This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: sherwood Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JFHBAEB/570.580 Message Board Post: I am researching the Sherwoods from NY to VA & TN & finally to MO. Specifically Robert, son of Adaiah. I need info on Robert's first wife, Jane. If you can help, I would appreciate it.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Queries Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JFHBAEB/929.1.1 Message Board Post: I don't know if there is any relation of my grandfather named Jesse. How did Jesse's parents die, do you know? My grandfather's parents (my great-grandparents) were a murder/suicide, but i don't know any details, or even their first names. My grandfather was William Thomas Sherwood, originally from Brooklyn. He was probably born about 1883, give or take 5 years or so.

My great grandmother was also an orphan and her name was Jessie Sherwood. Any relation?

Hi Gertrude, In your post from 13 JAN 2000 you wrote that Henry Jacob Sherwood's DOB was 12 JUN 1882, based on his death certificate. Now you are giving his DOB as 12 JAN 1879. Was the death certificate proven to be inaccurate? Kind Regards, Geoff Geoffrey Sherwood Towaco, NJ, USA demidave@juno.com

Lorenzo was a representative for the Galveston, Houston TX area. He was recalled. I used to have the original recall scroll, but donated it to the library at UT-Arlington, as they have a big Civil War-Slavery section. Teri Williams In a message dated 8/12/01 6:36:55 PM, demidave@juno.com writes: << Lorenzo Sherwood, b. 20 JUN 1808, Hoosick, Rensselaer Co, NY; d. 12 MAY 1869, Brooklyn, NY; m. 1) Elsie STARR, 2) Caroline ELDRIDGE. Lorenzo was a noted abolitionist, and served in the NY State (or possibly Texas?) Legislature. >>

Does anyone know of the Sherwood brothers, Reisdorf and Edgar. They were born about 1890 in Ct. They both stayed on the farm where they were born. Their father was Joseph Sherwood. Thank you, Rhoda Turner LostMtRose@aol.com

Just recently ran across possible additional information about my grandfather-in-law. Henry Jacob Sherwood, Born Jan. 12, 1879 I formerly searched for him as Harry Jacob Sherwood. Died June 1954, Fairfield, CT. Parents: Jacob Henry Sherwood and Sara Frances Sherwood Spouse: Mary Theresa Albus Her Parents: Sebastian Albus and Elisha Albus Does anyone have any additional information? I have run into a blank wall in trying to find any information about my father-in-law's family. My husband's grandfather, Harry (Henry?) Jacob Sherwood, died in 1954 in Connecticut. But he raised his family (my father-in-law and his brothers) in New York City. From the little family lore I have been able to gather, they lived in New York City most of their lives, but I have no information to support this. Grandpa Harry's wife, Mary Theresa Albus, destroyed all family records because she did not want anyone to know how old she was. My father-in-law was the middle son of three brothers. The three brothers were Harry Roy Sherwood (1908?-1959?), Roland Albus Sherwood (1910-1989), and Edwin Sherwood (1913?-1993). Uncle Harry, the oldest son, married a Greek woman, but they had no children. Uncle Edwin, the youngest son, married Peggy? in 1935 and had twin daughters Norma (1939-1970's) and Stephanie Sherwood (she married Irving Brauer in London, England). Peggy left him. Uncle Edwin then married Frances Poor who raised the children. He divorced her after the children were grown. He then had two or three more marriages but no more children. Roland Albus Sherwood married Elizabeth Tulloch in 1936, and had two sons, John Tulloch Sherwood and Douglas Reid Sherwood (my husband). At 06:01 AM 8/12/2001 -0600, you wrote: >He was one of 8 children, orphaned by the murder/suicide of his parents, >when he was about 8 years old. Lived in Brooklyn, NY. All 8 children >were "farmed out" to other families and he never knew what happened to his >brothers and sisters. He died in late 1950's. I am unsure of his parents >names, but his Mother may have been an "Ida", or his sister, as he often >called out to her when he became senile after numerous strokes. This >crime should have been in NY or Brooklyn papers, as his father killed his >wife and then himself. Anyone with any clues? Thanks. Lin Ellis > > >==== SHERWOOD Mailing List ==== >The Searchable Surname Archives for Rootsweb lists can be found at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >------------------------------------------- >Find easy instructions for using RootsWeb's Search Engine for the Archives at: >http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm >======================================================= Gerda Sherwood, NIST North 558, Mail Stop 8970, x 3354

