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Henry SHEARMAN

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Henry SHEARMAN was born Abt 1555, Colchester, England; died 1610, Dedham, Essex County, England.

    Henry — Susan HILLS. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Samuel SHEARMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1573; died 1615, Dedham, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Samuel SHEARMAN Descendancy chart to this point (1.Henry1) was born 1573; died 1615, Dedham, England.

    Samuel — Philippa WARD. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 3. Philip SHEARMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Feb 1610/11, Dedham, Essex County, England; died Mar 1686/87, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Philip SHEARMAN Descendancy chart to this point (2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born 5 Feb 1610/11, Dedham, Essex County, England; died Mar 1686/87, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI.

    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.

    Philip married Sarah ODDING Between 1628 and 1634, England or MA. Sarah (daughter of George ODDING and Margaret Unknown) was born 5 Feb 1609/10; died Aft 31 Jul 1681. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Eber Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Between 1629 and 1634, Dedham, England or Roxbury, MA; died 1706; was buried , North Kingstown, RI.
    2. 5. Sarah Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Oct 1636, Roxbury, MA; died 1718, RI.
    3. 6. Peleg Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born May 1638, Portsmouth, RI; died 1719, Kingstown, RI.
    4. 7. Mary (1) Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Nov 1639, Portsmouth, RI; died Bef 1645, Portsmouth, RI.
    5. 8. Edmund Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Apr 1641, Portsmouth, RI; died 1719.
    6. 9. Samson Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Apr 1642, Portsmouth, RI; died 27 Jun 1718, Portsmouth, RI.
    7. 10. William Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1643, Portsmouth, RI; died 1646, Portsmouth, RI.
    8. 11. John Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Between Apr and Aug 1644, Portsmouth, RI; died 16 Apr 1734, Taunton, MA.
    9. 12. Mary (2) Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born May 1645, Portsmouth, RI; died Aft 9 Oct 1691.
    10. 13. Samuel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1648, Portsmouth, RI; died 9 Oct 1717, Portsmouth, RI.
    11. 14. Hannah Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Feb 1647/48, Portsmouth, RI; died Bef Dec 1732.
    12. 15. Benjamin SHEARMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1650, Portsmouth, RI; died 12 Sep 1719, Portsmouth, RI.
    13. 16. Philippa Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1 Oct 1652, Portsmouth, RI.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Eber Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born Between 1629 and 1634, Dedham, England or Roxbury, MA; died 1706; was buried , North Kingstown, RI.

    Notes:

    Eber possibly married second, Sophia A. Brown.

    Eber — Mary Unknown. Mary was born Between 1645 and 1655. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Eber Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1679; died 1758.
    2. 18. Samuel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1681.
    3. 19. Peleg Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1683; died 1782, Exeter, RI.
    4. 20. Elisha Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1685; died Abt 1750, North Kingstown, RI.
    5. 21. William Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1687; died Aft 20 Sep 1757.
    6. 22. Mary Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Jun 1688.
    7. 23. Stephen Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1690; died Abt Aug 1773, North Kingstown, RI.
    8. 24. Abigail Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1692.

  2. 5.  Sarah Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born Oct 1636, Roxbury, MA; died 1718, RI.

    Sarah — Thomas Mumford. Thomas was born Abt 1630; died 12 Feb 1691/92, Kingston, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 25. Peleg Mumford  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 26. Abigail Mumford  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 27. Thomas Mumford  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1660.
    4. 28. Sarah Mumford  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1668; died 14 Oct 1746; was buried , Gov. Arnold Burying Ground, Newport, RI.

  3. 6.  Peleg Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born May 1638, Portsmouth, RI; died 1719, Kingstown, RI.

    Peleg married Elizabeth Lawton 26 Jul 1657. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Lawton and Elizabeth Salisbury) was born Abt 1638. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. Thomas Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Aug 1658, Portsmouth, RI; died Bef 8 Dec 1720.
    2. 30. William Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Oct 1659.
    3. 31. Ann Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1661.
    4. 32. Mary Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Dec 1664.
    5. 33. Isabel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1668.
    6. 34. Elizabeth Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Nov 1670.
    7. 35. Samuel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jul 1672.
    8. 36. Eber Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Oct 1674.
    9. 37. John Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Oct 1676.
    10. 38. Benjamin Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 15 Jul 1677.
    11. 39. Sarah Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Jun 1683.
    12. 40. George Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 18 Dec 1687.

  4. 7.  Mary (1) Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born Nov 1639, Portsmouth, RI; died Bef 1645, Portsmouth, RI.

  5. 8.  Edmund Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born Apr 1641, Portsmouth, RI; died 1719.

    Edmund — Dorcas Hicks. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 41. Elkanah Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 42. Nathaniel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 43. Nathan Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 44. David Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 45. Lydia Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 46. Samuel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 47. Elnathan Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 48. Joseph Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 9.  Samson Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born Apr 1642, Portsmouth, RI; died 27 Jun 1718, Portsmouth, RI.

    Samson — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 49. Abiel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1683, Portsmouth, RI.

    Samson married Isabel Tripp 4 Mar 1674/75, Portsmouth, RI. Isabel (daughter of John TRIPP, I and Mary PAINE) was born Abt 1651, Portsmouth, RI; died Between 1715 and 1716, Portsmouth, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 50. Philip Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1674.
    2. 51. Sarah Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1677.
    3. 52. Alice Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Jan 1679/80, Newport, RI; died Bef 1725.
    4. 53. Samson Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1682; died 1762.
    5. 54. Isabel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1684.
    6. 55. Job Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 8 Nov 1687, Portsmouth, RI; died 16 Nov 1747, Portsmouth, RI.

