Source: Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
The wife of John Sherman, Grace Makin-Sherman-Rogers-Porter was never the wife of Edmund Sherman. She has been miss link to him by the manager of Edmund Sherman's page. This has resulted in the miss linking of four of the children of Edmund Sherman's and wife Joan Makin the sister of Grace. They being Hester Sherman Ward # 34939614, John Sherman # 27163004, Grace Sherman Livermore # 18168775 and Samuel Sherman # 125938088.
In his will of 14 June 1643, "Samuel Sherman of Dedham. This will does indeed speak of Edmund and his daughters Grace and Ester Ward and an unnamed younger daughter. I also speaks of the widow of the unnamed widow of Edmund and "HER" children. (natural or stepchildren) If natural that Edmunds wife was alive and came to the colonies even though she is not mentioned. (This would be Joan in my opinion) If not this, then Edmund must have taken a second wife.
Ann Anger's will of 2 September 1625 again speaks of Edmund and his daughters Ann and Jone. But again there is no mention of Edmunds wife or her name. There are mentions of Ravens, how ever Ann is very clear on the persons she mentions and is related too. There is no relationship indication for the Ravens.
Link to Ann Sherman Anger and the transcription of her will.
Ann Sherman Anger
Thus, the point being, there is not any point in using these wills as evidence that Edmund Sherman's wife was some one other than Grace Makin, because nether say anything about who his wife is.
24. JOHN5 SHERMAN (13. Henry,5 Henry,4 Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), bap. at Dedham, Aug. 17, 1585. (Reg. 50, p. 415.) m. before May 14, 1610, Grace Makin, sister of Joan Makin, wife of Edmund5 Sherman, of Connecticut, and daughter of Tobias Makin, of Fingringhoe, Essex, yeoman, whose will dated May 14, 1610, was proved Sept. 10, 1610. (Consistory Court of London, Book Hamer No. 7, leaves'4548.) By it he gives to his wife Katherine certain copyhold lands and buildings of the manor of Fingringhoe for her life upon condition that she shall bring up his children and pay to Grace Sherman, his daughter, £10, within six months after his death and pay to John Makin, the elder, his son, £10. within one year after his death. On his wife's death, the lands are to go to John Makin, the younger, testator's son, upon condition that he pay to each of testator's daughters Joan and Rebecca £5. within two years after his wife's death, and to "John Makin my eldest son" £20 within three years after said Katherine's death. Gives to his daughter Grace Sherman £10. to be paid to her by said John the younger out of said lands within five years after death of said Katherine and gives to his daughter Joan £10 to be paid to her by said John out of said lands within six years after death of said Katherine. If said John dies before entering on said lands, without issue, said lands shall remain to the use of "Thomas Makin, my youngest son" on condition that he pay said sums as above mentioned. If Thomas dies without issue before he enters said lands they shall remain to "Samuel my son" he then to make said payments. He gives to his wife Katherine his tenement called Pudney or Ownes and Moref or Moreve Marsh for life upon condition that she pay to "Grace my daughter" £10. within one year after his death and to "Joan my daughter" £�, within two years after his death and after the death of his wife he gives to "Westbroome Makin my son" said last mentioned lands upon condition that he pay to Thomas £30 in three years after Westbroome's entry into said lands. If Westbroome dies without issue before he gets possession of said lands, they shall remain to "Robert Makin my son" upon condition that he pay to Thomas said ^30. If Robert dies without issue before getting said lands they shall remain to Thomas. He gives to his wife for life land called Lockers in Fingringhoe and after her death to Robert and if he dies without issue before getting possession the said land to remain to Thomas. To Rebecca £10 more to be paid at 21 years by whomsoever shall possess said lands. To Katherine his wife land in the Parish of Fingringhoe called Borkines Brooke sometimes Clement Ferriess, for life and after her death to "Tobias my son" for eight years next following and after to Samuel and for default of issue of Samuel to remain to John the younger. To "John Makin my eldest son" £10 to be paid in two years after testator's death. If John dies before any of his legacies ought to be paid, then said legacies shall be equally divided among "my three daughters natural" or so many of them as shall be living. To Rebecca £10 at 21. To "Elizabeth Potter my grandchild" £5. to be paid at 21. To Richard Sherman the son of Edmund Sherman, 15 shillings to be paid to him at 21. Bequests to poor of Fingringhoe 20 shillings; to Richard Weald the son of Richard Weald of Kyrbie "my kinsman" £5 at 21; to Thomas Weald, son of Thomas Weald deceased, 6 shillings 8 pence; to John Weald, son of John Weald the younger, 6 shillings 8 pence to be paid at 21; to Mary Payne a bullock; to Bridget Bury a lamb. Residue of goods and chattels to wife to pay debts, and fulfill this will, keep buildings and sea walls in repair and pay funeral expenses. Katherine his wife sole Executrix. Thomas Whiting Supervisor. Witnesses; Gilbert Longe Thomas Whiteing "John Swannes marke" signed "Tobias Makin". (Reg. 50, p. 286.) John5 Sherman was buried at Great Horkesley, Essex, Jan. 24, 1616 (Reg. 66, p. 323.) Grace Sherman, after the death of her husband, m. Thomas Rogers. They soon after lived at Dedham, apparently, as their daughter Elizabeth (who m. Daniel Smith) was bap. there Nov. 16, 1617 (Reg. 66, p. 325). Ann (Sherman) Anger, widow of John Anger, of Dedham, clothier, and a daughter of Edmund5 Sherman (the uncle of said John5 Sherman) in her will dated Sept. 2, 1625, proved at Colchester, Dec. 16, 1625 (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts. File for 1625-1626 No. 177), makes a bequest as follows: "I give to the two children of the wife of Thomas Rogers, John Sherman and Richard Sherman, my kinsmen, twenty shillings apiece, at their ages of one and twenty." (Supra.) Grace Rogers and her husband Thomas Rogers and her son John Sherman and her daughter Elizabeth Rogers came to Watertown, Mass., about 1636. Thomas Rogers was made freeman there May 17, 1637 (Col. Rec. Mass., Vol. I, p. 373), and was buried there Nov. 12, 1638, aged 50. (Watertown Town Records 1st Book p. 6.) Grace (Sherman) Rogers m. Roger Porter for her third husband. He was admitted freeman at Watertown, May 22, 1637 (Col. Rec. Mass., Vol. I, p. 376), and died there Apr. 3, 1654, aged about 71. (Watertown Town Records 1st Book p. 35.) Elizabeth Rogers m. Daniel Smith, and had a son Daniel. Grace Porter, widow, died June 3, 1662, "aged about 70" years (id. p. 48). Her will, not dated, but made in 1661, was proved at Watertown, June 17, 1662. It is as follows:
"Know all men by these presents that I, Grace Porter, widdow, of Watertown in the County of Middlesex in New England, inhabitant, being in perfect memory but under the afflicting hand of the ever gracious God, my Lord and maker, not knowing how soone it may be his good pleasure to call me out of this evil world; after solemn profession of unfayned willingness to resigne to his Soveraigne disposal and of an humble confidence and trust in his rich mercy and free grace in Jesus Christ for what concerns my everlasting estate in another world; I do for the ordering of what temporall estate I shall leave behind me, after my debts payd and funerall expenses discharged, make this my Last will and testament: giving and bequeathing as followeth Imprimis. I give to my Sonne John Sherman my dividend of upland. Item. I do give to my daughter Elisabeth Smith all my marsh being by estimation foure acres more or lesse to be to her and her sonn Daniel after her. Item. I do give to my said daughter Elisabeth all my wearing clothes and all my linnen and also my great kittle. Item. I doe give to my grand child Daniel Smith my cow that is with calf. Item. I doe give my other cow to my grand child John Sherman. Item. I doe give to my grand child Martha Sherman my warming pan. Item. I doe give to my grand children Mary Sherman and Sarah Sherman to each of them two pewter dishes: and to Joseph Sherman five shillings. My will is, that the remainder of my estate be divided equally between my said son John Sherman and my said daughter Elisabeth Smith each of them to possesse and enjoy their part or half which by such division shall be set out for them. Whereas I am indebted to my daughter Elisabeth Smith, my mind is she should be satis fyed in the first place in such goods as shee shall choose. I doe also hereby declare, that for such things as I left with my said daughter Elisabeth (of the particulars of which, my son Sherman had a note) I had them againe, since, of her, soe that shee is not to be called for any account about them uppon that or any other note to that purpose. I do further hereby constitute and choose my brother John Cooledge and Lieutenant Richard Beers as executors of this my will intreating my cousin Joh: Sherman as overseer, to see my mind full filled, unto whome I give as followeth to my said Cousin Sherman the sume of fourty shillings: and twenty shillings apeice to each of my said executors brother Cooledge and Lieutenant Beers.
This is my Last will and Testament witness my hand and seal. Subscribed sealed and delivered in the presence of us ,
John Sherman
Mary Sherman
GRACE O PORTER her mark
(In the margin.) Lieut. Beers & Jno Cooledge appearing in Court 17 (27) 4, 1662, openly disclaimed their executorship of this will.
Mr. Jno Sherman & Jno Cooledge appearing in Court at Charlestown the 17th (4) 1662, attested on oath that they were present wn Grace Porter, deceased signed & published this her last will and testament & that she was of a disposing mind wn she so did being about a year now past.
Entered & Recorded in the Register of Wills lib. 2, page 41. 17 (4) 1662.
Inventory of Grace Porter ye relique of Roger Porter now deceased taken June 14th 1662.
On the inventory is a note about the division of Grace Porter's estate as follows:
"In case their brother in England shall legally obtain against the estate, that they joyently & equally do tender estate for satisfying the same that so neither side may be unequally represented by this award. This 8th of July 1662."
This "brother in England" was Richard Sherman, brother of Captain John Sherman (Reg. 51, p. 314). The witnesses to the will were the Reverend John Sherman and Mary his wife. Grace Porter in her will called Rev. John Sherman her cousin, that is her nephew, as the word was then often used, because he was the son of her sister Joan, wife of Edmund Sherman. Why she called John Cooledge her brother does not appear. Probably because of some connection by marriage. Children: 33 I. Captain John7 Sherman.
II. Richard7 Sherman, bap. at Great Horkesley, Essex, August 7, 1614 (Reg. 66, p. 323), living in England in 1662, when inventory of his mother's estate was taken.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 66
THE EARLY ENGLISH SHERMANS
By Thomas Town-sexu Sherman of New York City
In the Register (July 1897), vol. 51, page 309, is an article on the " Ancestry of Rev. John Sherman and Capt. John Sherman, by a Descendant of Capt. John Sherman," with a tabular Sherman pedigree. The author, who has since died, was Charles A. White, Esq., of New Haven, Conn., an experienced and reliable genealogist. His article was mainly based upon the then recently published Gleanings of Mr. Waters. Mr. White, in the Register for 1900 (vol. 54, pp. 62 and 152), published abstracts of many early English Sherman wills, and an interesting commentary thereon. Since these publications, I have been engaged, with the assistance of Messrs. J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson, in the examination of English records, and the preparation of a pedigree of the early Shermans which I hope to publish some day. In these investigations I have found, I think, the records of the baptisms of Capt. John Sherman and his brother Richard, and of the burial of John Sherman, their father, in the Parish Register of Great Horkesley, Essex, which place is about six miles west of Dedham, where so many of the Shermans lived and carried on the manufacture of woolen goods. I published in the Register for 1905 (vol. 59, p. 397) an abstract of the will of Thomas Sherman of Diss, Norfolk (formerly of Yaxley, Suffolk), proved in 1493, and also Sherman extracts from the Parish Registers of Yaxley, Diss, and other neighboring places. The following will is probably that of a member of the same family:
Will of John Sherman of Yaxley, dated 20 Aug. 1465. To be buried in Yaxley churchyard. To Margaret my wife 10s. yearly for life, and one acre of wheat and one of barley for a year. To the high altar (of Yaxley), for tithes forgotten, 12d. To Robert my son the tenement formerly Robert Sherman's, containing eight acres of land. To my godson Richard eight acres of land called Fyveacre and Ly Heme. To my wife Margaret a garden called Bukksyerde. A trental of St. Gregory to be said for my soul and the souls of my father and mother. A churchale to be held in Yaxley church. Executors: Robert Sherman my son, and his son William. AVitnesses: None. Proved 2 Oct. 1466, by the executors. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills. Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Bk. II, fo. 384 )
A trental is thirty successive daily requiem masses, and a churchale is a festival at which ale is used.
