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- Excerpts from the extensive details in "Sherman Genealogy", pub: 1920, by Thomas Townsend Sherman.
Came with his mother, stepfather and half sister Elizabeth Rogers to Watertown, Mass. abt. 1636.
Freeman, Watertown, May 17, 1637.
Commissioner to end small causes 1652, 1653, 1654.
Selectman in numerous years from 1636-1682.
Town Clerk 1664-1666.
Sergeant of train band. Ensign. Lieutenant. Appointed Captain by the General Court June 11, 1680.
Steward of Harvard College, 1660.
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Concerning the Estate of Capt. John Sherman.
He died Intestate. On Feb. 13, 1690/1 at a county court holden at Charlestown, administration was granted to Joseph Sherman of Watertown, on the estate of his fahter, "Mr. John Sherman" of Watertown, decd. having presented inventory and given bond. Dated at Charlestown, Feb. 14, 1690/1.
Bond: Joseph Sherman principal and Gersham Swan of Menotomy surety, in lb 150. Dated Feb. 13, 1690/1. Signed by Joseph Sherman. Gersham Swan, by mark. It is witnessed by Jonas Hood and Samuel Phipps.
Inventroy dated Feb. 12, 1690/1. Total: lb 79. 12s. 8d. Includes Books, "the instrument for surveying of land", a silver cup, two silver spoons, a gun, a rapler, "cutlsh" carbine and two belts. "Memorand: The housing & lands are excepted and not inserted in this inventory, being given to me by my father in a covenant made on my marriage & as may more at large appear in said covenant under his hand." Joseph Sherman. (Inventory, Vol. 7, p. 199)
Bond, dated Aug. 20, 1694, of Martha Bowman at Watertown, widow, & John Cutler of Charlestown, & John Eveleth of Manchester, Essex Co. in lb 28. Condition: Whereas Martha Bowman has received lb 14. 14s. 2d. her part of "moveable estate of Capt. John Sherman late of Watertown, her husband, ded'd. If she shall refund her rateable proportion of all debts due from said estate as yet unknown & administrator's charges,-to be vois. signed, :Martha M. Bowman."
Administrator's account dated March 5, 1693/4 lb 73.17s.8d.
Credits: "Physick, attendance in sickness and funeral lb 5-11s-11d.
Debts paid: Mrs. Martha Bowman for cheese, 00; John Sherman for tobacco lb 00-03-00. "and said account: prays further allowances for what hath been lost by casualty vizt. 1 feather pillow which being hung out to air was torn by swine." lb 00-06-00.
Ref: Probate Records, Middlesex Co., Mass.
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Diane Stevenson wrote - 10Mar04:
John, born in Dedham in 1613, was admitted a freeman in New England in 1637. He was also a selectman many times, a land surveyor, town clerk and representative in 1651, 53, 63. He was a captain in Ye Frayned Band in 1680 and steward of Harvard College in 1662. He had two wives. The first was Martha Porter, daughter of Robert and Grace Porter. He married her in 1637, the same year he was admitted a freeman. It appears they had a son John, because he was born in 1638, the year after their marriage. His second wife was Grace Palmer, widow of William Palmer. They married in Water town, and she died on Feb 7, 1700. The history of Harvard confirms these two wives. However, I have a list of his children altogether and can't tell which ones had which mother. At any rate, his son Joseph, born on
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I can confirm the two wives, but it will take awhile to retrieve that information. I had a friend in Cambridge research this, actually, about 2-3 years ago because I was hoping my son might qualify for some distant legacy scholarship. She came to a dead end at a certain point, because the lines split and it wasn't possible to tell which children belonged to which wife--or something like that (my memory of this is rather foggy--that's why I hoped you might know). Unfortunately, I don't remember what sources she used, but I might be able to contact her to find out. As I recall, however, she did verify the names of the wives.May 14, 1650 is my direct ancestor.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=artcohan&id=I00612
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1604 - 1690 (86 years)