Hi Linda. I am not familiar with the sources Dictionay of surnames and Poss. Quaker, but if reliable that the marriage was Quaker, then we can rule out a close connection between the Sherwoods in Gwillimbury Township and in eastern Ontario. Some of the latter's children were strong Presbyterians, and others went Methodist in the 1820s and 1830s, but on the whole they were not especially adventurous. I don't know of any Quaker tendencies. Thanks for looking at this. Kris Lynnda Shaffer wrote: > > Der Geoff and Kris, > > Here is a little info that I have in my notes on Lucinda SHERWOOD: > > b. 1775 Endymia WINN+ b. 1775; d. 1834 > m. Thomas SHERWOOD in 1798 > children: Lucinda 1794-1854 > Thomas Abraham 1799-1861 > (Ref. Ocs #2533 Dictionay of surnames) > + Poss. Quaker. > > b. 1774 Thomas SHERWOOD, resided in Ontario > w. Gwillimbury Township; Simcoe Fr. 1811 > m. Endymia WINN in 1798; sb. 1775; sd 1834 at E. Gwillimbury, Ont. > Children: Lucinda 1794-1854 > Thomas Abraham 1799-1861 > (Ref. Ocs #2533 Dictionary of Surnames) > > b. 1799 Thomas Abraham SHERWOOD b. 1799 d. 1861 > at North Gwillimbury Township On. > buried at Mann cemetery > s/o Thomas & Endymia (nee WINN) SHERWOOD > m. in 1819 to Annie MITCHELL sb 1799 sd 1903? > children: Sarah, Livina, Ezra (1820-1901) > Nelson (1838- ) > Justus Jacob (1842-1928) > Mary > Elizabeth (1840-1902) > (Ref ocs #2533 Dictionary of surnames) > > Hope this sheds some light on the subject and doesn't make the waters > worse:) > > Sincerely, > Lynnda WOHLEB SHAFFER > researching Eben and Ruth SHERWOOD> > Maynard>1803-1848. > > Dear Geoff, > > Thanks for checking for Lucinda born 1794. It looks as if you have the > same information as I do. No baptism/birth records survive for this > period but the Elizabethtown census/assessment records report all family > members for a few years 1801-1807. There are potential ambiguities in > the transcription, but there does not appear to be a daughter Lucinda. > > I would like to be able to connect the Sherwood families north of > Toronto to the Elizabethtown crowd, but it is not yet possible. Your > suggestion of Maryland Quakers is at least consistent with an apparent > tendency to Biblical names in the families north of Toronto. > > Might something could be done with the information in the Hoover history > that Lucinda's father Thomas was a nephew of one of the Judges Sherwood? > Major Thomas of Elizabethtown was a grandson of Dr. Thomas Sherwood and > Abigail Darling who married 1709. If the Major were Lucinda's father, > the famous judge would be among the sons of Thomas and Abigail (which I > have, not very reliably, as John, Samuel, Seth, Thomas, Andrew, > Daniel). Are any of these known as judges? > > Kris > > > > > Kris, I know you're very familiar with Maj. Thomas Sherwood, a Loyalist > > veteran of the Revolutionary War who left Connecticut and settled in > > Elizabethtown, Leeds, ONT. I don't show that he had a daughter named > > "Lucinda." I don't know of any other Thomas Sherwoods who emigrated to > > Canada from America. > > > > I believe there were Quaker Sherwoods in Maryland at the time of the > > Revolution. I wonder if any of them could have been hounded out of > > Maryland by the violent mobs that would harrass pacifists as well as > > suspected Loyalists. > > > > Kind Regards, > > Geoff > > > > Geoffrey Sherwood > > demidave@juno.com > > Towaco, NJ, USA > > ==== SHERWOOD Mailing List ==== > To subscribe to Larry Stephens' Regional lists, covering all parts of the USA, go to http://php.indiana.edu/~stephenl/genealog.htm > =======================================================

