Discovering My Ancestors
Edmund Shearman[1, 2]
1641 - 1719 (78 years)-
Name Edmund Shearman Born Apr 1641 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA 
[1, 2] Gender Male Will 20 Oct 1712 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA [3] Died 6 Jul 1719 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA [1, 3, 4] Cause: Date Will proved Person ID I586 Discovering My Ancestors Last Modified 11 May 2017
Father Philip Sherman, b. 5 Feb 1610, Dedham, Essex, England , d. 22 Mar 1686, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA (Age 76 years) Mother Sarah Odding, b. 5 Feb 1609, Madron, Cornwall, England , d. 5 Feb 1681, Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island, USA (Age 72 years) Married 1634 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA 
Children12 children Family ID F186 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Spouse Dorcas Jane Hicks, b. 14 Feb 1651, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA , d. Aft 20 Oct 1712, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age > 61 years) Married 1674 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA [1] Children 1. Elkanah Sherman, b. 7 May 1674, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA , d. Abt 1778, Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, USA (Age 103 years)2. Nathaniel Sherman, b. May 1676, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA , d. Yes, date unknown3. Samuel Sherman, b. 27 Jul 1676, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA , d. Abt 1733, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 56 years)4. Nathan Sherman, b. 8 Feb 1678, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1764, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 85 years)5. David Sherman, b. Jan 1680, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA , d. 3 Apr 1761, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 81 years)6. Lydia Sherman, b. Feb 1682, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1740, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Age 57 years)+ 7. Elnathan Sherman, b. Oct 1694, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA , d. 1778, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA (Age 83 years)8. Joseph Sherman, b. Feb 1698, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 11 May 2017 Family ID F187 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
Will of Edmund Shearman
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Sources - [S258] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
- [S266] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 1981.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GRG.
Name: Edmund Sherman Birth Date: 1641 Birth Place: RI - [S178] Some of the First Descendants of Philip Sherman, the First Secretery o f Rhode Island, Bristol County Probate Records. Vol. 3; page 565.
To all people to whome these presents shall come, I Edmund Shearman o f Dartmouth in the County of Bristol in the Province of the Massachuse ts Bay in New England: do hereby manifest & declare that I bei ng at this time very sensible of the weakness of my body but my memor y and understanding being yet good, do for the disposing & set tleing of my wordly estate make this my last Will and Testament to b e of force after my decease hereby revoking and declaring to be null & amp;amp; void all other Wills & Testaments by me formerly mad e & this to be my last will. Impress. I will and bequeath t o my son Samuel Shearman five shillings to be payed by my Executor her eafter named with what is already given him by deeds. Item. I give an d bequeath to my son David Shearman of my Homestead lot of land twent y rods wide on ye south side of my said lands to run the whole lengt h from the foot to the head and to remaine unto my said son David Shea rman and his heires and assigns for ever. Item. I give and bequeath t o my son Nathan Shearman of said lott of land twenty rod wide on the n orth side of said lands & to run from the foot tothe head & ;amp; to remain unto him my said son Nathan Shearman, his heirs and as signs for ever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Natha'l Sh earman twenty rods wide of my said lott of lands and to lye on the sou th side of the remains of my sd homestead lot of land and on the nort h side of my son David aforesd and to run and even bredth from the foo t to the head and to remain unto my sd son Natha'l Shearman his h eirs and assigns for ever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my loving w ife Dorcas Shearman all the rest of my said lot or farm of lands wit h all the housing orchards &fences priviledges and commoditie s in upon or to the sd lands, dureing all the time of her natural lif e and all so for her more comfortable support: I give to said loving w ife all my personal or movable estate either to make use of for need o r to dispose of amongst our children as she shall see cause; but afte r the death of my said wife: Item. I give &bequeath all that m y lands given to said wife with the housing orchards and fencing as ab ove sd unto my two sons Elkanah Shearman & Joseph Shearman an d is to be equally divided beginning exactly in the middle atthe foo t and so to extend to the head with a straight line; and my will is th at my son Joseph Shearman shall have the north side with the housing t hat is on it, and shal be and remain to my two sons Elkanah Shearman & amp;amp;Joseph Shearman and to their heirs and assigns forever. Item . I give and bequeath to my son Elnathan Shearman, twelve acres an d a halfe of the land which was bought of Thomas Hicks, Scituate, lyin g and being in Dartmouth all the allowance layd out and surveyed by Be njamin Grant and is bounded as the return of sd survey makes mention a nd is to be and remain unto said son Elnathan Shearman his heirs and a ssigns forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Lidia Maxf ield seven acres of land in the next division of lands in Dartmouth af ter eight hundred acres is compleated to the one whole share to be an d remain unto her and her heirs and assigns for ever. Item. I give an d bequeath unto my five sons, David Shearman, Nathan Shearman, Natha&a pos;l Shearman, Elkanah Shearman & Joseph Shearman all my lan d lyeing between my said son David __ land and Jonathan Russel' s to be equally divided among them my said son David to have the eas t and my son Nathan next and my son Natha'l next to Nathan and El kanah next to Nathaniel and Joseph to have the west end, and all to ru n across the sdland. Item. I give and bequeath all my salt marsh mead ow to my seven sons Samuel Shearman, David Shearman, Nathan Shearman , Natha'l Shearman,Elkanah Shearman, Joseph Shearman & El nathan Shearman and to be equally divided among them and to remain unt o them my sons their heires & assigns for ever. Item. I giv e & bequeath all the rest of my undivided lands in the Townshi p of Dartmouth to my six sons David Shearman Nathan Shearman,Natha&apo s;l Shearman Elkanah Shearman Joseph Shearman and Elnathan Shearman an d to remain unto them their heirs and assigns for ever. And for the pe rforming and executing this my last will and Testament, I make my lovi ng wife my whole and sole Executrix and so for her my said wife Dorca s Shearman to act and perform according to law: In witness whereof I t he said Edmund Shearman have hereunto sett my hand and seal thiss Twen tyeth day of October, one thousand seven hundred and twelve: 1712. Se al EDMUND (the mark of) SHEARMAN Signed, Sealed, Published and Decla red by the above Edmund Shearman as his last will and Testament i n presence of us the subscribers George Codman James Tripp John Tr ipp Proved July 6, 1719. Tauton, Mass. Bristol County Probate Record s. Vol. 3; page 565 [Source: Sherman, Roy V. Some of the Descendant s of Philip Sherman, The First Secretary of Rhode Island. Privately Pu blished, 1968. pp. 293, 294.] - [S647] Genealogical notes of New York and New England families, p. 688.
- [S258] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700.