This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sherwood Hale Leach Wehmeyer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JFHBAEB/162.167.300.304 Message Board Post: Charles and Cora Reed Sherwood are my grandparents. I lived with them for six years. Julian, I think your dad was my Uncle Ernie.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JFHBAEB/954 Message Board Post: Monique Leonard Charles and Cora Sherwood are my grandparents. They both were born in Missouri and they did have twelve children. Bertha was thier third and my mother. I am interested in any informtion you have. Thank you.

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This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JFHBAEB/953 Message Board Post: Delos C. Sherwood b abt 1839 married Oct. 5, 1859 Adelaide Dunning "Addie" b June 4, 1842 Oneida, Steuben, NY d Sept. 19, 1891 They had a son- Wesley Sherwood b abt 1971 .... Would enjoy hearing from anyone who think they might connect... Marta Kaley cousinmarta@aol.com

Dear Sherwood researchers, The following is provided from pages I obtained from the Fairfield Historical Society on my 5th Great Grandfather, Captain John Sherwood, Fairfield militia and Pastor of Stratfield Baptists. Captain John Sherwood is grandson of Captain Matthew Sherwood and Mary Fitch. Source: A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport Connecticut, by Rev. Samuel Orcutt, Part 1, Published under the Auspices of the Fairfield County Historical Society 1886.p. 548-549: "No. 117. The Stratfield Baptist Church was first gathered in October, 1751. It was a result, in part, of the "Great Awakening," or "New Light" movement in 1740 and 41. The Rev. Samuel Cooke of the Stratfield parish was in favor of Whitefield and his preaching, but there was a considerable sentiment opposed to Mr. Cooke’s views, and some of the opposition went to the Episcopal Church. Upon the death of Mr. Cooke in 1747, a successor in the pastorate--Rev. Lyman Hall--was secured, who was opposed to New Light methods, and this increased the feeling of dissatisfaction towards the old parish and church. The Separatist feeling, finally, took form under the leadership of Capt. John Sherwood and the preaching of the Rev. Joshua Moss (or Morse) in 1751. Mr. Moss was a convert under the preaching of Whitefield, in Rhode Island, and had united with the Baptist Church, entertaining its sentiments in regard to baptism, close communion and preparation for the ministry, namely, that a liberal education was unnecessary; the requisites being, the divine call, hallowed fire and spiritual enlightenment. Mr. Moss had preached in the place repeatedly and on the second Lord’s day in October, 1751, being assembled at the house of John Sherwood, he preached and after the sermon the following persons, Zechariah Mead, Nathaniel Seeley, Elihu Mash (Marsh), John Sherwood, Ebenezer Sanford and Samuel Beardsley, six men with a number of women, after the covenant services, were baptized by Elder Moss, and the Lord’s Supper was administered. These services, as then judged, constituted the organization of the Church. From this organization for six years there are found no records of this church. Some difficulty followed, between the members of this Baptist Church and the Old Stratfield Society about the collection of ministerial rates. The former thought that, under the law they should be exempt, the latter claimed of them rates the same as of others, since they were not an organized society, as the law required in order to be exempt, and tradition says that Captain Sherwood suffered his rate to be collected under distrait on his personal property, and in 1755, brought a suit in the Superior Court to recover sums which had been so collected. The results is not known, except that at the annual meeting of the Stratfield Society, December 29,1757, shortly after the ordination of Capt. Sherwood as the first resident pastor of this Church, the ministerial rates of John Sherwood, Nathaniel Seeley, Zachariah Mead and Ebenezer Sanford were remitted for the year 1756 and 1757, and that they should be exempt from the rastes of the following year. Captain John Sherwood was ordained as an elder, in the Baptist Church, on the third Tuesday in December, 1757, by the Elders and Messengers of the Churches in New London and Groton, assembled with the Baptish Church in Stratfield, and he became the settled pastor of this church. At the end of the first ten years, sixteen persons had been received into membership, and these had their residences in Ridgefield, Redding, Wilton and Newtown. Elder Sherwood died in 1779, aged 75 years. He was a man of strong convictions, and was faithful to them while a member of the old Stratfield Church, as well as after he became a Baptist. He labored devotedly and with much energy, and hence successfully, not only in Stratfield but extensively in Fairfield county. He had great physical powers, as appears in his encounter with the Indian, as related in NO. 102." Jeannie Winter

