Hi Barbera, I am directly descended from Thomas Staples, one of the founders of Fairfield. Thomas' grandson Thaddeus (my 5th gr grandfather) married Sarah Sherwood , dau of John Sherwood and Mary Walker. One or two of Thaddeus' sons lived in Newtown. Sons David and Oliver moved to Ulster County, NY in 1795. They carried the Sherwood name (as middle name of sons) thru the mid 1900's (that I know of). Bill Staples ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara de Mare" <barbarademare@yahoo.com> To: <nywestch@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:38 PM Subject: Re: [NYWESTCH] GEOGRAPHY EXPERT > We must be apron strings cousins also. I have many Wheeler, Beach, > Sherwood in Fairfield/Stratford, and then in Newtown/Redding. > > Barbara L. de Mare, Esq. > Historian, genealogist and attorney > 155 Polifly Road > Hackensack, New Jersey 07601 > (201) 567-9440 office > BarbaradeMare@yahoo.com (home) > http://historygenealogyesq.blogspot.com/ >