Dedham, England
Gold, Lion:Black, Leaves:Green
Crest - Lions:Black, Bijants:Gold
1 Thomas Sherman
Lived: Norfolk, England
Born: 1420
Married: Agnes
Died: 1493
2 John Sherman
Married: Agnes Fuller
Died: 1504 Yaxley, Suffolk
3 Thomas Sherman
Deputy and Attorney @ Law
Born: 1489
Married: 1513 Jane Waller
Died: 1551
4 Henry Sherman
Clothemaker
Born: 1520
Married: Agnes Butter
Died: 1590
5 Edmund Sherman
Born: 1548
Married: 1570 Anne Palette
Died: Dec 22, 1600
6 1. Edmund Sherman
(Sometimes called Edward)
Born: 1572
Landed: 1632 Wethersfield Ct
Married: Joan Makin
Died: 1651 New Haven Ct.
7 1. Samuel Sherman
7 2. Rev. John Sherman
Landed: 1632
7 9. Hon. Samuel Sherman
Born: 1616
Landed: 1632 Stratford Ct
Married: 1640 Sarah Mitchell
Died: 1697 or 1700
He served in Pequot War.
Deputy (Stratford) Conn Legislature Oct. 1660.
Assistant Connecticut College 1671-1675 inclusive.
Judge (Stratford) 1671-1675 inclusive
Judge (Stratford and Woodbury) 1676-1677
Samuel Sherman came over from Dedman Essex England
Samuel Sherman was in Boston 1632-1633
Watertown Mass. 1634-May 1635
Westerfield 1635-1641
Millford 1642-1669
Stratford 1669-1687
Woodbury 1687-1700
Decendants of Samuel include:
(6th) Gen William Tecumsey Sherman
(8th) John Sherman Secretary of State and Treasury.
Ref: Conn Col. I 354, 384, 425 II 13, 30, 57, 152, 170, 193, 221, 250, 276, 304 Jaqueus Lists
8 1. Capt. and Judge John Sherman
of Woodbury Conn. Was Speaker of the Conn. General Assembly
Asst and Judge of Probate and Judge of the County Court.
8 3. or 6. Sarah Sherman
Guildford Ct.
Born: 1654
Married: Josiah Rossiter
Died: March 30, 1712 Guilford Ct
6 2, Joseph Sherman
Landed: 1632
Ancestor of Roger Sherman (signer of the Declaration of Independence)