This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHEARMAN,JOHN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RSB.2ACE/1573.1 Message Board Post: I have a JOHN SHEARMAN born 1714 Bertie N.C./ also Granville N .C. He married a CATHERINE ??? 1736, They had a daughter ELEANOR born 1739. Thats all I have on them right now. I think or suspose that they were QUAKERS. The family might have been from R.I. hope this helps. Kathleen