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.

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