Additional information offered by Ken Smith.Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Volumes 167 and 168.
The NEHGR study made it clear that he had two wives named Ann, Pellett and Clere.
Edmund Sherman, the second son of Henry Sherman the elder and his wife Agnes Perpoynt, was born in Dedham, Essex, England on June 8, 1548. His father was a prosperous clothier in Dedham. A clothier was a middleman. He commissioned the shearing of wool, and the carding, spinning and weaving of the wool into cloth by independant artisans. The clothier sometimes dyed the cloth and then passed it on to a tailor for the final step in the making of the clothing. Edmund followed his father and older brother into the clothing trade.
On April 25, 1569, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Dedham, Edmund married Ann Pellett of Steyning, Sussex. She was the daughter of William, Pellett, whio was the member of Parliament foir Steyning in 1554. Edmund and Ann had five children in Dedham between 1570 and 1583. Ann died in June of 1584 and Edmund married Ann Clere at St. Mary’s on September 11 of that year. Edmund and his second wife had seven children, all born in Dedham between 1587 and 1599.
Edmund wrote his will on July 31, 1599. It was proved on Apriul 20, 1601. Edmund was buried in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin Church on December 22, 1600.
Ken Smith
Source: Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
Edmund Sherman and Anne Clere Pallette were married on April 25, 1569 in Colchester, Essex.
14. EDMUND5 SHERMAN (6. Henry, Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), of Dedham, Essex, clothier, b. about 1548. m. (1) Anne Pellatte at Dedham, Apr. 25, 1570 (Reg. 50, p. 414). She was buried at Dedham, June 8, 1584. (Id. p. 417.) m. (2), at Dedham, Sept. 11, 1584, Anne Clere (id. 414), daughter of Nicholas Clere, of Colchester, Essex, clothier, Alderman and elected M. P. Mar. 23, 1576, and again in 1578. (Essex Review 4 p. 240.) He was under seven years old Dec. 26, 1538. His will, dated Feb. 24, 1578, proved June 9, 1579 (P. C. C. Bakon 25, Reg. 50, p. 280) gives to his daughter Anne Clere, £40, at twenty-one or day of marriage and mentions his wife Anne and brother Benjamin. Nicholas was son of John Clere, of Colchester, clothier and Alderman. John Clere's will, dated Dec. 26, 1538, proved Feb. 1, 1539 (P. C. C. Dyngeley 25) directs that Jane, his wife, "shall have the custody and keeping of my son Nicholas Clere till he come to the age of seven years." Son Benjamin Executor. (Reg. 50, p. 278.) Edmund5 Sherman was buried at Dedham, Dec. 22, 1600 (Reg. 50, p. 417.) His will, dated August 1, 1599, codicil Dec. 20, 1600, proved Apr. 30, 1601. (P. C. C. Woodhall 24.) Lands and personal property to wife Anne for life. "To son Edmund, 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." To son Richard at four and twenty. Similar bequests to sons Bezaliell, Samuel, John and Benjamin. To eldest daughter Anne Sherman at one and twenty. Similar bequest to daughter Sarah. To "Hanna my daughter which I had by Anne my second wife" at one and twenty. Same to daughters Susan and Mary at similar ages. To sister Judith Pettfield for life "the tenement wherein Edmond Browne the taylor now dwelleth." lands, including "my house at the church gate" to be sold by my brother Henry Sherman and my kinsman (brother in law) Symon Fenne, clothier, of Dedham. "My youngest daughter Mary" under twenty. After wife's death gives to son Bezaliell tenement called Ryes, now in occupation of Edmond, on condition that he pay Richard £50. "After my sister's death, I give the field and tenement before given unto her during life, unto the Governors of the Public Grammar School in Dedham, to be improved for a dwelling house for a schoolmaster." "To Sarah, Hanna the daughter of Anne my second wife, Susan, Samuel and John, my children, twenty shillings apiece which was bestowed upon them by their grandmother Cleere." Wife Anne, Executrix. Rev. Dr. (Edmund) Chapman and my brother in law Robert Lewys Supervisors. Codicil: To eldest daughter Anne Sherman and son Bezaliell and daughter Sarah, each forty shillings which their grandfather Sherman gave them to be paid them at the ages mentioned in his will. (Reg. 50, p. 283.) The will of *Anne (Clere) Sherman, of Dedham, the widow, is dated Aug. 3, 1609, proved Jan. 12, 1610. (P. C. C. Wingfield 9.) "To John my son at twenty one, my house and land that the widow Fence hath now in occupation," the rents until then to be equally divided between Samuel my son and the aforesaid John Sherman. Residue of personal estate to "be equally divided among my seven children vizt. Samuel, John and Benjamin Sherman, Sara Warner, Anna Sherman, Susan Sherman and Mary Sherman at the several ages of twenty one years." My six children yet under age. Brother Nicholas Clarr of Colchester and son in law Thomas Warner Executors. Brothers Mr. Thomas Haslewood and Mr. Robert
Lewes overseers. (Reg. 50, p. 284.)
