
Ancestry of
James Sherman
27th U.S. Vice-President
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- Grandfather of James Sherman — 3rd Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 6
- Father:
- Jahaziel Sherman
- Mother:
- Nancy Winslow
- Birth Date:
- 14 Apr 1797
- Birth Location:
- Albany, Albany Co., New York
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 22 Mar 1868
- Death Location:
- Vergennes, Addison, Vermont
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Prospect Cemetery, Vergennes, Addison, Vermont
- Spouse Name:
- Frances Lucretia Williams
- Marriage Date:
- 3 Jan 1821
- Marriage Location:
- Utica, Oneida, New York
- Child:
Mary Frances Sherman (Ahnentafel No:3 )
- Notes:
Richard Sherman was Captain of the Phoenix when it caught fire and sank in 1819 in Lake Champlain.
Richard Winslow Sherman
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Sources for Richard Winslow Sherman
- 1 Federal Census, VT, Addison County, 1850, Vergennes, Image 24 of 33.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/10/2015).
- 3 Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, JUL 1920, Vol. 56, No. 3, p. 190.
- 4 The Middlebury Galaxy (Middlebury, Vermont), 27 NOV 1844, p. 1, Obituary for father Jahazel Sherman.
- 5 The Vermont Transcript (Saint Albans, Vermont), 27 MAR 1868, p. 2, Obituary for Richard W. Sherman.
- 6 Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death record for Richard W. Sherman.
- 7 Browning, Charles H., Americans of Royal Descent: A Collection of Genealogies of American Families Whose Lineage is Traced to . . ., 7th Ed., Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company (2000 reprint of 1911 edition), 224.
- 8 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.
- 9 Roberts, Gary Boyd and William Addams Reitwiesner, American Ancestors and Cousins of The Princess of Wales, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (1984), 64.
- 10 Ross, Ogden J., The Steamboats of Lake Champlain, 1809 to 1930, Albany: The Champlain Transportation Company (1930), 34-35, 66.
- 11 Sherman, Roy V., Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, the First Secretary of Rhode Island, Akron, Ohio: Unknown (1968), 500-501.
- 12 Stratton, Bertha L., Transatlantic Shermans, Staten Island, New York: Bertha L. Stratton (1969), 172.