Ancestry of
James Sherman

27th U.S. Vice-President

Jahaziel Sherman

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• • Great-grandfather of James Sherman — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 12 
  • Father:
  • Prince Sherman 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Sherman   
  • Birth Date:
  • 28 Jul 1770 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 31 Oct 1844 
  • Death Location:
  • Vergennes, Addison, Vermont 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Vergennes Burying Ground, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Nancy Winslow
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Mar 1795 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Richard Winslow Sherman (Ahnentafel No:6 )

• Sources for Jahaziel Sherman

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/10/2015).
  • ² Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, JUL 1920, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 188, 190.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Dartmouth, Vol. 2, p. 427, Marriage record for Jahazel Shearman and Nancy Winslow.
  • ⁴ The Middlebury Galaxy (Middlebury, Vermont), 27 NOV 1844, p. 1, Obituary for Jahazel Sherman.
  • ⁵ The Vermont Transcript (Saint Albans, Vermont), 27 MAR 1868, p. 2, Obituary for son Richard W. Sherman.
  • ⁶ Vermont: Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1700-2008, Death record for Jahaziel Sherman.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 66.
  • ⁸ Ross, Ogden J., The Steamboats of Lake Champlain, 1809 to 1930, Albany: The Champlain Transportation Company (1930), 34-35, 66.
  • ⁹ Sherman, Roy V., Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, the First Secretary of Rhode Island, Akron, Ohio: Unknown (1968), 498-500.