Son Richard Sherman
Richard Sherman
The NEHGR study made it clear that he had two wives named Ann, Pellett and Clere.
Edmund Sherman, the second son of Henry Sherman the elder and his wife Agnes Perpoynt, was born in Dedham, Essex, England on June 8, 1548. His father was a prosperous clothier in Dedham. A clothier was a middleman. He commissioned the shearing of wool, and the carding, spinning and weaving of the wool into cloth by independant artisans. The clothier sometimes dyed the cloth and then passed it on to a tailor for the final step in the making of the clothing. Edmund followed his father and older brother into the clothing trade.
On April 25, 1569, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Dedham, Edmund married Ann Pellett of Steyning, Sussex. She was the daughter of William, Pellett, whio was the member of Parliament foir Steyning in 1554. Edmund and Ann had five children in Dedham between 1570 and 1583. Ann died in June of 1584 and Edmund married Ann Clere at St. Mary’s on September 11 of that year. Edmund and his second wife had seven children, all born in Dedham between 1587 and 1599.
Edmund wrote his will on July 31, 1599. It was proved on Apriul 20, 1601. Edmund was buried in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin Church on December 22, 1600.
Ken Smith
Source: Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
Edmund Sherman and Anne Clere Pallette were married on April 25, 1569 in Colchester, Essex.
14. EDMUND5 SHERMAN (6. Henry, Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), of Dedham, Essex, clothier, b. about 1548. m. (1) Anne Pellatte at Dedham, Apr. 25, 1570 (Reg. 50, p. 414). She was buried at Dedham, June 8, 1584. (Id. p. 417.) m. (2), at Dedham, Sept. 11, 1584, Anne Clere (id. 414), daughter of Nicholas Clere, of Colchester, Essex, clothier, Alderman and elected M. P. Mar. 23, 1576, and again in 1578. (Essex Review 4 p. 240.) He was under seven years old Dec. 26, 1538. His will, dated Feb. 24, 1578, proved June 9, 1579 (P. C. C. Bakon 25, Reg. 50, p. 280) gives to his daughter Anne Clere, £40, at twenty-one or day of marriage and mentions his wife Anne and brother Benjamin. Nicholas was son of John Clere, of Colchester, clothier and Alderman. John Clere's will, dated Dec. 26, 1538, proved Feb. 1, 1539 (P. C. C. Dyngeley 25) directs that Jane, his wife, "shall have the custody and keeping of my son Nicholas Clere till he come to the age of seven years." Son Benjamin Executor. (Reg. 50, p. 278.) Edmund5 Sherman was buried at Dedham, Dec. 22, 1600 (Reg. 50, p. 417.) His will, dated August 1, 1599, codicil Dec. 20, 1600, proved Apr. 30, 1601. (P. C. C. Woodhall 24.) Lands and personal property to wife Anne for life. "To son Edmund, 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." To son Richard at four and twenty. Similar bequests to sons Bezaliell, Samuel, John and Benjamin. To eldest daughter Anne Sherman at one and twenty. Similar bequest to daughter Sarah. To "Hanna my daughter which I had by Anne my second wife" at one and twenty. Same to daughters Susan and Mary at similar ages. To sister Judith Pettfield for life "the tenement wherein Edmond Browne the taylor now dwelleth." lands, including "my house at the church gate" to be sold by