The garden called "Bukksyerde," that is Bukks Yard, mentioned in this will, was doubtless the same or part of the same property mentioned in the will of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, dated 20 Jan. 1551 (register, vol. 54, p. 153), as his messuages and closes called "Bukkys Lede," that is, Bukkys Tenement. The will of John Sherman of Yaxley, proved in 1504 (register, vol. 54, p. 152), mentions his son Thomas and his daughter Margery. The will of this son Thomas, proved in 1551 (register, vol. 54, p. 153), mentions his sister Lokwood. She was Margery Sherman who married Robert Lockwood of Eye in Suffolk, situated about two miles east of Yaxley, whose will is as follows:
Will of Robert Lockwood of Eye, dated 25 May 1558. To be buried in the Churchyard of Eye. To the restoration of the Church of Eye Gs. 8d. To the poor of Eye 10s. Towards the making of the organs 2s. To my daughter Marie, now wife of John Ward, £6 13s. 4d. on condition that her husband do make her a jointure of a piece of land according to agreement betwixt him and me. To daughter Ann, now wife of Anthony Barker, 40s. and household stuff. To Margerie my wife all my plate for the term of her life, and after her death Thomas Sherman the younger shall have my silver goblet, and Marie my daughter my silver spoons. To Marie Wolman, Margerie Tuck, and William Wolman, 20s. each. To my daughter Mary's sister, dwelling beyond Donkaster, 40s. My meadow purchased of Robert Byrce of Eye, and my barn, yard and garden purchased of Morres, shall be sold, and yf my nevie Thomas Sherman have them I will he pay for them but £17 6s. 8d. To Thomas Sherman one of my coffers of Waynskott. To Ann Chappell a chair. To Fraunces Sherman 6s. 8d., James Sherman 6s. 8d., and Anthony Sherman 6s. 8d. To Robert Chappel a dublet of ruffells, friend Mr. Robert Bate a coffer, Robert Chappell my bay mare with ye fole by her side, my wife Margerie my gray mare, and William Hearing a coffer. Residuary legatee and executrix, my wife Margerie. Witnesses: Thomas Sherman, Thomas Rvpps, Richard Thyrkettle, vicar. Proved 19 Jan. 1558/9. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills, 1558, fo. 461.)
Thomas Sherman, Fraunces Sherman, James Sherman, and Anthony Sherman, mentioned in this will, were sons of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, and nephews of Margery, the wife of Robert Lockwood. Thomas Sherman, the younger, was the son of Thomas Sherman, the nephew of Mrs. Lockwood. Robert Lockwood, the testator, was perhaps the son of Robert Lockwood whose will, undated, was proved 30 Apr. 1540. He mentioned his wife Isabell, his sons Francis, John, Robert, Edward, Thomas, Richard, and George, his mother Parbrad, and property called Andrews and Stobbyng. Executors: John Lockwood of Wethersett, and Isabell, the testator's wife. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills, 1537/41, fo. 206.)
The Parish Register of Great Horkesley, Essex, has the following entries:
Baptisms
1612 John Sherman 3 Sept.
1614 Richard Sherman 7 Aug.
Burial
1615/16 John Sherman 24 Jan.
These ore the baptisms of Capt. John Sherman and his brother Richard, and the burial of their father, John Sherman. In the DedVol. Lxvi. 21
Dedham Parish Register is the entry of the baptism, on 16 Nov. 1617, of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rogers. This is the half sister of Capt. John Sherman. Mr. White shows (registeb, vol. 51, p. 310) that John' Sherman (Henry,* Henry'), the father of Capt. John Sherman, married Grace Makin prior to 14 May 1610, the date of the will of her father Tobias Makin of Fingrinhoe, Essex (registeb, vol. 50. p. 286), who mentions Grace Sherman, his daughter; that she had two sons John and Richard Sherman; that prior to 2 Sept. 1625, the date of the will of her cousin Ann (Sherman) Anger (register, vol. 50, p. 402), Grace (Makin) Sherman had married Thomas Rogers; and that she had a daughter Elizabeth by Thomas Rogers. The Dedham Parish Register gives the baptism of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rogers, on 16 Nov. 1617. This shows that Grace (Makin) Sherman, whose first husband, John Sherman, was buried at Great Horkesley on 24 Jan. 1616, as shown above, must have married Thomas Rogers within about a year thereafter, and that they were probably living at or near Dedham when their daughter Elizabeth was baptized.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers came to Watertown, Mass., about 1630, with Capt. John Sherman and Elizabeth Rogers, who afterwards married Daniel Smith. Richard Sherman remained in England.
Many entries in the Dedham Parish Register are given by Mr. "Waters in the Register (vol. 50, p. 415). I have, however, recently had this parish register examined by Messrs. Lea and Hutchinson, and some of the entries therein found by them, and not mentioned by Mr. Waters, are given below. These show that the daughter of Henry Sherman of Colchester (will proved 1590, Register, vol. 50, p. 281), who married Nicholas Fynce or Fince, was named Alice, that she died in 1580, and was buried at Dedham on 20 Oct. 1580. William Petfield married another daughter of Henry Sherman.
Dedham Parish Register
Baptisms
1564, Dec. 5, Nicholas, son of Nicholas Fiuce.
1566, Nov. 15, Judeth, dau." ""
1567, Nov. 2, Susan, dau. of William Petfyld.
15G9, Meh. 6, Nicholas, son of Nicholas Fince.
1569, Dec. 5, Mathew, son of William Petfyld.
1572, Jan. 27, Anne, dau. of Nicholas Fynce.
1573, Mch. 23, Samuel, son of Nicholas and Alice Fynce.
1573, Nov. 1, Richard, son of William and Judeth Pettfyld.
1576, May 20, Elizabeth, dau. of William and Judeth Pettfyld.
1578, Apl. 27, Alee, dau. of Nicholas and Alee Fynce.
1583, Aug. 11, Deborah, dau. of William Pettfild.
1587, June 5, Judeth, dau. of William Aunger.
1587, July 4, Sarah, dau. of Edmund Sharman.
1587, July 25, Ezechiell, son of Henry Sharman.
1591, Feb. 17, Sarah, dau. of Edmund and Anne Sharman and Susan, dau. of Symond and Phebe Fenne together.
1592, Mch. 28, Mary, dau. of William Anger.
1592, Oct. 1, dau. of Simon Fenn.
1597, Aug. 28, Henry, son of Symon Fenne.
1598, Jan. 15, Susan, dau. of William Anger.
1599, Aug. 7, Symon, son of Symon Fenne.
1601, May 5, Edmund, son of William Anger.
1601, Nov. 30, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1601, Aug. 14, dau. of Simon Fenn.
1601, Nov. 80, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1603, Feby. 2, Clement, son of Simon Fenn.
1603, Mch. 15, Susan, dau. of Finch.
1603, Sept. 13, Susan, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1604, Feb. 14, Elizabeth, dau. of William Anger the elder. 1604, Oct. 26, Samuel, son of Simon and Phebe Fenn.
1606, Sept. 3, Simon and Pheby, children of Anthony Whiting.
1608, July 25, Gilbert, son of Gilbert Hills.
1612, Mch. 17, John, son of Anthony Whiting.
1612, Mch. 31, Edmund, son of John Ainger.
1612, Dec. 20, John, son of Gilbert Hillis.
1614, Jan. 4, John, son of Edmund Sherman.
1616, May 31, John, son of Goodman Pettfield.
1617, Nov. 5, dau. of John Angger.
1617, Nov. 16, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Rogers.
1618, April 12, Anne, dau. of Ezekiel Sherman.
1639, Jany. 6, Samuel, son of Robert and Martha Makin.
1642, Feby. 20, Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth Sherman.
1643, Apl. 2, Daniel, son of Robert and Martha Makin.
1643, June 23, Anne, dau. of Bezaleel and Anne Anger.
1646, June 7, Martha, dau. of Ezekiell and Martha Sherman.
1646, June 14, Martha, dau. of Richard and Martha Sherman.
1646, Oct. 18, Martha, dau. of Robert and Martha Makin.
1648, Feb. 13, Edward, son of Edward and Martha Sherman.
Burial*
1563, March 6, Elizabeth Fince, dau. of Nicholas.
1564, Dec. 15, Nicholas Fince, son of Nicholas. 1569, Mch. 25, Richard Hills.
1572, Apl. 2, Anne Fynce, dau. of Nicholas.
1572, July 27, William Pettfyld, son of William.
1573, Feby. 3, Nicholas Fynce, son of Nicholas.
1574, May 6, Matthew Pettfyld.
1578, Nov. 21, son of William Pettfyld..
1579, Feby. 4, child of Edmund and Anne Sherman born and buried.
1580, Oct. 20, Alice, wife of Nicholas Fince.
1581, Aug. 22, Man child of William Petfyld.
1583, May 27, Paul Cooper, servant to Henry Sherman.
1583, Aug. 22, Deborah, dau. of William Pettfyld.
1583, Nov. 27, Samuel, son of Nicholas Fince.
1586, Jany. 25, James Makyn.
1594, Feby. 28, Nicholas Finche.
1601, Apl. 9, Judith, wife of William Petfyld.
1602, Aug. 28, William, son of John Anger.
1610, Aug. 25, John, son of Anthony Whiting.
1610, Aug. 28, Henry Sharman, the elder.
1610, Sept. 13, Henry Sharman, his wife.
1612, Dec. 5, Sara, dau. of Samuel and Philip Sharman.
1641, May 21, Mary, wife of Thomas Makin.
1641, July 30, Robert, son of Thomas Makin.
1641, Sept. 30, Mary Hills, widow.
1643, Feb. 7, Henry Sherman.
1644, May 27, Daniel, son of Robert Makin.
1644, Sept. 4, Bezaleel, son of John Sherman.
1644, Oct. 30, Samuel Sherman.
1645, June 7, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Makin.
1646, Feby. 4, Thomas Makin.
1646, Aug. 23, Hester Sherman, widow.
1647, Jany. 3, Martha, dau. of Robert Makin.
1647, Nov. 3, Anne, dau. of Benjamin Sherman.
1647, Nov. 8, Elizabeth Hills.
1648, Feb. 3, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Reynolds.
1648, Aug. 23, Henry, son of Henry Sherman.
1649, July 1, John, son of Daniel Sherman.
1649, Dec. 1, Alice Makin, widow.
Marriages
1563, April 6, Edmund Willson and Marion Smyth.
1569, April 25, Edmund Sharman and Anne Pellat.
1581, June 5, Henry Sharman, widower and Maryan Willson, widow.
1591, July 6, William Anger, widower and Joyce Hedg, single woman.
1601, Jan. 26, Thomas Willson and Margaret Aldertun, widow.
1610, May 3, Richard Backler and Anna Sherman.
1647, Men. 25, Henry Fenne and Hester Sherman, both single and of this parish.
I have also many extracts from Manor Court Rolls, records of Proceedings in Chancery and other Courts, including Court of Star Chamber, Court of Augmentations, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Wards and Court of Kings Bench, and Dc Banco Plea Rolls, giving interesting facta about the Shermans brought out in their litigations amonjj themselves and with others.
The following extract from the De Banco Plea Rolls just obtained shows that the Shermans were at Yaxley before 1395, and that Henry Sherman, who died in or prior to that year, owned land there in which, in May 1395, Johan his widow claimed dower against Thomas Sherman, who may have been a son, and others (Roll 538: 182—Trinity, 18-19 Richard II. [May, 1395]):
Suffolk Roger Glendale and Johan his wife, by William Bathe their attorney, proffer themselves the Jfii day against John Wrenne of Yaxlee, John Dune, Thomas Sharman, Thomas Cokke and Thomas Attehowe of a plea of the third part of twelve acres of land with appurtenances in Yaxlee which they claim in dower, of the dowering of Henry Sharman, formerly her [i. e., Johan's] husband. The Sheriff is ordered to seize the aforesaid third part into the hands of the king.
John Sherman # 44819339 The first son of John Sherman and Grace Makin Sherman-Rogers-Porter
John Sherman
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
The wife of John Sherman, Grace Makin-Sherman-Rogers-Porter was never the wife of Edmund Sherman. She has been miss link to him by the manager of Edmund Sherman's page. This has resulted in the miss linking of four of the children of Edmund Sherman's and wife Joan Makin the sister of Grace. They being Hester Sherman Ward # 34939614, John Sherman # 27163004, Grace Sherman Livermore # 18168775 and Samuel Sherman # 125938088.
