Philip
SHEARMAN (SHERMAN)
(b.
5 February 1609
,
Dedham, Essex, England
d.
22 March 1687
,
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Dominion of New England
)
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Philip SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born 5 February 1609 in Dedham, Essex, England
Philip SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was the child of ? and ?Philip was an immigrant to the United States, arriving by 1633.
Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Philip married Sarah ODDING abt. 1634 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony* . The couple had (at least) 12 children.
Sarah ODDING was born abt. 1610 in England (United Kingdom). Sarah died 5 February 1681 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA.
Philip SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) died 22 March 1687 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Dominion of New England.
son of Samuel and Phillina (Ward) Shearman
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Sarah ODDING-- Date: abt. 1634 Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony*
PHILIP SHERMAN
ORIGIN: UNKNOWN
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: ROXBURY
REMOVES: PORTSMOUTH 1638
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "PHILLIP SHERMAN. HE CAME INTO THE LAND IN THE YEAR 1623 [SIC], A SINGLE MAN, & AFTER MARRIED SARAH ODDING, THE DAUGHTER O[F] THE WIFE OF JOHN PORTER BY A FORMER HUSBAND. THIS MAN WAS OF A MELANCHOLY TEMPER, HE LIVED HONESTLY & COMFORTABLY AMONG US SEVERAL YEARS, UPON A JUST CALLING WENT FOR ENGLAND & RETURNED AGAIN WITH A BLESSING: BUT AFTER HIS FATHER-IN-LAW JOHN PORTER WAS SO CARRIED AWAY WITH THESE OPINIONS OF FAMILISM & SCHISM HE FOLLOWED THEM & REMOVED WITH THEM TO THE ILAND, HE BEHAVED HIMSELF SINFULLY IN THESE MATTERS (AS MAY APPEAR IN THE STORY) & WAS CAST OUT OF THE CHURCH" [ RCHR 78-79].
FREEMAN: 14 MAY 1634 [ MBCR 1:368]. 16 MARCH 1640-1 [ RICR 1:111].
EDUCATION: SUFFICIENT TO BE GENERAL RECORDER OF RHODE ISLAND. HIS INVENTORY INCLUDED "FOUR OLD BIBLES & OTHER SMALL BOOKS" VALUED AT £1.
OFFICES: GENERAL RECORDER, 16 MAY 1648, 22 MAY 1649, 23 MAY 1650 [ RICR 1:209, 217, 230, 236]. ON 4 NOVEMBER 1651 COLONY RECORDS WERE DEMANDED OF PHILIP SHERMAN "LATE RECORDER OF THIS COLONY" [ RICR 236].
ATTENDED PORTSMOUTH TOWN MEETING, 13 MAY 1638, 20 MAY 1638, 20 AUGUST 1638, 5 NOVEMBER 1638, 2 JANUARY 1638-9 [ RICR 1:53, 54, 58, 61, 63]. SELECTMAN, 30 APRIL 1639 [ RICR 1:71]. COMMITTEE TO BUILD FENCES, 20 MAY 1638 [ RICR 1:54]. SURVEYOR, 1640 [ RICR 1:102]. TOWN CLERK, 1649-1656 [ POTR 42, 45, 49, 50, 57, 60, 62, 67, 71]. TOWN COUNCIL, 1649, 1650, 1653, 1654, 1656, 1657, 1670-1673 [ POTR 42, 45, 61, 62, 71, 76, 152, 161, 169, 176]. PORTSMOUTH COMMISSIONER TO RHODE ISLAND GENERAL COURT, 21 MAY 1656 [ POTR 70 RICR 1:337]. COMMITTEE TO AUDIT TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS, 21 MAY 1661 [ RICR 1:442]. PORTSMOUTH DEPUTY TO RHODE ISLAND GENERAL COURT, 3 MAY 1665, 25 OCTOBER 1665 [ POTR 130 RICR 2:96, 130].
ESTATE: ON 10 FEBRUARY 1639-40 HE WAS GRANTED 200 ACRES AT PORTSMOUTH [ RICR 1:73].
ON 28 AUGUST 1650 SAMUEL GORTON OF WARWICK SOLD TO PHILIP SHERMAN OF PORTSMOUTH SEVEN ACRES IN PORTSMOUTH [ POTR 304-05].