my brother Henry Sherman and my kinsman (brother in law) Symon Fenne, clothier, of Dedham. "My youngest daughter Mary" under twenty. After wife's death gives to son Bezaliell tenement called Ryes, now in occupation of Edmond, on condition that he pay Richard £50. "After my sister's death, I give the field and tenement before given unto her during life, unto the Governors of the Public Grammar School in Dedham, to be improved for a dwelling house for a schoolmaster." "To Sarah, Hanna the daughter of Anne my second wife, Susan, Samuel and John, my children, twenty shillings apiece which was bestowed upon them by their grandmother Cleere." Wife Anne, Executrix. Rev. Dr. (Edmund) Chapman and my brother in law Robert Lewys Supervisors. Codicil: To eldest daughter Anne Sherman and son Bezaliell and daughter Sarah, each forty shillings which their grandfather Sherman gave them to be paid them at the ages mentioned in his will. (Reg. 50, p. 283.) The will of *Anne (Clere) Sherman, of Dedham, the widow, is dated Aug. 3, 1609, proved Jan. 12, 1610. (P. C. C. Wingfield 9.) "To John my son at twenty one, my house and land that the widow Fence hath now in occupation," the rents until then to be equally divided between Samuel my son and the aforesaid John Sherman. Residue of personal estate to "be equally divided among my seven children vizt. Samuel, John and Benjamin Sherman, Sara Warner, Anna Sherman, Susan Sherman and Mary Sherman at the several ages of twenty one years." My six children yet under age. Brother Nicholas Clarr of Colchester and son in law Thomas Warner Executors. Brothers Mr. Thomas Haslewood and Mr. Robert
Lewes overseers. (Reg. 50, p. 284.)
Son Richard Sherman
Richard Sherman
Additional information offered by Ken Smith.Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Volumes 167 and 168.
The NEHGR study made it clear that he had two wives named Ann, Pellett and Clere.
Edmund Sherman, the second son of Henry Sherman the elder and his wife Agnes Perpoynt, was born in Dedham, Essex, England on June 8, 1548. His father was a prosperous clothier in Dedham. A clothier was a middleman. He commissioned the shearing of wool, and the carding, spinning and weaving of the wool into cloth by independant artisans. The clothier sometimes dyed the cloth and then passed it on to a tailor for the final step in the making of the clothing. Edmund followed his father and older brother into the clothing trade.
On April 25, 1569, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Dedham, Edmund married Ann Pellett of Steyning, Sussex. She was the daughter of William, Pellett, whio was the member of Parliament foir Steyning in 1554. Edmund and Ann had five children in Dedham between 1570 and 1583. Ann died in June of 1584 and Edmund married Ann Clere at St. Mary’s on September 11 of that year. Edmund and his second wife had seven children, all born in Dedham between 1587 and 1599.
Edmund wrote his will on July 31, 1599. It was proved on Apriul 20, 1601. Edmund was buried in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin Church on December 22, 1600.
Ken Smith
Source: Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
Edmund Sherman and Anne Clere Pallette were married on April 25, 1569 in Colchester, Essex.
