Ancestry of
George H. W. Bush

41st U.S. President

John Sherman

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• • 8th Great-grandfather of George H. W. Bush — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1498 
  • Father:
  • Philip Sherman 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Odding   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1644 
  • Birth Location:
  • Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island 
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 Apr 1734 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Spooner
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1674 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Phillip Sherman

  Joshua Sherman

  Abigail Sherman

  Hannah Sherman (Ahnentafel No:749 )

  • Notes: 

  • Some sources give John Sherman's birthdate as AUG 1644 and his marriage date as 13 NOV 1674 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

• Sources for John Sherman

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1933, Vol. 87, p. 127.
  • ³ 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.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp., Ancestors of American Presidents, 2009 Edition, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009), 463.
  • ⁵ Sherman, Roy V., Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, the First Secretary of Rhode Island, Akron, Ohio: Unknown (1968), 24, 425.
  • ⁶ Spooner, Thomas, Records of William Spooner of Plymouth, Mass., and His Descendants, Vol. 1, Cincinnati, Ohio: Press of F. W. Freeman (1883), 28.