Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 257

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
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ber 7, 1841, a daughter of George Botsford, and granddaughter of Chauncey Botsford, of New- | He resided on what is known as the Philo Clarke town. To the marriage has been born, Novem- | farm; later his son Abraham resided there. The

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latter came with his bride, in 1769, to what is now the summer home of his granddaughter, Miss Elizabeth Shepherd, on the hill just op- posite the home of ex-Senator William N. Northrop. This is a most commanding point, from which can be seen the beautiful New Eng- land village of Newtown, and the picturesque hills and valleys of the surrounding country for many miles. Miss Shepherd, who spends her winters in New York, having within the last few years come into possession of the home of her ancestors, has endeavored. in repairing the prop- erty, to keep it much in the manner of its olden- time appearance, a simplicity characteristic of a New England country homestead, which is so much admired.

After Abraham Shepard left the home just referred to, his son Sueton became an occupant of it, and there passed his life, dying April 12, 1863. He married, in 1806, Dymah Ann, daugh- ter of Oliver C. Hurd, who died April 14, 1850. Their children were: Harriet, Mary, Elizabeth, Delia, Lazarus C., Juliet, Maria, Samuel F. and Grant. Abraham Shepard, like his ancestors, was occupied chiefly in farming. as were also his sons generally. Sueton was a farmer .. All were coopers, a trade at which they worked through the winter season, making measures.

Rufus Shepard, son of Abraham, became a merchant of Bridgeport, Conn., then of New York State. , On June 19, 1822, he was married to Lucy Ann. daughter of Major Oliver and Lucy (Sickles) Peck, and their children were: Frances Sophia (deceased), Anne Elizabeth, Caroline Wadsworth Carson, and George Washington (de- ceased). Rufus Shepard died April 30, 1874.

BEARDSLEY. The Beardsleys of Newtown, Fairfield county, are descendants of Asa B. and Israel Beardsley, brothers, who came from Monroe, Fairfield county, to Newtown, Asa B. arriving in 1824 and Israel A. a few years later.

These brothers were direct descendants of the fifth generation from William Beardsley, the pioneer, who came over with his family from England in the ship " Planter " in 1635, and was one of the earliest settlers in Stratford, Conn. The Colonial records state him to be a man highly esteemed. He held many important of- fices, was a deputy to the General Court held at Hartford in 1645, and subsequently for seven annual sessions from 1649. He was familiarly known as "Goodman Beardsley," a title frequently applied in the earlier records to citi- zens of solid worth and respectability. He and

his brother Thomas, who came over soon after, were the progenitors of all the Beardsley families.

Asa B. and Israel A. Beardsley settled on farms in Flat Swamp District, Newtown, and there resided, occupied in farming. throughout life, respected and esteemed citizens. In 1829-30 Asa B. served as selectman of the town, and Israel A. as such in 1836-37-38. Several of their children are residents of Newtown, some at the old homesteads, among them being John M., Julius, and Mrs. Mary E., widow of the late William J. Dick (all of the family of Asa B.), and Mrs. Flora Jane (daughter of Israel A.), wife of Aaron Sanford, residing in the borough of New- town. The men are substantial farmers and citizens, John M. having represented the town in the Legislature in 1864 and 1867.

ISRAEL A. BEARDSLEY, born in 1780, in | Monroe, Fairfield Co., Conn., married Esther (daughter of Philo Toucey), and died January 22, 1846. Children: Philo S. married Harriet Beach, of Trumbull, and died January 31, 1846; Flora Jane married Aaron Sanford, of Red- ding.

ASA B. BEARDSLEY, born in Monroe, in 1786, I married Flora (daughter of Philo Toucey, and sister to Israel's wife), September 6, 1824, and died in 1850. Children: Emily E. T .; Mary E., who married William J. Dick; Philo T., who died in 1862; Julius T .; John M .; Frances J .; and Henrietta, who died in 1850.

