The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-26
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GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY

ton, William Tecumseh ~. Goaara,
%nM John the Statesman and the VIM
Other rT Fswo Family NJ. OF the Same BIooe
r"c'" Dug up In Vacation Trip.
EDITOR OF the Reformer
oir "A vacation trip beginning
Win @ltn the departure from Brattlebore
saturday, June ID, by way of Worces.
yer to Lake Quinsigamond, beauti
~ sheet OF water, and to Shrewsbury
whefe we found an excellent BOARDING
mouse kept by Fred Perkins, Maine
man, and where we had an hour f.
view the cemetery where lie the an
cestors of many Windham county neo-
ple,and an evening and a dav to spend
IN the town library with Wards His.
tory OF the Town of Shrewsbury anf
mat OF Worcester county. thence 10
Boston and Woods Holl and COTTAGE
Clty, and the quaint old town of Nan.
tucket and Edgartown, with it's old
Wnaler in the harbor, and its large
fshipg business, and back to Boston
Tor day in the city library in the
magnificent building in Copley Square
win study OF the histories of Water
town, Sudbury and other Massachu.
setts towns, with an examination OF
the muster rolls of the Grown Point
Expedition of 1856 contained for me
week OF recreation and instruction
such as | have seldom found.
The object l had chiefly in view IN
making these researches was to enable
me to answer "A question asked of me
many times since Gen. William r !.
Sherman and Hon. John Sherman be
came so justly famous. the one as a
military leader and the other as score
tary of the treasury, viz. What con
nectlon or relation are you to those
meny" My Investigations result in
the following facts: The first Sher-
man OF whom / can find any record is
Sir Henry Sherman. one of the exec.
utors OF the will of Lord Stanley, of
Derby, May %, 1921, and died in Eng
land. 1889. The next is Henry Sher-
man, who died in 1910. Third. his son
John was born in Dedham. Eng, Aug.
Il, 1888: wife's name not known. His
brothers name was Edmond Sherman,
from whom he and Gen. and Sec.
Sherman trace their lineage. Fourth,
John called captain, was born in Ded-
ham. Essex county, Eng, 1913 EN-
barked at Ipswich, Eng, on the ship
Elizabeth in company with two neph-
ews, John and Samuel, sons of Edmund
Sherman. Puritan, brother of John,
the father OF Captain john These
nephews or sons, were known as the
Rev.John and Samuel Sherman Gen.
and Sec. Sherman are direct descend
ants of Samuel and the sixth in line
from them
Captain John Sherman arrived lin
Boston in June. settled in WATERFOWL,
Mass. admitted freeman May 16, 1887, a
land surveyor, selectman many times
from 1857 $780, town clerk l64S, often
afterwards. Representative 1851, 59-63,
married Martha, daughter of Roger
and Grace Porter, was chosen ensign
1854 and was steward of Harvard col
lege, 1862 and chosen captain 1850
when he was about 81 years of age and
retained the Office till his death. His
homestead passed to his son Joseph
and consisted of two parcels of land,
30 acres and IA acres. His son John
the first of seven children, born in
1888, was killed in the Narragansett
war. Fifth, Joseph Sherman. sixth
child of Captain John, was born May
IA, 1850. Married in Watertown Nov.
IS, 1873. Elizabeth Winship, daughter of
Edward Winship of Cam
bridge. He was representative 1923
40. Often selectman and assessor,
Had sons-John, bornJan.
IL, 1874. Edward born Sept. 2, 1877.
From this son Edward, RogerSherman,
the s:gner OF the Address TO the King,
the Declaration of Independence and
the Constitution Of the United States,
was descended Among other descend
ants are Roger Minot Sherman, Will
liam M. Evarts, Hon. George F. Hoar
and Chauncey NJ. Depew. Sixth,
John, son of Joseph Sherman, born Jan.
IL, 1867 married Maryland six chill
1ren, was one of the original grantees
IF the town of Shrewsbury coming
from Marlboro, Mass. He was one of
Il proprietors who paid three pounds
% shillipps each cash for the use of
the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
Seventh, Joseph Sherman, third son or
John last mentioned, was born in Mari
ooro, 1903, was one of 10 original founa
srs of the First Congregational church
in Shrewsbury, erected about elght
,ods northeast from where the presen
.hurcn in Shrewsbury now stands.
Hr married Sarah Perrum tPerham)
# Sutton. December %, 1I2o. She
lied 1772, aged 60 He enlisted in the
Crown Point expedition from the town
If Sudbury. His death is not record
ID at Shrewsbury. The company of
which he was a member was engaged
n battle with the Indians at Hall
Nav Brook near Fort Edward July
%. i75S. Fourteen officers and men IN !
.luding Capt. Dakin were killed and
Il! buried in one grave. Eighth, 10
eph Sherman, ir., son of Joseph ana
sarah Sherman, was baptised Aug. ID, |
742. married Abigail Muzzy Feb. 4,
766, had four children lie was a sol,
lier il the Continental service ana
lied at Morristown,N N. j., IN the WIN
er of 1777. aged 50 years. Ninth, Ma
han. son of Joseph and aplgall
sherman, was born Dec q. l16i. mar
led Mary Stearns IN 1870, soon after ne
migrated to Dover, VT. A silver
NTH and farmer by occupation. lie
,as accompanied to Dover by Lleuten
nj Gardiner Howe, who married his
lister Abigail and by Ebenezer Jones,
Tho married his sister Lydia. Tenth,
oseph. son Of Nathan and Mary Sher-
nan. horn June u, 1874, married Chloe
LANYARD October 20. 1920. a clothier
nd farmer. Had five children, the
bird being Sidney II. Sherman. Inc
areful reader will observe that my
M estors. though not of superior rank,
.ealth or ability led useful and non
rable lives of untarnished reputation,
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