14. EDMUND5 SHERMAN (6. Henry, Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), of Dedham, Essex, clothier, b. about 1548. m. (1) Anne Pellatte at Dedham, Apr. 25, 1570 (Reg. 50, p. 414). She was buried at Dedham, June 8, 1584. (Id. p. 417.) m. (2), at Dedham, Sept. 11, 1584, Anne Clere (id. 414), daughter of Nicholas Clere, of Colchester, Essex, clothier, Alderman and elected M. P. Mar. 23, 1576, and again in 1578. (Essex Review 4 p. 240.) He was under seven years old Dec. 26, 1538. His will, dated Feb. 24, 1578, proved June 9, 1579 (P. C. C. Bakon 25, Reg. 50, p. 280) gives to his daughter Anne Clere, £40, at twenty-one or day of marriage and mentions his wife Anne and brother Benjamin. Nicholas was son of John Clere, of Colchester, clothier and Alderman. John Clere's will, dated Dec. 26, 1538, proved Feb. 1, 1539 (P. C. C. Dyngeley 25) directs that Jane, his wife, "shall have the custody and keeping of my son Nicholas Clere till he come to the age of seven years." Son Benjamin Executor. (Reg. 50, p. 278.) Edmund5 Sherman was buried at Dedham, Dec. 22, 1600 (Reg. 50, p. 417.) His will, dated August 1, 1599, codicil Dec. 20, 1600, proved Apr. 30, 1601. (P. C. C. Woodhall 24.) Lands and personal property to wife Anne for life. "To son Edmund, 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." To son Richard at four and twenty. Similar bequests to sons Bezaliell, Samuel, John and Benjamin. To eldest daughter Anne Sherman at one and twenty. Similar bequest to daughter Sarah. To "Hanna my daughter which I had by Anne my second wife" at one and twenty. Same to daughters Susan and Mary at similar ages. To sister Judith Pettfield for life "the tenement wherein Edmond Browne the taylor now dwelleth." lands, including "my house at the church gate" to be sold by my brother Henry Sherman and my kinsman (brother in law) Symon Fenne, clothier, of Dedham. "My youngest daughter Mary" under twenty. After wife's death gives to son Bezaliell tenement called Ryes, now in occupation of Edmond, on condition that he pay Richard £50. "After my sister's death, I give the field and tenement before given unto her during life, unto the Governors of the Public Grammar School in Dedham, to be improved for a dwelling house for a schoolmaster." "To Sarah, Hanna the daughter of Anne my second wife, Susan, Samuel and John, my children, twenty shillings apiece which was bestowed upon them by their grandmother Cleere." Wife Anne, Executrix. Rev. Dr. (Edmund) Chapman and my brother in law Robert Lewys Supervisors. Codicil: To eldest daughter Anne Sherman and son Bezaliell and daughter Sarah, each forty shillings which their grandfather Sherman gave them to be paid them at the ages mentioned in his will. (Reg. 50, p. 283.) The will of *Anne (Clere) Sherman, of Dedham, the widow, is dated Aug. 3, 1609, proved Jan. 12, 1610. (P. C. C. Wingfield 9.) "To John my son at twenty one, my house and land that the widow Fence hath now in occupation," the rents until then to be equally divided between Samuel my son and the aforesaid John Sherman. Residue of personal estate to "be equally divided among my seven children vizt. Samuel, John and Benjamin Sherman, Sara Warner, Anna Sherman, Susan Sherman and Mary Sherman at the several ages of twenty one years." My six children yet under age. Brother Nicholas Clarr of Colchester and son in law Thomas Warner Executors. Brothers Mr. Thomas Haslewood and Mr. Robert
Lewes overseers. (Reg. 50, p. 284.)
Son Richard Sherman
Richard Sherman
The NEHGR study made it clear that he had two wives named Ann, Pellett and Clere.
Edmund Sherman, the second son of Henry Sherman the elder and his wife Agnes Perpoynt, was born in Dedham, Essex, England on June 8, 1548. His father was a prosperous clothier in Dedham. A clothier was a middleman. He commissioned the shearing of wool, and the carding, spinning and weaving of the wool into cloth by independant artisans. The clothier sometimes dyed the cloth and then passed it on to a tailor for the final step in the making of the clothing. Edmund followed his father and older brother into the clothing trade.
On April 25, 1569, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin in Dedham, Edmund married Ann Pellett of Steyning, Sussex. She was the daughter of William, Pellett, whio was the member of Parliament foir Steyning in 1554. Edmund and Ann had five children in Dedham between 1570 and 1583. Ann died in June of 1584 and Edmund married Ann Clere at St. Mary’s on September 11 of that year. Edmund and his second wife had seven children, all born in Dedham between 1587 and 1599.
Edmund wrote his will on July 31, 1599. It was proved on Apriul 20, 1601. Edmund was buried in the churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin Church on December 22, 1600.
Ken Smith
Source: Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
Edmund Sherman and Anne Clere Pallette were married on April 25, 1569 in Colchester, Essex.
