Ebenezer SHERMAN

Born

10/10/1701 , Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Died

09/21/1791 , Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA

Ebenezer married Rebecca LAWTON 28 May 1732 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Rebecca LAWTON was born 10/19/1715 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Rebecca died abt. 1740 in Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

Parents & Family of Ebenezer SHERMAN

Parents of Ebenezer SHERMAN

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Samuel SHERMAN

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Martha TRIPP

Grandparents of Ebenezer SHERMAN

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Philip SHEARMAN (SHERMAN) Sarah ODDING

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John TRIPP Mary PAINE

Spouses, Marriages & Children of Ebenezer SHERMAN

Ebenezer SHERMAN married

Rebecca LAWTON
Marriage date: 28 May 1732
Marriage place: Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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Name: Ebenezer Shearman

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Event Date: 28 May 1732

Event Place: , Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States

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Father's Name: Samuel Shearman

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Spouse's Name: Rebekah Lawton

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Spouse's Father's Name: Joseph Lawton

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Reference ID: p 18

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Digital Folder Number: 004250610

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"Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916," database, FamilySearch.org : accessed 29 November 2018), Ebenezer Shearman and Rebekah Lawton, 28 May 1732; citing , Portsmouth, Rhode Island, United States, town halls, Rhode Island, and Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence; FHL microfilm 91.

Children of Ebenezer SHERMAN and Rebecca LAWTON

Phebe SHERMAN

Born: abt. 1734, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
Died: 11/06/1782, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Married: Samuel LEMUNYON 14 June 1750 Place: Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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Birth — 1701
10/10/1701
Portsmouth, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

1720 - June 10 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1732 Marriage / Partner
Ebenezer SHERMAN and Rebecca LAWTON 28 May 1732, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA

He was 30 years old.

1750 Marriage of Child
Phebe SHERMAN married 14 June 1750, Tiverton, Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to Samuel LEMUNYON

1753 - The lightning rod is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

1775 - Paul Revere's famous ride (April 18)

1775 - First shots of Revolutionary War fired in Lexington and Concord. (April 19)

1776 - American Declaration of Independence (July 4)

1776 - Congress renames the nation 'United States of America' (September 9)

1777 - The Articles of Confederation Were Adopted (November 15)

1782 Death of Child
Phebe SHERMAN died 11/06/1782, Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA (Tiverton, Massachusetts)

Ebenezer was 81 years old.

1784 - The bifocal lens is invented (Benjamin Franklin, United States)

The oil lamp is invented (Aimé Argand, Switzerland)

1784 - The Continental Congress Ratified the Treaty of Paris Ending the Revolutionary War (January 14)

1787 - U.S. Constitution ratified (September 17)

1789 - George Washington becomes the 1st President of the United States

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Death — 1791
09/21/1791
Tiverton, Rhode Island, USA
He died at the age of 90.

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The first mention of Rhode Island in writing ('isola di Rhode') was made by explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 (he refers to an island near the mouth of Narragansett Bay which he compares to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean). Some attribute the name to Dutch explorer Adriaen Block ('Roode Eylandt'), again because its red clay is similar to the Greek island of Rhodes. (statesymbolsusa.org)

Prior to 1633 - New England
1633 - 1662 - Providence Plantations
1663 - 1685 - Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
1686 - 1689 - Dominion of New England
1690 - 1790 - Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
May 29, 1790 - Rhode Island becomes 13th U.S. state

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