Ancestry of
P.T. Barnum

Co-Founder of Barnum & Bailey Circus

David Sherwood

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of P.T. Barnum — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 28 
  • Father:
  • Isaac Sherwood 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Jackson   
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Nov 1759 
  • Death Location:
  • Westport, Fairfield, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Sarah Meeker
  • Marriage Date:
  • 16 Mar 1709 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut 
  • Child:

  Abel Sherwood (Ahnentafel No:14 )

• Sources for David Sherwood

  • ¹ Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 2, p. 845.
  • ² Fairfield, CT: Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, pp. 405, 552, 559.
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 2, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1999), 94.