ON 3 OCTOBER 1677 PHILIP SHERMAN SENIOR OF PORTSMOUTH DEEDED TO "PELEGG SHERMAN MY SON" FOURTEEN ACRES IN PORTSMOUTH [ POLE 1:148]. ON 15 APRIL 1678 PHILIP SHERMAN SENIOR OF PORTSMOUTH DEEDED TO "BENJAMIN CHASE MY SON-IN-LAW AND MY DAUGHTER PHILIP HIS WIFE" FOUR ACRES AND A HALF IN PORTSMOUTH [ POLE 1:150].
IN HIS WILL, DATED 31 JULY 1681 AND PROVED 22 MARCH 1686-7, "PHILIP SHEARMAN, YEOMAN, AGED SEVENTY-ONE YEARS, OF THE TOWN OF PORTSMOUTH," BEQUEATHED TO "SARAH MY LOVING WIFE THE USE AND HER DWELLING IN THE FIRST ROOM AT THE WEST END OF MY NOW DWELLING..." "MY SON SAMUEL MY SOLE EXECUTOR" AND TO PROVIDE "MY LOVING WIFE WITH FOOD AND RAIMENT AND ALL NECESSARIES WHATSOEVER DURING HER NATURAL LIFE AND AT HER DECEASE DECENTLY TO BURY HER" TO "SARAH MY WIFE TEN GOOD EWE SHEEP" TO "EBER MY ELDEST SON THAT WHICH I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN HIM, TEN ACRES OF LAND IN THE BOUNDS OF PORTSMOUTH ... AT A PLACE CALLED BRIGGS SWAMP ... AND ALL MY HORSE FLESH IN THE NARRAGANSETT COUNTRY EXCEPTING ONE MARE, THE SECOND BEST, SUCH EXCEPTED MARE, I GIVE TO THOMAS MUMFORD AND PELEG MUMFORD MY GRANDCHILDREN" TO "MY SON PELEG FIVE EWE SHEEP" TO "MY SON EDMUND A QUARTER SHARE OF MEADOW AND A SIXTEENTH PART OF A SHARE OF UPLAND LYING IN PONAGANSETT WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP OF DARTMOUTH ... ALSO MY WHOLE RIGHT IN THE PURCHASE OF SQUAMSCUTT NOW CALLED WESTERY" TO "MY SON SAMSON AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY SAID WIFE HIS HALF OF THE BREADTH OF MY FARM WHICH I NOW DWELL UPON ... MY SO N SAMSON AND MY SON SAMUEL TO HAVE EQUAL PRIVILEGES IN THE AERABLE LAND OF THE AFORESAID FARM DURING THE NATURAL LIFE OF SARAH MY WIFE" TO "MY SON SAMUEL ALL THE REMAINING PART OF MY AFORESAID FARM WITH MY NOW DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS ... AND TO HAVE TWO PARTS OF THE GRASS AND THE HAY DURING THE NATURAL LIFE OF SARAH MY WIFE" TO "MY SON SAMSON ... ONE WHITE FACED MARE WITH HER FOAL AND ALL THOSE FOUR INDIANS WHICH WE JOINTLY BOUGHT" TO "MY SON JOHN MY BAY MARE" TO "MY SON BENJAMIN ALL THE REMAINING PART OF MY LAND AT BRIGGS' SWAMP WHEREUPON THE SAID BENJAMIN'S HOUSE NOW STANDS" TO "MY DAUGHTER SARAH TEN EWE SHEEP" TO "MY DAUGHTER MARY TEN EWE SHEEP" TO "MY DAUGHTER HANNAH £5 OF NEW ENGLAND SILVER MONEY FOR THE PROPER USE OF HERSELF AND CHILDREN" TO "MY DAUGHTER HANNAH FIVE EWE SHEEP" TO "MY DAUGHTER PHILIP TEN EWE SHEEP" "I GIVE BENJAMIN CLARKE TO MY SON EDMUND UNTIL HE COMES OF AGE OF ONE & TWENTY YEARS, THE SAID EDMUND FINDING THE SAID BENJAMIN WITH SUFFICIENT FOOD AND CLOTHING DURING THE TERM AFORESAID" [ROY V. SHERMAN, SOME DESCENDANTS OF PHILIP SHERMAN THE FIRST SECRETARY OF RHODE ISLAND, HEREAFTER SHERMAN ANC, CITING POLE 2:260-61].
