Ancestry of
Roger Sherman

Signer of the Declaration of Independence

John Sherman

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of Roger Sherman — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 16 
  • Father:
  • Henry Sherman 
  • Mother:
  • Susan Lawrence   
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  • Christening Date:
  • 17 Aug 1585 
  • Christening Location:
  • Dedham, Essex, England 
  • Death Date:
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  • Burial Date:
  • 24 Jan 1615/1616 
  • Burial Location:
  • Great Horkesley, Essex, England 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Grace Ravens
  • Marriage Date:
  • 26 Sep 1611 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Wattisfield, Suffolk, England 
  • Children:
  
  

  John Sherman Jr. (Ahnentafel No:8 )

  Richard Sherman

• Sources for John Sherman

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, January 2013, Vol. 167, pp. 45, 50-51.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2014, Vol. 168, p. 17.
  • ³ The American Genealogist, 1987, Vol. 62, p. 76.
  • ⁴ The American Genealogist, 1986, Vol. 61, p. 82.
  • ⁵ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Vol. 3, P-W, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1995), 1672.
  • ⁶ Anderson, Robert Charles, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635, Vol. VI, R-S, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 89, 292.
  • ⁷ Child, Christopher C., "Coolidge Connections", Vita Brevis, https://vitabrevis.americanancestors.org/2023/02/coolidge-connections/, (accessed 06/23/2023).
  • ⁸ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 140.
  • ⁹ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 462.
  • ¹⁰ Sherman, Thomas Townsend, Sherman Genealogy including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England, Some Descendants of the Immigrants . . ., New York: Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher (1920), 81, 118-119.