SHERMAN FAMILY. In New England are found two distinct families bearing the name of Sherman. One of them descended from Will- iam Sherman, who came to Plymouth, Mass., with the Pilgrims, in 1620, and settled in Marsh- field, where his descendants still remain. Of his place of birth, or English antecedents, we have no knowledge. The other is the Dedham stock, the branch of which emigrated to New England, and settled in the vicinity of Boston. The first of that name of whom we have any knowledge is Henry Sherman, of Dedham, County of Essex, England, who probably removed from Suffolk, England, as he bore a Suffolk coat of arms. Few dates are given, as the early records of the family are scanty, but, commencing with Henry Sherman, are given as follows, data being ob- tained, as far back as 1560, from the Parish Rec- ords of Dedham, England:

I. Henry Sherman m. Agnes Butler, and d. 1589. She d. 1580. Their children were: Ed- mond, Henry, Judith, John and Robert (bapt. Feb. 6, 1560). Edmond Sherman, son of Henry,

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m. Ann Pellett April 30, 1560, and had a son Ed- I both marriages) are all that have been discov- mond. Edmond Sherman m. Ann Clark Sept. I ered on record, and the mention of one more is 11, 1584, and they had Edmond (III), and Rich- i supposed to have been lost by the wear ard, who m. Elizabeth, and had Anna, b. Nov., 1613, and Priscilla, b. 1618. ! of the record. Children by the first mar- riage: (1) Mary, b. probably in 1639, m. Il. Henry was a clothier in Dedham, Eng- | Daniel Allen about 1658. (2) Bezaleel, bapt. I at Milford Nov. 15, 1640 (graduate at Har- I vard 1661), d. before 1685. (3) Daniel, March

land. He married Susan Hills, and died in 1610. His children were: Henry, born 1571, died 1645; Samuel, born 1573. died 1615; Susan. born 1573; ! 22, 1642. (4) Samuel, April 14, 1644. d. EDMOND; Nathaniel, died 1580; Nathaniel, born | Sept., 1644. Children by second wife: (5) 1582, died 1615; John, born Aug. 17, 1585; Elizabeth; Ezekiel, born July 25, 1589; Mary, ! born July 27, 1592; Daniel, died 1634.

III. EDMOND SHERMAN, mentioned above, came over from England in 1634, with his sons, Edmond, Samuel and John. He was a cloth- worker. and a man of means. He came from Dedham. County of Essex, England, where Rev. H. B. Sherman, of Belleville, N. J., found one of the church windows of stained glass bearing his (Edmond's) initials, as having been his gift, and the record showed that one of the buttresses

Abigail, b. Dec. 3, 1647, m. 1661, Rev. Samuel Willard. (6) Mercy Allen, m. April 4. 1700, Samuel Barnard, of Watertown, Mass. (7) James, who was minister at Sudbury (John ! Sherman, Esq., of Brimfield, was his son). (8) Mary, b. March 5. 1656, m. May 27, 1679, Ellis Barron, Jr. : d. before 1685. (9) Grace. b. March 10, 1658. (10) John, b. March 17, 1659. (11) Elizabeth. (12) Abiah. (13) Esther, who died Aug. 25, 1688. (14) Barron.

Line of Lewis Sherman, of Newtown .- Sam- of the church was erected at his expense. This | uel Sherman, son of Edmond (III), b. July, church, which for the most part is of Tudor | 1618, bapt. July 12, 1618, in England, came to style of architecture, was built during the reign | this country in 1634 in company with his brother, of Henry VII (1485-1509), and the grave and monument, or tombstone, of Edmond Sherman are still to be seen in the churchyard, on the north side of the church, near the tower. In 1599 he founded, and gave to the village of Ded- ham, a free school, for many years known as "Sherman Free School" (now called "Shar- man's Hall "). and also donated a house for the head master of said school. The line of Edmond Sherman is continued below: Edmond Sherman 1 m. Judith Angier May 26, 1611, and came to America about 1634. His children were as fol- lows: John. b. Dec. 26, 1613, bapt. Jan. 4, 1614; Edmond, bapt. June 18, 1618; and Sam- uel, bapt. July 12, 161S.