In his will of 14 June 1643, "Samuel Sherman of Dedham. This will does indeed speak of Edmund and his daughters Grace and Ester Ward and an unnamed younger daughter. I also speaks of the widow of the unnamed widow of Edmund and "HER" children. (natural or stepchildren) If natural that Edmunds wife was alive and came to the colonies even though she is not mentioned. (This would be Joan in my opinion) If not this, then Edmund must have taken a second wife.
Ann Anger's will of 2 September 1625 again speaks of Edmund and his daughters Ann and Jone. But again there is no mention of Edmunds wife or her name. There are mentions of Ravens, how ever Ann is very clear on the persons she mentions and is related too. There is no relationship indication for the Ravens.
Link to Ann Sherman Anger and the transcription of her will.
Ann Sherman Anger
Thus, the point being, there is not any point in using these wills as evidence that Edmund Sherman's wife was some one other than Grace Makin, because nether say anything about who his wife is.
24. JOHN5 SHERMAN (13. Henry,5 Henry,4 Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), bap. at Dedham, Aug. 17, 1585. (Reg. 50, p. 415.) m. before May 14, 1610, Grace Makin, sister of Joan Makin, wife of Edmund5 Sherman, of Connecticut, and daughter of Tobias Makin, of Fingringhoe, Essex, yeoman, whose will dated May 14, 1610, was proved Sept. 10, 1610. (Consistory Court of London, Book Hamer No. 7, leaves'4548.) By it he gives to his wife Katherine certain copyhold lands and buildings of the manor of Fingringhoe for her life upon condition that she shall bring up his children and pay to Grace Sherman, his daughter, £10, within six months after his death and pay to John Makin, the elder, his son, £10. within one year after his death. On his wife's death, the lands are to go to John Makin, the younger, testator's son, upon condition that he pay to each of testator's daughters Joan and Rebecca £5. within two years after his wife's death, and to "John Makin my eldest son" £20 within three years after said Katherine's death. Gives to his daughter Grace Sherman £10. to be paid to her by said John the younger out of said lands within five years after death of said Katherine and gives to his daughter Joan £10 to be paid to her by said John out of said lands within six years after death of said Katherine. If said John dies before entering on said lands, without issue, said lands shall remain to the use of "Thomas Makin, my youngest son" on condition that he pay said sums as above mentioned. If Thomas dies without issue before he enters said lands they shall remain to "Samuel my son" he then to make said payments. He gives to his wife Katherine his tenement called Pudney or Ownes and Moref or Moreve Marsh for life upon condition that she pay to "Grace my daughter" £10. within one year after his death and to "Joan my daughter" £�, within two years after his death and after the death of his wife he gives to "Westbroome Makin my son" said last mentioned lands upon condition that he pay to Thomas £30 in three years after Westbroome's entry into said lands. If Westbroome dies without issue before he gets possession of said lands, they shall remain to "Robert Makin my son" upon condition that he pay to Thomas said ^30. If Robert dies without issue before getting said lands they shall remain to Thomas. He gives to his wife for life land called Lockers in Fingringhoe and after her death to Robert and if he dies without issue before getting possession the said land to remain to Thomas. To Rebecca £10 more to be paid at 21 years by whomsoever shall possess said lands. To Katherine his wife land in the Parish of Fingringhoe called Borkines Brooke sometimes Clement Ferriess, for life and after her death to "Tobias my son" for eight years next following and after to Samuel and for default of issue of Samuel to remain to John the younger. To "John Makin my eldest son" £10 to be paid in two years after testator's death. If John dies before any of his legacies ought to be paid, then said legacies shall be equally divided among "my three daughters natural" or so many of them as shall be living. To Rebecca £10 at 21. To "Elizabeth Potter my grandchild" £5. to be paid at 21. To Richard Sherman the son of Edmund Sherman, 15 shillings to be paid to him at 21. Bequests to poor of Fingringhoe 20 shillings; to Richard Weald the son of Richard Weald of Kyrbie "my kinsman" £5 at 21; to Thomas Weald, son of Thomas Weald deceased, 6 shillings 8 pence; to John Weald, son of John Weald the younger, 6 shillings 8 pence to be paid at 21; to Mary Payne a bullock; to Bridget Bury a lamb. Residue of goods and chattels to wife to pay debts, and fulfill this will, keep buildings and sea walls in repair and pay funeral expenses. Katherine his wife sole Executrix. Thomas Whiting Supervisor. Witnesses; Gilbert Longe Thomas Whiteing "John Swannes marke" signed "Tobias Makin". (Reg. 50, p. 286.) John5 Sherman was buried at Great Horkesley, Essex, Jan. 24, 1616 (Reg. 66, p. 323.) Grace Sherman, after the death of her husband, m. Thomas Rogers. They soon after lived at Dedham, apparently, as their daughter Elizabeth (who m. Daniel Smith) was bap. there Nov. 16, 1617 (Reg. 66, p. 325). Ann (Sherman) Anger, widow of John Anger, of Dedham, clothier, and a daughter of Edmund5 Sherman (the uncle of said John5 Sherman) in her will dated Sept. 2, 1625, proved at Colchester, Dec. 16, 1625 (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts. File for 1625-1626 No. 177), makes a bequest as follows: "I give to the two children of the wife of Thomas Rogers, John Sherman and Richard Sherman, my kinsmen, twenty shillings apiece, at their ages of one and twenty." (Supra.) Grace Rogers and her husband Thomas Rogers and her son John Sherman and her daughter Elizabeth Rogers came to Watertown, Mass., about 1636. Thomas Rogers was made freeman there May 17, 1637 (Col. Rec. Mass., Vol. I, p. 373), and was buried there Nov. 12, 1638, aged 50. (Watertown Town Records 1st Book p. 6.) Grace (Sherman) Rogers m. Roger Porter for her third husband. He was admitted freeman at Watertown, May 22, 1637 (Col. Rec. Mass., Vol. I, p. 376), and died there Apr. 3, 1654, aged about 71. (Watertown Town Records 1st Book p. 35.) Elizabeth Rogers m. Daniel Smith, and had a son Daniel. Grace Porter, widow, died June 3, 1662, "aged about 70" years (id. p. 48). Her will, not dated, but made in 1661, was proved at Watertown, June 17, 1662. It is as follows:
"Know all men by these presents that I, Grace Porter, widdow, of Watertown in the County of Middlesex in New England, inhabitant, being in perfect memory but under the afflicting hand of the ever gracious God, my Lord and maker, not knowing how soone it may be his good pleasure to call me out of this evil world; after solemn profession of unfayned willingness to resigne to his Soveraigne disposal and of an humble confidence and trust in his rich mercy and free grace in Jesus Christ for what concerns my everlasting estate in another world; I do for the ordering of what temporall estate I shall leave behind me, after my debts payd and funerall expenses discharged, make this my Last will and testament: giving and bequeathing as followeth Imprimis. I give to my Sonne John Sherman my dividend of upland. Item. I do give to my daughter Elisabeth Smith all my marsh being by estimation foure acres more or lesse to be to her and her sonn Daniel after her. Item. I do give to my said daughter Elisabeth all my wearing clothes and all my linnen and also my great kittle. Item. I doe give to my grand child Daniel Smith my cow that is with calf. Item. I doe give my other cow to my grand child John Sherman. Item. I doe give to my grand child Martha Sherman my warming pan. Item. I doe give to my grand children Mary Sherman and Sarah Sherman to each of them two pewter dishes: and to Joseph Sherman five shillings. My will is, that the remainder of my estate be divided equally between my said son John Sherman and my said daughter Elisabeth Smith each of them to possesse and enjoy their part or half which by such division shall be set out for them. Whereas I am indebted to my daughter Elisabeth Smith, my mind is she should be satis fyed in the first place in such goods as shee shall choose. I doe also hereby declare, that for such things as I left with my said daughter Elisabeth (of the particulars of which, my son Sherman had a note) I had them againe, since, of her, soe that shee is not to be called for any account about them uppon that or any other note to that purpose. I do further hereby constitute and choose my brother John Cooledge and Lieutenant Richard Beers as executors of this my will intreating my cousin Joh: Sherman as overseer, to see my mind full filled, unto whome I give as followeth to my said Cousin Sherman the sume of fourty shillings: and twenty shillings apeice to each of my said executors brother Cooledge and Lieutenant Beers.
This is my Last will and Testament witness my hand and seal. Subscribed sealed and delivered in the presence of us ,
John Sherman
Mary Sherman
GRACE O PORTER her mark
(In the margin.) Lieut. Beers & Jno Cooledge appearing in Court 17 (27) 4, 1662, openly disclaimed their executorship of this will.
Mr. Jno Sherman & Jno Cooledge appearing in Court at Charlestown the 17th (4) 1662, attested on oath that they were present wn Grace Porter, deceased signed & published this her last will and testament & that she was of a disposing mind wn she so did being about a year now past.
Entered & Recorded in the Register of Wills lib. 2, page 41. 17 (4) 1662.
Inventory of Grace Porter ye relique of Roger Porter now deceased taken June 14th 1662.
On the inventory is a note about the division of Grace Porter's estate as follows:
"In case their brother in England shall legally obtain against the estate, that they joyently & equally do tender estate for satisfying the same that so neither side may be unequally represented by this award. This 8th of July 1662."
This "brother in England" was Richard Sherman, brother of Captain John Sherman (Reg. 51, p. 314). The witnesses to the will were the Reverend John Sherman and Mary his wife. Grace Porter in her will called Rev. John Sherman her cousin, that is her nephew, as the word was then often used, because he was the son of her sister Joan, wife of Edmund Sherman. Why she called John Cooledge her brother does not appear. Probably because of some connection by marriage. Children: 33 I. Captain John7 Sherman.
II. Richard7 Sherman, bap. at Great Horkesley, Essex, August 7, 1614 (Reg. 66, p. 323), living in England in 1662, when inventory of his mother's estate was taken.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 66
THE EARLY ENGLISH SHERMANS
By Thomas Town-sexu Sherman of New York City
In the Register (July 1897), vol. 51, page 309, is an article on the " Ancestry of Rev. John Sherman and Capt. John Sherman, by a Descendant of Capt. John Sherman," with a tabular Sherman pedigree. The author, who has since died, was Charles A. White, Esq., of New Haven, Conn., an experienced and reliable genealogist. His article was mainly based upon the then recently published Gleanings of Mr. Waters. Mr. White, in the Register for 1900 (vol. 54, pp. 62 and 152), published abstracts of many early English Sherman wills, and an interesting commentary thereon. Since these publications, I have been engaged, with the assistance of Messrs. J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson, in the examination of English records, and the preparation of a pedigree of the early Shermans which I hope to publish some day. In these investigations I have found, I think, the records of the baptisms of Capt. John Sherman and his brother Richard, and of the burial of John Sherman, their father, in the Parish Register of Great Horkesley, Essex, which place is about six miles west of Dedham, where so many of the Shermans lived and carried on the manufacture of woolen goods. I published in the Register for 1905 (vol. 59, p. 397) an abstract of the will of Thomas Sherman of Diss, Norfolk (formerly of Yaxley, Suffolk), proved in 1493, and also Sherman extracts from the Parish Registers of Yaxley, Diss, and other neighboring places. The following will is probably that of a member of the same family:
Will of John Sherman of Yaxley, dated 20 Aug. 1465. To be buried in Yaxley churchyard. To Margaret my wife 10s. yearly for life, and one acre of wheat and one of barley for a year. To the high altar (of Yaxley), for tithes forgotten, 12d. To Robert my son the tenement formerly Robert Sherman's, containing eight acres of land. To my godson Richard eight acres of land called Fyveacre and Ly Heme. To my wife Margaret a garden called Bukksyerde. A trental of St. Gregory to be said for my soul and the souls of my father and mother. A churchale to be held in Yaxley church. Executors: Robert Sherman my son, and his son William. AVitnesses: None. Proved 2 Oct. 1466, by the executors. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills. Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Bk. II, fo. 384 )
A trental is thirty successive daily requiem masses, and a churchale is a festival at which ale is used.
