Sherwood Genealogy

Spouse:   Alice __
Birth:       1587
Death:      1639, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Marr:        England

Children: Jane
                Thomasin
                Margaret
                Sarah
                Anna (Or Hannah) (ca 1620-)
                Rose (ca 1622-)
                Thomas (ca 1624-1690)
                Rebecca (ca 1625-)

Other Spouse:  Mary ___?
 
 

Notes:  Thomas Sherwood who came to Boston, MA in the ship "Francis" in  April 1634.
     He settled in Wethersfield, Hartford, CT with the first settlers in 1635. There he was a carpenter, and sold his lands to George Wyllys, 25 Mar. 1640. He removed to Stamford, Fairfield, CT where he lived until 1648, when he sold his lands to John Holly; then moved to Fairfield, Fairfield, CT.
 

(2) Rose SHERWOOD
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Birth:        ca 1622/1623, England

Spouse:     Thomas RUMBLE
Birth:        ca 1613
Death:       1649, Stratford, Fairfield, CT

Children:  Bethia
 

Spouse 1:   Sarah WHEELER
Birth:          1628
Bapt:          10 Aug 1628, Bedford, Bedford, England
Death:         21 Aug 1659
Father:        Thomas WHEELER (1591-1654)
Mother:       Ann HALSEY (ca 1587-1659)
Marr:           ca 1646

Children:     Thomas
                    Sarah
 

Spouse 2:   Ann TURNEY
Birth:         ca 1637, Hollingdon Soulb, Buckinghamshire, England
Father:       Benjamin TURNEY (ca 1599-1648)
Mother:      Mary ODELL (1605-1659)
Marr:         by 1659

Children:  Mary
                 Benjamin (ca 1669-)
                 Samuel
                 Ruth
                 Hannah
                 Abigail (ca 1671-1744)
                 Isaac (ca 1675-)
                 Phebe

Other spouses:  (3) Elizabeth ___  (widow of John CABLE)
                         (4) Sarah HIDE  (widow of Peter COLEY)

Notes:    Records of the ship's list of the "Francis":
30 April 1634. Passengers of the Francis of Ipswich, Mr. John Cutting, captain, bound for New England (landed at Plymouth or Boston, MA): from the Pubic Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, England)
Thomas Sherwood 48 and Alice his wife 47, Anna Sherwood 14, Rose Sherwood 11,  THOMAS SHERWOOD 10, Rebecca Sherwood 9.

Inv. 12 Mar. 1698 [1698/9].  Adm'n granted to Benjamin and Samuel Sherwood.
 
 

(3) Benjamin SHERWOOD
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Birth:        ca 1669
Death:       Greenfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:     Sarah _____

Children:  Mary (1692-1770)
                 Mindwell (1696-)
                 Benjamin (1700-1763)
                 Joseph (1702-)
                 Noah (1707-1734)
                 Sarah (ca 1711-<1738)
 

(4) Mary SHERWOOD
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Birth:        8 Jan 1692/1693, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:      15 Jun 1770, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:   Joseph BANKS
Birth:       30 Dec 1690
Bapt:        13 Mar 1712, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:       4 Jan 1766, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Father:      Benjamin BANKS Sr. (?-1682)
Mother:     Elizabeth LYON (-<1723)
Marr:         25 Jun 1712

Children:  Joseph (1713-)
                 Sarah (1715-1791)
                 David (1718-)
                 Mindwell (1720-)
                 Nehemiah (1722-)
                 Ebenezer (1724-1777)
                 Mary (1731-1815)
 

Spouse:      Mary ___
Death:         1694
Marr:           ca 1639/1640, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT

Children:   Stephen (1641-br. 1715)
                  Matthew (ca 1643-1715)
                  Mary
                  Ruth (1644-1699)
                  Abigail (-1692)
                  Isaac (ca 1645-1739)

Other spouse:  Alice __?
 

(2) Matthew SHERWOOD
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Birth:          ca 1643, Norwalk Or Stratfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:         26 Oct 1715, Stratfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse 1:   Sarah TURNEY
Birth:          11 Dec 1641, Concord, Middlesex, MA
Father:        Benjamin TURNEY (ca1599-1648)
Mother:       Mary ODELL (1605-1659)
Marr:           bef 1671, Concord, Middlesex, MA

Spouse 2:   Mary FITCH
Birth:          ca 1644
Death:         25 Dec 1730
Father:        Thomas FITCH II (ca 1612-1704)
Mother:       Anna STACY ( Or STACIE)
Marr:           ?

Children:  John
                 Mary
                 Sarah (ca 1676-)
                 Lemuel
                 Samuel (ca 1681-1732)
 

(3) Capt. Samuel SHERWOOD
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Birth:          ca 1681, Stratfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:         10 Nov 1732, Stratfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:      Rebecca BURR
Birth:          ca 1681, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:         16 May 1721/1722, Stratfield, Fairfield, CT
Father:        Nathaniel BURR (ca 1639-1712)
Mother:       Sarah WARD (ca 1640-)
Marr:           30 Nov 1704

Children:  John (1705-1779)
                 Nathaniel (1707-1784)
                 Sarah (1709-)
                 Mary (1710-)
                 Abigail (1712-)
                 Rebecca (1714-)
                 Esther (1716-)
                 Thomas (1719-1798)
                 Andrew (1721-1767)
 

(4) Capt. John SHERWOOD
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Birth:         22 Sep 1705, Stratfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:        17 Sep 1779, Stratfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:     Mary WALKER
Birth:         28 May 1710, Stratford, Fairfield, CT
Death:        12 Jun 1767, Stratfield, Fairfield, CT
Father:       Robert WALKER (1668-1743)
Mother:      Ruth WILCOXSON (1677-)
Marr:          14 Jun 1733, Stratfield, Fairfield, CT

Children:  Sarah (ca 1734-)
                 Ruth (ca 1737-1796)
                 John (ca 1739-)
                 Mary (ca 1741-1822)
                 Elizabeth (ca 1743-1798)
                 Ebenezer (ca 1745-1785)
                 Stephen (ca 1748-)
                 Rebecca (ca 1750-1810)
                 Anna (ca 1752-1812)
                 Samuel (1756-)

Notes:  Ensign, Stratfield Co., May 1741; Lieutenant, Oct. 1745; made Captain in May 1747.
Ordained Elder of Baptist Church, Dec. 1757, and served the Strafield Baptists as Pastor about ten years.
 

(5) Elizabeth SHERWOOD
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Birth:         ca 1743
Death:        16 Nov 1798, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:     John STAPLES Sr.
Birth:         4 Oct 1737, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT
Death:        10 Aug 1813
Father:       Thomas STAPLES (1689-1773)
Mother:      Deborah ROWLAND
Marr:          ca 1763

Children:  Sherwood (1767-)
                 Eleanor (1769-1850)
                 Elihu (1770-1822)
                 John (1776-1861)

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