Sea Captain Nathaniel Sherman

Nathaniel married Lucy Tisdale about 1769 in New York. Lucy was born on 6 Oct 1749 in Utica, New York; died in Sep 1838 in Oneida Co, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry Sherman was born in 1773 in Kingstown, Washington Co, Rhode Island; died after 1775.
2. Watts Nathaniel Sherman was born on 2 Jul 1775 in North Kingstown, Washington Co, Rhode Island; died on 13 Dec 1818 in New York, New York.

Henry married Anna Higginbotham about 1747 in Rhode Island. Anna was born in 1727 in Cranston, Providence Co, Rhode Island; died on 4 Jun 1752 in Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 1757, North Kingstown, Washington Co, Rhode Island; written

Notes:

He was a farmer.
Oct., 14, 1758, Eber Sherman deeds "to my son Henry Sherman, for love and affection" land in North Kingstown. (Recorded July 26, 1759) In May, 1744 in the settlement of his brother Samuel's estate, Eber pays out of the estate "to Gershom Shearman, as per receipt."

[Vital, Probate, and Land records of North Kingstown - via RVS-68]


Will:
His will dated 1757, proved in North Kingstown, RI. It is so damaged by fire that it reveals only three names: John, William and Eber, Jr.

Eber married Martha Remington about 1706 in North Kingstown, Washington Co, Rhode Island. Martha was born about 1670; died after 1725 in North Kingstown, Washington Co, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 13 Nov 1706, Kingstown, Washington Co, Rhode Island

Notes:

birth dates of children are not confirmed.
Sequence of births not confimed.
Which mother to which children not confirmed.

sequence of wives not confirmed


Will:
Will of EBER SHERMAN of North Kingston, RI

(Margins destroyed by fire, Dec. 1870)
God so blest me in this life I give and bequeath the same in the following manner and form
first my debts and funerall charges be paid ( )
I give to my beloved Son Eber Sherman one hundred acres of land joyning to the house which jo ( )
to be to him and to his heires lawfully begotten of his own body ( )

Item: I give to my beloved son Samuel Sherman ( ) acres of land joyning and bounding upon my son Eber Shermans land that is above mentioned to be to him and to his heires lawfully begotten of his own body. Item I give to my beloved son Stephen Sherman one hundred acres of land joyning and bounding upon the land given to Samuel Sherman my son that is to say to him and to his heires lawfully begotten of his own body.

Item: I give to my beloved son Elisha Sherman one hundred acres of land joyning and bounding upon the land given to son Stephen Sherman before mentioned to be to him and his lawfully begotten of his own body. Item. I give to my beloved son William Sherman one hundred acres of land adjoyning and bounding upon the land which I have given to my son Elisha Sherman to be to him and to his heires lawfully begotten of his own body. Item. I give to my beloved son Peleg Sherman one hundred and eighty & two acres of land ( ) bounded upon John Sweets land near ( ) to be to him and to his heires lawfully begotten of his own body but in case any of them w( ) entioned shal depart th ( ) I hereby utterly disallow and revoke all other testaments and wills by me formerly any wise named wri( ) ing and confirming this & noe other to be my last will and testament; In witness whereof I have here unto sett my hand and seale the day and year above writen ( ) signed sealed published and declared to be the last will and testament in the presence of the subscribers by Eber Sherman.


Eber (his mark) Sherman
Captain Jesse ( his mark) Champlin
Peleg Mumford
Theophilus Whale
Capt. Jeffery Champlin and Peled Mumford both of Kingstowne in the colony of Rhood Island and Providence Plantations did both appear before the Council of Kingstowne the 14th day of ( ) did declear that they did see and hear Eber Sherman of Kingstowne (late deceased) sett his mark and seal upon the the above writen instrument and declared the same to ( ) his last will and testament and that they sett their names thereto as witnesses to the same.
Entered upon record the 13th day
November 1706

Samuel ffones Clerke

------------------------------------------------------------Inventory Follows
Kingstown October the 11th day 1706

Inventory of Eber Shermans Estate late deceased
By us Justice Champlin, Jonathan Sherman:

Oxen five cows two three year old
olds one calf--
North Kingstown, R.I. Probate Records V. 1-5, pp. 81-82
F.D.S. 603, 604

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Eber married Mary Wilcox in 1659 in Kingstown, Washington Co, Rhode Island. Mary was born about 1635 in Washington Co, Rhode Island; died before 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Both Bertha Stratton and Roy Sherman call her Mary Wilcox, daughter of Edward Wilcox, but "The Great Migration Begins", pub. 1995 (page 1672) states that she cannot be - and references NEHGS article.