THE INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF PHILIP SHERMAN, DATED 19 MARCH 1686-7, TOTALLED £100, WITH NO REAL ESTATE INCLUDED [PORTSMOUTH SCRAPBOOK 17].
BIRTH: BAPTIZED DEDHAM, ESSEX, 5 FEBRUARY 1610-1, SON OF SAMUEL SHERMAN [SHERMAN GEN 95].
DEATH: PORTSMOUTH BEFORE 19 MARCH 1686-7 (DATE OF INVENTORY).
MARRIAGE: ROXBURY ABOUT 1633 SARAH ODDING, DAUGHTER OF MARGARET (_____) (ODDING) PORTER [ RCHR 78-79 TAG 73:176-80].
CHILDREN:
I EBER, B. SAY 1634 M. MARY _____. (SHE HAS BEEN CALLED MARY WILCOX, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD [ TRANSATLANTIC SHERMANS 114 PHILIP SHERMAN 28], BUT THERE IS NO ROOM FOR HER IN THE FAMILY OF EDWARD WILCOX [ NEHGR 147:190-91].)
II SARAH, B. SAY 1636 M. BY ABOUT 1656 THOMAS MUMFORD [ AUSTIN 136].
III PELEG, B. SAY 1637 M. PORTSMOUTH 26 JULY 1657 ELIZABETH LAWTON, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS LAWTON [ RIVR 4:PORTSMOUTH:37].
IV EDMUND, B. 1641 M. BY 1674 DORCAS HICKS, DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL HICKS AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF ROBERT HICKS [HARRIET WOODBURY HODGE, HICKS (HIX) FAMILIES OF REHOBOTH AND SWANSEA, MASSACHUSETTS (WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, 1976), P. 59].
V SAMSON, B. 1642 M. PORTSMOUTH 4 MARCH 1674-5 ISABEL TRIPP, DAUGHTER OF JOHN TRIPP [ RIVR 4:PORTSMOUTH:37 TG 4:62].
VI JOHN, B. 1644 BY ABOUT 1674 SARAH SPOONER, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM SPOONER (IN HIS WILL OF 8 MARCH 1683[-4] WILLIAM SPOONER MADE A BEQUEST TO "MY DAUGHTER SARAH SHERMAN" [ PCPR 4:2:71]).
VII MARY, B. 1645 LIVING ON 31 JULY 1681 (FATHER'S WILL). (AUSTIN SAYS SHE MARRIED SAMUEL WILBORE, SON OF SHADRACH, BUT THIS SAMUEL WAS BORN IN 1663 [ AUSTIN 228], SO THIS IDENTIFICATION SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.)
VIII HANNAH, B. 1647 M. BY ABOUT 1678 WILLIAM CHASE, SON OF WILLIAM CHASE [ NEHGR 87:51-52 AUSTIN 178-79].
IX SAMUEL, B. 1648 M. PORTSMOUTH 23 FEBRUARY 1680-1 MARTHA TRIPP [ RIVR 4:PORTSMOUTH:37 TG 4:62].
X BENJAMIN, B. 1650 M. PORTSMOUTH 3 DECEMBER 1674 HANNAH MOWRY, DAUGHTER OF ROGER MOWRY [ AUSTIN 179].
XI PHILIP, B. 1652 M. BY ABOUT 1674 BENJAMIN CHASE, SON OF WILLIAM CHASE [ POLE 1:150 AUSTIN 178-79 NEHGR 87:51].
ASSOCIATIONS: THOMAS TOWNSEND SHERMAN HAS ELABORATED THE LARGE SHERMAN FAMILY OF DEDHAM, ESSEX, AND VICINITY [SHERMAN GENEALOGY (NEW YORK 1920)], CITED ABOVE AS SHERMAN GEN]. PHILIP SHERMAN WAS FOLLOWED TO NEW ENGLAND BY HIS BROTHER SAMUEL SHERMAN OF BOSTON, HIS FIRST COUSIN JOHN SHERMAN OF WATERTOWN, AND HIS FIRST COUSINS ONCE-REMOVED EDMUND SHERMAN AND RICHARD SHERMAN."
SOURCE:
THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND 1620-1633, VOLUMES I-III (ONLINE DB: 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).
