SHERMAN, Reverend John

1613 - 1685  (71 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	SHERMAN, John
  Prefix	Reverend
  Birth	26 Dec 1613	Dedham, Essex, England   [1]
  Christening	4 Jan 1614	Dedham, Essex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	Aug 1685
  Death	8 Aug 1685	Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
  WAC	8 Mar 1933	ALBER
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I30742	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	SHERMAN, Edmund II ,   b. 23 Jun 1572, Dedham, Essex, England Dedham, Essex, Englandd. 14 Jun 1643, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States (Age 70 years)
  Mother	MAKIN, Joan ,   b. 1575, Fingrinshoe, Essex, England Fingrinshoe, Essex, Englandd. 15 May 1611, Dedham, Essex, England (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1598	Dedham, Essex, England
  Family ID	F8471	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	SHERMAN, Edmund I ,   b. 8 Jun 1548, Dedham, Essex, England Dedham, Essex, Englandd. 22 Dec 1600, Dedham, Essex, England (Age 52 years)
  Mother	ANGIERS, Judith ,   b. 5 Jun 1587, Dedham, Essex, England Dedham, Essex, Englandd. 1634, Dedham, Essex, England (Age 46 years)
  Marriage	1598	Dedham, Essex, England   [2]
  Family ID	F17002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	GIBBS, Abigail ,   b. Abt 1617, Dedham, Essex, England Dedham, Essex, Englandd. 1644 (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1635
  Family ID	F17433	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	LANNER, Mary   d. 8 Sep 1644, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Marriage	1645	Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut   [1]
  Family ID	F17317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  John came on the Ship "Elizabeth" from Ipswich,England, the last of April 1634, bound for New England.Capt. Wm. Andrews. Jo was listed as "John Sherman,age 20 years". - Immigrant Sherman Founders of Families in the United States. Born Dedham, county Essex, England December 26, 1613, came Boston,Massachusetts 1634, removed Watertown ,Mass. soon after to Wethersfield,Conn. , and 1643 , Milfords, Conn., died Sudbury, Mass., Aug .8 ,1685-Directory of the Ancestral Heads of New England Families 1620-1700 John Sherman attended Trinity College, Cambridge. He came to Watertown and was dismissed from the Chruch there to go to Wethersfield, CT. He resided at Wethersfield until about 1640. He is listed as a free planter in Milford, CT, 20 Nov 1639 and was admitted to the Milford church the following year. He was dismissed from Milford in 1647 when he returned to Watertown as its third minister. He is buried East Watertown, MA. John married first Mary, surname unknown, who died in Milford, CT on 8 Sep 1644. She was probably a sister of John Gibbs of New Haven. He married (2) Mary Launce who died at Watertown, 9 Mar 1710. Cotton Mather wrote this about the death of John: "taken sick of an intermitting but malignant fever, which yet abated, that he found opportunity to return unto his own house at Water-town. But his fever then renewing upon him, it prevailed so far that he soon expired his holy soule..." From Ancestry.com is says: John studied at Trinity College in Cambridge, receiving his A.B. in 1629 and his A.M. in 1633. No doubt he was actively engaged in preaching in England. Persecuted as a Puritan, John fled with other Shermans and sailed from England in the ”Elizabeth”, arrived in America in 1635 and went to Watertown. He soon moved to New Haven Colony where he was a magistrate several years. He returned to Watertown between 1644 and 1648 and became its third minister a few years before Rev. Mr. Knowles returned to England. He became a great preacher and controversial figure of New England. He became a freeman in Watertown in 1669, remained in there until his death as their minister. The following is the epitaph honoring him: “Sacred to the memory of John Sherman a man distinguished for his piety, character and truth; a profound theologian; as a preacher a veritable Chrysostom; unsurpassed in his knowledge of the liberal arts, particularly mathematics; a faithful pastor of the Church of Watertown in New England; an Overseer and Fellow of Harvard College. After a life of faithful service to Christ in the Church for upwards of 45 years, in the fullness of time he passed away and received from Christ the palm of victory. In the 72d year of his age, August 8, 1685”. Rev. JOHN SHERMAN, A. B., Trinity Coll. Camb., 1629, A. M., 1633. John was born 26 Dec 1613 in Dedham, Essex, England, the son of Edmund Sherman and Joan Makin. He married Mary in 1645 after he immigrated to the Colonies. Mary was born about 1620 in Watertown, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Launce and Isabella Darcy. John studied at Trinity College in Cambridge, receiving his A.B. in 1629 and his A.M. in 1633. No doubt he was actively engaged in preaching in England. Persecuted as a Puritan, John fled with other Shermans and sailed from England in the ”Elizabeth”, arrived in America in 1635 and went to Watertown. He soon moved to New Haven Colony where he was a magistrate several years. He returned to Watertown between 1644 and 1648 and became its third minister a few years before Rev. Mr. Knowles returned to England. He became a great preacher and controversial figure of New England. He became a freeman in Watertown in 1669, remained in there until his death as their minister. The following is the epitaph honoring him: Mary is a direct descendant from King Edward I of England, through her mother’s line. Her mother’s will mentions her as follows: ” My daughter Mary Sherman have thartine 30 pounds ...cawdle silver cup with silver porringer, a ring with 3 diamonds...one silver spoon...my watch... what money is left my son Launce’s children and daugh¬ter Mary Sherman’s children those not married... to my son Sherman 5 pounds and the half of my books with the great bible I read, his name is writ in it...” “Sacred to the memory of John Sherman a man distinguished for his piety, character and truth; a profound theologian; as a preacher a veritable Chrysostom; unsurpassed in his knowledge of the liberal arts, particularly mathematics; a faithful pastor of the Church of Watertown in New England; an Overseer and Fellow of Harvard College. After a life of faithful service to Christ in the Church for upwards of 45 years, in the fullness of time he passed away and received from Christ the palm of victory. In the 72d year of his age, August 8, 1685”. Rev. JOHN SHERMAN, A. B., Trinity Coll. Camb., 1629, A. M., 1633. ID: Merged with a record that used the ID 1361^2>22 AKA: Also shown as "The College Puritan" //

  
  

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  [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. John SHERMAN; Male; Birth: 26 DEC 1613 Dedham, Essex, England; Christening: 04 JAN 1613 Dedham, Essex, England; Death: 08 AUG 1685 Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Spouse: Mary LANNER; Marriage: About 1645 Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 10 Aug 2004 [S64] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index. Judith Angiers; Female; Birth: 1582 Dedham, Essex, England; Death: 1634 Dedham, Essex, England; Spouse: Edmund Sherman; Marriage: 1598 Dedham, Essex, England; No source information is available. Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church. Search performed using PAF Insight on 10 Aug 2004