'Sherman1'
Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Sherman of Littleington, Sherman of Ottery St. Mary, Sherman in USA, Sherman of Yaxley
| Vivian identifies the arms of the following family "Or, a lion rampany Sa., between three holly leaves Vert." | |||||||||||||||
| Robert Sherman of Yaxley, Suffolk | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Sherman (dau of William Sherman of Otterie St. Mary) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | John Sherman of Otterie St. Mary (heir) | ||||||||||||||
| A. | John Sherman (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| B. | William Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m1. _ Trent of Otery (heir) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John Sherman 'of Otterie St. Mary' of Knightstone (bur 12.06.1617) | ||||||||||||||
| m.1 (sp) Bridget Haydon (dau of Thomas Haydon of Ebford) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Margaret Drake (bur 04.09.1620, dau of Sir Barnard Drake) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Gideon (Gyddion) Sherman 'of Autry St. Mary' (b c1598, bur 10.03.1630-1) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (28.05.1617) Agneta Frie (dsp bur 12.06.1617, dau of Nicholas Frie of Yerty) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (21.09.1622) Elizabeth Davie (dau of Robert Davie of Christowe) ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Gideon Sherman (bpt 01.11.1626, bur 31.03.1679) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.03.1653-4) Elizabeth Ducke (bur 24.01.1688-9, dau of Richard Ducke of Broadhembury) | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue - John (bpt 15.10.1623, bur 26.02.1623-4), John (bpt 08.02.1630-1, bur 27.01.1633-4), Anne (bpt 08.09.1625, bur 26.12.1625), Elizabeth (bpt 27.04.1628, bur 17.02.1644-5) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Gartred Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. (16.06.1624) Richard Copleston | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | lother issue - John (b c1601, a 1620), Mary (bur 15.05.1626) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Katherine Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gilbert Drake | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Johanna Sherman (d 04.1606) | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Mallock | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Agneta Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Coram | |||||||||||||||
| v.+ | other issue - William (dsp), Isabell | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Joan Mallack (dau of John Mallack of Axmouth) | |||||||||||||||
| vii. | Richard Sherman 'of Ottery St. Mary' | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Jone Eveleigh (dau of John Eveleigh of Holcomb) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Margaret Sherman (d 1614) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (14.05.1607) John Cooke of Thorne | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - William (b c1590, a 1620), Henry (d infant), Susan | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c04.1596) Jone Copleston (bur 22.01.1648-9, dau of Richard Copleston of Woodland, widow of Christopher Cooke of Thorne) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Margerie Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Collins of Offwell | |||||||||||||||
| f.+ | other issue - Richard (a 1599, a 1620), Christopher (bpt 05.01.1602-3, bur 13.01.1633-4) | ||||||||||||||
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| Visitation (Leicestershire) shows this family as having arms described as "Or, a lion rampant sable, charged on the shoulder with an annulet for difference between three oak-leaves vert"which indicates a close connection with the family shown above. Visitation then shows the 10 sons + 1 daughter of the following Thomas in the following order. | |||||||||||||||
| Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, Suffolk (d by 1551?) | |||||||||||||||
| m. Jane Waller (dau of George Waller of Wortham) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Thomas Sherman 'of Yaxley' | ||||||||||||||
| m. (Elizabeth?) Yaxley | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Thwaites of Harding | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Thomas Sherman (b c1589, a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Henry Sherman 'of Colchester. Essex' (d 1589, 4th son) | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from 'Prominent Families of the United States of America' (Arthur Meredyth Burke, vol 1, 1908, 'Sherman', p186+) which starts with Henry, "probably the son of Thomas Sherman, of Yaxley, Co. Suffolk, who m. Jane Waller, of Wortham". | |||||||||||||||
| m. Agnes Butler (d 1580) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Edmund Sherman of Dedham, Essex (b c1540, d 1599) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1570) Anne Pellatte (d 1584) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Edmund Sherman (d 1641, emigrated to America in 1632 (Massachussetts then Connecticut)) | ||||||||||||||
| a. | Edmund Sherman ("who returned to England") | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Richard Sherman of Boston, Massachussetts | ||||||||||||||
| m. Martha | |||||||||||||||
| c. | John Sherman (b 04.01.1614, d 1685, cleric, youngest son) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Abigail | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Mary Launce | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Samuel Sherman of Stratford, Connecticut (b 12.07.1617, d 1684) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sara Mitchell | |||||||||||||||
| e.+ | other issue - Bezaleel, Judith, Anne, Joanna, Esther | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Anne Clere | |||||||||||||||
| 3. | William Sherman of London 'then Ipswich' (grocer) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Faith Lany (dau of John Lany of Cratfeild) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | John Sherman of Newark near Leicester | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Cave (dau of William Cave of Pickwell) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | William Sherman (b c1585, a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Maria Lascells of Nottinghamshire ## see here ## | |||||||||||||||
| a.+ | issue (a 1619) - John (b c1618), Anna (b c1617) | ||||||||||||||
| ii. | Ellianor Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Jermin of Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Faith Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Henry Hemming of Newark & London | |||||||||||||||
| iv.+ | other issue - Thomas (b c1601, a 1619), Elizabeth, Anna, Jane, Millicent | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Faith Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Ballard of Yorkshire then Ipswich | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Anna Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Browne (brother of Elizabeth's husband?) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Margeria Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Duck of Kent | |||||||||||||||
| E. | Elizabeth Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Browne | |||||||||||||||
| F.+ | other issue - Richard (cleric), Owen (dsp), William (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | Francis Sherman of Brewseyard, Suffolk | ||||||||||||||
| The following comes from Visitation (Metcalfe, Suffolk, 1612, 'Sherman of Bruisyard') which shows Francis and his brothers in the order Thomas, Richard, John, Henry, Robert, William, Anthony, Francis, Bartholomew & James. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Sibbell Graye (dau of Thomas Graye of Gosewolde Hall in Thrandeston) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Alexander Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Chewte of Soterley | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Frances Sherman | ||||||||||||||
| 5. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Lockwood | |||||||||||||||
| 6.+ | other issue - Richard (dsp), John, James, Bartholomew, Anthony | ||||||||||||||
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| John Sherman of Littleington, Cambridgeshire | |||||||||||||||
| m. Isabell Hamond (dau of William Hamond of Much Monden) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | William Sherman of Littleington | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Pepis (dau of John Pepis of Creake) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Charles Sherman of Littleington (a 1619) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Anne Welbore (dau of Phillip Welbore of Foxton) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Elizabeth Sherman | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Sherman', p680)
(2) For middle section : Visitation (Leicestershire, 1619, 'Sherman') with input as reported above
(3) For lower section :
Visitation (Cambridgeshire, 1619, 'Sherman')
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