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Descendants of William Sherman

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM¹ SHERMAN¹ was born Abt. 1613 in Dedham, Essex, ENG^2,^3,⁴, and died October 25, 1679 in Marshfield, Plymouth, MA^5,^6,^7,⁸. He married PRUDENCE HILL January 23, 1638/39 in Plymouth, MA ^9,^10,^11,^12,^13,¹⁴, daughter of WILLIAM HILL. She was born Bef. 1619 in Eng ^15,¹⁶, and died Bef. 1679 in Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA¹⁷.

Notes for WILLIAM SHERMAN:
EMIG: `Plymouth Colony, It's History and People 1620-1691' by Stratto n (Sherm 05): on list of individuals taxed 25 Mar 1633: 9 shillings
on compiled list of individuals who arrived between 1627 & 1634
on 1643 Able to Bear Arms list Duxborrow
EMIG: Sherman information of Jeff Linscott 7/9/94 p1: "It has been co nsidered possible that William Sherman was identical with the man o f that name mentioned in the records of the Massachusetts Bay Colon y (vol.I, p.25), under the date of 26 Feb 1628/9"
EMIG: Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England' b y James
Savage: "may have cone in 1629"
EMIG: Art Cohan 9 Feb 1997 (Sherm 25): "arrived 1632 in Plymouth on f ourth voyage of Mayflower"
RES:`The Ancestry & Descendants of Ira & Phoebe Sherman' by Doroth y Mae Johns Mar 1969 pub. in `The Augustan Vol XI No 1 Jan Feb 1968 p p77-80.: first SHERMAN of record in MA, lands granted in Marshfiel d in 1640
RES: Sherman information of Jeff Linscott 7/9/94 p1: "He was in Plymo uth before 1632. In 1640 he had lands granted to him at Green Harbo r or Marshfield and removed there...At a town meeting held 18 May 166 3, the town granted to William Sherman and his heirs forever twenty a cres of land to be added to the head of his estate."

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The Tombstone Transcription Project of Rootsweb.com lists at
WINSLOW CEMETERY
WINSLOW CEMETERY ROAD, MARSHFIELD, MASS

"THERE IS A LARGE MONUMENT DEDICATED TO EARLY SETTLERS
OF GREEN HARBOR MASSACHUSETTS
(unsure if they are buried here)
Resolved WHITE and wife Judith PEREGRINE
and wife Sarah Gilbert BROOKS
and wife Elizabeth
Edward BOMPASSE and wife Hannah
John BARKER and wife Anna
Anthony SNOW and wife Abigail
John ROUSE and wife Annis
Joseph BEALES and wife Rachel
James PITNEY and wife Sarah
John BRANCH and wife Mary
Arthur HOWLAND and wife Margaret
Samuel BAKER and wife Ellen
John FOSTER and wife Mary
Samuel SPRAGUE and wife Sarah
John PHILLIPS and wife Grace
William SHIRTLEY and wife Elizabeth
Timothy WILLIAMSON Mary
WilliamSHERMAN and wife Prudence
John ADAMS and wife Jane
Thomas BOURN and wife Elizabeth

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ancestry.com database [Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, vols. 1-3. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995.] states:
WILLIAM SHERMAN

ORIGIN: Unknown
FREEMAN: In list of those in Duxbury who took the oath of fidelity in 1639 [PCR 8:182].
EDUCATION: Signed his deeds by mark.
OFFICES: Duxbury highway surveyor, 5 June 1644 [PCR 2:72]. Marsh~field highway surveyor, 7
June 1652 [PCR 3:9]. Grand jury, 3 June 1657 [PCR 3:115].
In Duxbury section of 1643 Plymouth list of men able to bear arms [PCR 8:189]. (Toward the end
of the Marshfield section of this same list is an entry for "[blank] Sherman," who may be this same
William who moved to Marshfield in 1643 or 1644 [PCR 8:196].)
ESTATE: Assessed 9s. in the Plymouth tax list of 25 March 1633 [PCR 1:11]; but absent from the list
of 27 March 1634.
On 17 November 1637 James Davis of Plymouth, sailor, sold to William Sherman of Plymouth "all
that his lot of lands lying near the lands granted to Mr. John Weekes containing by estimation five
acres" [PCR 12:24].
On 5 February 1637/8 granted "a garden place on Ducksborrow side, & five acres of lands at
Pouder Poynt, if it can be there had" [PCR 1:76]. At court of 1 April 1639 William Sherman
requested land [PCR 1:120]. On 6 April 1640 William Sherman "is granted a meadstead about the
Stony Brooke, in Duxborrow, and the said Will[ia]m & John Washborne to have such
accommodations of land as may be spared in the place where they desire" [PCR 1:145]. On 1 June
1640, along with six other men, granted four acres in Duxbury [PCR 1:153]. On 2 November 1640
granted "twenty acres, his houselot to be part thereof,... northward from Duxborrow Mill, towards
Greens Harbour" [PCR 1:165].
On 4 June 1648, "[d]ifferences depending between William Sherman and John Barker about the
bounds of their lands, the Court do appoint and request Captain Myles Standish and Mr. Aldin, and
to be accompanied with Joshua Prat, to set at right such differences as are betwixt them" [PCR
2:127-28].
On 3 June 1662 William Sherman was one of the "servants and others that are ancient freemen"
who were granted land by the General Court [PCR 4:18].
On 9 June 1673 William Sherman Senior of Marshfield, yeoman, deeded to "my natural son
Samuell Sherman" of Marshfield a parcel of land and meadow "whereon I now dwell" together with
"one half or moiety of the marsh and meadow land appertaining to my said lot" [PCLR 4:88]. On 5
February 1673[/4?] William Sherman Senior of Marsh~field, planter, deeded to "my natural and
well beloved son John Sherman of Marshfield ... all my right ... unto one share of a certain parcel or
tract of land lying and being at and near Saconett" [PCLR 4:408]. On 15 August 1676 William
Sherman Senior of Marshfield deeded to "my natural and well beloved son William Sherman of
Marshfield ... all that my dwelling house and land ... upland and meadow" in Marshfield [PCLR
4:167].