The garden called "Bukksyerde," that is Bukks Yard, mentioned in this will, was doubtless the same or part of the same property mentioned in the will of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, dated 20 Jan. 1551 (register, vol. 54, p. 153), as his messuages and closes called "Bukkys Lede," that is, Bukkys Tenement. The will of John Sherman of Yaxley, proved in 1504 (register, vol. 54, p. 152), mentions his son Thomas and his daughter Margery. The will of this son Thomas, proved in 1551 (register, vol. 54, p. 153), mentions his sister Lokwood. She was Margery Sherman who married Robert Lockwood of Eye in Suffolk, situated about two miles east of Yaxley, whose will is as follows:
Will of Robert Lockwood of Eye, dated 25 May 1558. To be buried in the Churchyard of Eye. To the restoration of the Church of Eye Gs. 8d. To the poor of Eye 10s. Towards the making of the organs 2s. To my daughter Marie, now wife of John Ward, £6 13s. 4d. on condition that her husband do make her a jointure of a piece of land according to agreement betwixt him and me. To daughter Ann, now wife of Anthony Barker, 40s. and household stuff. To Margerie my wife all my plate for the term of her life, and after her death Thomas Sherman the younger shall have my silver goblet, and Marie my daughter my silver spoons. To Marie Wolman, Margerie Tuck, and William Wolman, 20s. each. To my daughter Mary's sister, dwelling beyond Donkaster, 40s. My meadow purchased of Robert Byrce of Eye, and my barn, yard and garden purchased of Morres, shall be sold, and yf my nevie Thomas Sherman have them I will he pay for them but £17 6s. 8d. To Thomas Sherman one of my coffers of Waynskott. To Ann Chappell a chair. To Fraunces Sherman 6s. 8d., James Sherman 6s. 8d., and Anthony Sherman 6s. 8d. To Robert Chappel a dublet of ruffells, friend Mr. Robert Bate a coffer, Robert Chappell my bay mare with ye fole by her side, my wife Margerie my gray mare, and William Hearing a coffer. Residuary legatee and executrix, my wife Margerie. Witnesses: Thomas Sherman, Thomas Rvpps, Richard Thyrkettle, vicar. Proved 19 Jan. 1558/9. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills, 1558, fo. 461.)
Thomas Sherman, Fraunces Sherman, James Sherman, and Anthony Sherman, mentioned in this will, were sons of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, and nephews of Margery, the wife of Robert Lockwood. Thomas Sherman, the younger, was the son of Thomas Sherman, the nephew of Mrs. Lockwood. Robert Lockwood, the testator, was perhaps the son of Robert Lockwood whose will, undated, was proved 30 Apr. 1540. He mentioned his wife Isabell, his sons Francis, John, Robert, Edward, Thomas, Richard, and George, his mother Parbrad, and property called Andrews and Stobbyng. Executors: John Lockwood of Wethersett, and Isabell, the testator's wife. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills, 1537/41, fo. 206.)
The Parish Register of Great Horkesley, Essex, has the following entries:
Baptisms
1612 John Sherman 3 Sept.
1614 Richard Sherman 7 Aug.
Burial
1615/16 John Sherman 24 Jan.
These ore the baptisms of Capt. John Sherman and his brother Richard, and the burial of their father, John Sherman. In the DedVol. Lxvi. 21
Dedham Parish Register is the entry of the baptism, on 16 Nov. 1617, of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rogers. This is the half sister of Capt. John Sherman. Mr. White shows (registeb, vol. 51, p. 310) that John' Sherman (Henry,* Henry'), the father of Capt. John Sherman, married Grace Makin prior to 14 May 1610, the date of the will of her father Tobias Makin of Fingrinhoe, Essex (registeb, vol. 50. p. 286), who mentions Grace Sherman, his daughter; that she had two sons John and Richard Sherman; that prior to 2 Sept. 1625, the date of the will of her cousin Ann (Sherman) Anger (register, vol. 50, p. 402), Grace (Makin) Sherman had married Thomas Rogers; and that she had a daughter Elizabeth by Thomas Rogers. The Dedham Parish Register gives the baptism of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rogers, on 16 Nov. 1617. This shows that Grace (Makin) Sherman, whose first husband, John Sherman, was buried at Great Horkesley on 24 Jan. 1616, as shown above, must have married Thomas Rogers within about a year thereafter, and that they were probably living at or near Dedham when their daughter Elizabeth was baptized.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers came to Watertown, Mass., about 1630, with Capt. John Sherman and Elizabeth Rogers, who afterwards married Daniel Smith. Richard Sherman remained in England.
Many entries in the Dedham Parish Register are given by Mr. "Waters in the Register (vol. 50, p. 415). I have, however, recently had this parish register examined by Messrs. Lea and Hutchinson, and some of the entries therein found by them, and not mentioned by Mr. Waters, are given below. These show that the daughter of Henry Sherman of Colchester (will proved 1590, Register, vol. 50, p. 281), who married Nicholas Fynce or Fince, was named Alice, that she died in 1580, and was buried at Dedham on 20 Oct. 1580. William Petfield married another daughter of Henry Sherman.
Dedham Parish Register
Baptisms
1564, Dec. 5, Nicholas, son of Nicholas Fiuce.
1566, Nov. 15, Judeth, dau." ""
1567, Nov. 2, Susan, dau. of William Petfyld.
15G9, Meh. 6, Nicholas, son of Nicholas Fince.
1569, Dec. 5, Mathew, son of William Petfyld.
1572, Jan. 27, Anne, dau. of Nicholas Fynce.
1573, Mch. 23, Samuel, son of Nicholas and Alice Fynce.
1573, Nov. 1, Richard, son of William and Judeth Pettfyld.
1576, May 20, Elizabeth, dau. of William and Judeth Pettfyld.
1578, Apl. 27, Alee, dau. of Nicholas and Alee Fynce.
1583, Aug. 11, Deborah, dau. of William Pettfild.
1587, June 5, Judeth, dau. of William Aunger.
1587, July 4, Sarah, dau. of Edmund Sharman.
1587, July 25, Ezechiell, son of Henry Sharman.
1591, Feb. 17, Sarah, dau. of Edmund and Anne Sharman and Susan, dau. of Symond and Phebe Fenne together.
1592, Mch. 28, Mary, dau. of William Anger.
1592, Oct. 1, dau. of Simon Fenn.
1597, Aug. 28, Henry, son of Symon Fenne.
1598, Jan. 15, Susan, dau. of William Anger.
1599, Aug. 7, Symon, son of Symon Fenne.
1601, May 5, Edmund, son of William Anger.
1601, Nov. 30, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1601, Aug. 14, dau. of Simon Fenn.
1601, Nov. 80, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1603, Feby. 2, Clement, son of Simon Fenn.
1603, Mch. 15, Susan, dau. of Finch.
1603, Sept. 13, Susan, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1604, Feb. 14, Elizabeth, dau. of William Anger the elder. 1604, Oct. 26, Samuel, son of Simon and Phebe Fenn.
1606, Sept. 3, Simon and Pheby, children of Anthony Whiting.
1608, July 25, Gilbert, son of Gilbert Hills.
1612, Mch. 17, John, son of Anthony Whiting.
1612, Mch. 31, Edmund, son of John Ainger.
1612, Dec. 20, John, son of Gilbert Hillis.
1614, Jan. 4, John, son of Edmund Sherman.
1616, May 31, John, son of Goodman Pettfield.
1617, Nov. 5, dau. of John Angger.
1617, Nov. 16, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Rogers.
1618, April 12, Anne, dau. of Ezekiel Sherman.
1639, Jany. 6, Samuel, son of Robert and Martha Makin.
1642, Feby. 20, Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth Sherman.
1643, Apl. 2, Daniel, son of Robert and Martha Makin.
1643, June 23, Anne, dau. of Bezaleel and Anne Anger.
1646, June 7, Martha, dau. of Ezekiell and Martha Sherman.
1646, June 14, Martha, dau. of Richard and Martha Sherman.
1646, Oct. 18, Martha, dau. of Robert and Martha Makin.
1648, Feb. 13, Edward, son of Edward and Martha Sherman.
Burial*
1563, March 6, Elizabeth Fince, dau. of Nicholas.
1564, Dec. 15, Nicholas Fince, son of Nicholas. 1569, Mch. 25, Richard Hills.
1572, Apl. 2, Anne Fynce, dau. of Nicholas.
1572, July 27, William Pettfyld, son of William.
1573, Feby. 3, Nicholas Fynce, son of Nicholas.
1574, May 6, Matthew Pettfyld.
1578, Nov. 21, son of William Pettfyld..
1579, Feby. 4, child of Edmund and Anne Sherman born and buried.
1580, Oct. 20, Alice, wife of Nicholas Fince.
1581, Aug. 22, Man child of William Petfyld.
1583, May 27, Paul Cooper, servant to Henry Sherman.
1583, Aug. 22, Deborah, dau. of William Pettfyld.
1583, Nov. 27, Samuel, son of Nicholas Fince.
1586, Jany. 25, James Makyn.
1594, Feby. 28, Nicholas Finche.
1601, Apl. 9, Judith, wife of William Petfyld.
1602, Aug. 28, William, son of John Anger.
1610, Aug. 25, John, son of Anthony Whiting.
1610, Aug. 28, Henry Sharman, the elder.
1610, Sept. 13, Henry Sharman, his wife.
1612, Dec. 5, Sara, dau. of Samuel and Philip Sharman.
1641, May 21, Mary, wife of Thomas Makin.
1641, July 30, Robert, son of Thomas Makin.
1641, Sept. 30, Mary Hills, widow.
1643, Feb. 7, Henry Sherman.
1644, May 27, Daniel, son of Robert Makin.
1644, Sept. 4, Bezaleel, son of John Sherman.
1644, Oct. 30, Samuel Sherman.
1645, June 7, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Makin.
1646, Feby. 4, Thomas Makin.
1646, Aug. 23, Hester Sherman, widow.
1647, Jany. 3, Martha, dau. of Robert Makin.
1647, Nov. 3, Anne, dau. of Benjamin Sherman.
1647, Nov. 8, Elizabeth Hills.
1648, Feb. 3, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Reynolds.
1648, Aug. 23, Henry, son of Henry Sherman.
1649, July 1, John, son of Daniel Sherman.
1649, Dec. 1, Alice Makin, widow.
Marriages
1563, April 6, Edmund Willson and Marion Smyth.
1569, April 25, Edmund Sharman and Anne Pellat.
1581, June 5, Henry Sharman, widower and Maryan Willson, widow.
1591, July 6, William Anger, widower and Joyce Hedg, single woman.
1601, Jan. 26, Thomas Willson and Margaret Aldertun, widow.
1610, May 3, Richard Backler and Anna Sherman.
1647, Men. 25, Henry Fenne and Hester Sherman, both single and of this parish.
I have also many extracts from Manor Court Rolls, records of Proceedings in Chancery and other Courts, including Court of Star Chamber, Court of Augmentations, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Wards and Court of Kings Bench, and Dc Banco Plea Rolls, giving interesting facta about the Shermans brought out in their litigations amonjj themselves and with others.
The following extract from the De Banco Plea Rolls just obtained shows that the Shermans were at Yaxley before 1395, and that Henry Sherman, who died in or prior to that year, owned land there in which, in May 1395, Johan his widow claimed dower against Thomas Sherman, who may have been a son, and others (Roll 538: 182—Trinity, 18-19 Richard II. [May, 1395]):
Suffolk Roger Glendale and Johan his wife, by William Bathe their attorney, proffer themselves the Jfii day against John Wrenne of Yaxlee, John Dune, Thomas Sharman, Thomas Cokke and Thomas Attehowe of a plea of the third part of twelve acres of land with appurtenances in Yaxlee which they claim in dower, of the dowering of Henry Sharman, formerly her [i. e., Johan's] husband. The Sheriff is ordered to seize the aforesaid third part into the hands of the king.
John Sherman # 44819339 The first son of John Sherman and Grace Makin Sherman-Rogers-Porter
John Sherman
Source: Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England ...
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
The wife of John Sherman, Grace Makin-Sherman-Rogers-Porter was never the wife of Edmund Sherman. She has been miss link to him by the manager of Edmund Sherman's page. This has resulted in the miss linking of four of the children of Edmund Sherman's and wife Joan Makin the sister of Grace. They being Hester Sherman Ward # 34939614, John Sherman # 27163004, Grace Sherman Livermore # 18168775 and Samuel Sherman # 125938088.