| Rev. John, and their cousin, Capt. John Sher- man (ancestor of Hon. Roger Sherman, "one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence." ¡ and from him descended Hon. William F. Ev- arts, and Hon. George F. Hoar). According to i one authority he settled first in Watertown, Mass., but about 1636 he located at Wethersfield, Conn., and in 1640-41 in Stamford, where he was one of the original proprietors, his name appear- ing first on Stratford records in 1650. Although | but a young man at the time of his removal to Wethersfield, he seems to have quickly taken a prominent place in public affairs, as he was one of the committee in that town which declared war in May. 1637. against the Pequot Indians,

IV. Edmond (or Edmund, as all of like | the General Court not having been organized. name spelled it then) returned with his father to | After going to Stratford, he was no less active in England in 1636 or '37, and their descendants still live in Dedham.

public movements, filling many honorable posi- tions, and the title of the " Worshipful Mr. Sher-

Rev. John Sherman, above, came to Amer- | man," borne by him in later years, indicates the esteem in which he was held. He was also in- terested in founding a settlement in the Pomper- | aug Valley. His death occurred April 5, 1700, either in Stratford or Fairfield. He was married, probably at Wethersfield. to Sarah Mitchell, b. Oct. 14, 1621, in England. dau. of Matthew Mitchell, who came from Halifax, Yorkshire, ! England. Her brother. Rev. Jonathan Mitchell,

ica in April, 1634, in the "Elizabeth," arriving in Boston in June. He preached his first ser- I mon at Watertown, Mass., under a tree. soon after his arrival in this country. He resided at Watertown nearly a year, and was dismissed May 29, 1635, to form with others a new Church 1 on the Connecticut river. In 1640 he removed | to Milford, and was representative in 1643. In 1647 he returned to Watertown, Mass. His i resided in Cambridge, Mass. The record of his first wife was Mary .. --; second wife being , children's births, however, is complete in Strat- Mary Launce, who died March 9, 1709. He | ford Records from 1641: (1) SAMUEL, b. June died August 8. 1685. Fourteen children (by ; 19, 1641. [See farther on-" Fifth Genera-

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tion."] (2) Theophilus, b. Oct. 28, 1643, re- mained at Stratford; his children were: Mary, married to a Mr. Crain, and Comfort, mar- ried to a Mr. Nichols. (3) Matthew, b. Oct. 21, 1645. died in 1698; he m. Hannah settled at Stratfield, and had children: David (says Cothren in 1872), Sarah, Pononah, and Naomi. (4) Edmond. b. December 4. 1647, m. Susannah, dau. of Richard Hardy. of Stam- ford, and had children: Matthew and Bezaleel (also Sarah, Samuel and Edmond, says Cothren). (5) John, b. Feb. 8, 1650, went to Woodbury, Conn. His sons were: Samuel, John and Icha- bod. From this ancestor was descended Gen. William T. Sherman, Hon. John Sherman and others. the line of their descent . being through John (born in 1687), Daniel (born in 1721), Tay- lor (born in 1758), and Charles R. Taylor Sher- man lived and died (May 4, 1815.) a lawyer and judge in Norwalk, Conn. His widow went to Ohio and died in Mansfield, August 1, 1848. Charles R. Sherman m. in Norwalk, Conn., Mary Hoyt. May 8, 1810. Soon after he re- moved to Lancaster. Ohio, where he became distinguished as a lawyer. and especially as an advocate. He held several important offices, and in 1823 became judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio, in which position he acted until on the 24th day of June, 1829, when, while on the Bench at Lebanon. Ohio, he became ill and died. (6) Sarah, b. Feb. 8, 1653-54. m. 1675, Josiah Rossiter, of Guilford, Conn .. and had seventeen children in twenty-two years. (7) Nathaniel, b. March 21, 1656, m. June 3. 1680, Mary, dau. of Benjamin Phippeny, of Boston. In 1707, he m. a second wife, Mrs. Abigail Hanford, of Fairfield. By first marriage he had one child, Comfort; by second marriage he had Sarah Peninah and Na- omi. (8) Benjamin, b. March 29. 1662, m. in June, 1683, Rebecca. dau. of Benjamin Phippeny. and d. in 1741. Their chil. were: Abigail, b. Apl. 10, 1684: Wilmitt, b. Jan. 21. 1688; Job. b. Apl. 7. 1690; Martha, b. Dec. 20. 1695; Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1696-97; Enos. b. Apl. 15, 1699; Benjamin, b. Apl., 1703: Samuel; Timothy; and James, b. March, 1706-07. [For descendants of Job, Enos, Benjamin, Samuel and James, of above family, see farther on in this genealogy.] (9) David, b. Apl. 15, 1665: was deacon in Litch- field Church, and d. in 1753. He m. Mercy - and had Tamar, bapt. 1095-96: Abigail, bapt. 1697; Eunice, bapt. 1699-1700; Esther, bapt. 1702; Mercy, bapt. 1704: Prudence, bapt. 1706; Elnathan, bapt. 1709: Mehitabel, bapt. 1711; Dorothy, bapt. 1714; and Jerusha.

