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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Shearman was born 24 Aug 1727 (son of James SHEARMAN and Grissell MERRIHEW).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James SHEARMAN was born Mar 1693/94, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA (son of Daniel SHEARMAN and Sarah JENNE).

    James married Grissell MERRIHEW 30 Aug 1722, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA. Grissell (daughter of Josiah MERRIHEW and Hope UNKNOWN) was born 28 Dec 1695, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Grissell MERRIHEW was born 28 Dec 1695, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA (daughter of Josiah MERRIHEW and Hope UNKNOWN).

    Notes:

    The name is sometimes spelled Grizzle. I have read that's it is a variation of Griselda: "Griselda is Anglicized as Grisell or Grizell." Apparently the name is of German origin and means "grey battle."

    Her name in the transcription of the birth record is "Grizagaim." Child of Josiah and Hope; surname also spelled Merehoe and Merrehoo in the records.

    Notes:

    "James Shearman, son of Daniel of Dartmouth, and Grizzil Merehew, daughter of Josiah of Dartmouth, 30th, 6 mo called August, 1722"

    Children:
    1. Priscilla SHEARMAN was born 20 Jan 1724/25, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.
    2. 1. James Shearman was born 24 Aug 1727.
    3. Hope Shearman was born 2 Oct 1729.
    4. Lydia Shearman was born 18 Sep 1733.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Daniel SHEARMAN was born Abt 1668.

    Notes:

    According to one family tree online, Daniel was a son of Peleg; but this needs more research to be confirmed.

    Daniel married Sarah JENNE 18 Apr 1693, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA. Sarah (daughter of John JENNE) was born Abt 21 May 1672. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Sarah JENNE was born Abt 21 May 1672 (daughter of John JENNE).

    Notes:

    I have made an assumption that she is "Sarah Jene" daughter of John, born 21 May 1672 at Dartmouth, MA. In the old records the surname is spelled variously as Jene, Jeney, Jenne, Jennee, and Jenee.

    One family tree online has her father as John Jenney, b 10 Apr 1647 in Plymouth, MA, d 1727 Dartmouth, MA. This seems to agree with the Dartmouth records, which say he died in his 80th year.

    Children:
    1. 2. James SHEARMAN was born Mar 1693/94, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.
    2. Isabel Shearman was born 17 Sep 1696.
    3. Elizabeth Shearman was born 20 Sep 1698.
    4. Moses Shearman was born Aug 1699.
    5. Ebenezer Shearman was born 23 Jul 1702.
    6. Daniel Shearman was born 30 Oct 1704.

  3. 6.  Josiah MERRIHEW

    Notes:

    "About a mile east of Hixville village on the road to Faunce Corner where the highway crosses the Noquochoke River was a mill which in 1710 was called the

    Josiah married Hope UNKNOWN Abt 1694. Hope was born Abt 1670. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Hope UNKNOWN was born Abt 1670.

    Notes:

    An online message board gives her name as Hope Borden. In her children's birth records, she is Hope.

    Children:
    1. 3. Grissell MERRIHEW was born 28 Dec 1695, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.
    2. Mary Merrihew was born 12 Dec 1697.
    3. Rachel Merrihew was born 31 Jul 1701.
    4. Preserved Merrihew was born 30 Mar 1704.
    5. Ruth Merrihew was born 30 May 1706, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA; died 20 Jan 1721/22, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.
    6. Josiah Merrihew was born 5 Feb 1707/08.
    7. Joseph Merrihew was born 24 Apr 1711.
    8. Benjamin Merrihew was born 13 Sep 1713.
    9. Mary Merrihew was born 12 Jul 1715.
    10. David Merrihew was born 27 Jul 1717.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  John JENNE was born Abt 1648; died 10 Apr 1727, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.

    Notes:

    I have made an assumption that this John Jenney in the Dartmouth records is the father of Sarah who married Daniel Shearman.

    Children:
    1. 5. Sarah JENNE was born Abt 21 May 1672.