In his will of 14 June 1643, "Samuel Sherman of Dedham. This will does indeed speak of Edmund and his daughters Grace and Ester Ward and an unnamed younger daughter. I also speaks of the widow of the unnamed widow of Edmund and "HER" children. (natural or stepchildren) If natural that Edmunds wife was alive and came to the colonies even though she is not mentioned. (This would be Joan in my opinion) If not this, then Edmund must have taken a second wife.
Ann Anger's will of 2 September 1625 again speaks of Edmund and his daughters Ann and Jone. But again there is no mention of Edmunds wife or her name. There are mentions of Ravens, how ever Ann is very clear on the persons she mentions and is related too. There is no relationship indication for the Ravens.
Link to Ann Sherman Anger and the transcription of her will.
Ann Sherman Anger
Thus, the point being, there is not any point in using these wills as evidence that Edmund Sherman's wife was some one other than Grace Makin, because nether say anything about who his wife is.
24. JOHN5 SHERMAN (13. Henry,5 Henry,4 Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), bap. at Dedham, Aug. 17, 1585. (Reg. 50, p. 415.) m. before May 14, 1610, Grace Makin, sister of Joan Makin, wife of Edmund5 Sherman, of Connecticut, and daughter of Tobias Makin, of Fingringhoe, Essex, yeoman, whose will dated May 14, 1610, was proved Sept. 10, 1610. (Consistory Court of London, Book Hamer No. 7, leaves'4548.) By it he gives to his wife Katherine certain copyhold lands and buildings of the manor of Fingringhoe for her life upon condition that she shall bring up his children and pay to Grace Sherman, his daughter, £10, within six months after his death and pay to John Makin, the elder, his son, £10. within one year after his death. On his wife's death, the lands are to go to John Makin, the younger, testator's son, upon condition that he pay to each of testator's daughters Joan and Rebecca £5. within two years after his wife's death, and to "John Makin my eldest son" £20 within three years after said Katherine's death. Gives to his daughter Grace Sherman £10. to be paid to her by said John the younger out of said lands within five years after death of said Katherine and gives to his daughter Joan £10 to be paid to her by said John out of said lands within six years after death of said Katherine. If said John dies before entering on said lands, without issue, said lands shall remain to the use of "Thomas Makin, my youngest son" on condition that he pay said sums as above mentioned. If Thomas dies without issue before he enters said lands they shall remain to "Samuel my son" he then to make said payments. He gives to his wife Katherine his tenement called Pudney or Ownes and Moref or Moreve Marsh for life upon condition that she pay to "Grace my daughter" £10. within one year after his death and to "Joan my daughter" £�, within two years after his death and after the death of his wife he gives to "Westbroome Makin my son" said last mentioned lands upon condition that he pay to Thomas £30 in three years after Westbroome's entry into said lands. If Westbroome dies without issue before he gets possession of said lands, they shall remain to "Robert Makin my son" upon condition that he pay to Thomas said ^30. If Robert dies without issue before getting said lands they shall remain to Thomas. He gives to his wife for life land called Lockers in Fingringhoe and after her death to Robert and if he dies without issue before getting possession the said land to remain to Thomas. To Rebecca £10 more to be paid at 21 years by whomsoever shall possess said lands. To Katherine his wife land in the Parish of Fingringhoe called Borkines Brooke sometimes Clement Ferriess, for life and after her death to "Tobias my son" for eight years next following and after to Samuel and for default of issue of Samuel to remain to John the younger. To "John Makin my eldest son" £10 to be paid in two years after testator's death. If John dies before any of his legacies ought to be paid, then said legacies shall be equally divided among "my three daughters natural" or so many of them as shall be living. To Rebecca £10 at 21. To "Elizabeth Potter my grandchild" £5. to be paid at 21. To Richard Sherman the son of Edmund Sherman, 15 shillings to be paid to him at 21. Bequests to poor of Fingringhoe 20 shillings; to Richard Weald the son of Richard Weald of Kyrbie "my kinsman" £5 at 21; to Thomas Weald, son of Thomas Weald deceased, 6 shillings 8 pence; to John Weald, son of John Weald the younger, 6 shillings 8 pence to be paid at 21; to Mary Payne a bullock; to Bridget Bury a lamb. Residue of goods and chattels to wife to pay debts, and fulfill this will, keep buildings and sea walls in repair and pay funeral expenses. Katherine his wife sole Executrix. Thomas Whiting Supervisor. Witnesses; Gilbert Longe Thomas Whiteing "John Swannes marke" signed "Tobias Makin". (Reg. 50, p. 286.) John5 Sherman was buried at Great Horkesley, Essex, Jan. 24, 1616 (Reg. 66, p. 323.) Grace Sherman, after the death of her husband, m. Thomas Rogers. They soon after lived at Dedham, apparently, as their daughter Elizabeth (who m. Daniel Smith) was bap. there Nov. 16, 1617 (Reg. 66, p. 325). Ann (Sherman) Anger, widow of John Anger, of Dedham, clothier, and a daughter of Edmund5 Sherman (the uncle of said John5 Sherman) in her will dated Sept. 2, 1625, proved at Colchester, Dec. 16, 1625 (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts. File for 1625-1626 No. 177), makes a bequest as follows: "I give to the two children of the wife of Thomas Rogers, John Sherman and Richard Sherman, my kinsmen, twenty shillings apiece, at their ages of one and twenty." (Supra.) Grace Rogers and her husband Thomas Rogers and her son John Sherman and her daughter Elizabeth Rogers came to Watertown, Mass., about 1636. Thomas Rogers was made freeman there May 17, 1637 (Col. Rec. Mass., Vol. I, p. 373), and was buried there Nov. 12, 1638, aged 50. (Watertown Town Records 1st Book p. 6.) Grace (Sherman) Rogers m. Roger Porter for her third husband. He was admitted freeman at Watertown, May 22, 1637 (Col. Rec. Mass., Vol. I, p. 376), and died there Apr. 3, 1654, aged about 71. (Watertown Town Records 1st Book p. 35.) Elizabeth Rogers m. Daniel Smith, and had a son Daniel. Grace Porter, widow, died June 3, 1662, "aged about 70" years (id. p. 48). Her will, not dated, but made in 1661, was proved at Watertown, June 17, 1662. It is as follows:
"Know all men by these presents that I, Grace Porter, widdow, of Watertown in the County of Middlesex in New England, inhabitant, being in perfect memory but under the afflicting hand of the ever gracious God, my Lord and maker, not knowing how soone it may be his good pleasure to call me out of this evil world; after solemn profession of unfayned willingness to resigne to his Soveraigne disposal and of an humble confidence and trust in his rich mercy and free grace in Jesus Christ for what concerns my everlasting estate in another world; I do for the ordering of what temporall estate I shall leave behind me, after my debts payd and funerall expenses discharged, make this my Last will and testament: giving and bequeathing as followeth Imprimis. I give to my Sonne John Sherman my dividend of upland. Item. I do give to my daughter Elisabeth Smith all my marsh being by estimation foure acres more or lesse to be to her and her sonn Daniel after her. Item. I do give to my said daughter Elisabeth all my wearing clothes and all my linnen and also my great kittle. Item. I doe give to my grand child Daniel Smith my cow that is with calf. Item. I doe give my other cow to my grand child John Sherman. Item. I doe give to my grand child Martha Sherman my warming pan. Item. I doe give to my grand children Mary Sherman and Sarah Sherman to each of them two pewter dishes: and to Joseph Sherman five shillings. My will is, that the remainder of my estate be divided equally between my said son John Sherman and my said daughter Elisabeth Smith each of them to possesse and enjoy their part or half which by such division shall be set out for them. Whereas I am indebted to my daughter Elisabeth Smith, my mind is she should be satis fyed in the first place in such goods as shee shall choose. I doe also hereby declare, that for such things as I left with my said daughter Elisabeth (of the particulars of which, my son Sherman had a note) I had them againe, since, of her, soe that shee is not to be called for any account about them uppon that or any other note to that purpose. I do further hereby constitute and choose my brother John Cooledge and Lieutenant Richard Beers as executors of this my will intreating my cousin Joh: Sherman as overseer, to see my mind full filled, unto whome I give as followeth to my said Cousin Sherman the sume of fourty shillings: and twenty shillings apeice to each of my said executors brother Cooledge and Lieutenant Beers.
This is my Last will and Testament witness my hand and seal. Subscribed sealed and delivered in the presence of us ,
John Sherman
Mary Sherman
GRACE O PORTER her mark
(In the margin.) Lieut. Beers & Jno Cooledge appearing in Court 17 (27) 4, 1662, openly disclaimed their executorship of this will.
Mr. Jno Sherman & Jno Cooledge appearing in Court at Charlestown the 17th (4) 1662, attested on oath that they were present wn Grace Porter, deceased signed & published this her last will and testament & that she was of a disposing mind wn she so did being about a year now past.
Entered & Recorded in the Register of Wills lib. 2, page 41. 17 (4) 1662.
Inventory of Grace Porter ye relique of Roger Porter now deceased taken June 14th 1662.
On the inventory is a note about the division of Grace Porter's estate as follows:
"In case their brother in England shall legally obtain against the estate, that they joyently & equally do tender estate for satisfying the same that so neither side may be unequally represented by this award. This 8th of July 1662."
This "brother in England" was Richard Sherman, brother of Captain John Sherman (Reg. 51, p. 314). The witnesses to the will were the Reverend John Sherman and Mary his wife. Grace Porter in her will called Rev. John Sherman her cousin, that is her nephew, as the word was then often used, because he was the son of her sister Joan, wife of Edmund Sherman. Why she called John Cooledge her brother does not appear. Probably because of some connection by marriage. Children: 33 I. Captain John7 Sherman.
II. Richard7 Sherman, bap. at Great Horkesley, Essex, August 7, 1614 (Reg. 66, p. 323), living in England in 1662, when inventory of his mother's estate was taken.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 66
THE EARLY ENGLISH SHERMANS
By Thomas Town-sexu Sherman of New York City
In the Register (July 1897), vol. 51, page 309, is an article on the " Ancestry of Rev. John Sherman and Capt. John Sherman, by a Descendant of Capt. John Sherman," with a tabular Sherman pedigree. The author, who has since died, was Charles A. White, Esq., of New Haven, Conn., an experienced and reliable genealogist. His article was mainly based upon the then recently published Gleanings of Mr. Waters. Mr. White, in the Register for 1900 (vol. 54, pp. 62 and 152), published abstracts of many early English Sherman wills, and an interesting commentary thereon. Since these publications, I have been engaged, with the assistance of Messrs. J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson, in the examination of English records, and the preparation of a pedigree of the early Shermans which I hope to publish some day. In these investigations I have found, I think, the records of the baptisms of Capt. John Sherman and his brother Richard, and of the burial of John Sherman, their father, in the Parish Register of Great Horkesley, Essex, which place is about six miles west of Dedham, where so many of the Shermans lived and carried on the manufacture of woolen goods. I published in the Register for 1905 (vol. 59, p. 397) an abstract of the will of Thomas Sherman of Diss, Norfolk (formerly of Yaxley, Suffolk), proved in 1493, and also Sherman extracts from the Parish Registers of Yaxley, Diss, and other neighboring places. The following will is probably that of a member of the same family:
Will of John Sherman of Yaxley, dated 20 Aug. 1465. To be buried in Yaxley churchyard. To Margaret my wife 10s. yearly for life, and one acre of wheat and one of barley for a year. To the high altar (of Yaxley), for tithes forgotten, 12d. To Robert my son the tenement formerly Robert Sherman's, containing eight acres of land. To my godson Richard eight acres of land called Fyveacre and Ly Heme. To my wife Margaret a garden called Bukksyerde. A trental of St. Gregory to be said for my soul and the souls of my father and mother. A churchale to be held in Yaxley church. Executors: Robert Sherman my son, and his son William. AVitnesses: None. Proved 2 Oct. 1466, by the executors. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills. Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Bk. II, fo. 384 )
A trental is thirty successive daily requiem masses, and a churchale is a festival at which ale is used.