V. SAMUEL SHERMAN. above. b. June 19, 1641, mason by trade, m. (first) June 19, 1665,

Mary, dau. of Daniel Titherton, of Stratford; m. (second) Aug., 1695, Abigail, dau. of John Thomp- son, and widow of (first) Jonathan Curtis, and (second) of Nicholas Huse; he d. Feb. 20, 1718- 19. Children were all by first wife: (1) Mary, b. May 8, 1666, probably d. young; (2) DANIEL, b. Mch. 23, 1668; (3) Susanna, b. July 22, 1670, m. Daniel Mitchel, of Stratford; (4) Sarah, b. Jan. 26, 1673, d. young; (5) Grace, b. July 8, 1676, m. Daniel Sention (St. John), of Norwalk, Conn .; (6) Elizabeth, b. Jan. 20, 1678, m. Nov. 4, 1702, Isaac Clark, of Stratford; (7) Sarah, b. Dec. 16, 1681, m. Jan., 1706, Samuel Beers, of New- town; (8) Abigail, b. Aug. 4, 1688, m. Dec. 22, 1708, James Beebe, of Danbury, Connecticut.

VI. DANIEL SHERMAN, above, b. Mch. 23, 1668, in Stratford, m. Dec. 19, 1694, Rebecca Wheeler, of Stratford, who d. Sept. 12, 1751. He d. Feb. 15, 1740, their deaths being re- corded in Newtown. Children born in Stratford: (1) Ebenezer, b. Oct. 20, 1695, m. Jan. 12, 1716, Martha Bostwick, of Stratford; d. 1763. (2) Anne, b. Dec. 3, 1697, m. Jan. 24, 1716, David Beach, of Stratford. (3) Benoni. b. Feb. 11, 1699, d. Mch. 6, 1765, in Newtown: Sarah, sec- ond wife of Benoni, d. Dec. 8, 1765. ae. 62. (4) Rebecca, m. Mch. 28, 1723, Gideon Hollis- ter. who was drowned May 10, 1725. (5) SAMUEL, b. Dec. 6, 1709. (6) Daniel, m. Aug. 21, 1743, Mary, dau. of Lieut. John Northrop, of New- town; settled in Woodbury; children: Abigail, b. Mch. 1, 1747; Ann, b. Nov. 20, 1749; Ebenezer, b. Nov. 5, 1752; Philo, b. July 29, 1760; and Mary. b. April 27, 1763.