Hi Geoff, thanks for such marvelous information! It certainly gave me a history lesson. I've obtained a few pages from the Fairfield Historical Society and here is something on Captain Matthew Sherwood: Source: A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport Connecticut, by Rev. Samuel Orcutt, Part 1, Published under the Auspices of theFairfield County Historical Society 1886.p. 541: "No. 103. The Old Stratfield Burial Ground seems to have been laid out on the Black Rock road. The first burials were made upon the high ground, now the central part of the plot, which appears to have been quite fully occupied. There are numerous field stones which mark the places of interments, many of them being marked only with initial letters, date and age, and others with initials roughly cut. These dates run from 1688 to 1712. About the oldest slate stones of the stereotyped pattern, fully inscribed, are those of Rev. Charles Chauncey, 1714, and Captain Matthew Sherwood, 1715. The ground was undoubtedly regarded as the property of the parish, for on December 29, 1772, an addition of one-half of an acre was made on the southeastern side, extending to the Training groound, securing a new entrance." Jeannie Winter

Hi Jeannie, I doubt you'll ever find proof in the legal sense, but you can come about as close as possible to proving that your Matthew is the Matthew Sherwood who was intimately involved in the Fairfield militia during the 1670s. The most compelling evidence is negative evidence - there simply were no other contemporaneous Matthew Sherwoods documented in Fairfield - or all of Connecticut for that matter - at that time. That alone pretty much cinches it. Some of the secondary sources that hopefully can lead you to primary sources regarding Matthew are: 1. "Colonial Records of Connecticut, 1636-65" Vol. 1, by Trumbull 2. "The History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", pp. 548-557 (don't know if this is Vol. I or II) 3. "The History of Stratford", by Orcutt, p. 577 The call for "500 dragoons" in 1673 was probably a response by the Colonial government to the latest war between England and The Netherlands, which began that year. A fleet of Dutch ships forced the English commander of New York to surrender, and New York, formerly "New Amsterdam", now became "Nieuw Oranje", named for the Prince of Orange. Fairfield County, CT, is obviously in close proximity to New York, so it would have been understandable and prudent for the Connecticut militias to go on a heightened state of alert. The war ended a year later with the signing of the Treaty of Westminster. Nieuw Oranje reverted back to "New York," and British control would not be relinquished until George Washington's military occupation more than 100 years later. 1673 was also a time of rising tensions between the colonists and the Wampanoag Indians, that would culminate in the New World's first full-scale war between the Colonists and Indians - "King Philip's War" of 1675-6 ("Philip" was the colonists' name for the Wampanoag sachem). It was a particularly brutal, bloody war, that ultimately resulted in the near-total annihilation of the New England Indian population, and the displacement of most of the few who managed to survive (by fleeing to Canada, I believe). Prior to the war, it was the ever-present potential for, and occasional fact of, conflict with the Indians that probably was the rationale for the long-term existence of militias (I'm no historian, by a long shot, so please jump in and correct me if I am wrong). But in all likelihood, it was the onset of the latest Anglo-Dutch War that precipitated the sudden call for battle-ready dragoons. Kind Regards, Geoff Geoffrey Sherwood Towaco, NJ, USA demidave@juno.com On Sat, 17 Nov 2001 22:52:48 EST JWinter588@aol.com writes: > Dear Sherwood researchers, > > Can anyone confirm that the Matthew Sherwood found in A Catalogue > of the > Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut. > Hartford, > CT: - , 1846, and quoted below is my 7th Great Grandfather Matthew > Sherwood > who married Mary Fitch and was the son of immigrant Thomas Sherwood, > who came > over on the ship "Francis". And, I'd like to ask if anyone has > further > documentation that I have the correct Matthew Sherwood. I'm told > that my > Matthew Sherwood was a Captain in the Fairfield militia, but I don't > have any > specific records of proof for it. I'm curious as to just what > events were > taking place right at this time that 500 "dragoons" would need to be > "ready > to march at an hour's notice" or was that standard for most militia > at the > time? > > "Matthew Sherwood, of Fairfield, in 1673, a descendant of Thomas, > (in No. 2.) > In 1673, the grand committee appointed for ordering the militia of > Connecticut, after the Legislature had ordered to be raised 500 > dragoons to > be ready to march at an hour's warning--appointed Matthew Sherwood > ensign, > Thomas Fitch, captain, and Jehu Burr, lieutenant for Fairfield > troops." > > Thank you, > Jeannie Winter > JWinter588@AOL.com ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

