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Philip Sherman[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1610 - 1687  (77 years)

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  • Name Philip Sherman  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth Bef. 5 Feb 1610  Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Christening 05 Feb 1610  Dedham, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    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. 
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    Death 22 Mar 1687  Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Person ID I342223155448  Tripp Family Genealogical Website

    Father Samuel Sherman,   b. 11 Jan 1573, Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jan 1615, Aredleigh, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Phillippa Ward,   b. 1577, Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1617, Colchester, Colchester Borough, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1598  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F39611  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Odding,   b. 05 Feb 1609/10, Madron, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1687 (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 1634  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Eber Sherman,   b. Dec 1634, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1706, North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
     2. Sarah Sherman,   b. 1636, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Peleg Sherman,   b. May 1638, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1719, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     4. Mary Sherman,   b. 1639, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1643 (Age 4 years)
     5. Edmund Sherman,   b. 1641, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1719 (Age 78 years)
     6. Samson Sherman,   b. Apr 1642, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jun 1720, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
     7. William Sherman,   b. 1643, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1646, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
     8. John Sherman,   b. Aug 1644, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1734, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
     9. Mary Sherman,   b. May 1645, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jan 1729, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
     10. Hannah Sherman,   b. 11 Feb 1647, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1717, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     11. Samuel Sherman,   b. 1648, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1717, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     12. Benjamin Sherman,   b. 1650, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 1709, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     13. Phillippa Sherman,   b. 01 Oct 1652, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1731, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Family ID F39572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Philip Sherman    		Philip Sherman

  • 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1252789654] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S1250956828] Ancestry.com, Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    3. [S1250898917] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Book Title: Ancestors and descendants of Daniel Gardner V and Mary (Hodges) Gardner, late of Champaign, Illinoi.

    4. [S1250877282] John Osborne Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690, (https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldict00aust/page/n7), 178-9.


 

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