VII. SAMUEL SHERMAN. above. b. Dec. 6, 1709, settled in Newtown; died Jan. 10, 1747; his first wife, Elizabeth, d. Dec. 10, 1736, and he then married Mary Sherman, who died April 30, 1804. By his first wife he had four children: (1) Justin, b. Feb. 28, 1729, probably died young. (2) Vashti, b. May 30, 1732. (3) JOTHAM, b. Feb. 27, 1734. (4) Sabra, b. April 4, 1736, m. Richard Smith. By his second wife he had the following children: (5) Eve, b. April 24, 1738, m. June 22, 1758, Phineas Lee; (6) Asenah, b. July 3, 1739, d. July 8, 1739; (7) Zilpha, b. Nov. 1, 1740, m. May 20, 1760, Nathan Dicker- son; and (8) Adah, b. Feb. 6, 1742, m. Job Bristol.

VIII. JOTHAM SHERMAN, above, b. Feb. 27, 1734, m. (first) Grace Peck, b. Nov. 28, 1738, dau. of Joseph Peck, of Newtown; she d. Feb. 19, 1770; he m. (second) Amy Beers, b. Aug. 13, 1739, dau. of John Beers, of Newtown; she d. Jan. 15. 1793; m. (third) Cynthia Beers. b. May 15, 1736, eldest dau. of John Beers, and widow of Thomas Skidmore; she d. Mch. 16, 1804, and

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he m. (fourth) Rhoda -, who d. Dec. 7. | 1889. Their children-Mrs. Dr. Geo. B. Hick- 1826, ae. 88; he died Mch. 12, 1817. Children ( ok; Mrs. W. A. Hawkins, of New York; and by first wife: (1) LEWIS, b. May 5, 1758; (2) | Dr. Sherman B. Price, a dentist.

Samuel, b. Aug. 29, 1760, settled in Brookfield; d. Apl. 19, 1825; m. Betty (who d. Jan. 22, 1825, Children of Lewis and Sarah (Glover) Sher- I man (above). - (I) Esther Sherman, b. Oct. 17, 1780. m. 1804. Eben Tyrrell, of Newtown, ae. 64); dau. Vashti, b. Aug. 23, 1783. d. Feb. 4, 1832; Jotham. son of Samuel, d. Oct. 20, 1795, ' ae. 16 mos. : Sally, d. 1795, ae. 4; (3) Rufus, b. i who d. Feb. 21. 1825. ae. 42; she d. Jan. 10, Sept. 9, 1764, m. (first) Amy Hurd. who d. April | 1835: children: (1) Sally, b. Aug. 9, 1805, m. 20, 1798, ae. 31 ; second wife, Ruth

, d. Jan. | Jan. 4, 1831. Andrew Shelton. of Newtown, who d. Feb. 15, 1881, ae. 79; she d. June 3, 1808. (3) Isaac Hubbell, b. Jan. 5, 1812.

9, 1855. ae. 78; he d. Mch. 22, 1822; his chil- dren: Lewis, d. Mch. 7, 1798, ae. 5; Julia A., | 1872 ;. no children. (2) Abbie. b. Nov. 10, scalded to death Aug. 24, 1704, ae. 33; Sophia, d. May 6, 1809, ae. 4: (4) Sabra, b. May 6,

1 (II) Sabra Sherman, b. Nov. 26, 1781, m. 1768: and (5) Ebenezer, b. Feb. 17, 1770, ! Jan. 10. 1805. Daniel Booth, Jr., of Bridge- d. February 17. 1770. Children by second wife: ' water. Conn., who d. April 16, 1862, ae. 86; (6) Grace, b. June 5. 1771, m. Nathaniel Nich- settled on his farm inherited from his father. ols. of Newtown; (7) Jotham Beers, b. June 12, , in Bridgewater, where he lived all his life; she 1774. settled in Sandy Hook, and d. Feb. 5, ' d. Dec. 20, 1855. Children: (1) Julia Ann, b. 1818: and (8) CyRvs. b. May 18, 1778.