  7. 10.  William Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born 1643, Portsmouth, RI; died 1646, Portsmouth, RI.

  8. 11.  John Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born Between Apr and Aug 1644, Portsmouth, RI; died 16 Apr 1734, Taunton, MA.

    John married Sarah Spooner 13 Nov 1674, Dartmouth, MA. Sarah (daughter of William Spooner and Hannah Pratt) was born 5 Oct 1653, Dartmouth, MA; died Aft 1720. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 56. Philip Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 57. Joshua Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 58. Abigail Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 59. Hannah Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 60. Isaac Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 61. Ephraim Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 62. Timothy Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 63. John Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point

  9. 12.  Mary (2) Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born May 1645, Portsmouth, RI; died Aft 9 Oct 1691.

    Notes:

    Mary probably married Thomas Cook(e) as his second wife (he had a first wife Mary living 14 May 1660). See RI Genealogical Register, Vol. 9 No. 1, p. 2. This book also questions whether she ever was the wife of Samuel Wilbur, as shown in Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of RI.

    The identity of Mary second wife of Jeremiah is discussed in New England Historical and Genealogal Register Vol 128 p 152ff, by Jane Fletcher Fiske. In 1678 Mary was still the widow of Thomas when she took receipt from her stepson John Cooke for his legacy (see the above-noted source). She probably married Jeremiah Brown sometime in 1679, as their first child Samuel was born March 1680. She could not have been Mary Havens, as suggested by some, because William Havens mentions his daughter Mary Cook in his will dated 13 (or 30) March 1680. Also, on 31 March 1680 Jeremiah Brown and his wife Mary took receipt from Oliver and Phebe Arnold for Phebe's legacy from her grandfather Thomas Cooke; Phebe was son of Thomas Jr. (designated as III on my tree). so it is apparent that Mary Cook(e) who married Jeremiah Brown was the widow of Thomas, and that she could not have been the daughter of William Havens mentioned in his will.

    Mary married Samuel Shadrack Wilbur 1 Apr 1668. Samuel was born 1 Apr 1648; died Bef 1696. [Group Sheet]

    Mary married Thomas "Butcher" COOKE, Jr. Aft 1670. Thomas (son of Thomas "Butcher" COOKE and Joanna Unknown) was born Apr 1600, Netherbury, Dorset, England; was christened 13 Apr 1600, St. Mary's, Netherbury, Dorset, England; died Abt May 1677, Portsmouth, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Mary married Jeremiah Brown Abt 1679. Jeremiah (son of Chad Brown and Elizabeth Sharparrowe) was born Abt 1634; died Between 16 Sep and 30 Oct 1690. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 64. Samuel Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born Mar 1679/80.
    2. 65. Hannah Brown  Descendancy chart to this point was born Between 1688 and 1889.

  10. 13.  Samuel Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born 1648, Portsmouth, RI; died 9 Oct 1717, Portsmouth, RI.

    Samuel married Martha Tripp 23 Feb 1680/81, Portsmouth, RI. Martha (daughter of John TRIPP, I and Mary PAINE) was born Abt 1658, Portsmouth, RI; died 10 Oct 1717, Portsmouth, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 66. Sarah Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 67. Mary Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 68. Mehitable Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 69. Samuel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 70. Othniel Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 71. John Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 72. Ebenezer Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 73. Martha Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 74. Rebecca Shearman  Descendancy chart to this point

  11. 14.  Hannah Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born Feb 1647/48, Portsmouth, RI; died Bef Dec 1732.

    Hannah married William Chase, Jr 21 Sep 1676, Yarmouth, MA. William was born Abt 1645; died 1737, Dartmouth, MA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 75. William Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 76. Nathaniel Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 77. Isaac Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 78. Eber Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 79. Joseph Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 80. Hezekiah Chase  Descendancy chart to this point

  12. 15.  Benjamin SHEARMAN Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born 1650, Portsmouth, RI; died 12 Sep 1719, Portsmouth, RI.

    Benjamin married Hannah MOWRY 3 Dec 1674, Portsmouth, RI. Hannah (daughter of Roger MOWRY and Mary JOHNSON) was born 28 Sep 1656, Providence, RI; died Bef 1718, Portsmouth, RI. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 81. Benjamin Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Dec 1675.
    2. 82. Jonathan Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 7 Mar 1676/77.
    3. 83. Joseph SHERMAN  Descendancy chart to this point was born 11 Feb 1678/79, Portsmouth, RI; died 25 Oct 1757, Newport, RI.
    4. 84. Hannah Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Mar 1679/80.
    5. 85. Amy Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 25 Oct 1681.
    6. 86. Sarah Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1684.
    7. 87. Isaac Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 22 Apr 1686.
    8. 88. Mehitabel Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Mar 1687/88; died 3 Nov 1751, Newport, RI.
    9. 89. Deborah Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Sep 1691.
    10. 90. Abigail Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Mar 1693/94.
    11. 91. Freelove Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 14 Sep 1696.
    12. 92. Bethiah Sherman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1699.

  13. 16.  Philippa Shearman Descendancy chart to this point (3.Philip3, 2.Samuel2, 1.Henry1) was born 1 Oct 1652, Portsmouth, RI.

    Notes:

    She is called "Phelep" in her father's will. Philip was a common name for females in that era.

    Philippa married Benjamin Chase Abt 1678. Benjamin (son of William Chase and Mary Unknown) was born 1639, Yarmouth, MA; died Abt Jul 1731, Freetown, MA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 93. Philippa Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 94. Benjamin Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 95. Waite Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 96. Bethiah Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 97. Mary Chase  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 98. Sarah Chase  Descendancy chart to this point