GREG SHERWOOD b. 15 Feb 1962 Lucas Co., Oh. and d. Sumter Co., Ga. married on 11 Aug 1984 to TANI MARIE VINSON b. 14 Feb 1965 Lucas Co., Oh and d. Sumter Co., Ga. Source: LDS Ancestral File Colleen Kitch GuyCol@webtv.net

Hi Jeannie, I have Matthew Sherwood as the son of Thomas Sherwood, the immigrant. According to my records, Matthew was born in 1643 and died on Oct 26, 1715. He was first married to Sarah Turney, daughter of Benjamin Turney and second wife was Mary Fitch. Thomas Sherwood is my 9th g-grandfather. I descend through son Stephen, brother of Matthew , which makes Matthew my 8th great uncle and makes you (I think) my first cousin ?? times removed. That's all that I have on Matthew because he is not in my direct line. Maureen At 10:52 PM 11/17/01, you wrote: >Dear Sherwood researchers, > > Can anyone confirm that the Matthew Sherwood found in A Catalogue of the >Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut. Hartford, >CT: - , 1846, and quoted below is my 7th Great Grandfather Matthew Sherwood >who married Mary Fitch and was the son of immigrant Thomas Sherwood, who came >over on the ship "Francis". And, I'd like to ask if anyone has further >documentation that I have the correct Matthew Sherwood. I'm told that my >Matthew Sherwood was a Captain in the Fairfield militia, but I don't have any >specific records of proof for it. I'm curious as to just what events were >taking place right at this time that 500 "dragoons" would need to be "ready >to march at an hour's notice" or was that standard for most militia at the >time? > >"Matthew Sherwood, of Fairfield, in 1673, a descendant of Thomas, (in No. 2.) >In 1673, the grand committee appointed for ordering the militia of >Connecticut, after the Legislature had ordered to be raised 500 dragoons to >be ready to march at an hour's warning--appointed Matthew Sherwood ensign, >Thomas Fitch, captain, and Jehu Burr, lieutenant for Fairfield troops." > >Thank you, > Jeannie Winter > JWinter588@AOL.com > > >==== SHERWOOD Mailing List ==== >Have a question, recommendation or comment about RootsWeb or this list, >please direct same to the list moderator: Jim Young <myoung@icok.net> >Issues of general membership interest should be directed to the list: >SHERWOOD-L@rootsweb.com >=======================================================

Dear Sherwood researchers, Can anyone confirm that the Matthew Sherwood found in A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut. Hartford, CT: - , 1846, and quoted below is my 7th Great Grandfather Matthew Sherwood who married Mary Fitch and was the son of immigrant Thomas Sherwood, who came over on the ship "Francis". And, I'd like to ask if anyone has further documentation that I have the correct Matthew Sherwood. I'm told that my Matthew Sherwood was a Captain in the Fairfield militia, but I don't have any specific records of proof for it. I'm curious as to just what events were taking place right at this time that 500 "dragoons" would need to be "ready to march at an hour's notice" or was that standard for most militia at the time? "Matthew Sherwood, of Fairfield, in 1673, a descendant of Thomas, (in No. 2.) In 1673, the grand committee appointed for ordering the militia of Connecticut, after the Legislature had ordered to be raised 500 dragoons to be ready to march at an hour's warning--appointed Matthew Sherwood ensign, Thomas Fitch, captain, and Jehu Burr, lieutenant for Fairfield troops." Thank you, Jeannie Winter JWinter588@AOL.com

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JFHBAEB/950.1 Message Board Post: Hi Stan, Daniel F. Johnson's "The Sherwood Family of New Brunswick," p. 139, shows Julia Etta Gray as "Henrietta (Etta) Gray." So, probably her full name was Julia Henrietta Gray, and she was commonly called "Etta." Johnson gives two birthdates: 1868 (based on the 1871 Census), and 11 APR 1871 (based on the 1901 Census). Maybe these are the birthdates of two different children, and the former died as a very young child, and the latter was given a similar or identical name. Just conjecture. Johnson lists Etta's father as George Hiram Gray, a Baptist, from Millman, Hammond, NB. He shows the children of Charles and Etta as: Mary, Wilford and Walter. If they did have children Herbert and Eldon, perhaps they are not mentioned in the book because they were born in the U.S. and Johnson did not have access to the US birth records. Quite a few others in the GRAY family appear in Johnson's book: Beverly Ann, Christopher Matthew, Dale, David Carl, Dawn Ellen, Donald Murray, Elizabeth Mabel, Emma Morgan, Gary Glendon, Glendon Gary, Jamie Blair, Jeffrey, Karen Beth, Kevin David, Murray, Norman Paul, Patrick Andrew, Riley, Sarah, Sophia, Taylor Louise, Tony, Travis Connor, Troy and William N. If you want to know how any of them are related to the SHERWOOD family, just drop me a line. Kind Regards, Geoff