| April 7. 1806. m. Nov. 18, 1856. Cyrenius

IX. LEWIS SHERMAN, above, born May 5, : Beecher. of Wakeman, Ohio, who d. July 17, 1758, m. March 21, 1780. Sarah Glover, b. Nov. 1 1885; she d. Jan. 8, 1894. (2) Daniel Lewis, 6, 1763. dau. of Henry and Ann (Sanford) Glover, | b. April 1, 1810, m. May 10, 1835, Amelia of Newtown; he d. April 6, 1794; she m. (sec- ! E. Randall, of Bridgewater. Conn., d. Oct. ond) Stephen Crofut, of Newtown, and had dau., 1 29 (or 31), 1877. (3) Sarah Irena, b. Dec. 30, Sarah Ann, b. April. 1Soo: Mrs. Crofut d. Feb. , 22. 1847. Children of Lewis Sherman: Esther, born Oct. 17, 1780, married Eben Tyrrell: Sabra, born Nov. 20, 1781, married Daniel Booth; Anna, born March 28. 1783. married Isaac Bris- . who m. 1817. d. May 30, 1853. (4) Mary Charlotte, i b. Sept. 21, 1820, m. Dec. 14. 1851, George Smith, of Bridgewater, who d. May 14. 1883, at. 68: she d. Oct. 19. 1889: had one dau. - Terrill, and one who m. Cassen

1 coe; Justin, born July 20, 1785, married Senea | Mead, of Bridgewater. (5) Walter Sherman, Sherman; Philo, born June 16, 1787, married ' b. Sept. 28, 1827, m. Jan. 17. 1848, Cathar- Phebe Masters: Marcia. born Jan. 21, 1789. mar- , ine E. Peters; reside in Minnesota. ried Sherman Beers; Sylvester, born April 27, (III) Anna Sherman, b. Mch. 28, 1783, m. 1791, married Mercy Peck: Ornan, born Dec. ! Feb .. 1801. Isaac Briscoe, of Newtown, Conn. 10, 1792, married Clara Lake. [A fuller record of some of these children will be given farther on

in this genealogy, in connection with the history | (1) Amy. b. June 6, 1802; (2) Lewis, b. Aug. 23, of their descendants. ] 1803; (3) Charles, b. Feb. 7. 1805; (4) Harriet,

CYRUS SHERMAN, above (son of Jotham by | b. Nov. 16, 1806; (5) Polly. b. April 9, 1808; (6) second wife), b. May 18, 1778. m. Huldah, dau. ! Sally, b. April 2, 1810; (7) Caroline. b. Nov. 16,

of Daniel Booth, of Bridgewater. Conn .; she | 1811 d. Dec. 27. 1840, ae. 57; he d. Oct. 28, 1825. Children: (1) Jotham. b. Aug., 1805. d. 1874; m. Mary Ann Bostwick. of Monroe, Conn., and

(IV) Justin Sherman, b. July 20. 1785. m. (first) Aug. 20, 1806, Senea. dau. of John and Molly (Castle) Sherman, of New Milford, Conn .;

had-Mary Jane, who m. Franklin Fairman (son i m. (second) Sept. 4. 1825, Betsey Redding; m. of Charles, of Newtown), of Chicago, and their ; (third) Dec. 9. 1858, Betsey Johnson. He went chil. are-Matilda Louise, Frank Sherman and I to Wakeman, Ohio, in 1822, and was among the Marion; Cyrus L .. who d. Apr. 8, 1862, ae. 20 ) first settlers of that town, where he died Aug. 10. years, 5 mos. ; and Frances A., who d. Dec. 14, ' 186 :. Children by first wife: (1) Lewis Justin, 1848, ae. 21 days. Jotham Sherman d. Oct. 3. 1 b. Oct. 3. 1808, m. Jan. S. 1829. Sabra Sher- 1874. in Newtown. his wife Sept. 26, 1887, ae. man (dau. of Philo), d. Apr. 2, 1832. (2) Na- 76, in Chicago, Ill. (2) Cyrus, b. Feb. 24. ' than Gould. b. Aug. 28, 1810. (3) Cyrus Jotham. 1819. m. Feb. 10. 1847. Caroline, dau. of ' b. April 8. 1812, m. Elisabeth Prone. d. April 22. 1843. (4) Charles Starr, b. Feb. 19, 1814,

Lemuel and Eliza (Shepard) Beers, of Newtown; no children. (3) Mary. b. 1821. m. E. Bene- , m. Feb. 20, 1834. Hannah Arnett. d. June 25, dict Price, of Norwalk, Conn., who d. Aug. 2, : 1844.

