Caleb Sherman

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Lawton. Elizabeth (daughter of William Lawton and Sarah W Stoddart) was born on 29 Mar 1714 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 4 May 1769 in Swansea, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eliphal Sherman was born on 1 Apr 1747; died on 17 Nov 1801 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

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• Birth: 8 Oct 1666, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA

Peleg married Alice Fish on 16 Nov 1697 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Alice (daughter of Thomas Fish and Grizzel Strange) was born on 15 Sep 1671 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 14 Mar 1714 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peleg married Elizabeth Lawton on 25 Jul 1657 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Elizabeth was born about 1640 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Grizzel Strange on 10 Dec 1668 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Grizzel (daughter of Jonathan Strange) was born on 22 Sep 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 15 Sep 1691 in Middletown, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Namesake: The ancestry of Philip Sherman is covered in Roy V. Sherman's 1968 genealogy of the family, with additional material published in 2013 by Michael Wood.

Notes:

In 1635 he returned to England for a short time but was back in Roxbury before Nov 20, 1637 when he and others were warned to give up all arms because "the opinions and revelations of Mr. Wheelwright and Mrs. Hutchinson have seduced and led into dangerous errors many of the poeople here in New England". They were among those who were banished from Mass. with Mr. Anne Hutchinson in 1638. The Rev. John Eliot, in his record of Church Members of the First Church at Roxbury, states:!RECOORDS: "Phillip Serman, he came into the Land in the year 1633, a single man, & after married Sarah Odding, the daughter of the wife of John Porter, by a former husband. this man was of a melancholy temp, he lived honestly and comfortable among us several years. Upon a just calling went for England, & returned againe with a blessing: But after his father in Law John Porter was so caryed away with those opinions of familisme, & scizme, he followed them and removed with them to the Iland, he behaved himself sinfully in those matters and was cast out of the church." OUR ANCESTOR, IN 1634 EMIGRATED TO NEW ENGLAND. SETTLED They went to the island of Aquidneck which was to become part of Rhode Island where, on Mar 7, 1638, at the place called Pocasset and later to be named Portsmouth, he with 18 others signed a Compact to incorporate into a "Body Politick". On May 13, 1638 he was present at a General Meeting held there. On the advice of Roger Williams, the group purchased the Island of Aquidneck from the Indians and obtained title from the Indian sachems on Jul 1, 1639, at a meeting held Jul 1, 1639 the town was named Portsmouth, a regular government was established and he was chosen Secretary.

The early records of Portsmouth, prepared by him, showed him to be a neat and expert penman as well as an educated man. He signed his name "Philip Shearman". He left the Congregational Church and joined the Society of Friends. His will dated Jul 31, 1681 was proved Mar 22, 1686/7. His wife, Sarah, was living when his will was written. IN ROXBURY, MASS. IN THE ANNE HUTCHINSON TROUBLE IN BOSTON HE TOOK THE POPULAR SIDE, BUUT AS GOV. WINTHROP FINALLY PREVAILED, HE WITH OTHERS FOUND IT CONVENIENT TO EMIGRATE TO RHODE ISLAND. IN PROVIDENCE THEY MET ROGER WILLIAMS WHO ADVISED THEM TO PURCHASE THE ISLAND OF AQUETNET, NOW RHODE ISLAND, OF THE INDIANS. THE PURCHASE WAWAS COMPLETED 24 MAR 1638. ON 1 JUL 1639, THEY ESTABLISHED A REGULAR GOVERNMENT, WITH WM. CODDINGTON, GOVERNOR, AND PHILLIP SHERMAN, SECRETARY. AFTER THIS HE OFTEN HELD OFFICE IN THE COLONY, AND IN CRITICAL PERIODS. HE WAS A MAN OF INTELLIGENCE, WEALTH, AND INFLUENCE, AND FREQUENTLY CONSULTED BY THOSE IN AUTHORITY. THE EARLY RECORD PREPARED BY HIM STILL REMAINS IN PORTSMOUTH, AND SHOW HIM TO HAVE BEEN A NEAT AND SKILLFUL PENMAN, AS WELL AS AN EDUCATED MAN. AFTER HE EMIGRATED TO RHODE ISLAND HE LEFT THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, AND UNITED WITH THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. TRADITION AFFIRMS HE WAS A DEVOUT AS WELL AS A DETERMINED MAN. DICT OF R. I. P 178 VITAL RECORDS OF PORTSMOUTH, R. I. N.E. H. REG. VOL. 24, P 65.

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Philip married Sarah Odding in 1634 in England. Sarah (daughter of George Odding and Margaret (-) Odding) was born on 05 Feb 1609/10 in Madron, Cornwall, England; died in Mar 1687; was buried in Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Death: 1681

Thomas married Mary in 1647 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. Mary was born in 1625 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA; died on 16 Jul 1699 in Prudence Island, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]