Children of Philip SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) and Sarah ODDING:
Eber SHERMAN (b.December 1634, Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony* d. abt. 1706, South Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
m. Mary UNKNOWN 1659 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield)
Sarah SHERMAN (b.abt. 1636, , Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )
m. Thomas MUMFORD 1650
Peleg SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) (b.9 October 1637, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. October 1719, North Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )
m. Elizabeth LAWTON 25 July 1657 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Mary SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) (b.November 1639, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. abt. 1644, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations)
Edmund SHEARMAN (b.April 1641, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 6 July 1719, Newport, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Dorcas Jane HICKS 4 March 1673 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Samson SHERMAN (b.April 1642, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 27 June 1718, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Isabel TRIPP 4 March 1675 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
John SHERMAN (b.August 1644, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 16 April 1734, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Sarah SPOONER 13 November 1674 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)
Mary SHERMAN (b.May 1645, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 16 January 1729, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
Hannah SHERMAN (b.February 1648, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. abt. 1737, )
m. William CHASE 1670 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel SHERMAN (b.abt. 1648, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 9 October 1717, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Martha TRIPP 23 February 1681 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Benjamin SHERMAN (b.abt. 1650, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 24 September 1719, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Hannah MOWRY 3 December 1674 in , Rhode Island, USA
Philippa SHERMAN (b.1 October 1652, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 6 September 1730, Newport, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)
m. Benjamin CHASE 1673 in Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown)
Sarah ODDING-- Date: abt. 1634 Place: Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony*PHILIP SHERMAN
ORIGIN: UNKNOWN
MIGRATION: 1633
FIRST RESIDENCE: ROXBURY
REMOVES: PORTSMOUTH 1638
CHURCH MEMBERSHIP: "PHILLIP SHERMAN. HE CAME INTO THE LAND IN THE YEAR 1623 [SIC], A SINGLE MAN, & AFTER MARRIED SARAH ODDING, THE DAUGHTER O[F] THE WIFE OF JOHN PORTER BY A FORMER HUSBAND. THIS MAN WAS OF A MELANCHOLY TEMPER, HE LIVED HONESTLY & COMFORTABLY AMONG US SEVERAL YEARS, UPON A JUST CALLING WENT FOR ENGLAND & RETURNED AGAIN WITH A BLESSING: BUT AFTER HIS FATHER-IN-LAW JOHN PORTER WAS SO CARRIED AWAY WITH THESE OPINIONS OF FAMILISM & SCHISM HE FOLLOWED THEM & REMOVED WITH THEM TO THE ILAND, HE BEHAVED HIMSELF SINFULLY IN THESE MATTERS (AS MAY APPEAR IN THE STORY) & WAS CAST OUT OF THE CHURCH" [ RCHR 78-79].
FREEMAN: 14 MAY 1634 [ MBCR 1:368]. 16 MARCH 1640-1 [ RICR 1:111].
EDUCATION: SUFFICIENT TO BE GENERAL RECORDER OF RHODE ISLAND. HIS INVENTORY INCLUDED "FOUR OLD BIBLES & OTHER SMALL BOOKS" VALUED AT £1.
OFFICES: GENERAL RECORDER, 16 MAY 1648, 22 MAY 1649, 23 MAY 1650 [ RICR 1:209, 217, 230, 236]. ON 4 NOVEMBER 1651 COLONY RECORDS WERE DEMANDED OF PHILIP SHERMAN "LATE RECORDER OF THIS COLONY" [ RICR 236].
ATTENDED PORTSMOUTH TOWN MEETING, 13 MAY 1638, 20 MAY 1638, 20 AUGUST 1638, 5 NOVEMBER 1638, 2 JANUARY 1638-9 [ RICR 1:53, 54, 58, 61, 63]. SELECTMAN, 30 APRIL 1639 [ RICR 1:71]. COMMITTEE TO BUILD FENCES, 20 MAY 1638 [ RICR 1:54]. SURVEYOR, 1640 [ RICR 1:102]. TOWN CLERK, 1649-1656 [ POTR 42, 45, 49, 50, 57, 60, 62, 67, 71]. TOWN COUNCIL, 1649, 1650, 1653, 1654, 1656, 1657, 1670-1673 [ POTR 42, 45, 61, 62, 71, 76, 152, 161, 169, 176]. PORTSMOUTH COMMISSIONER TO RHODE ISLAND GENERAL COURT, 21 MAY 1656 [ POTR 70 RICR 1:337]. COMMITTEE TO AUDIT TREASURER'S ACCOUNTS, 21 MAY 1661 [ RICR 1:442]. PORTSMOUTH DEPUTY TO RHODE ISLAND GENERAL COURT, 3 MAY 1665, 25 OCTOBER 1665 [ POTR 130 RICR 2:96, 130].
