed from watching." Went to Milford, Conn., and was on the list of free planters there Nov. 20, 1639. Admitted to the Milford Church Nov. 8, 1640. Nov. 24, 1640, one of the five persons
chosen by General Court of New Haven Colony, magistrates of the Colony. Dismissed from Milford Church Nov. 8, 1647. Returned about that time to Watertown and became its third minister. Admitted freeman May 19, 1669. Died Aug. 8, 1685, aged 72. He was buried in East Watertown, Mass.
VIII. A child bap. at Dedham, June 18, 1616. (Reg. 50, p. 416.)
IX. Hon. Samuel7 Sherman.
X. Grace7 Sherman, b. 1614 or 1615. Mentioned in will of her uncle Samuel Sherman, supra, m. John Livermore. She d. Jan. 14, 1690, aged 75 years, at Chelmsford, Mass. (Grave stone.) XI. A daughter/ "youngest daughter" mentioned in will of Samuel Sherman, supra.
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
27. EDMUND5 SHERMAN (14. Edmund,5 Henry,4 Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), b. at Dedham about 1572. His grandfather Henry4 Sherman, in his will dated Jan. 20, 1590, gives "To Edmonde Shearman, the son of my son Edmonde" £13. 13s. 4d. at two and twenty. His father, in his will dated Aug. 1, 1599, gives "To son, Edmond, after decease of my wife all the houses and lands before given to said wife and a house and seven acres called Ryes where he now dwells, and my sherman's occupation." Also authorized his son Edmond and his heirs forever to appoint a poor child to be freely taught by the Schoolmaster of the Public Grammar School in Dedham. (Reg. 50, p. 283.) m. Joan Makin, daughter of Tobias Makin of Fingringhoe (Reg. 51, p. 313). Went to New England, was at Wethersfield, Conn., 1635, later went to New Haven, Conn., where he died in 1641. "3 Mon 1641 an Inventory and will of Olde Father Shirman was delivered into Court." (New Haven Colony Records, Vol. 1, p. 52.) Will and inventory cannot be found. (Reg. 51, p. 309.) His brother Bezaliel5 Sherman, of Ipswich, grocer, in his will dated Oct. 7, 1618, gives "To Joane Sherman, daughter of my brother Edmond Sherman forty pounds at the age of four and twenty years. To John Sherman, son of my said brother, twenty pounds at same age." (Reg. 50, p. 288.)
His sister Ann (Sherman) Anger, in her will dated Sept. 2, 1625, gives legacies to her brother Edmund Sherman and to Ann Sherman and Jone Sherman "daughters of my brother Edmund." (Reg. 50, p. 402.)
In will of Samuel Sherman, of Dedham, clothier, brother of Edmund, dated June 14, 1643, is the following: "I give
unto my sister Bacon in New England ten pounds to be sent to her or her husband in linen cloth and shoes by my cousin Edmond Sherman. To my loving sister Sherman, Edmond's widow, twenty shillings and to her son Samuel ten pounds, to her son John Sherman twenty shillings, and to her daughters Grace and Ester Ward and her youngest daughter, to either of them twenty shillings." (Reg. 50, p. 391.) Children:
I. Edmund7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, June or Oct. 23, 1599 (Reg. 50, p. 415), clothier, m. (1), ;(2),
as a widower at Bilston, Dec. 8, 1656, Grace Stevens of Stratford, Essex. (Reg. 50, p. 414.) He went to New England and was at Watertown, Mass., where he was admitted Freeman, May 25, 1636, and was Selectman, 1636. (Bond's Watertown 430.) He returned to Dedham. His will dated Apr. 11, 1673, proved May 28, 1673 (P. C. C. Pye 64), mentions his wife Grace and makes her Executrix. Three children, John, Martha and Edmund. To John £200. at twenty two; to Martha at twenty; to Edmund at twenty-two. (Reg. 50, p. 396.)
II. Ann7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Sept. 15, 1601. (Reg. 50, p. 415.)
III. Joan7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Dec. 13,1603. (Reg. 50, p. 415.)
IV. Hester7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Apr. 1,1606. (Reg. 50, p. 415), m". Andrew Ward (signed his name "Warde") who was admitted freeman at Watertown, Mass., May 14, 1634; and afterwards went to Wethersfield, Conn., where he was a magistrate in 1636 (Bond's Watertown p. 619). He went from Wethersfield to Stamford about 1642. (Id. p. 960.) He was in Fairfield, Conn., about 1651, when he bought Simon Hoyt's home lot, west of Hyde Pond, which he sold in 1653. He lived at Fairfield until his death in 1659. His will is dated June 3, 1659, proved Oct. 20, 1659. There is a monument to him recently erected in the old Fairfield burying ground on the Beach Lane. In 1636 he was appointed by the General Court of Massachusetts, with Roger Ludlow and six others, to govern the Colony of Connecticut for one year. Hester Ward's will dated Dec. 27, 1665, was proved Feb. 28, 1665/6. Her uncle Samuel5 Sherman in his will, dated June 14, 1643, gives a legacy to his niece Ester Ward (Supra). V. Richard7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Oct. 16, 1608
(Reg. 50, p. 416), of Dedham, m. Mary . Buried
at Dedham, Oct. 27, 1647. (Reg. 50, p. 417.)
VI. Bezaleel7 Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Sept. 17, 1611.
(Reg. 50, p. 416.)
VII. Rev. John7 Sherman, b. at Dedham, Dec. 26, 1613,
bap. there Jan. 4, 1614 (Reg. 24, p. 66.) A.B. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1629. A.M., 1633. Came to Watertown and was dismissed from the Church there to Wethersfield, Conn. Resided at Wethersfield, Conn. Resided at Wethersfield until after May 7, 1640, when he was "freed from watching." Went to Milford, Conn., and was on the list of free planters there Nov. 20, 1639. Admitted to the Milford Church Nov. 8, 1640. Nov. 24, 1640, one of the five persons
chosen by General Court of New Haven Colony, magistrates of the Colony. Dismissed from Milford Church Nov. 8, 1647. Returned about that time to Watertown and became its third minister. Admitted freeman May 19, 1669. Died Aug. 8, 1685, aged 72. He was buried in East Watertown, Mass.
VIII. A child bap. at Dedham, June 18, 1616. (Reg. 50, p. 416.)
IX. Hon. Samuel7 Sherman.
X. Grace7 Sherman, b. 1614 or 1615. Mentioned in will of her uncle Samuel Sherman, supra, m. John Livermore. She d. Jan. 14, 1690, aged 75 years, at Chelmsford, Mass. (Grave stone.) XI. A daughter/ "youngest daughter" mentioned in will of Samuel Sherman, supra.
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