The garden called "Bukksyerde," that is Bukks Yard, mentioned in this will, was doubtless the same or part of the same property mentioned in the will of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, dated 20 Jan. 1551 (register, vol. 54, p. 153), as his messuages and closes called "Bukkys Lede," that is, Bukkys Tenement. The will of John Sherman of Yaxley, proved in 1504 (register, vol. 54, p. 152), mentions his son Thomas and his daughter Margery. The will of this son Thomas, proved in 1551 (register, vol. 54, p. 153), mentions his sister Lokwood. She was Margery Sherman who married Robert Lockwood of Eye in Suffolk, situated about two miles east of Yaxley, whose will is as follows:
Will of Robert Lockwood of Eye, dated 25 May 1558. To be buried in the Churchyard of Eye. To the restoration of the Church of Eye Gs. 8d. To the poor of Eye 10s. Towards the making of the organs 2s. To my daughter Marie, now wife of John Ward, £6 13s. 4d. on condition that her husband do make her a jointure of a piece of land according to agreement betwixt him and me. To daughter Ann, now wife of Anthony Barker, 40s. and household stuff. To Margerie my wife all my plate for the term of her life, and after her death Thomas Sherman the younger shall have my silver goblet, and Marie my daughter my silver spoons. To Marie Wolman, Margerie Tuck, and William Wolman, 20s. each. To my daughter Mary's sister, dwelling beyond Donkaster, 40s. My meadow purchased of Robert Byrce of Eye, and my barn, yard and garden purchased of Morres, shall be sold, and yf my nevie Thomas Sherman have them I will he pay for them but £17 6s. 8d. To Thomas Sherman one of my coffers of Waynskott. To Ann Chappell a chair. To Fraunces Sherman 6s. 8d., James Sherman 6s. 8d., and Anthony Sherman 6s. 8d. To Robert Chappel a dublet of ruffells, friend Mr. Robert Bate a coffer, Robert Chappell my bay mare with ye fole by her side, my wife Margerie my gray mare, and William Hearing a coffer. Residuary legatee and executrix, my wife Margerie. Witnesses: Thomas Sherman, Thomas Rvpps, Richard Thyrkettle, vicar. Proved 19 Jan. 1558/9. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills, 1558, fo. 461.)
Thomas Sherman, Fraunces Sherman, James Sherman, and Anthony Sherman, mentioned in this will, were sons of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, and nephews of Margery, the wife of Robert Lockwood. Thomas Sherman, the younger, was the son of Thomas Sherman, the nephew of Mrs. Lockwood. Robert Lockwood, the testator, was perhaps the son of Robert Lockwood whose will, undated, was proved 30 Apr. 1540. He mentioned his wife Isabell, his sons Francis, John, Robert, Edward, Thomas, Richard, and George, his mother Parbrad, and property called Andrews and Stobbyng. Executors: John Lockwood of Wethersett, and Isabell, the testator's wife. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills, 1537/41, fo. 206.)
The Parish Register of Great Horkesley, Essex, has the following entries:
Baptisms
1612 John Sherman 3 Sept.
1614 Richard Sherman 7 Aug.
Burial
1615/16 John Sherman 24 Jan.
These ore the baptisms of Capt. John Sherman and his brother Richard, and the burial of their father, John Sherman. In the DedVol. Lxvi. 21
Dedham Parish Register is the entry of the baptism, on 16 Nov. 1617, of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rogers. This is the half sister of Capt. John Sherman. Mr. White shows (registeb, vol. 51, p. 310) that John' Sherman (Henry,* Henry'), the father of Capt. John Sherman, married Grace Makin prior to 14 May 1610, the date of the will of her father Tobias Makin of Fingrinhoe, Essex (registeb, vol. 50. p. 286), who mentions Grace Sherman, his daughter; that she had two sons John and Richard Sherman; that prior to 2 Sept. 1625, the date of the will of her cousin Ann (Sherman) Anger (register, vol. 50, p. 402), Grace (Makin) Sherman had married Thomas Rogers; and that she had a daughter Elizabeth by Thomas Rogers. The Dedham Parish Register gives the baptism of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rogers, on 16 Nov. 1617. This shows that Grace (Makin) Sherman, whose first husband, John Sherman, was buried at Great Horkesley on 24 Jan. 1616, as shown above, must have married Thomas Rogers within about a year thereafter, and that they were probably living at or near Dedham when their daughter Elizabeth was baptized.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers came to Watertown, Mass., about 1630, with Capt. John Sherman and Elizabeth Rogers, who afterwards married Daniel Smith. Richard Sherman remained in England.
Many entries in the Dedham Parish Register are given by Mr. "Waters in the Register (vol. 50, p. 415). I have, however, recently had this parish register examined by Messrs. Lea and Hutchinson, and some of the entries therein found by them, and not mentioned by Mr. Waters, are given below. These show that the daughter of Henry Sherman of Colchester (will proved 1590, Register, vol. 50, p. 281), who married Nicholas Fynce or Fince, was named Alice, that she died in 1580, and was buried at Dedham on 20 Oct. 1580. William Petfield married another daughter of Henry Sherman.
Dedham Parish Register
Baptisms
1564, Dec. 5, Nicholas, son of Nicholas Fiuce.
1566, Nov. 15, Judeth, dau." ""
1567, Nov. 2, Susan, dau. of William Petfyld.
15G9, Meh. 6, Nicholas, son of Nicholas Fince.
1569, Dec. 5, Mathew, son of William Petfyld.
1572, Jan. 27, Anne, dau. of Nicholas Fynce.
1573, Mch. 23, Samuel, son of Nicholas and Alice Fynce.
1573, Nov. 1, Richard, son of William and Judeth Pettfyld.
1576, May 20, Elizabeth, dau. of William and Judeth Pettfyld.
1578, Apl. 27, Alee, dau. of Nicholas and Alee Fynce.
1583, Aug. 11, Deborah, dau. of William Pettfild.
1587, June 5, Judeth, dau. of William Aunger.
1587, July 4, Sarah, dau. of Edmund Sharman.
1587, July 25, Ezechiell, son of Henry Sharman.
1591, Feb. 17, Sarah, dau. of Edmund and Anne Sharman and Susan, dau. of Symond and Phebe Fenne together.
1592, Mch. 28, Mary, dau. of William Anger.
1592, Oct. 1, dau. of Simon Fenn.
1597, Aug. 28, Henry, son of Symon Fenne.
1598, Jan. 15, Susan, dau. of William Anger.
1599, Aug. 7, Symon, son of Symon Fenne.
1601, May 5, Edmund, son of William Anger.
1601, Nov. 30, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1601, Aug. 14, dau. of Simon Fenn.
1601, Nov. 80, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1603, Feby. 2, Clement, son of Simon Fenn.
1603, Mch. 15, Susan, dau. of Finch.
1603, Sept. 13, Susan, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1604, Feb. 14, Elizabeth, dau. of William Anger the elder. 1604, Oct. 26, Samuel, son of Simon and Phebe Fenn.
1606, Sept. 3, Simon and Pheby, children of Anthony Whiting.
1608, July 25, Gilbert, son of Gilbert Hills.
1612, Mch. 17, John, son of Anthony Whiting.
1612, Mch. 31, Edmund, son of John Ainger.
1612, Dec. 20, John, son of Gilbert Hillis.
1614, Jan. 4, John, son of Edmund Sherman.
1616, May 31, John, son of Goodman Pettfield.
1617, Nov. 5, dau. of John Angger.
1617, Nov. 16, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Rogers.
1618, April 12, Anne, dau. of Ezekiel Sherman.
1639, Jany. 6, Samuel, son of Robert and Martha Makin.
1642, Feby. 20, Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth Sherman.
1643, Apl. 2, Daniel, son of Robert and Martha Makin.
1643, June 23, Anne, dau. of Bezaleel and Anne Anger.
1646, June 7, Martha, dau. of Ezekiell and Martha Sherman.
1646, June 14, Martha, dau. of Richard and Martha Sherman.
1646, Oct. 18, Martha, dau. of Robert and Martha Makin.
1648, Feb. 13, Edward, son of Edward and Martha Sherman.
Burial*
1563, March 6, Elizabeth Fince, dau. of Nicholas.
1564, Dec. 15, Nicholas Fince, son of Nicholas. 1569, Mch. 25, Richard Hills.
1572, Apl. 2, Anne Fynce, dau. of Nicholas.
1572, July 27, William Pettfyld, son of William.
1573, Feby. 3, Nicholas Fynce, son of Nicholas.
1574, May 6, Matthew Pettfyld.
1578, Nov. 21, son of William Pettfyld..
1579, Feby. 4, child of Edmund and Anne Sherman born and buried.
1580, Oct. 20, Alice, wife of Nicholas Fince.
1581, Aug. 22, Man child of William Petfyld.
1583, May 27, Paul Cooper, servant to Henry Sherman.
1583, Aug. 22, Deborah, dau. of William Pettfyld.
1583, Nov. 27, Samuel, son of Nicholas Fince.
1586, Jany. 25, James Makyn.
1594, Feby. 28, Nicholas Finche.
1601, Apl. 9, Judith, wife of William Petfyld.
1602, Aug. 28, William, son of John Anger.
1610, Aug. 25, John, son of Anthony Whiting.
1610, Aug. 28, Henry Sharman, the elder.
1610, Sept. 13, Henry Sharman, his wife.
1612, Dec. 5, Sara, dau. of Samuel and Philip Sharman.
1641, May 21, Mary, wife of Thomas Makin.
1641, July 30, Robert, son of Thomas Makin.
1641, Sept. 30, Mary Hills, widow.
1643, Feb. 7, Henry Sherman.
1644, May 27, Daniel, son of Robert Makin.
1644, Sept. 4, Bezaleel, son of John Sherman.
1644, Oct. 30, Samuel Sherman.
1645, June 7, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Makin.
1646, Feby. 4, Thomas Makin.
1646, Aug. 23, Hester Sherman, widow.
1647, Jany. 3, Martha, dau. of Robert Makin.
1647, Nov. 3, Anne, dau. of Benjamin Sherman.
1647, Nov. 8, Elizabeth Hills.
1648, Feb. 3, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Reynolds.
1648, Aug. 23, Henry, son of Henry Sherman.
1649, July 1, John, son of Daniel Sherman.
1649, Dec. 1, Alice Makin, widow.
Marriages
1563, April 6, Edmund Willson and Marion Smyth.
1569, April 25, Edmund Sharman and Anne Pellat.
1581, June 5, Henry Sharman, widower and Maryan Willson, widow.
1591, July 6, William Anger, widower and Joyce Hedg, single woman.
1601, Jan. 26, Thomas Willson and Margaret Aldertun, widow.
1610, May 3, Richard Backler and Anna Sherman.
1647, Men. 25, Henry Fenne and Hester Sherman, both single and of this parish.
I have also many extracts from Manor Court Rolls, records of Proceedings in Chancery and other Courts, including Court of Star Chamber, Court of Augmentations, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Wards and Court of Kings Bench, and Dc Banco Plea Rolls, giving interesting facta about the Shermans brought out in their litigations amonjj themselves and with others.
The following extract from the De Banco Plea Rolls just obtained shows that the Shermans were at Yaxley before 1395, and that Henry Sherman, who died in or prior to that year, owned land there in which, in May 1395, Johan his widow claimed dower against Thomas Sherman, who may have been a son, and others (Roll 538: 182—Trinity, 18-19 Richard II. [May, 1395]):
Suffolk Roger Glendale and Johan his wife, by William Bathe their attorney, proffer themselves the Jfii day against John Wrenne of Yaxlee, John Dune, Thomas Sharman, Thomas Cokke and Thomas Attehowe of a plea of the third part of twelve acres of land with appurtenances in Yaxlee which they claim in dower, of the dowering of Henry Sharman, formerly her [i. e., Johan's] husband. The Sheriff is ordered to seize the aforesaid third part into the hands of the king.
John Sherman # 44819339 The first son of John Sherman and Grace Makin Sherman-Rogers-Porter
John Sherman
By Thomas Townsend Sherman
The wife of John Sherman, Grace Makin-Sherman-Rogers-Porter was never the wife of Edmund Sherman. She has been miss link to him by the manager of Edmund Sherman's page. This has resulted in the miss linking of four of the children of Edmund Sherman's and wife Joan Makin the sister of Grace. They being Hester Sherman Ward # 34939614, John Sherman # 27163004, Grace Sherman Livermore # 18168775 and Samuel Sherman # 125938088.
