Capt. John Sherman

Bef 1612 - 1691  (> 78 years)

• Name	John Sherman
  Prefix	Capt.
  Birth	Bef 3 Sep 1612  [1, 2, 3]
  Baptism	3 Sep 1612	Great Horkesley, Essex, England   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Jan 1691	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I14558	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	John Sherman,   b. Bef 17 Aug 1585   d. Bef 24 Jan 1616 (Age < 30 years)
  Mother	Grace Ravens,   b. Abt 1591, East Bergholt, Sussex, England d. 3 Jun 1662, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age ~ 71 years)
  Marriage	26 Sep 1611	Wattisfield, Suffolk, England   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F9073	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Palmer   d. 7 Feb 1701, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Marriage	Bef 1638  [1, 3]
  Children	1. Joseph Sherman,   b. 14 May 1650, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 20 Jan 1731, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 80 years)   2. Martha Sherman,   b. 21 Feb 1640, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. Aft 16 Dec 1687 (Age > 47 years)
  Family ID	F9071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Arrived in 1634, with his mother, on the Elizabeth out of Ipswich. He was a magistrate and soldier, and held many public offices.

  
  

• Sources

  [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S1998] Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: Some Descendants of the Immigrants, Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the Descendants of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman by Thomas Townsend Sherman. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1920. [S950] Michael Johnson Wood, "The Early Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166:245, October 2012; 167:35, January 2013; 167:149, April 2013; 167:213, July 2013; 167:275, October 2013; 168:16, January 2014. [S1999] Michael J. Wood, "The English Origins of Grace (Ravens) (Sherman) (Rogers) Porter and Mary (Ravens) Coolidge of Watertown, Mass.: New England Descendants of Ravens of Dedham, Essex." The American Genealogist 62:65, April 1987, and 62:161, July 1987. [S660] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939., date only.