ESTATE: ON 10 FEBRUARY 1639-40 HE WAS GRANTED 200 ACRES AT PORTSMOUTH [ RICR 1:73].
ON 28 AUGUST 1650 SAMUEL GORTON OF WARWICK SOLD TO PHILIP SHERMAN OF PORTSMOUTH SEVEN ACRES IN PORTSMOUTH [ POTR 304-05].
ON 3 OCTOBER 1677 PHILIP SHERMAN SENIOR OF PORTSMOUTH DEEDED TO "PELEGG SHERMAN MY SON" FOURTEEN ACRES IN PORTSMOUTH [ POLE 1:148]. ON 15 APRIL 1678 PHILIP SHERMAN SENIOR OF PORTSMOUTH DEEDED TO "BENJAMIN CHASE MY SON-IN-LAW AND MY DAUGHTER PHILIP HIS WIFE" FOUR ACRES AND A HALF IN PORTSMOUTH [ POLE 1:150].
IN HIS WILL, DATED 31 JULY 1681 AND PROVED 22 MARCH 1686-7, "PHILIP SHEARMAN, YEOMAN, AGED SEVENTY-ONE YEARS, OF THE TOWN OF PORTSMOUTH," BEQUEATHED TO "SARAH MY LOVING WIFE THE USE AND HER DWELLING IN THE FIRST ROOM AT THE WEST END OF MY NOW DWELLING..." "MY SON SAMUEL MY SOLE EXECUTOR" AND TO PROVIDE "MY LOVING WIFE WITH FOOD AND RAIMENT AND ALL NECESSARIES WHATSOEVER DURING HER NATURAL LIFE AND AT HER DECEASE DECENTLY TO BURY HER" TO "SARAH MY WIFE TEN GOOD EWE SHEEP" TO "EBER MY ELDEST SON THAT WHICH I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN HIM, TEN ACRES OF LAND IN THE BOUNDS OF PORTSMOUTH ... AT A PLACE CALLED BRIGGS SWAMP ... AND ALL MY HORSE FLESH IN THE NARRAGANSETT COUNTRY EXCEPTING ONE MARE, THE SECOND BEST, SUCH EXCEPTED MARE, I GIVE TO THOMAS MUMFORD AND PELEG MUMFORD MY GRANDCHILDREN" TO "MY SON PELEG FIVE EWE SHEEP" TO "MY SON EDMUND A QUARTER SHARE OF MEADOW AND A SIXTEENTH PART OF A SHARE OF UPLAND LYING IN PONAGANSETT WITHIN THE TOWNSHIP OF DARTMOUTH ... ALSO MY WHOLE RIGHT IN THE PURCHASE OF SQUAMSCUTT NOW CALLED WESTERY" TO "MY SON SAMSON AFTER THE DECEASE OF MY SAID WIFE HIS HALF OF THE BREADTH OF MY FARM WHICH I NOW DWELL UPON ... MY SO N SAMSON AND MY SON SAMUEL TO HAVE EQUAL PRIVILEGES IN THE AERABLE LAND OF THE AFORESAID FARM DURING THE NATURAL LIFE OF SARAH MY WIFE" TO "MY SON SAMUEL ALL THE REMAINING PART OF MY AFORESAID FARM WITH MY NOW DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS ... AND TO HAVE TWO PARTS OF THE GRASS AND THE HAY DURING THE NATURAL LIFE OF SARAH MY WIFE" TO "MY SON SAMSON ... ONE WHITE FACED MARE WITH HER FOAL AND ALL THOSE FOUR INDIANS WHICH WE JOINTLY BOUGHT" TO "MY SON JOHN MY BAY MARE" TO "MY SON BENJAMIN ALL THE REMAINING PART OF MY LAND AT BRIGGS' SWAMP WHEREUPON THE SAID BENJAMIN'S HOUSE NOW STANDS" TO "MY DAUGHTER SARAH TEN EWE SHEEP" TO "MY DAUGHTER MARY TEN EWE SHEEP" TO "MY DAUGHTER HANNAH £5 OF NEW ENGLAND SILVER MONEY FOR THE PROPER USE OF HERSELF AND CHILDREN" TO "MY DAUGHTER HANNAH FIVE EWE SHEEP" TO "MY DAUGHTER PHILIP TEN EWE SHEEP" "I GIVE BENJAMIN CLARKE TO MY SON EDMUND UNTIL HE COMES OF AGE OF ONE & TWENTY YEARS, THE SAID EDMUND FINDING THE SAID BENJAMIN WITH SUFFICIENT FOOD AND CLOTHING DURING THE TERM AFORESAID" [ROY V. SHERMAN, SOME DESCENDANTS OF PHILIP SHERMAN THE FIRST SECRETARY OF RHODE ISLAND, HEREAFTER SHERMAN ANC, CITING POLE 2:260-61].
