Sherman/ShearmanFreda Estella Sherman, wife to Henry William DANIELS, Jr., was born on January 16, 1859 in East Thompson, Windham Co, CT. She lived past 1920. Freda was the daughter of James Edward Sherman (1839-1861) and Sarah BENSON (1839-1881), who are buried in Old East Thompson Cemetery in Thompson, Windham Co, CT. James is also known as James #276 in the Sherman Directory by John H. Sherman, an alphabetical listing of over 25,000 Shermans. Following the relationships listed in the directory, James' forefathers are: Isaac (born: 1816), Zephaniah (1779), David (1748), Caleb (1708), Peleg (1666), Peleg (1638) and the Honorable Phillip Sherman (1610). Paraphrasing from The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical, by the American Historical Society, the Hon. Philip Sherman was born in Dedham, County Essex, England. He came to America in 1633, settling in Roxbury, Suffolk Co, MA. He was made freeman on May 14, 1634, standing next on the list after Governor Haynes. (A freeman is someone who possesses the rights or privileges of a citizen). On November 20, 1637, he and others with religious differences were warned to give up arms because they stood accused of having "seduced and led into dangerous errors, many of the people here in New England." Instead of submitting to their order, the Hon. Phillip traveled to Rhode Island where he had purchased land in 1636. On the formation of a government there in 1639, he became Rhode Island's first secretary under Governor William Coddington. His name is listed here on a plaque commemorating the signing of the Portsmouth Compact. A prominent figure in Rhode Island, the Hon. Phillip Sherman was general recorder from 1648 to 1652, and deputy of the colony from 1665 to 1667. He was among sixteen persons requested on April 4, 1676 to be present at a meeting of the deputies to advise the Governor in regard to the Narragansett campaign (the decisive battle in King Philip's War). Early records prepared by him still remain in Portsmouth, and show him to have been a "very neat and expert penman, as well as an educated man." According to information gathered at the web sites below, the parental relationship continues in England with Phillip's father Samuel (born abt. 1572), Henry Jr. (1545), Henry Sr. (1524), Thomas (1490), John (abt. 1445) and Thomas of Yaxley, County Suffolk, England (1422). I have seen one report that names Thomas' father as John (1396), but others have it as unknown. Very few written records exist prior to 1400, so it will be hard for researchers to go back much further unless they can tie into a royal bloodline. Rest assured, many people on both sides of the Atlantic are working on it. Historians are currently debating whether Henry Sr.'s wife, Agnes BUTTER, was a descendent of King Edward III.
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Other Sherman Sites Shermans of Yaxley Family History Society Ancestors and Descendents of Phillip Sherman New England and English Families with Royal Ancestry |