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JFHBAEB/952 Message Board Post: Is John P.Sherwood who married Anna Bryant, lived in Ohio. Anna moved to Beaver Co with children, Catherine, George, John, William shorthly after Civil War. They settled in New Brighton area. Sherwoods were involvedwith pottery business there. Any informatiion would be helpful Thanks Dee

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Sherwood, Mackey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JFHBAEB/951 Message Board Post: I found my grandfather at the age of 1 year in the 1880 Federal Census in Clavernak, Columbia Co., NY. His sister, Lula, was 6 years old. I'm looking for any help on his whereabouts after he left my grandmother abt. 1911 from Chatham, Columbia Co., NY. At that time his occupation was listed as storekeeper.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JFHBAEB/950 Message Board Post: Looking for inof on Julia Etta Gray (11 Mar 1871 NB-Dec 1941 NB) m Charles Rainsford Sherwood (2 Aug 1875 NB-15 Oct 1947 NB) They were married 1 Feb 1890 in Sussex Kings Co. NB and at one time lived in Houlton ME, although they died in New Brunswick Canada. Children Mary Etta Sherwood (1893/94 NB) m Bert Taplev name may be missspelled Wilford 15 May 1896 NB ) Walter (17 July 1900 NB) there may be 2 more children Herbert and Eldon, but no verication of last 2. In 1947 Mary Etta married and livingin Houlton ME

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JFHBAEB/352.361.381.690.693.695.1 Message Board Post: I think that I have recieved an e-amil from you in the past.I have just recently moved cross country and have now begun to get back in the swing of things---please e-mail me directly kimc1957@hotmail.com-it would be wonderful to find another cousin-amazing how much family I have that I never knew of before.My line is as follows: Thomas Sherwood + Alice Seabrooke Thomas //////////////+Sarah Seabrooke (sister to Alice) John ///////////////// +Sarah Hurd Thomas////////+Abigail Darling Seth/////////////+Sarah Pritcher Seth//////////////+Suzannah Bennett William C.B.///////+Hulda Bennett Isiah Bennett Sherwood+Helen M.(No last name) Adiel////////+Mary Annette Barry Nellie Bess Sherwood+Arthur Leroy Cline Eva Margaret Cline+Lloyd Carl Palmatier Faye Margaret Palmatier Sherman+Homer Debaun Coryell (my parents)Which Issac??There are so many down thru the generations.I have the Sherwood line all the way back to 1200's and an Ales Sherwood who married into the Neville line.Hope to hear from you soon.Kindest Reguards Kim

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JFHBAEB/949 Message Board Post: Thomas A. Elverson (1854-1932) married Catharine Sherwood (1855 - 1934) They lived in New Brighton PA. Involved in the E S & B Pottery or Sherwood Pottery around 1862. Information on Catharine Sherwood and pottery would be appreciated. Thanks Dee (Elverson) Kantorik

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JFHBAEB/948 Message Board Post: My great-great grandmother, Martha A. Sherwood, born 1840 in MD. Married John W. Fisher on January 8, 1874 in Kent Co., DE. Any information on this couple appreciated.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JFHBAEB/936.1.1 Message Board Post: Thank you for reply, looking for siblings of Raymond Sherwood and his children. His father Walter T. Sherwood I have info on, he married Hazel Dixon. All from Wyoming County Pa.

Looking for the children of Justus Sherwood (abt 1824, Stratford CT d 15 Sep 1798, Easton, CT) and Margaret J Beers (b. 24 Jan 1824, NY, d. 4 Feb 1861, Easton, CT). Justus is the son of: Isaac Sherwood & Abigail Silliman, Isaac is the son of: Daniel Sherwood & Huldah Middlebrook, son of: Thomas Sherwood & Ann Burr >From a variety of sources: there may be an LM. b abt 1850 Easton, a D.F.W. and a Justice. I know there is a daughter Hattie Nellie Sherwood (b.16 Aug 1857, Easton, CT. d. 8 Jun 1947, Manchester, NH) (D.F.W. and Justice are mentioned in Hatties obituary) Hattie married James Turney. Any help flushing out this family would be appreciated. L Carr

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SHERWOOD, TERWILLIGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JFHBAEB/946.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Sorry, I don't thint there is any connection "my" Joseph Sherwood died and is buried in Ulster County.