THE INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF PHILIP SHERMAN, DATED 19 MARCH 1686-7, TOTALLED £100, WITH NO REAL ESTATE INCLUDED [PORTSMOUTH SCRAPBOOK 17].
BIRTH: BAPTIZED DEDHAM, ESSEX, 5 FEBRUARY 1610-1, SON OF SAMUEL SHERMAN [SHERMAN GEN 95].
DEATH: PORTSMOUTH BEFORE 19 MARCH 1686-7 (DATE OF INVENTORY).
MARRIAGE: ROXBURY ABOUT 1633 SARAH ODDING, DAUGHTER OF MARGARET (_____) (ODDING) PORTER [ RCHR 78-79 TAG 73:176-80].
CHILDREN:
I EBER, B. SAY 1634 M. MARY _____. (SHE HAS BEEN CALLED MARY WILCOX, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD [ TRANSATLANTIC SHERMANS 114 PHILIP SHERMAN 28], BUT THERE IS NO ROOM FOR HER IN THE FAMILY OF EDWARD WILCOX [ NEHGR 147:190-91].)
II SARAH, B. SAY 1636 M. BY ABOUT 1656 THOMAS MUMFORD [ AUSTIN 136].
III PELEG, B. SAY 1637 M. PORTSMOUTH 26 JULY 1657 ELIZABETH LAWTON, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS LAWTON [ RIVR 4:PORTSMOUTH:37].
IV EDMUND, B. 1641 M. BY 1674 DORCAS HICKS, DAUGHTER OF SAMUEL HICKS AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF ROBERT HICKS [HARRIET WOODBURY HODGE, HICKS (HIX) FAMILIES OF REHOBOTH AND SWANSEA, MASSACHUSETTS (WINNETKA, ILLINOIS, 1976), P. 59].
V SAMSON, B. 1642 M. PORTSMOUTH 4 MARCH 1674-5 ISABEL TRIPP, DAUGHTER OF JOHN TRIPP [ RIVR 4:PORTSMOUTH:37 TG 4:62].
VI JOHN, B. 1644 BY ABOUT 1674 SARAH SPOONER, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM SPOONER (IN HIS WILL OF 8 MARCH 1683[-4] WILLIAM SPOONER MADE A BEQUEST TO "MY DAUGHTER SARAH SHERMAN" [ PCPR 4:2:71]).
VII MARY, B. 1645 LIVING ON 31 JULY 1681 (FATHER'S WILL). (AUSTIN SAYS SHE MARRIED SAMUEL WILBORE, SON OF SHADRACH, BUT THIS SAMUEL WAS BORN IN 1663 [ AUSTIN 228], SO THIS IDENTIFICATION SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY.)
VIII HANNAH, B. 1647 M. BY ABOUT 1678 WILLIAM CHASE, SON OF WILLIAM CHASE [ NEHGR 87:51-52 AUSTIN 178-79].
IX SAMUEL, B. 1648 M. PORTSMOUTH 23 FEBRUARY 1680-1 MARTHA TRIPP [ RIVR 4:PORTSMOUTH:37 TG 4:62].
X BENJAMIN, B. 1650 M. PORTSMOUTH 3 DECEMBER 1674 HANNAH MOWRY, DAUGHTER OF ROGER MOWRY [ AUSTIN 179].
XI PHILIP, B. 1652 M. BY ABOUT 1674 BENJAMIN CHASE, SON OF WILLIAM CHASE [ POLE 1:150 AUSTIN 178-79 NEHGR 87:51].
