Ancestry of
P.T. Barnum

Co-Founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus

Abel Sherwood

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• • Great-grandfather of P.T. Barnum — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 14 
  • Father:
  • David Sherwood 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Meeker   
  • Birth Date:
  • 20 Dec 1720 
  • Birth Location:
  • Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 
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  • from 15 Apr 1761 to 30 Nov 1761 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Hannah Fountain
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Jan 1749/1750 
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  • Child:

  Mary Sherwood (Ahnentafel No:7 )

• Sources for Abel Sherwood

  • ¹ Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 2, pp. 346, 845.
  • ² Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, p. 559.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1961, Vol. 115, p. 288.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 94.