Der Geoff and Kris, Here is a little info that I have in my notes on Lucinda SHERWOOD: b. 1775 Endymia WINN+ b. 1775; d. 1834 m. Thomas SHERWOOD in 1798 children: Lucinda 1794-1854 Thomas Abraham 1799-1861 (Ref. Ocs #2533 Dictionay of surnames) + Poss. Quaker. b. 1774 Thomas SHERWOOD, resided in Ontario w. Gwillimbury Township; Simcoe Fr. 1811 m. Endymia WINN in 1798; sb. 1775; sd 1834 at E. Gwillimbury, Ont. Children: Lucinda 1794-1854 Thomas Abraham 1799-1861 (Ref. Ocs #2533 Dictionary of Surnames) b. 1799 Thomas Abraham SHERWOOD b. 1799 d. 1861 at North Gwillimbury Township On. buried at Mann cemetery s/o Thomas & Endymia (nee WINN) SHERWOOD m. in 1819 to Annie MITCHELL sb 1799 sd 1903? children: Sarah, Livina, Ezra (1820-1901) Nelson (1838- ) Justus Jacob (1842-1928) Mary Elizabeth (1840-1902) (Ref ocs #2533 Dictionary of surnames) Hope this sheds some light on the subject and doesn't make the waters worse:) Sincerely, Lynnda WOHLEB SHAFFER researching Eben and Ruth SHERWOOD> Maynard>1803-1848. Dear Geoff, Thanks for checking for Lucinda born 1794. It looks as if you have the same information as I do. No baptism/birth records survive for this period but the Elizabethtown census/assessment records report all family members for a few years 1801-1807. There are potential ambiguities in the transcription, but there does not appear to be a daughter Lucinda. I would like to be able to connect the Sherwood families north of Toronto to the Elizabethtown crowd, but it is not yet possible. Your suggestion of Maryland Quakers is at least consistent with an apparent tendency to Biblical names in the families north of Toronto. Might something could be done with the information in the Hoover history that Lucinda's father Thomas was a nephew of one of the Judges Sherwood? Major Thomas of Elizabethtown was a grandson of Dr. Thomas Sherwood and Abigail Darling who married 1709. If the Major were Lucinda's father, the famous judge would be among the sons of Thomas and Abigail (which I have, not very reliably, as John, Samuel, Seth, Thomas, Andrew, Daniel). Are any of these known as judges? Kris > > Kris, I know you're very familiar with Maj. Thomas Sherwood, a Loyalist > veteran of the Revolutionary War who left Connecticut and settled in > Elizabethtown, Leeds, ONT. I don't show that he had a daughter named > "Lucinda." I don't know of any other Thomas Sherwoods who emigrated to > Canada from America. > > I believe there were Quaker Sherwoods in Maryland at the time of the > Revolution. I wonder if any of them could have been hounded out of > Maryland by the violent mobs that would harrass pacifists as well as > suspected Loyalists. > > Kind Regards, > Geoff > > Geoffrey Sherwood > demidave@juno.com > Towaco, NJ, USA

Hi Lin, Do you have any idea when William Thomas Sherwood was born? When and where did the murder/suicide occur? If it happened in Brooklyn, then I can at least check at the NY Public Library to see if he is listed in any of the newspaper surname indexes for the particular year. If you like, you can search for descendants of any of these Sherwoods who lived in or near Brooklyn, NY: There was a William Sherwood, b. 1846, home or office located at 38 John St., Manhattan, New York City. He was a wholesale paper dealer. He m. Mahala Cecilia SANFORD. He died fairly young, because by 1888 his wife was widowed and living at 105 Ross St., Brooklyn, NY. The fact that she survived him doesn't fit with your description of murder / suicide. But perhaps this family is somehow related. William was a son of Rev. James Manning Sherwood and Jane Elizabeth LAMBERSON. Another son of Rev. Sherwood and Jane, Albert Lewis Sherwood (b. 1852), m. Lavinia Catherine SANDS. They had William, b. 16 DEC 1881. Albert lived or worked at 21 Barclay St., Manhattan, NYC. He was a printer. I don't know if the birthdate of William is too late to have been the one you are looking for. Lorenzo Sherwood, b. 20 JUN 1808, Hoosick, Rensselaer Co, NY; d. 12 MAY 1869, Brooklyn, NY; m. 1) Elsie STARR, 2) Caroline ELDRIDGE. Lorenzo was a noted abolitionist, and served in the NY State (or possibly Texas?) Legislature. Nathan Sherwood and Lenora Adelaide COGSWELL had a son, Myron Oakley Sherwood, b. 31 JAN 1862, Hunting Ridge, CT; 15 APR 1904, Brooklyn, NY; bur. Long Ridge Union Cem., Stamford, Fairfield Co, CT. Myron was a resident of NYC at the time of his marriage, 20 NOV 1887, to Mary E. LESTER. James C. Sherwood, b. 5 NOV 1841, New York City; d. 31 OCT 1885, Brooklyn, NY; m. Libby M. SMITH, 18 MAY 1865. Children: Nelson J., Edwin C., and Gilbert D. Thorne Pudney Sherwood and Sara T. CARMAN had children: Louis, Webster and William (b. 1871, Newark, NJ; m. Lida C.R. RAMSEY, 1906). Could your William's wife's name have been "Lida" rather than "Ida"? William Henry Kipp Sherwood, b. 6 OCT 1816, NYC, NY; m. Emma A. GRAHAM, 1 MAY 1839. Had a dau. Ida Augusta, b. c1840. Perhaps he also had a son, William, Jr.? There were numerous other Sherwoods in and around NYC during the 19th century. You can start with these and see if they lead anywhere. Kind Regards, Geoff Geoffrey Sherwood demidave@juno.com Towaco, NJ, USA ________________________________________________________________ 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/tagj.