ASSOCIATIONS: THOMAS TOWNSEND SHERMAN HAS ELABORATED THE LARGE SHERMAN FAMILY OF DEDHAM, ESSEX, AND VICINITY [SHERMAN GENEALOGY (NEW YORK 1920)], CITED ABOVE AS SHERMAN GEN]. PHILIP SHERMAN WAS FOLLOWED TO NEW ENGLAND BY HIS BROTHER SAMUEL SHERMAN OF BOSTON, HIS FIRST COUSIN JOHN SHERMAN OF WATERTOWN, AND HIS FIRST COUSINS ONCE-REMOVED EDMUND SHERMAN AND RICHARD SHERMAN."
SOURCE:
THE GREAT MIGRATION BEGINS: IMMIGRANTS TO NEW ENGLAND 1620-1633, VOLUMES I-III (ONLINE DB: 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).
Children of Philip SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) and Sarah ODDING:
Eber SHERMAN (b.December 1634, Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony* d. abt. 1706, South Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )m. Mary UNKNOWN 1659 in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA (Kingston) (West Kingston) (Matunuck) (Peace Dale) (Wakefield)
Sarah SHERMAN (b.abt. 1636, , Massachusetts Bay Colony d. , )m. Thomas MUMFORD 1650
Peleg SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) (b.9 October 1637, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. October 1719, North Kingstown, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations )m. Elizabeth LAWTON 25 July 1657 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Mary SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) (b.November 1639, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. abt. 1644, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations) Edmund SHEARMAN (b.April 1641, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 6 July 1719, Newport, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. Dorcas Jane HICKS 4 March 1673 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Samson SHERMAN (b.April 1642, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 27 June 1718, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. Isabel TRIPP 4 March 1675 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
John SHERMAN (b.August 1644, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 16 April 1734, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. Sarah SPOONER 13 November 1674 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram)
Mary SHERMAN (b.May 1645, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 16 January 1729, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) Hannah SHERMAN (b.February 1648, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. abt. 1737, )m. William CHASE 1670 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Samuel SHERMAN (b.abt. 1648, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 9 October 1717, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. Martha TRIPP 23 February 1681 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Benjamin SHERMAN (b.abt. 1650, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 24 September 1719, Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. Hannah MOWRY 3 December 1674 in , Rhode Island, USA
Philippa SHERMAN (b.1 October 1652, Portsmouth, Providence Plantations d. 6 September 1730, Newport, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations)m. Benjamin CHASE 1673 in Freetown, Massachusetts, USA (Assonet) (East Freetown)
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1609 Birth 5 February 1609
Dedham, Essex, England
Biography
'PHILIP SHERMAN (1610-1687) WAS A PROMINENT LEADER IN EARLY RHODE ISLAND AND ONE OF ITS FOUNDERS. HIS LAST NAME IS SOMETIMES SPELLED SHEARMAN, WHICH REVEALS THE FAMILY’S ANCIENT INVOLVEMENT WITH SHEARING SHEEP AND THE WOOL INDUSTRY. STATE NICKNAME: THE OCEAN STATE OTHER U.S. STATES CAPITAL PROVIDENCE LARGEST CITY PROVIDENCE GOVERNOR DONALD CARCIERI OFFICIAL LANGUAGES NONE AREA 4,005 KM² (50TH) - LAND 2,709 KM² - WATER 1,296 KM² (32. ...
SHERMAN WAS BORN IN 1610 IN DEDHAM, ESSEX, ENGLAND. HE WAS THE SON OF SAMUEL AND PHILLIPPA (WARD) SHERMAN.
IN 1633 SHERMAN CAME TO AMERICA DURING THE GREAT PURITAN MIGRATION. HE SETTLED IN ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. HE MARRIED SARAH ODDING THERE IN 1634. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE ODDING AND MARGARET (LANG) ODDING. THE PURITANS WERE MEMBERS OF A GROUP OF RADICAL PROTESTANTS WHICH DEVELOPED IN ENGLAND AFTER THE REFORMATION. ... FOR THE PLACE IN CONNECTICUT, USA CALLED ROXBURY, SEE ROXBURY, CONNECTICUT. ...
SHERMAN SIDED WITH ANNE HUTCHINSON...Read MORE...
'PHILIP SHERMAN (1610-1687) WAS A PROMINENT LEADER IN EARLY RHODE ISLAND AND ONE OF ITS FOUNDERS. HIS LAST NAME IS SOMETIMES SPELLED SHEARMAN, WHICH REVEALS THE FAMILY’S ANCIENT INVOLVEMENT WITH SHEARING SHEEP AND THE WOOL INDUSTRY. STATE NICKNAME: THE OCEAN STATE OTHER U.S. STATES CAPITAL PROVIDENCE LARGEST CITY PROVIDENCE GOVERNOR DONALD CARCIERI OFFICIAL LANGUAGES NONE AREA 4,005 KM² (50TH) - LAND 2,709 KM² - WATER 1,296 KM² (32. ...
