Dorcas Jane HICKS

Born

4 February 1651 , Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Died

abt. 1700 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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Samuel HICKS Lydia DOANE

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Born: 4 February 1651 in Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father: Samuel HICKS

Mother: Lydia DOANE

Paternal grandparents: Robert HICKS , Margaret UNKNOWN WINSLOW?

Maternal grandparents: John DOANE , Ann UNKNOWN

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Dorcas Jane married Edmund SHEARMAN 4 March 1673 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 8 children.
Edmund SHEARMAN was born April 1641 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA. Edmund died 6 July 1719 in Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Edmund was the child of Philip SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) and Sarah ODDING.

Dorcas Jane HICKS died abt. 1700 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
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Dorcas Jane HICKS married

Edmund SHEARMAN
Marriage date: 4 March 1673
Marriage place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Edmund SHEARMAN was the child of Philip SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) and Sarah ODDING

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"EDMUND(2) SHERMAN (PHILIP(1)) - BORN 1641 IN PORTSMOUTH, RI, MARRIED DORCAS HICKS..."

TITLE SOME OF THE DESCENDANTS OF PHILIP SHERMAN, THE FIRST SECRETARY OF RHODE ISLAND

AUTHOR ROY VIVIAN SHERMAN

PUBLISHER S.N., 1968

ORIGINAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON

DIGITIZED NOV 29, 2007

LENGTH 662 PAGES

PAGE 293

THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND 1620-1633, VOLUMES I-III (ONLINE DATABASE: NEWENGLANDANCESTORS.ORG, NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 2002), (ORIG. PUB. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. ROBERT CHARLES ANDERSON, THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND 1620-1633, VOLUMES I-III, 3 VOLS., 1995).

PHILIP SHERMAN

Children of Edmund SHEARMAN and Dorcas Jane HICKS

Elkanah SHEARMAN (SHERMAN)

Born: 7 May 1674, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

Nathaniel SHEARMAN (SHERMAN)

Born: 1 May 1676, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

Nathan SHEARMAN (SHERMAN)

Born: 1 February 1678, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: ,

David SHEARMAN (SHERMAN)

Born: 1 January 1680, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1755, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Lydia SHEARMAN (SHERMAN)

Born: 1 February 1682, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died: abt. 1745, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Married: Timothy MAXFIELD 15 January 1707 Place: Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Samuel SHEARMAN (SHERMAN)

Born: 21 July 1686, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, Dominion of New England
Died: ,

Elnathan SHEARMAN (SHERMAN)

Born: 1 October 1694, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: ,

Joseph SHEARMAN (SHERMAN)

Born: abt. 1698, Dartmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Died: ,

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Birth — 1651
4 February 1651
Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony

1656 - The pendulum clock is invented (Christiaan Huygens, Netherlands)

1666 - Isaac Newton discovers gravity

1673 Marriage / Partner
Dorcas Jane HICKS and Edmund SHEARMAN 4 March 1673, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

She was 22 years old.

1674 Birth of Child
Elkanah SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born 7 May 1674, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Dorcas Jane was 23 years old.

1676 Birth of Child
Nathaniel SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born 1 May 1676, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Dorcas Jane was 25 years old.

1678 Birth of Child
Nathan SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born 1 February 1678, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Dorcas Jane was 27 years old.

1680 Birth of Child
David SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born 1 January 1680, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Dorcas Jane was 28 years old.

1682 Birth of Child
Lydia SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born 1 February 1682, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Dorcas Jane was 31 years old.

1686 Birth of Child
Samuel SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born 21 July 1686, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Dorcas Jane was 35 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
Elnathan SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born 1 October 1694, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)

Dorcas Jane was 43 years old.

1698 - The steam engine is invented (Thomas Savery, England)

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The name 'Massachusetts' originates with native Americans in the Massachusetts Bay area (from the language of the Algonquian nation). The name translates roughly as 'at or about the great hill.' (statesymbolsusa.org)

1620 - 1627 - Plymouth Colony, New England
1628 - 1686 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1689 - 1692 - Massachusetts Bay Colony
1692 - 1775 - Province of Massachusetts Bay
1776 - 1788 - Crown Colony of Massachusetts Bay
February 6, 1788 - Massachusetts becomes 6th U.S. state