In his will of 14 June 1643, "Samuel Sherman of Dedham. This will does indeed speak of Edmund and his daughters Grace and Ester Ward and an unnamed younger daughter. I also speaks of the widow of the unnamed widow of Edmund and "HER" children. (natural or stepchildren) If natural that Edmunds wife was alive and came to the colonies even though she is not mentioned. (This would be Joan in my opinion) If not this, then Edmund must have taken a second wife.
Ann Anger's will of 2 September 1625 again speaks of Edmund and his daughters Ann and Jone. But again there is no mention of Edmunds wife or her name. There are mentions of Ravens, how ever Ann is very clear on the persons she mentions and is related too. There is no relationship indication for the Ravens.
Link to Ann Sherman Anger and the transcription of her will.
Ann Sherman Anger
Thus, the point being, there is not any point in using these wills as evidence that Edmund Sherman's wife was some one other than Grace Makin, because nether say anything about who his wife is.
24. JOHN5 SHERMAN (13. Henry,5 Henry,4 Thomas,5 John,2 Thomas1), bap. at Dedham, Aug. 17, 1585. (Reg. 50, p. 415.) m. before May 14, 1610, Grace Makin, sister of Joan Makin, wife of Edmund5 Sherman, of Connecticut, and daughter of Tobias Makin, of Fingringhoe, Essex, yeoman, whose will dated May 14, 1610, was proved Sept. 10, 1610. (Consistory Court of London, Book Hamer No. 7, leaves'4548.) By it he gives to his wife Katherine certain copyhold lands and buildings of the manor of Fingringhoe for her life upon condition that she shall bring up his children and pay to Grace Sherman, his daughter, £10, within six months after his death and pay to John Makin, the elder, his son, £10. within one year after his death. On his wife's death, the lands are to go to John Makin, the younger, testator's son, upon condition that he pay to each of testator's daughters Joan and Rebecca £5. within two years after his wife's death, and to "John Makin my eldest son" £20 within three years after said Katherine's death. Gives to his daughter Grace Sherman £10. to be paid to her by said John the younger out of said lands within five years after death of said Katherine and gives to his daughter Joan £10 to be paid to her by said John out of said lands within six years after death of said Katherine. If said John dies before entering on said lands, without issue, said lands shall remain to the use of "Thomas Makin, my youngest son" on condition that he pay said sums as above mentioned. If Thomas dies without issue before he enters said lands they shall remain to "Samuel my son" he then to make said payments. He gives to his wife Katherine his tenement called Pudney or Ownes and Moref or Moreve Marsh for life upon condition that she pay to "Grace my daughter" £10. within one year after his death and to "Joan my daughter" £�, within two years after his death and after the death of his wife he gives to "Westbroome Makin my son" said last mentioned lands upon condition that he pay to Thomas £30 in three years after Westbroome's entry into said lands. If Westbroome dies without issue before he gets possession of said lands, they shall remain to "Robert Makin my son" upon condition that he pay to Thomas said ^30. If Robert dies without issue before getting said lands they shall remain to Thomas. He gives to his wife for life land called Lockers in Fingringhoe and after her death to Robert and if he dies without issue before getting possession the said land to remain to Thomas. To Rebecca £10 more to be paid at 21 years by whomsoever shall possess said lands. To Katherine his wife land in the Parish of Fingringhoe called Borkines Brooke sometimes Clement Ferriess, for life and after her death to "Tobias my son" for eight years next following and after to Samuel and for default of issue of Samuel to remain to John the younger. To "John Makin my eldest son" £10 to be paid in two years after testator's death. If John dies before any of his legacies ought to be paid, then said legacies shall be equally divided among "my three daughters natural" or so many of them as shall be living. To Rebecca £10 at 21. To "Elizabeth Potter my grandchild" £5. to be paid at 21. To Richard Sherman the son of Edmund Sherman, 15 shillings to be paid to him at 21. Bequests to poor of Fingringhoe 20 shillings; to Richard Weald the son of Richard Weald of Kyrbie "my kinsman" £5 at 21; to Thomas Weald, son of Thomas Weald deceased, 6 shillings 8 pence; to John Weald, son of John Weald the younger, 6 shillings 8 pence to be paid at 21; to Mary Payne a bullock; to Bridget Bury a lamb. Residue of goods and chattels to wife to pay debts, and fulfill this will, keep buildings and sea walls in repair and pay funeral expenses. Katherine his wife sole Executrix. Thomas Whiting Supervisor. Witnesses; Gilbert Longe Thomas Whiteing "John Swannes marke" signed "Tobias Makin". (Reg. 50, p. 286.) John5 Sherman was buried at Great Horkesley, Essex, Jan. 24, 1616 (Reg. 66, p. 323.) Grace Sherman, after the death of her husband, m. Thomas Rogers. They soon after lived at Dedham, apparently, as their daughter Elizabeth (who m. Daniel Smith) was bap. there Nov. 16, 1617 (Reg. 66, p. 325). Ann (Sherman) Anger, widow of John Anger, of Dedham, clothier, and a daughter of Edmund5 Sherman (the uncle of said John5 Sherman) in her will dated Sept. 2, 1625, proved at Colchester, Dec. 16, 1625 (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts. File for 1625-1626 No. 177), makes a bequest as follows: "I give to the two children of the wife of Thomas Rogers, John Sherman and Richard Sherman, my kinsmen, twenty shillings apiece, at their ages of one and twenty." (Supra.) Grace Rogers and her husband Thomas Rogers and her son John Sherman and her daughter Elizabeth Rogers came to Watertown, Mass., about 1636. Thomas Rogers was made freeman there May 17, 1637 (Col. Rec. Mass., Vol. I, p. 373), and was buried there Nov. 12, 1638, aged 50. (Watertown Town Records 1st Book p. 6.) Grace (Sherman) Rogers m. Roger Porter for her third husband. He was admitted freeman at Watertown, May 22, 1637 (Col. Rec. Mass., Vol. I, p. 376), and died there Apr. 3, 1654, aged about 71. (Watertown Town Records 1st Book p. 35.) Elizabeth Rogers m. Daniel Smith, and had a son Daniel. Grace Porter, widow, died June 3, 1662, "aged about 70" years (id. p. 48). Her will, not dated, but made in 1661, was proved at Watertown, June 17, 1662. It is as follows:
"Know all men by these presents that I, Grace Porter, widdow, of Watertown in the County of Middlesex in New England, inhabitant, being in perfect memory but under the afflicting hand of the ever gracious God, my Lord and maker, not knowing how soone it may be his good pleasure to call me out of this evil world; after solemn profession of unfayned willingness to resigne to his Soveraigne disposal and of an humble confidence and trust in his rich mercy and free grace in Jesus Christ for what concerns my everlasting estate in another world; I do for the ordering of what temporall estate I shall leave behind me, after my debts payd and funerall expenses discharged, make this my Last will and testament: giving and bequeathing as followeth Imprimis. I give to my Sonne John Sherman my dividend of upland. Item. I do give to my daughter Elisabeth Smith all my marsh being by estimation foure acres more or lesse to be to her and her sonn Daniel after her. Item. I do give to my said daughter Elisabeth all my wearing clothes and all my linnen and also my great kittle. Item. I doe give to my grand child Daniel Smith my cow that is with calf. Item. I doe give my other cow to my grand child John Sherman. Item. I doe give to my grand child Martha Sherman my warming pan. Item. I doe give to my grand children Mary Sherman and Sarah Sherman to each of them two pewter dishes: and to Joseph Sherman five shillings. My will is, that the remainder of my estate be divided equally between my said son John Sherman and my said daughter Elisabeth Smith each of them to possesse and enjoy their part or half which by such division shall be set out for them. Whereas I am indebted to my daughter Elisabeth Smith, my mind is she should be satis fyed in the first place in such goods as shee shall choose. I doe also hereby declare, that for such things as I left with my said daughter Elisabeth (of the particulars of which, my son Sherman had a note) I had them againe, since, of her, soe that shee is not to be called for any account about them uppon that or any other note to that purpose. I do further hereby constitute and choose my brother John Cooledge and Lieutenant Richard Beers as executors of this my will intreating my cousin Joh: Sherman as overseer, to see my mind full filled, unto whome I give as followeth to my said Cousin Sherman the sume of fourty shillings: and twenty shillings apeice to each of my said executors brother Cooledge and Lieutenant Beers.
This is my Last will and Testament witness my hand and seal. Subscribed sealed and delivered in the presence of us ,
John Sherman
Mary Sherman
GRACE O PORTER her mark
(In the margin.) Lieut. Beers & Jno Cooledge appearing in Court 17 (27) 4, 1662, openly disclaimed their executorship of this will.
Mr. Jno Sherman & Jno Cooledge appearing in Court at Charlestown the 17th (4) 1662, attested on oath that they were present wn Grace Porter, deceased signed & published this her last will and testament & that she was of a disposing mind wn she so did being about a year now past.
Entered & Recorded in the Register of Wills lib. 2, page 41. 17 (4) 1662.
Inventory of Grace Porter ye relique of Roger Porter now deceased taken June 14th 1662.
On the inventory is a note about the division of Grace Porter's estate as follows:
"In case their brother in England shall legally obtain against the estate, that they joyently & equally do tender estate for satisfying the same that so neither side may be unequally represented by this award. This 8th of July 1662."
This "brother in England" was Richard Sherman, brother of Captain John Sherman (Reg. 51, p. 314). The witnesses to the will were the Reverend John Sherman and Mary his wife. Grace Porter in her will called Rev. John Sherman her cousin, that is her nephew, as the word was then often used, because he was the son of her sister Joan, wife of Edmund Sherman. Why she called John Cooledge her brother does not appear. Probably because of some connection by marriage. Children: 33 I. Captain John7 Sherman.
II. Richard7 Sherman, bap. at Great Horkesley, Essex, August 7, 1614 (Reg. 66, p. 323), living in England in 1662, when inventory of his mother's estate was taken.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 66
THE EARLY ENGLISH SHERMANS
By Thomas Town-sexu Sherman of New York City
In the Register (July 1897), vol. 51, page 309, is an article on the " Ancestry of Rev. John Sherman and Capt. John Sherman, by a Descendant of Capt. John Sherman," with a tabular Sherman pedigree. The author, who has since died, was Charles A. White, Esq., of New Haven, Conn., an experienced and reliable genealogist. His article was mainly based upon the then recently published Gleanings of Mr. Waters. Mr. White, in the Register for 1900 (vol. 54, pp. 62 and 152), published abstracts of many early English Sherman wills, and an interesting commentary thereon. Since these publications, I have been engaged, with the assistance of Messrs. J. Henry Lea and J. R. Hutchinson, in the examination of English records, and the preparation of a pedigree of the early Shermans which I hope to publish some day. In these investigations I have found, I think, the records of the baptisms of Capt. John Sherman and his brother Richard, and of the burial of John Sherman, their father, in the Parish Register of Great Horkesley, Essex, which place is about six miles west of Dedham, where so many of the Shermans lived and carried on the manufacture of woolen goods. I published in the Register for 1905 (vol. 59, p. 397) an abstract of the will of Thomas Sherman of Diss, Norfolk (formerly of Yaxley, Suffolk), proved in 1493, and also Sherman extracts from the Parish Registers of Yaxley, Diss, and other neighboring places. The following will is probably that of a member of the same family:
Will of John Sherman of Yaxley, dated 20 Aug. 1465. To be buried in Yaxley churchyard. To Margaret my wife 10s. yearly for life, and one acre of wheat and one of barley for a year. To the high altar (of Yaxley), for tithes forgotten, 12d. To Robert my son the tenement formerly Robert Sherman's, containing eight acres of land. To my godson Richard eight acres of land called Fyveacre and Ly Heme. To my wife Margaret a garden called Bukksyerde. A trental of St. Gregory to be said for my soul and the souls of my father and mother. A churchale to be held in Yaxley church. Executors: Robert Sherman my son, and his son William. AVitnesses: None. Proved 2 Oct. 1466, by the executors. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills. Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Bk. II, fo. 384 )
A trental is thirty successive daily requiem masses, and a churchale is a festival at which ale is used.
