Dear SHERWOOD List Members, I have just found my 5th Great Grandfather John Sherwood, a Captain in the Fairfield CT county militia, named in the DAR records as follows: * "The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 18 page 145 Mrs. Augusta Josephine Seeley Beach. DAR ID Number: 17377 Gr.-granddaughter of Ezra Seeley and Mary Sherwood, his wife; Hezekiah Banks and Sarah Couch, his wife; Ebenezer Burr and Amelia Goodsell, his wife. Gr.-gr.-granddaughter of John Sherwood and Mary Walker, his wife. Ezra Seeley, (1746-1827), served as sergeant in Capt. Abijah Sterling's company at the battle of Ridgefield, 1777. He was born in Fairfield, Conn., where he died. [p.145] John Sherwood, (1705-79), turned out from Fairfield in Capt. Jonathan Dimon's company at the first call for troops. He was born in Fairfield, where he died. ------------------------------------- * The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 81 page 220 [p.220] Mrs. Florence Averill Seeley Munson. DAR ID Number: 80582 "turned out from Fairfield in Capt. Jonathan Dimon's company at the first call for troops. ---------------------------------------- * "The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Volume 83 page 240 Mrs. Serena Hawley Wolf Ellis. DAR ID Number: 82626 John Sherwood and Mary Walker (1709-67), his wife, m. 1733. John Sherwood (1705-79) served as private in Capt. David Diman's company, Col. David Waterbury's 5th regiment, Connecticut Continental Line." It seems that John Sherwood would have been up there in years to have served in the war. Does anyone have any further information on this service in the Rev. War? John and Mary supposedly had a son named John. Is it possible that the two could have been mistaken? I have other information on John Sherwood as follows: Captain John Sherwood appears in Orcutt's "History of Stratford," and in Donald Lines Jacobus' "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield." Orcutt, pages 577 and 1292, shows John Sherwood as born 22 September 1705; baptized 4 November 1705; deceased 17 July 1779, Stratfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut; buried Stratfield Burying Place, Stratfield, Connecticut. His gravestone reads: "Here lyes Buried the Body of Captain John Sherwood, who departed this Life September 17th, 1779, in ye 74th year of His Age." He married Mary Walker 14 June 1733 Stratford Congregational Church. In the vital records and church records of Cornwall and Bridgeport, Connecticut, John Sherwood is titled "Sgt" and then promoted to "Capt.". The chronology of John Sherwood's service in the Stratfield Company of Militia is: Sergeant in 1733; Ensign in May 1741; Lieutenant in Oct. 1745; Captain in May 1747. - United Congretational Church of Bridgeport, CT (Stratfield) (LDS microfilm # 0003830), Volume 1 * Page 48: Sgt John Sherwood m. Mary Walker at Stratfield 14 June 1733 * Page 27: Sgt. John Sherwood's wife Mary (note: Mary Walker) admitted a member in full communion 2 July 1733 * Page 38: 28 July 1733 Capt. Sherwood & wife in full communion and present members of this church (note: first names not given) * Page 53: Captain Sherwood voted be messenger for the year ensuing on 21 January 1749 John Sherwood was ordained Elder of the Baptist Church in December 1757, and served the Stratfield Baptists as Pastor for about 10 years in Stratfield, Connecticut. Would appreciate hearing from anyone on this. Sincerely, Jeannie Winter (JWinter588@AOL.com)