Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 05-01-2023.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: John Rev SHERMAN
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 26 Dec 1613 in Dedham, Essex b
  • Baptism: 4 Jan 1613/4 in Dedham, Essex c
  • Death: 8 Aug 1685 in Watertown, Massachusetts d
  • Burial: East Watertown, Massachusetts u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Edmund SHERMAN
    • Mother:
  • Joan (SHERMAN)

Family:
Marriage:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Abiah SHERMAN Death: Before 1702
  2. Hester SHERMAN Death: 25 Aug 1688 in Watertown, Massachusetts
  3. Mercy SHERMAN
  4. Abigail SHERMAN Birth: 1 Feb 1647/8 in Watertown, Massachusetts
  5. Samuel SHERMAN
  6. Elizabeth SHERMAN Birth: Abt 1651 Death: 11 Nov 1736
  7. James Rev. SHERMAN Birth: Abt 1651 Death: 3 Mar 1717/8
  8. Joanna SHERMAN Birth: 3 Sep 1652 in Watertown, Massachusetts
  9. Mary SHERMAN Birth: 5 Mar 1656/7 in Watertown, Massachusetts
  10. Grace SHERMAN Birth: 10 Mar 1658/9 in Watertown, Massachusetts
  11. John SHERMAN Birth: 17 Mar 1659/60 in Watertown, Massachusetts

Bibliography
  1. Buchanan, Eugene Duven, The Ellis Barron Family, TAG v20 (1944), pp135-40. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Buchanan BARRON p[0-9]*].
  2. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  3. Reitwiesner, William Addams, Ancestry of Sen John Kerry, 2004. Available at http://www.wargs.com/political/kerry.html Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY].
  4. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  5. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  6. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p211, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547]
1613 [Ref: Roberts RD600 p217],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p211, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547],
parents:
Edmund SHERMAN & Joan ___ [Ref: Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547],
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p211, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p548, Weis AR7 #13]
1685 [Ref: Roberts RD600 p217],
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p211, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p548, Weis AR7 #13]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p548]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary (SHERMAN)
date:
first marriage of John [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547],
names:
John SHERMAN & Mary ___ [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary LAUNCE
date:
abt 1645 [Ref: Faris PA2 p211, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547, Weis AR7 #13],
names:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p217],
child:
[Ref: Buchanan BARRON p138, Faris PA2 p211, Reitwiesner JohnKERRY, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547]
Research Notes:
Puritan theologian and mathematician [Ref: Roberts RD600 p217]

1629: A.B. degree, Cambridge Univeristy [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547]

1633: A.M. Degree, Cambridge University [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547]

Jun 1634: emigrated in the Elizabeth [Ref: Faris PA2 p211]

1635: immigrated with his parents to New England [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p547]

1644-47: first minister at Branford [Ref: Faris PA2 p211]

1647: ordained in Watertown [Ref: Weis AR7 #13]



Pedigree of John Rev SHERMAN
          /-----Edmund SHERMAN
 /-----Edmund SHERMAN
|         \-----Anne PELLATT
John Rev SHERMAN
 \-----Joan (SHERMAN)



Descendants of John Rev SHERMAN
1. John Rev SHERMAN m1. Mary (SHERMAN) m2. Mary LAUNCE
m. Mary (SHERMAN)
m. Mary LAUNCE father: John LAUNCE mother: Isabel DARCY

2nd generation

5. Abigail SHERMAN m. Samuel Rev WILLARD
m. Samuel Rev WILLARD
10. Mary SHERMAN m. Ellis BARRON
m. Ellis BARRON father: Elias BARRON mother: Hannah HAWKINS

3rd generation

13. Abigail WILLARD m. Thomas PAINE
m. Thomas PAINE