SHERMAN WAS BORN IN 1610 IN DEDHAM, ESSEX, ENGLAND. HE WAS THE SON OF SAMUEL AND PHILLIPPA (WARD) SHERMAN.
IN 1633 SHERMAN CAME TO AMERICA DURING THE GREAT PURITAN MIGRATION. HE SETTLED IN ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS. HE MARRIED SARAH ODDING THERE IN 1634. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF GEORGE ODDING AND MARGARET (LANG) ODDING. THE PURITANS WERE MEMBERS OF A GROUP OF RADICAL PROTESTANTS WHICH DEVELOPED IN ENGLAND AFTER THE REFORMATION. ... FOR THE PLACE IN CONNECTICUT, USA CALLED ROXBURY, SEE ROXBURY, CONNECTICUT. ...
SHERMAN SIDED WITH ANNE HUTCHINSON...Read MORE...
1634 Birth of ChildEber SHERMAN was born December 1634, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA*
Philip was 25 years old.
1637 Birth of ChildPeleg SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born 9 October 1637, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Philip was 28 years old.
1639 Birth of ChildMary SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) was born November 1639, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Philip was 30 years old.
1641 Birth of ChildEdmund SHEARMAN was born April 1641, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Philip was 32 years old.
1642 Birth of ChildSamson SHERMAN was born April 1642, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Philip was 33 years old.
1644 Birth of ChildJohn SHERMAN was born August 1644, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Philip was 35 years old.
1645 Birth of ChildMary SHERMAN was born May 1645, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Philip was 36 years old.
1648 Birth of ChildHannah SHERMAN was born February 1648, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Philip was 39 years old.
1652 Birth of ChildPhilippa SHERMAN was born 1 October 1652, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
Philip was 43 years old.
1657 Marriage of ChildPeleg SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) married 25 July 1657, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA to Elizabeth LAWTON
1673 Marriage of ChildEdmund SHEARMAN married 4 March 1673, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA to Dorcas Jane HICKS
1674 Marriage of ChildJohn SHERMAN married 13 November 1674, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA (North) (Bliss Corner) (Smith Mills) (Padanaram) to Sarah SPOONER
1674 Marriage of ChildBenjamin SHERMAN married 3 December 1674, , Rhode Island, USA to Hannah MOWRY
1675 Marriage of ChildSamson SHERMAN married 4 March 1675, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA to Isabel TRIPP
1681 Death of Spouse/PartnerSarah ODDING died 5 February 1681, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
1681 Marriage of ChildSamuel SHERMAN married 23 February 1681, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA to Martha TRIPP
Will
WILL of PHILIP SHEARMAN, of Portsmouth, RI
In the name of God Amen, I, Philip Shearman, yeoman, aged seventy-one years, of the Town of Portsmouth in the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, being in good memory, praise be therefor given to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in the manner and form following: (that is to say); first and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried by my executor hereafter named. And as for the disposition of my worldly estate, it is in manner and form following; first I give to Sarah my loving wife the use and her dwelling in the first room at the west end of my now dwelling house & bed and bedding with the furniture thereto belonging now standing in the aforenamed room. Also I do here by ordaine and appoint my son Samuel my sole Executor to this my last will and testament truely performed; and to b__ himself, heirs, Executors and...Read MORE...
WILL of PHILIP SHEARMAN, of Portsmouth, RI
In the name of God Amen, I, Philip Shearman, yeoman, aged seventy-one years, of the Town of Portsmouth in the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New England, being in good memory, praise be therefor given to Almighty God, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament in the manner and form following: (that is to say); first and principally I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God and my body to the earth to be decently buried by my executor hereafter named. And as for the disposition of my worldly estate, it is in manner and form following; first I give to Sarah my loving wife the use and her dwelling in the first room at the west end of my now dwelling house & bed and bedding with the furniture thereto belonging now standing in the aforenamed room. Also I do here by ordaine and appoint my son Samuel my sole Executor to this my last will and testament truely performed; and to b__ himself, heirs, Executors and...Read MORE...
1687 Death 22 March 1687
Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Dominion of New England
He died at the age of 78.
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