I notice a lot of Thomas Sherwood's posted. My line consisted of Josph Sherwoods from Ulster co, NY. Does anyone know about the Joseph"s? Thanks Rhoda Turner Lost MtRose @aol.com

He was one of 8 children, orphaned by the murder/suicide of his parents, when he was about 8 years old. Lived in Brooklyn, NY. All 8 children were "farmed out" to other families and he never knew what happened to his brothers and sisters. He died in late 1950's. I am unsure of his parents names, but his Mother may have been an "Ida", or his sister, as he often called out to her when he became senile after numerous strokes. This crime should have been in NY or Brooklyn papers, as his father killed his wife and then himself. Anyone with any clues? Thanks. Lin Ellis

I would like any information on Thomas Sherwood who married Charlotte Hurr on Dec.14,1814. my maiden name is Sherwood. I am trying to trace this line,Thomas Sherwood,son= Levi Sherwood,Levi's son= Charles, Charles' son=Harrison, Harrison's son=Harry, and Harry's son =James Sherwood . I do have more information on this line,but I am stuck on Thomas and Charlotte. Thank you for any help.Vickie

Dear Geoff, Thanks for checking for Lucinda born 1794. It looks as if you have the same information as I do. No baptism/birth records survive for this period but the Elizabethtown census/assessment records report all family members for a few years 1801-1807. There are potential ambiguities in the transcription, but there does not appear to be a daughter Lucinda. I would like to be able to connect the Sherwood families north of Toronto to the Elizabethtown crowd, but it is not yet possible. Your suggestion of Maryland Quakers is at least consistent with an apparent tendency to Biblical names in the families north of Toronto. Might something could be done with the information in the Hoover history that Lucinda's father Thomas was a nephew of one of the Judges Sherwood? Major Thomas of Elizabethtown was a grandson of Dr. Thomas Sherwood and Abigail Darling who married 1709. If the Major were Lucinda's father, the famous judge would be among the sons of Thomas and Abigail (which I have, not very reliably, as John, Samuel, Seth, Thomas, Andrew, Daniel). Are any of these known as judges? Kris > > Kris, I know you're very familiar with Maj. Thomas Sherwood, a Loyalist > veteran of the Revolutionary War who left Connecticut and settled in > Elizabethtown, Leeds, ONT. I don't show that he had a daughter named > "Lucinda." I don't know of any other Thomas Sherwoods who emigrated to > Canada from America. > > I believe there were Quaker Sherwoods in Maryland at the time of the > Revolution. I wonder if any of them could have been hounded out of > Maryland by the violent mobs that would harrass pacifists as well as > suspected Loyalists. > > Kind Regards, > Geoff > > Geoffrey Sherwood > demidave@juno.com > Towaco, NJ, USA

Hi List, I am looking for the birth of Charles SHERWOOD, born about 1859 and according to the 1881 census in Birmingham. His father was Thomas SHERWOOD and his mother could have been Maria. He was a bootmaker. Anyone out there got this family in their tree. TIA Kate

Hi, I'm looking for info on my great-grandmother Winnie Sherwood, she married Willard T. Kyzer. That's all I know. Please help! Jennifer