COMMENTS: In a deed of 19 May 1688 Samuel Sherman refers to "a
parcel of upland formerly granted & given by my father W[illia]m Sherman deceased
unto his grandson W[illia]m Stevens of Marshfield" [PLR 8:39]; in his will of 2
November 1689 Edward Stephens makes "my loving brother John Sherman" his
overseer [PPR 1:59]).
William Sherman appears on the tax list of 25 March 1633, but not in the list of 27
March 1634, and not in any other Plymouth Colony record for the next five years. This might be
interpreted in a number of ways, including the possibilities that William Sherman returned to
England, or that we are dealing with two different men of the same name. Were the gap much
greater than five years, we would lean toward the latter solution, but in the absence of further
evidence have concluded that only one William Sherman is represented by these records.
On 5 March 1638/9 William Sherman was presented "for drinking tobacco contrary to order"
[PCR 1:118].
A William Sherman is mentioned in the records of the Massachusetts Bay Company on 26
February 1628/9 [MBCR 1:25], and some have thought that this might be the immigrant to
Plymouth. It is more likely, however, that the William Sherman of the 1628/9 record was one of the
many tradesmen supplying goods for the ships bound for Salem, rather than being himself an
immigrant.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: A comprehensive and well-documented account of the family of William
Sherman was published in 1936 by Mary Lovering Holman [Descendants of William Sherman of
Marshfield, Massachusetts (Brookline, Massachusetts, 1936)].

More About WILLIAM SHERMAN:
Ancestry File No.: 3JNK-ZL
Burial: October 25, 1679, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA^17,¹⁸
Immigrated 1: 1632¹⁹
Immigrated 2: 1634, came to Plym outh as servant in 1634 and settled in Marshfield Mass in 1640.²⁰
Occupation 1: surveyor in Marshfield & Duxboro²¹
Occupation 2: Yeoman²²
Residence 1: 1632, Plymouth, , Mass.²³
Residence 2: Bef. 1638, Duxbury, , Mass.²⁴
Residence 3: Bef. 1644, Marshfield, , Mass.²⁵

Notes for PRUDENCE HILL:
************** SEE SHERMAN FAMILY FOR A CONTINUATION OF THIS LINE **************

More About PRUDENCE HILL:
Ancestry File No.: 3JNL-0Q

Children of WILLIAM SHERMAN and PRUDENCE HILL are:

WILLIAM² SHERMAN, b. 1639, Plymouth Colony, MA ²⁶; d. October 25, 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA ^27,^28,^29,^30,³¹; m. DESIRE DOTY, December 25, 1657, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA ^32,^33,^34,^35,^36,^37,^38,³⁹; b. , Plymouth, MA, USA ^40,^41,^42,⁴³; d. January 22, 1730/31, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA ^44,^45,^46,⁴⁷.

More About WILLIAM SHERMAN:
Date born 2: Abt. 1642 ⁴⁸
Burial: November 17, 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA ^49,^50,^51,⁵²
Military service: served in King Phillips War, suffering so from exposure that he had periods of insanity during the balance of his life
Misc. Info. 12: 1644, birth date per Will Lyles

Notes for DESIRE DOTY:
WILL: `Doty' by Jeff Linscott 7/9/94 (Doty 10) p29-31: "dated 30 Ju l 1723, proved 17 May 1732 and inventoried 26 May 1732"

More About DESIRE DOTY:
Burial: Old Burial Ground, Marshfield, MA, USA ⁵³

ii.

SAMUEL SHERMAN, b. Bet. 1641 - 1642, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA ^54,^55,⁵⁶; d. April 22, 1718, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA ^57,^58,⁵⁹; m. (1) SARAH DOGGETT, Abt. 1665 ^60,^61,^62,⁶³; b. 1650, Weymouth, MA, USA ^64,⁶⁵; d. July 1680, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA ^66,^67,⁶⁸; m. (2) HANNAH, Abt. 1686 ^69,^70,^71,⁷²; d. Aft. 1718 ⁷³.

Notes for SAMUEL SHERMAN:
HIST: `Descendants of William Sherman' by Mary Lovering Holman (Sher m 19) p6-9: more details

More About SAMUEL SHERMAN:
Date born 2: Abt. 1644 ⁷⁴
Occupation: farmer in Marshfield

iii.

HANNAH SARAH SHERMAN, b. Abt. 1644, Marshfield, MA, USA ^75,^76,⁷⁷; d. 1680 ^78,⁷⁹; m. EDWARD STEPHENS, Bef. 1666 ^80,^81,⁸²; b. January 1, 1676/77, Marshfield, Plymouth Co, MA, USA ⁸³; d. ⁸⁴.