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Thomas SHERWOOD

Male Abt 1584 - 1656  (72 years)


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  • Name Thomas SHERWOOD  [1] 
    Birth Abt 1584  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Fact 21 Jul 1655  Date of Will Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Fact 1 25 Oct 1655  Date will was proved Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 1656  Stratford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield": Sherwood, Thomas - Thomas came to Boston in the "Frances", Apr. 1634, ae. 48, with wife Alice, ae. 47, and children Anna (14), Rose (11), Thomas (10), and rebecca (9). He came to Wethersfield with the first settlers, 1635, was a carpenter, and sold his lands to George Wyllys, 25 Mar. 1640. He removed to Stamford, where he lived until 1648, when he sold to John Holly, and settled in Fairfield. He may have been related to Thomas Morehouse, whose holdings adjoined his in Wethersfield, and who accompanied him in his subsequent migrations.
      If the age of the son Thomas was misstated in the ship's list, he could have been the Thomas son of Thomas and Alice bapt. at St. Michael's, London, Eng., 23 Jan. 1630.
      Will 21 July 1655, proved 25 Oct. 1655; children by former wife, Thomas, Jane, Tamsen, Margaret, Sarah, Hannah, Rose, Rebecca; wife Mary, and children by her, Stephen, Matthew, Mary, Ruth, Abigail, Isaac.
      Fairfield Deeds mention 18 Jan. 1658/9 that "john Banks hath married Mary Sherwood the relict."
      His widow Mary m. (2) John Banks and d. in 1694/
      Will of Mary Banks, 6 Jan. 1693/4; son Stephen Sherwood's dau. Ruth; son Matthew Sherwood's dau. Mary; Hannah "Lumis"; dau. Ruth; sons Stephen, Isaad; residue to son Mathew; Ens. Wheeler and James Bennett, Sr., overseers. Inv. 13 Mar. 1693/4. [2]
    Person ID I49677  Main Tree
    Last Modified 16 May 2023 

    Family 1 Alice SEABROOK,   b. Abt 1587, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anna Hannah SHERWOOD,   b. 1620, Ipswich, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1655 (Age < 34 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Thomas SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1624  [Birth]
     3. Rebecca SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1625, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     4. Margaret SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1617, Ipswich, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     5. Jane SHERWOOD,   b. 1627, Ipswich, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1685 (Age 58 years)  [Natural]
     6. Thomasine (Tamsen) SHERWOOD,   b. 24 Oct 1615, Bocking, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 04 Jan 1684, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
     7. Sarah SHERWOOD  [Birth]
    +8. Rose SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1622, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1699 (Age < 77 years)
    Family ID F02070  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2021 

    Family 2 Mary ?,   b. England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1694, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1640  Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Stephen SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1641, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     2. Matthew SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1644, Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1715, Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     3. Mary SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1645, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
    +4. Ruth SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1647, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     5. Abigail SHERWOOD,   b. 1649, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1692 (Age 43 years)  [Birth]
     6. Isaac SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1651, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F09689  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1584 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1640 - Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsFact - 21 Jul 1655 - Date of Will Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - - England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).

    2. [S02419] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;), 76-3279.

    3. [S03429] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Sterling and Stratford.


  

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