FYNCE, Nicholas b. Abt 1540 Dedham, Essex, England d. 25 Feb 1594

Abt 1540 - 1594 (54 years)

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Name	FYNCE, Nicholas
Birth	Abt 1540	Dedham, Essex, England
Gender	Male
Death	25 Feb 1594
Burial	28 Feb 1594	Dedham, Essex, England
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Family	SHERMAN, Alice , b. 1542, Dedham, Essex, England Dedham, Essex, Englandd. 20 Oct 1580, Dedham, Essex, England (Age 38 years)
Marriage	Dedham, Essex, England
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Family ID	F17197	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 166 (October 2012):245-58 (Part 1), "The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives," "Part I: Henry Sherman the Elder and His Wives," by Michael Johnson Wood (Michael J. Wood is a retired professional genealogist in London. He can be contacted at michaeljwood123@btinternet.com .) See notes of Henry Sherman for the full transcript of the following partial excerpt:
"HENRY SHERMAN[64] was born about 1512,[65] perhaps in Essex. He settled in Dedham, Essex about 1534, and late in life in Colchester, Essex, about 1584. He died between 26 February 1589/90 and 25 July 1590 (dates of codicil and probate), probably in Colchester. His first wife, whom he married about 1539, was perhaps A DAUGHTER OF ROBERT PERPOYNT of Dedham. She was probably identical with AGNES, wife of Henry Sherman the elder, who was buried in Dedham 14 October 1580. He married next in Dedham 5 June 1581, MARION (___) (SMYTHE) WILSON, widow of Thomas Smythe of Dedham, then of Edmund Wilson of St. Leonard’s, Colchester, whom she had married in Dedham 5 April 1563 . She was perhaps "Mrs Sherman" buried at St. James, Colchester, 4 August 1584. Henry married last MARGERY ___, who was living when he made his will.
As Henry Shearman the elder, of Colchester, Essex, he left a will dated 20 January 1589/90, with a codicil dated 26 February 1589/90, proved in London 25 July l590.[66] The will named son Henry Shearman and his children Henry, ,Samuel, Daniel, John, Ezechiell, Phebe, Nathaniel, and Anne Shearman; son Edmonde Shearman and his children Edmonde, Richard, Bezaliell, Anne, and Sara Shearman (all under age; sons under 22, daughters under 21), son-in-law William Petfield and his children Richard, Susan, and Elizabeth Petfield (all under age); wife Margerye; son Robert; Jane and Anne Shearman, underage daughters of Robert [evidently the testator’s son Robert]; daughter Judith Petfield; son-in-law Nicholas Fynce; the wives of sons Edmond, Henry, and Robert; the poor of All Hallows [i.e., All Saints, Colchester]; and the poor of Dedham and the free school of Dedham (the testator asked to be buried in Dedham). Executors were to be sons Henry and Edmond.
Children of Henry Sherman and his first wife (if Agnes was his second wife, she could have been the mother of at least one of the youngest children):
i. ALICE SHERMAN, b. say 1540; bur. Dedham 20 Oct. 1580 as Alice, wife of Nicholas Fince; m. ca. 1562, as his first wife, NICHOLAS FINCE, b. after 25 Aug. 1532 (date of his father’s will), bur. Dedham 28 Feb. 1593/4, son of John and Ellen (___) Fince of Ardleigh, Essex.[67] Nicholas and Alice had seven children baptized in Dedham from 1562/3 to 1578. The burials of five in infancy or childhood are recorded there, and the other two children, Judith and Alice, may have died young also as they were not named in their grandfather’s will.[68]
ii. JUDITH SHERMAN, b. say 1543, bur. Dedham 1 April 1601 as Judith, wife of William Petfield; m. Dedham 27 June 1566 WILLIAM PETFIELD, clothier, living in 1610,[69] probably the elder son of John Petfield of Earls Colne, Essex, clerk, whose undated will proved 17 June 1572, names also a younger son Matthew.[70] William and Judith had nine children baptized in Dedham from 1567 to 1588, the eldest being named Matthew.
iii. HENRY SHERMAN, b. say 1545; m. SUSAN Lawrence. See Part 2.