Hi Geoff and all, The nativity of Benjamin TURNEY, father of the TURNEY girls who married the SHERWOOD boys, is proven to be Hollingdon, Parish of Soulbury, Buckinghamshire. In addition, a compelling case has been made that his father was Thomas TURNEY, whose direct line is proven back to James TURNEY who died in 1519/20 at Slapton, Buckinghamshire (the parish church has a memorial brass of this "Yeoman of the Crown to King Henry VIII"). The October 1936 editon of "The American Genealogist" has a twenty page article with all the details (put together by Donald Lines Jacobus). I should have been more clear that I was referring to the immigrant TURNEY's ancestor's home, not their own. Nevertheless, Slapton and Soulbury are only a few miles from each other and if Thomas SHERWOOD was indeed from Slapton he no doubt would have known of the TURNEY family, many of whom resided in Slapton at least as late as the early 1900's (the SEABROOK's Wingrave is also only a few miles away). For the sake of clarity, I'll call the Thomas above 'Stratford Thomas' so as to distinguish him from the other Thomas whom I'll refer to as 'Fairfield Thomas' (or we could call them Thomas'55 and Thomas'57--or was it '58?). Does anyone know of any connection between these two while they resided in Connecticut that might suggest a familial relationship? Otherwise I'm still inclined toward the East Anglia hypothesis for the origin of Fairfield Thomas. I've been pretty much completely persuaded that Fairfield Thomas was not a son-in-law of Robert SEABROOK--a connection based on a mixing of the two Thomas SHERWOOD's (combined with the unfortunate coincidence that Robert SEABROOK had a daughter whose given name was the same as Fairfield Thomas' wife). As regards my present whereabouts--I'm many miles distant from England but only a few minutes away from the Dallas Public Library where I came across the probate and Ipswich town records (I take my tea on the rocks). I've got some more probate records which I'll post in a few days. Dean

Found the following in the Brown Tp, Linn Co, Iowa 1880 census; 32b 7 93 97 Sherwood Joseph B. w m 27 . . . x . . veterenary surgeon . . . . . . . . . . Indiana North Carolina Indiana 32b 8 93 97 Sherwood Clara J. w f 19 . wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Ohio Ohio 32b 9 93 97 Sherwood Zella w f 2 . daughter x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Iowa Indiana Iowa Looking for any information on this family. Thanks

Hi Kris, I don't know how Lucinda fits into the Sherwood picture, but here's what Andrew Sherwood says about her in "Daniel L. Sherwood and His Paternal Ancestors", p. 42: "Well, a first cousin to Mr. Hoover, Mrs. Ethel Grace Rensch of Palo Alto, Cal, in a newspaper sketch of Hoover's ancestors, says that his maternal great-grandfather was John MINTHORN, born near Hartford, Conn., Nov. 4, 1768, and that 'various lines of descent are easily traced, presenting among the direct branches of the family such picturesque names as SHERWOOD, WYNNE, TOOLE and WASLEY... "John MINTHORN, it would seem, married Lucinda SHERWOOD, who was Hoover's great-grandmother, and was we take it, a lineal descendant from Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield, the pioneer. We think with a little time we should be able to give the complete line, but our book is now (Jan. 1929) already in the printer's hands. Soon after the Revolutionary War they appear to have migrated to Canada, somewhere north of Toronto, where it is said Hoover's mother was born, and, among other reasons, 'it is thought that the inactivity of many Quakers during the war placed them somewhat under suspicion of Loyalist tendencies, and may have had weight in their decision to migrate." Kris, I know you're very familiar with Maj. Thomas Sherwood, a Loyalist veteran of the Revolutionary War who left Connecticut and settled in Elizabethtown, Leeds, ONT. I don't show that he had a daughter named "Lucinda." I don't know of any other Thomas Sherwoods who emigrated to Canada from America. I believe there were Quaker Sherwoods in Maryland at the time of the Revolution. I wonder if any of them could have been hounded out of Maryland by the violent mobs that would harrass pacifists as well as suspected Loyalists. Kind Regards, Geoff Geoffrey Sherwood demidave@juno.com Towaco, NJ, USA ________________________________________________________________ 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/tagj.

Would anyone know of a Lucinda Sherwood who is referenced in a book The Ancestry of Herbert Hoover? She is said to have been born Nov. 13 1794, father Thomas 'a nephew of one of the Judges Sherwood' and mother Endymia Winn b 1775. Husband John Minthorn (marriage pre-1812). Some of the Winn and Minthorn families came to Canada, and the Sherwood-Winn marriage was celebrated in Canada. If Lucinda is not known, who are 'the Judges Sherwood', presumably born mid 18th century? Kris Inwood