14. EDMUND5 SHERMAN (6. Henry, Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), of Dedham, Essex, clothier, b. about 1548. m. (1) Anne Pellatte at Dedham, Apr. 25, 1570 (Reg. 50, p. 414). She was buried at Dedham, June 8, 1584. (Id. p. 417.) m. (2), at Dedham, Sept. 11, 1584, Anne Clere (id. 414), daughter of Nicholas Clere, of Colchester, Essex, clothier, Alderman and elected M. P. Mar. 23, 1576, and again in 1578. (Essex Review 4 p. 240.) He was under seven years old Dec. 26, 1538. His will, dated Feb. 24, 1578, proved June 9, 1579 (P. C. C. Bakon 25, Reg. 50, p. 280) gives to his daughter Anne Clere, £40, at twenty-one or day of marriage and mentions his wife Anne and brother Benjamin. Nicholas was son of John Clere, of Colchester, clothier and Alderman. John Clere's will, dated Dec. 26, 1538, proved Feb. 1, 1539 (P. C. C. Dyngeley 25) directs that Jane, his wife, "shall have the custody and keeping of my son Nicholas Clere till he come to the age of seven years." Son Benjamin Executor. (Reg. 50, p. 278.) Edmund5 Sherman was buried at Dedham, Dec. 22, 1600 (Reg. 50, p. 417.) His will, dated August 1, 1599, codicil Dec. 20, 1600, proved Apr. 30, 1601. (P. C. C. Woodhall 24.) Lands and personal property to wife Anne for life. "To son Edmund, 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." To son Richard at four and twenty. Similar bequests to sons Bezaliell, Samuel, John and Benjamin. To eldest daughter Anne Sherman at one and twenty. Similar bequest to daughter Sarah. To "Hanna my daughter which I had by Anne my second wife" at one and twenty. Same to daughters Susan and Mary at similar ages. To sister Judith Pettfield for life "the tenement wherein Edmond Browne the taylor now dwelleth." lands, including "my house at the church gate" to be sold by my brother Henry Sherman and my kinsman (brother in law) Symon Fenne, clothier, of Dedham. "My youngest daughter Mary" under twenty. After wife's death gives to son Bezaliell tenement called Ryes, now in occupation of Edmond, on condition that he pay Richard £50. "After my sister's death, I give the field and tenement before given unto her during life, unto the Governors of the Public Grammar School in Dedham, to be improved for a dwelling house for a schoolmaster." "To Sarah, Hanna the daughter of Anne my second wife, Susan, Samuel and John, my children, twenty shillings apiece which was bestowed upon them by their grandmother Cleere." Wife Anne, Executrix. Rev. Dr. (Edmund) Chapman and my brother in law Robert Lewys Supervisors. Codicil: To eldest daughter Anne Sherman and son Bezaliell and daughter Sarah, each forty shillings which their grandfather Sherman gave them to be paid them at the ages mentioned in his will. (Reg. 50, p. 283.) The will of *Anne (Clere) Sherman, of Dedham, the widow, is dated Aug. 3, 1609, proved Jan. 12, 1610. (P. C. C. Wingfield 9.) "To John my son at twenty one, my house and land that the widow Fence hath now in occupation," the rents until then to be equally divided between Samuel my son and the aforesaid John Sherman. Residue of personal estate to "be equally divided among my seven children vizt. Samuel, John and Benjamin Sherman, Sara Warner, Anna Sherman, Susan Sherman and Mary Sherman at the several ages of twenty one years." My six children yet under age. Brother Nicholas Clarr of Colchester and son in law Thomas Warner Executors. Brothers Mr. Thomas Haslewood and Mr. Robert
Lewes overseers. (Reg. 50, p. 284.)
Son Richard Sherman
Richard Sherman
Family Members
Siblings
Children
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Henry Sherman
1570–1586
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Edmund Sherman
1572–1641
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Ann Sherman
1575–1575
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Richard Sherman
1577–1660
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Child Sherman
1578–1578
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Anna Sherman Anger
1581–1625
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Bezaleel Sherman
1585–1618
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Sarah Sherman Warner
1587 – unknown
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Anna Sherman Backler
1589–1639
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Susan Sherman
1591 – unknown
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Samuel Sherman
1593–1644
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John Sherman
1595–1655
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Benjamin Sherman
1597–1647
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Mary Sherman Bacon
1599 – unknown
