William Sherman

William married Mehetabel Wellington on 13 Sep 1715 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mehetabel (daughter of Benjamin Wellington and Elizabeth Sweetman) was born on 26 Feb 1688 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; was christened on 4 Mar 1688. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"Sherman is especially notable in United States history for being the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Association, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. Robert Morris, who did not sign the Articles of Association, signed the other three." [Wikipedia]

1745-1752 Surveyor New Haven County
1752-1758 Surveyor Litchfield County
1754 February Admitted to the Bar of Litchfield County
1755-1759 Justice of the Peace Litchfield County
1755-1756 1758-1761 Deputy for New Milford to General Assembly
1759-1761 Justice of Quorum County Court for County
1759 Commissary of Supplies for Connecticut at Albany NY
1760-1772 In mercantile business in New Haven
1765-1776 Treasurer of Yale College
1764-1766 Deputy for New Haven to General Assembly
1765 May Justice of the Peace, New Haven County
1765 October Justice of the Quorum, New Haven County
1766-1789 Judge of Superior Court of Connecticut
1768 Received degree of Master of Arts from Yale College
1774-1781 and 1784 Delegate to Continental Congress
1774 Signed Articles of Association
1774 Signed Address to the King
1776 Signed Declaration of Independence
1777 Delegate to Currency and Anti Monopoly Conventions at Springfield Mass
1777-1779 and 1782 Member of Council of Safety of Connecticut
1778 Signed Articles of Confederation
1778 Delegate to Convention on regulation of prices at New Haven
1783 Revised the Connecticut Laws with Judge Richard Law
1784-1793 First Mayor of New Haven
1787 Delegate to Constitutional Convention
1787 Signed the Constitution of The United States
1788 Delegate from New Haven to Convention of Connecticut which ratified the Constitution of the United States
1789-1791 Representative for Connecticut in Congress of the United States
1791 June until death July 23 1793 United States Senator for Connecticut

Roger married Elizabeth Hartwell on 17 Nov 1749. Elizabeth (daughter of Deacon Joseph Hartwell and Mary Rice) was born on 31 Aug 1726; died on 19 Oct 1760 in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut; was buried in Center Cemetery, New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roger married Rebecca Prescott on 12 May 1763 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts. Rebecca (daughter of Benjamin Prescott and Rebecca Minot) was born on 20 May 1742 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 19 Apr 1813 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Martha Minot on 24 Jan 1757. Martha (daughter of Col. James Minot and Elizabeth Wilder) died about 1820 in Durham, Greene, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Shortly after the Revolution, he spent two weeks visiting George Washington at Mount Vernon.

On 31 Jan 1794, with his uncle Benjamin Prescott, he formed the firm of Prescott & Sherman, trading in dry goods, groceries, navigation, shoemaking, and tanning.

Representative for New Haven in the Connecticut General Assembly, May and October 1810 and May 1811.

Roger married Susanna Staples on 7 Jan 1801 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut. Susanna (daughter of Rev. John Staples and Susanna Perkins) was born on 20 Aug 1778 in Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut; died on 22 Nov 1855 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Nordhoff, California was renamed Ojai during World War I.

Elizabeth married Thomas Anthony Thacher on 1 Aug 1860 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Thomas (son of Peter Thacher and Ann Parks) was born on 11 Jan 1815 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 7 Apr 1886 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]