(5) Mary Eliza, b. June 16, 1816, d. Oct.

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26, 1819. (6) Walter Rowe, b. June 29, 1818, d. Oct. 1, 1819. (7) Walter Rowe (physician), b. Mch. 19, 1820, m. July 6, 1843, Almira T. Carna- han, d. Dec. 22, 1860. (8) Mary Eliza, b. Nov. 24, 1821, d. Dec. 3, 1844. Children by second wife: (9) Harriet L., b. Sept. 11. 1826, m. Gid- eon Waugh; two dau .; d. 1844 or '45. (10) George B., b. May 18, 1828, m. Sarah R. Buck- man, Nov. 16, 1858; had Georgia F., m. to Oswen, had two ch., and Anne B., m. to Beers, had two ch. (11) John G., b. Nov. 14, 1830, m. (first) Julia E. Beecher; children: John M., Julia A. and Mary B., he m. (second) Elisabeth Miller, and had Florence, m. to Geo. Canfield; one dau.

(V) Philo Sherman, b. June 16, 1787, m. (first) Oct. 23, 1808, Phebe Masters; m. (second) Dec. 30, 1835, -Daniels; went to Wake- man, Ohio; d. April 20. 1875. Children: (1) Sabra, b. July 24, 1809, m. Lewis J. Sherman: d. Aug. 17, 1880. (2) James L., b. Mch. 2, 1812, d. Aug. 23, 1884. (3) Isaac G., b. Nov. 10, 1815, m. Oct. 7, 1835, Currence C. Masters; d. Isaac H. Tyrrell (son of Eben and Esther (Sherman) Tyrrell), b. June 5, 1812 (carpenter), in Newtown, m. Dec. 5, 1830, Harriet Sophia | Blake, b. April 6, 1811, d. June 1, 1874: he was May 5. 1889. (4) Currence. b. April 14, 1817, m. Oct. 7, 1835, Leonard Batterson. (5) Justin, b. Jan. 9, 1821, m. Aug. 10, 1848, Almira Youngs. (6) Sylvester, b. Jan. 8. 1823. m. June 20, I thrown from a wagon and killed, Dec. 27, 1849. 1847, Irene M. Peet; all married and had chil- i Children : (1) Elmore Sylvester. b. Mch. 1;, 1835; (2) Alfred Dwight, b. Dec. 10, 183 ;. dren, and mostly settled in lowa.

(VI) Marcia Sherman, b. Jan. 21. 1789, m. Dec. 22, 18JI, Nathaniel Sherman Beers, who d. Apl. 19, 1843; settled in Bridgewater; she d. Dec. 5, 1890, in Cheshire. Conn. Children: (1) Sylvia, b. Sept. 3. 1812. and (2) Philo Sher- man, b. Jan., 1823.

(VII) Sylvester Sherman. b. April 28, 1791. in Newtown, m. 1812, Mercy (dau. of Andrew Peck). who d. Mch. 21, 1877: he d. Oct. 5, 1867, in Bridgewater, Conn., where he settled. Children: (1) Lewis G., b. April 14. 1813. (2) Flora, b. April 5, 1815, m. Jan. 10, 1833, Nelson D. Trowbridge, of Bridgewater, Conn., had five children. d. Mch. 30, 1893. at the home of her son in Norwalk, Conn. (3) George M., b. April, 1822, m. 1845, Julia Glover, of Bridgewater, no children; settled in New York State; d. July 13, 1866. (4) Emily C., b. Sept. 9, 1827, m. Oct. 27, 1846, David Wooster, of Bridgewater; had three children; settled in Bridgeport, Conn., d. Apr., 1875.

