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Philip SHEARMAN

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  • Name Philip SHEARMAN 
    Born 5 Feb 1610/11  Dedham, Essex County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died Mar 1686/87  Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I03168  Sorensen-Remington Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 

    Father Samuel SHEARMAN,   b. 1573,   d. 1615, Dedham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Mother Philippa WARD 
    Family ID F01270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah ODDING,   b. 5 Feb 1609/10,   d. Aft 31 Jul 1681  (Age > 71 years) 
    Married Between 1628 and 1634  England or MA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 
    • The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol 167 p 152 says that Philip and Sarah were married in Roxbury, MA, c 1633.
    Children 
     1. Eber Shearman,   b. Between 1629 and 1634, Dedham, England or Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1706  (Age ~ 77 years)
     2. Sarah Shearman,   b. Oct 1636, Roxbury, MA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1718, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years)
     3. Peleg Shearman,   b. May 1638, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1719, Kingstown, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     4. Mary (1) Shearman,   b. Nov 1639, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1645, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 5 years)
     5. Edmund Shearman,   b. Apr 1641, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1719  (Age ~ 77 years)
     6. Samson Shearman,   b. Apr 1642, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jun 1718, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years)
     7. William Shearman,   b. 1643, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1646, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 3 years)
     8. John Shearman,   b. Between Apr and Aug 1644, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1734, Taunton, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Mary (2) Shearman,   b. May 1645, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 9 Oct 1691  (Age ~ 46 years)
     10. Samuel Shearman,   b. 1648, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1717, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     11. Hannah Shearman,   b. Feb 1647/48, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Dec 1732  (Age ~ 84 years)
     12. Benjamin SHEARMAN,   b. 1650, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1719, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     13. Philippa Shearman,   b. 1 Oct 1652, Portsmouth, RI Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 7 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F00654  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos

    Our ancestors' signatures on The Portsmouth Compact -- Phillip Shearman, Richard Carder, Randall Howldon.

  • Notes 
    • Philip emigrated to New England in 1633 or 1634, first settling in Roxbury, MA, near Boston. Being involved in some of the religious controversy in Massachusetts Bay Colony at the time, he and others went south to Providence Plantations, where Roger Williams advised them to purchase Aquidneck Island (Rhode Island) from the Indians. This purchase was completed on 24 March 1638. Their government was established in July 1638, with William Coddington chosen as governor, and Philip Shearman secretary.

      Thus, he was the first Secretary (or General Recorder) of the Colony of Rhode Island. The early records, still at Portsmouth, show Philip to have been a very neat and expert writer.

      In Rhode Island, Philip joined the Society of Friends (Quakers). He was know for being a devout but determined man. (see "The Sherman Family" by Rev. David Sherman, p. 189)

      The Portsmouth Society of Friends was founded in 1658. The present meeting house was completed in 1700. Now known as the Portsmouth Evangelical Friends Church, it is the oldest active Friends' Church in the country.

      Some genealogies have the following ancestry for Philip Shearman:
      parents -- Samuel & Philippa (Ward) Shearman, of Dedham, Essex, England
      grandparents -- Henry & Susan (Hills or Lawrence) Shearman, of Dedham, Essex, England
      gr-grandparents -- Henry & Agnes (Butler) Shearman, of Yaxley, Suffolk, England
      gr-gr-grandparents -- Thomas & Jane (Waller) Shearman, of Norfolk & Suffolk, England
      gr-gr-gr-grandparents -- John & Agnes (Fuller) Shearman, of Suffolk, England

      His son Eber may have been born in England. Possibly Philip was already married when he came to America. Philip's will mentions his wife Sarah; sons Eber, Peleg, Edmund, Sampson, Samuel, John, & Benjamin; and daughters Sarah, Mary, Hannah, & Phelep.

  • Sources 
    1. [S012687] The Sherman Family, Rev. David Sherman, (Republished on Family Tree Maker CD180: Genealogies of RI Families), 187.

    2. [S012420] Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, Roy V. Sherman, 24.