iv. EDMUND SHERMAN, b. say 1548; m. (1) ANN PELLETT; (2) ANN CLERE. See Parts 3 and 4.
v. John Sherman, b. say 1551,[71] bur, Dedham 16 Oct. 1576, unmarried. He left an undated nuncupative will, probably proved in 1576.[72] The will mentioned brothers-in-law "William Pettfylld" and "Nycollas Fynce"; brother Robert Sharman; "my mother"; and "my father."
vi. Thomas SHERMAN, b. say 1555; bur. Dedham 16 March 1563/4. Probably he was the godson of Thomas Butter, as discussed above.
vii. ROBERT SHERMAN,[73] bp. Dedham 6 Feb. 1559/60; bur. St. Stephen Coleman Street, London, 14 Jan. l602/3.[74] He was educated at Cambridge University, and became a Fellow of the College of Physicians in 1599[75] He m. (1) Dedham 9 Dec. 1583 BARBARA BROWNE, bp. Dedham 1 April 1561, daughter of Martin and Katherine (Reynolds) (Warner) Browne;[76] (2) shortly after 4 July 1597 BRIDGET JENNEY, daughter of Francis and Margaret (Peyton) Jenney.[77] Robert’s will, dated 10 Jan. 1602/3, proved 20 Jan. 1602/3,[78] names wife Bridget; children Jane, Mary, Anne, and Robert; son Richard. Brother Henry Sherman was to be executor.
Notes...
64. Henry Sherman has been given no superscript since he had both grandchildren and great-children who immigrated to New England.
65. He was age 62 or thereabouts in 1574 (see note 5).
66. Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 51 Drury, PROB 11/75/34, published in full in Thomas Townsend Sherman, "Sherman Genealogy ..." (New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1920), 53- 57; abstracted in Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" [note 49], 2:1164-65.
67. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/ACR 2/253. Nicholas was named in the will of his brother John Fince dated 24 April 1559, no probate date (Emmison, "Essex Wills" [note 46], 250).
68. However, it is possible that Judith and Alice were named in the 1625 will of their first cousin, Ann (Sherman) Angier (see Part 3) as Judith Cartwright and "Allse Mase," widow, amongst beneficiaries known to be Ann’s relatives.
69. "Anna Petfield, daughter to William Petfield," was mentioned in the will of [her uncle] Henry Sherman, dated 21 August 1610 (see Part 2 of this article).
70. Episcopal Consistory Court of London, 164 Bullocke, at the London Metropolitan Archives.
71. John Sherman attended the Dedham Hall View of Frankpledge on 9 April 1572, so he had probably attained his majority since the previous View of Frankpledge for that court was on 1 October 1571 (Dedham Hall [note 16], DL30/60/739).
72. Essex Record Office, Chelmsford, D/ABW 34/221, abstracted in Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" [note 49], 2:1162, and F. G. Emmison, ed., "Essex Wills: The Bishop of London’s Commissary Court, 1569-1578" (Chelmsford, Essex: Essex Record Office, 1994), 202.
73. Perhaps Robert Sherman was named after Robert Perpoynt, probably his grandfather.
74. Parish registers of St. Stephen Coleman Street, London.
75. John Venn and J. A. Venn, "Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Offices at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900: Part 1 (From the Earliest Times to 1751)," 4 vols. (Cambridge: University Press, 1922-27), 4:63.
76. Joan Corder, ed., "The Visitations of Suffolk, 1561," 2 parts, Publications of The Harleian Society, new series, vols. 2-3 (London, 1981-84), 2:183 (Reynolds). The will of Katherine’s brother Henry "Reignoldes" of Little Belstead, Suffolk, dated 9 August 1585, proved 13 October 1587 (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 61 Spencer, PROB 11/71/166b, abstracted in Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" [note 49], 2:1164), mentions "cousin Sherman of Colchester," evidently Robert Sherman, who witnessed the will.
77. Sherman, "Sherman Genealogy" [note 66], 87-89; Corder, "Visitations of Suffolk, 1561" [note 76], 3:299 (Jenney).
78. Commissary Court of London Wills, 19:3 18, abstracted in Waters, "Genealogical Gleanings in England" [note 49], 2:1167."