(VIII) Ornan Sherman, b. Dec. 10, 1792, m. Clara Lake, of Newtown. b. March 22, 1796; settled in Danbury, Conn. (Stony Hill District); d. Dec. 5, 1864; she d. Feb. 28, 1861. Chil- dren: (1) Charles Lake, b. March 20, 1814: (2) Fanny, b. Aug. 21, 1817: (3) Harriet, b. Feb. 3, 1822, d. March 17, 1829; (4) Jane, b.

May 31, 1824; (5) Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 10, 1827; (6) Phebe, b. Dec. 1, 1829; (7) Clara, b. Nov. 4, 1834, m. William Hoy, of Newtown, d. Sept. 12, 1853; (8-9) the twins, b. Nov. 16, 1836, d. Nov. 18, 1836; (10) Samuel Justin, b. April 22, 1838; (11) Esther Ann, b. Sept. 20, 1842, d. July 31, 1846.

Sarah Ann Crofut, b. April, 1800, dau. of Stephen and Sarah (Sherman) Crofut (above). m. Dillizon Peck, of Newtown, Conn .; both de- ceased. Children: (1) Edson, who m. Eliza Damaris, and resides at Naugatuck, Conn .; (2) Henry Augustus, b. Jan. 1, 1834, m. Louisa Gillette, res. Newtown; (3) Eliza Jane, b. 1835, m. George H. Botsford, who d. in Newtown.

Abbie Tyrrell (dau. of Eben and Esther (Sherman) Tyrrell), b. Nov. 10, 1808, m. Dec. 24, 1826, Burton E. Clark, of Newtown. Conn., who d. Jan. 1, 1879, ae. 76; she d. June 30, 1876; children: (1) Edward Tyrrell, b. Oct. 20, 1827: and (2) Juliette, b. April 13, 1834.

Nathan Gould Sherman (son of Justin), b. Aug. 28, 1810, went to Ohio with his father in 1822: m. (first) June 15, 1843, Elizabeth Otis; m. (second) Sept. 28, 1882, Hattie Phillips; res- idence, Norwalk, Ohio; d. Nov. 8, 1896. Child- ren: (1) Joseph Otis, b. Aug. 19, 1848; (2) Emma Medora. b. June 12, 1851; (3) Walter Justin, b. Oct. 16, 1854; (4) Mary Nancy, b. May 15, 1859, m. Dec. 30, 1886, Birchard Austin Hayes, a law- yer, of Toledo, Ohio.

Sylvia Beers, b. Sept. 3, 1812 (dau. of Na- thaniel S. and Marcia Sherman Beers), m. Lewis K. Frost, of Bridgewater, Conn., who d. Feb. 10. 1879, ae. 66. Children: (1) Beers, b. -, m. Helen Morton, and went to Brooklyn, N. Y., his children: Edith; Frederick H., d. ae. 3 vrs. (2) Elmer, b. Mch. 4. 1842, m. Oct. 10, 1867, Emily, dau. of Harrison Merwin, of Bridgewater. Children: Frank M., b. 1870; George S., b. 1873; Willis E., b. 1882. (3) Flora J .. b .- , m. Dec. 25, 1866, Amos Northrop, of Bridgewater. Children: Lewis G. and Charles A. (4) Henry S., b. Jan. 22, 1849, m. - Boland, of Bridgewater; res. Cheshire. Children: Ida S., Herbert H. and Howard L. (5) Susan E., b. in Ohio, m. Penfield Giddings, of Brookfield, Conn .; res. Danbury, Conn. Children: Harry P. and Ernest T.

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Commemorative Biographical Record of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Part 257

Author: H. H. Beers & Co. Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Number of Pages: 1795

Author: H. H. Beers & Co.
Publication date: 1899
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 1795