Sarah "Sally" Sherman b. 28 Dec 1787 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA d. 23 Jan 1868 Armenia, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA: Discovering My Ancestors

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Name	Sarah "Sally" Sherman
		Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, the First Secretary of Rhode Island This excerpt covers the family and some descendants of Nathan Sherman (1765-1846) and Rebecca Williams (1771-1864). The full book can be found on Internet Archive
Birth	28 Dec 1787	Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA [1, 2, 3]
	Note: Daughter Helen's death certificate gives her mother's name as Lucy. Was she named after her paternal grandmother, Lucia "Lucy" Peterson? Place is based on where her parents were married
		Map - Massachusetts - 1795
Death	23 Jan 1868	Armenia, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2]
	Place of death is the last place she was known to have lived (1860 census).
Burial	26 Jan 1868	Chace-Newbury Cemetery [1, 2]
	FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128696126/sarah-sherman
		Headstone - Sherman, Lucy "Sally"
Person ID	I327	Discovering My Ancestors
Last Modified	26 Feb 2023

Father Nathan Sherman
b. 8 Dec 1765, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
d. 23 Oct 1846, Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 80 years)

Mother Rebeckah Williams
b. Abt 1771, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA
d. 29 Oct 1864, Covington, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 93 years)

Marriage 19 Apr 1788 Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

Age at Marriage He was 22 years old - She was ~ 17 years old. (Were Married 58 years).

Children 7 children

1. Sarah "Sally" Sherman
b. 28 Dec 1787, Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, USA

d. 23 Jan 1868, Armenia, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA

2. Rebecca Sherman
b. 20 Aug 1793, Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

d. 1 May 1871, Covington, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA

3. Anna Sherman
b. 27 Jun 1796, Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

d. 9 Aug 1875, Shelburne Falls, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

4. Nathan Sherman, Jr.
b. Abt 1799, Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

d. 24 Sep 1817, Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

5. Seth Sherman
b. Abt 1802, Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

d. 31 Jul 1886, Alamo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

6. Experience Sherman
b. Jun 1807, Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

d. 15 Apr 1886, Columbia, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA

7. Betsey Sherman
b. 14 May 1808, Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA

d. 19 Dec 1893, Covington, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA

Family ID F503 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Spouse John L. Sherman
b. 17 Jul 1782, Rhode Island, USA
d. 2 Sep 1856, Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 74 years)

Marriage 22 Mar 1808 Colrain, Franklin, Massachusetts, USA [4, 5, 6, 7]

NOTE: Although the marriage record says Jr., the suffix was often given to delineate between other men of the same name in the same town, NOT because his father's name was John.

Map - Massachusetts - 1804

Age at Marriage She was 20 years old - He was 25 years old. (Were Married 48 years).

Children 10 children

	1. Sally Sherman b. 2 Sep 1808, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, USA d. 21 May 1899, Elk City, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 90 years)
	2. Sherman b. Abt 1810, Vermont, USA d. (date unknown)
	3. Lucy Sherman b. 6 Jan 1813, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, USA d. 27 Aug 1890, Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)
+	4. Nathan Tilchner Sherman b. 9 Sep 1817, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, USA d. 26 Jun 1882, Troy, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 64 years)
+	5. Seth Sherman b. 19 Nov 1819, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, USA d. 8 Dec 1905, Columbia, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years)
	6. Simeon Sherman b. Abt 1820, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, USA d. Abt 1821, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, USA (Age 1 year)
+	7. David Thompson Sherman b. 29 May 1824, Whitingham, Windham, Vermont, USA d. 13 May 1913, Butler, Montgomery, Illinois, USA (Age 88 years)
	8. Elizabeth Ann "Betsey " Sherman b. Abt 1825, Pennsylvania, USA d. (date unknown)
+	9. William Edward Sherman b. 28 Nov 1828, Sylvania, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 May 1891, Mansfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 62 years)
+	10. Helen Marr Sherman b. 30 May 1831, Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA d. 14 Aug 1906, Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 75 years)

Last Modified 15 Mar 2023

Family ID F106 Group Sheet | Family Chart

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Census Records » Slide Show		1810 US Census (Readsboro, Bennington, Vermont) People on this record: Lucy (Ross) Whiting, her sons Danforth Whiting (1795-1870) and Caleb Whiting, and John Sherman (1782-1856), wife Sally Sherman (1787-1868 not named)
		1820 US Census (Whitingham, Windham, Vermont) Person on this record: John Sherman (1782-1856) and wife Sarah Sherman (1787-1868 not named)
		1830 US Census (Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania) People on this record: John Sherman (1782-1856) and wife Sarah (1787-1868 not named), Danforth Whiting (1795-1870) and wife Rebeckah Sherman (1793-1871 not named)
		1840 US Census (Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania) People on this record: John Sherman (1782-1856) and wife Sarah (1787-1868 not named), and their son Nathan (1817-1882) and wife Lucy Leonard (1815-1883 not named)
		1850 US Census (Springfield, Bradford, Pennsylvania) People on this record: John Sherman (1782-1856), wife Sarah (1787-1868) and their daughter Sally (1808-1899) with her husband Jehiel Beach (1808-1878) and their children. Seth Sherman (1819-1905) son of John and Sarah, his wife Catherine Brown (1816-1901) and their children.
		1860 US Census (Armenia, Bradford, Pennsylvania), pg. 2 of 2 People on this record, page 2 of 2: David, Nathan, Olive, Sylvester, and Lucy (children of Nathan T. Sherman (1817-1882) and Lucy Leonard (1815-1883), and Nathan's mother Sarah "Sally" Sherman (1787-1868))

Maps » Slide Show		Map - Vermont - 1814 (County and Township)
		Map - Vermont - 1827
		Map - Massachusetts - 1814
		Map - Pennsylvania - 1836