The garden called "Bukksyerde," that is Bukks Yard, mentioned in this will, was doubtless the same or part of the same property mentioned in the will of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, dated 20 Jan. 1551 (register, vol. 54, p. 153), as his messuages and closes called "Bukkys Lede," that is, Bukkys Tenement. The will of John Sherman of Yaxley, proved in 1504 (register, vol. 54, p. 152), mentions his son Thomas and his daughter Margery. The will of this son Thomas, proved in 1551 (register, vol. 54, p. 153), mentions his sister Lokwood. She was Margery Sherman who married Robert Lockwood of Eye in Suffolk, situated about two miles east of Yaxley, whose will is as follows:
Will of Robert Lockwood of Eye, dated 25 May 1558. To be buried in the Churchyard of Eye. To the restoration of the Church of Eye Gs. 8d. To the poor of Eye 10s. Towards the making of the organs 2s. To my daughter Marie, now wife of John Ward, £6 13s. 4d. on condition that her husband do make her a jointure of a piece of land according to agreement betwixt him and me. To daughter Ann, now wife of Anthony Barker, 40s. and household stuff. To Margerie my wife all my plate for the term of her life, and after her death Thomas Sherman the younger shall have my silver goblet, and Marie my daughter my silver spoons. To Marie Wolman, Margerie Tuck, and William Wolman, 20s. each. To my daughter Mary's sister, dwelling beyond Donkaster, 40s. My meadow purchased of Robert Byrce of Eye, and my barn, yard and garden purchased of Morres, shall be sold, and yf my nevie Thomas Sherman have them I will he pay for them but £17 6s. 8d. To Thomas Sherman one of my coffers of Waynskott. To Ann Chappell a chair. To Fraunces Sherman 6s. 8d., James Sherman 6s. 8d., and Anthony Sherman 6s. 8d. To Robert Chappel a dublet of ruffells, friend Mr. Robert Bate a coffer, Robert Chappell my bay mare with ye fole by her side, my wife Margerie my gray mare, and William Hearing a coffer. Residuary legatee and executrix, my wife Margerie. Witnesses: Thomas Sherman, Thomas Rvpps, Richard Thyrkettle, vicar. Proved 19 Jan. 1558/9. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills, 1558, fo. 461.)
Thomas Sherman, Fraunces Sherman, James Sherman, and Anthony Sherman, mentioned in this will, were sons of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, and nephews of Margery, the wife of Robert Lockwood. Thomas Sherman, the younger, was the son of Thomas Sherman, the nephew of Mrs. Lockwood. Robert Lockwood, the testator, was perhaps the son of Robert Lockwood whose will, undated, was proved 30 Apr. 1540. He mentioned his wife Isabell, his sons Francis, John, Robert, Edward, Thomas, Richard, and George, his mother Parbrad, and property called Andrews and Stobbyng. Executors: John Lockwood of Wethersett, and Isabell, the testator's wife. (Bury St. Edmunds Wills, 1537/41, fo. 206.)
The Parish Register of Great Horkesley, Essex, has the following entries:
Baptisms
1612 John Sherman 3 Sept.
1614 Richard Sherman 7 Aug.
Burial
1615/16 John Sherman 24 Jan.
These ore the baptisms of Capt. John Sherman and his brother Richard, and the burial of their father, John Sherman. In the DedVol. Lxvi. 21
Dedham Parish Register is the entry of the baptism, on 16 Nov. 1617, of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rogers. This is the half sister of Capt. John Sherman. Mr. White shows (registeb, vol. 51, p. 310) that John' Sherman (Henry,* Henry'), the father of Capt. John Sherman, married Grace Makin prior to 14 May 1610, the date of the will of her father Tobias Makin of Fingrinhoe, Essex (registeb, vol. 50. p. 286), who mentions Grace Sherman, his daughter; that she had two sons John and Richard Sherman; that prior to 2 Sept. 1625, the date of the will of her cousin Ann (Sherman) Anger (register, vol. 50, p. 402), Grace (Makin) Sherman had married Thomas Rogers; and that she had a daughter Elizabeth by Thomas Rogers. The Dedham Parish Register gives the baptism of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Rogers, on 16 Nov. 1617. This shows that Grace (Makin) Sherman, whose first husband, John Sherman, was buried at Great Horkesley on 24 Jan. 1616, as shown above, must have married Thomas Rogers within about a year thereafter, and that they were probably living at or near Dedham when their daughter Elizabeth was baptized.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers came to Watertown, Mass., about 1630, with Capt. John Sherman and Elizabeth Rogers, who afterwards married Daniel Smith. Richard Sherman remained in England.
Many entries in the Dedham Parish Register are given by Mr. "Waters in the Register (vol. 50, p. 415). I have, however, recently had this parish register examined by Messrs. Lea and Hutchinson, and some of the entries therein found by them, and not mentioned by Mr. Waters, are given below. These show that the daughter of Henry Sherman of Colchester (will proved 1590, Register, vol. 50, p. 281), who married Nicholas Fynce or Fince, was named Alice, that she died in 1580, and was buried at Dedham on 20 Oct. 1580. William Petfield married another daughter of Henry Sherman.
Dedham Parish Register
Baptisms
1564, Dec. 5, Nicholas, son of Nicholas Fiuce.
1566, Nov. 15, Judeth, dau." ""
1567, Nov. 2, Susan, dau. of William Petfyld.
15G9, Meh. 6, Nicholas, son of Nicholas Fince.
1569, Dec. 5, Mathew, son of William Petfyld.
1572, Jan. 27, Anne, dau. of Nicholas Fynce.
1573, Mch. 23, Samuel, son of Nicholas and Alice Fynce.
1573, Nov. 1, Richard, son of William and Judeth Pettfyld.
1576, May 20, Elizabeth, dau. of William and Judeth Pettfyld.
1578, Apl. 27, Alee, dau. of Nicholas and Alee Fynce.
1583, Aug. 11, Deborah, dau. of William Pettfild.
1587, June 5, Judeth, dau. of William Aunger.
1587, July 4, Sarah, dau. of Edmund Sharman.
1587, July 25, Ezechiell, son of Henry Sharman.
1591, Feb. 17, Sarah, dau. of Edmund and Anne Sharman and Susan, dau. of Symond and Phebe Fenne together.
1592, Mch. 28, Mary, dau. of William Anger.
1592, Oct. 1, dau. of Simon Fenn.
1597, Aug. 28, Henry, son of Symon Fenne.
1598, Jan. 15, Susan, dau. of William Anger.
1599, Aug. 7, Symon, son of Symon Fenne.
1601, May 5, Edmund, son of William Anger.
1601, Nov. 30, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1601, Aug. 14, dau. of Simon Fenn.
1601, Nov. 80, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1603, Feby. 2, Clement, son of Simon Fenn.
1603, Mch. 15, Susan, dau. of Finch.
1603, Sept. 13, Susan, dau. of Anthony Whiting.
1604, Feb. 14, Elizabeth, dau. of William Anger the elder. 1604, Oct. 26, Samuel, son of Simon and Phebe Fenn.
1606, Sept. 3, Simon and Pheby, children of Anthony Whiting.
1608, July 25, Gilbert, son of Gilbert Hills.
1612, Mch. 17, John, son of Anthony Whiting.
1612, Mch. 31, Edmund, son of John Ainger.
1612, Dec. 20, John, son of Gilbert Hillis.
1614, Jan. 4, John, son of Edmund Sherman.
1616, May 31, John, son of Goodman Pettfield.
1617, Nov. 5, dau. of John Angger.
1617, Nov. 16, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Rogers.
1618, April 12, Anne, dau. of Ezekiel Sherman.
1639, Jany. 6, Samuel, son of Robert and Martha Makin.
1642, Feby. 20, Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel and Elizabeth Sherman.
1643, Apl. 2, Daniel, son of Robert and Martha Makin.
1643, June 23, Anne, dau. of Bezaleel and Anne Anger.
1646, June 7, Martha, dau. of Ezekiell and Martha Sherman.
1646, June 14, Martha, dau. of Richard and Martha Sherman.
1646, Oct. 18, Martha, dau. of Robert and Martha Makin.
1648, Feb. 13, Edward, son of Edward and Martha Sherman.
Burial*
1563, March 6, Elizabeth Fince, dau. of Nicholas.
1564, Dec. 15, Nicholas Fince, son of Nicholas. 1569, Mch. 25, Richard Hills.
1572, Apl. 2, Anne Fynce, dau. of Nicholas.
1572, July 27, William Pettfyld, son of William.
1573, Feby. 3, Nicholas Fynce, son of Nicholas.
1574, May 6, Matthew Pettfyld.
1578, Nov. 21, son of William Pettfyld..
1579, Feby. 4, child of Edmund and Anne Sherman born and buried.
1580, Oct. 20, Alice, wife of Nicholas Fince.
1581, Aug. 22, Man child of William Petfyld.
1583, May 27, Paul Cooper, servant to Henry Sherman.
1583, Aug. 22, Deborah, dau. of William Pettfyld.
1583, Nov. 27, Samuel, son of Nicholas Fince.
1586, Jany. 25, James Makyn.
1594, Feby. 28, Nicholas Finche.
1601, Apl. 9, Judith, wife of William Petfyld.
1602, Aug. 28, William, son of John Anger.
1610, Aug. 25, John, son of Anthony Whiting.
1610, Aug. 28, Henry Sharman, the elder.
1610, Sept. 13, Henry Sharman, his wife.
1612, Dec. 5, Sara, dau. of Samuel and Philip Sharman.
1641, May 21, Mary, wife of Thomas Makin.
1641, July 30, Robert, son of Thomas Makin.
1641, Sept. 30, Mary Hills, widow.
1643, Feb. 7, Henry Sherman.
1644, May 27, Daniel, son of Robert Makin.
1644, Sept. 4, Bezaleel, son of John Sherman.
1644, Oct. 30, Samuel Sherman.
1645, June 7, Elizabeth, dau. of Robert Makin.
1646, Feby. 4, Thomas Makin.
1646, Aug. 23, Hester Sherman, widow.
1647, Jany. 3, Martha, dau. of Robert Makin.
1647, Nov. 3, Anne, dau. of Benjamin Sherman.
1647, Nov. 8, Elizabeth Hills.
1648, Feb. 3, Elizabeth, wife of Henry Reynolds.
1648, Aug. 23, Henry, son of Henry Sherman.
1649, July 1, John, son of Daniel Sherman.
1649, Dec. 1, Alice Makin, widow.
Marriages
1563, April 6, Edmund Willson and Marion Smyth.
1569, April 25, Edmund Sharman and Anne Pellat.
1581, June 5, Henry Sharman, widower and Maryan Willson, widow.
1591, July 6, William Anger, widower and Joyce Hedg, single woman.
1601, Jan. 26, Thomas Willson and Margaret Aldertun, widow.
1610, May 3, Richard Backler and Anna Sherman.
1647, Men. 25, Henry Fenne and Hester Sherman, both single and of this parish.
I have also many extracts from Manor Court Rolls, records of Proceedings in Chancery and other Courts, including Court of Star Chamber, Court of Augmentations, Court of Common Pleas, Court of Wards and Court of Kings Bench, and Dc Banco Plea Rolls, giving interesting facta about the Shermans brought out in their litigations amonjj themselves and with others.
The following extract from the De Banco Plea Rolls just obtained shows that the Shermans were at Yaxley before 1395, and that Henry Sherman, who died in or prior to that year, owned land there in which, in May 1395, Johan his widow claimed dower against Thomas Sherman, who may have been a son, and others (Roll 538: 182—Trinity, 18-19 Richard II. [May, 1395]):
Suffolk Roger Glendale and Johan his wife, by William Bathe their attorney, proffer themselves the Jfii day against John Wrenne of Yaxlee, John Dune, Thomas Sharman, Thomas Cokke and Thomas Attehowe of a plea of the third part of twelve acres of land with appurtenances in Yaxlee which they claim in dower, of the dowering of Henry Sharman, formerly her [i. e., Johan's] husband. The Sheriff is ordered to seize the aforesaid third part into the hands of the king.
John Sherman # 44819339 The first son of John Sherman and Grace Makin Sherman-Rogers-Porter
John Sherman
Family Members
Siblings
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Phebe Sherman
1570–1610
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Henry Sherman
1571–1643
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Samuel Sherman
1573–1616
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Anne Sherman Wilson
1575–1638
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Daniel Sherman
1577 – unknown
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Nathaniel Sherman
1580–1580
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Nathaniel Sherman
1582–1616
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Ezekiel Sherman
1587–1654
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Edmund Sherman
1589 – unknown
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Mary Sherman
1592 – unknown
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Elizabeth Sherman
1594 – unknown
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