Hi Geoff, I have Rebecca bapt 14 Apr 1633. You ask if Balcombe is anywhere near Somerset, well it is about 150 miles from the Somerset border. so I doubt the ancient Sherwood lines in Somerset & Sussex are linked. Sherwoods are recorded in Bruton, Somerset from at least 1558 and there are earlier wills elsewhere in the county. On the IGI there is also a John son of Thomas Sherwood bapt 1636 at Balcombe, which is 2 years after your Thomas emigrated, & does not fit with your Rebecca. In the absence of information to the contrary, I incline to the view that Thomas came from the Ipswich area, and certainly not from Nottingham Forest as entries on the IGI suggest! Regards, Phil Sherwood Weymouth, Dorset, UK E-mail: sherwood@one-name.org Web Site: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~sherwd SHERWOOD & SEAGROATT One-name Studies. Also researching SHETTLE, IMBER and TROTT in UK. You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) ----- Original Message ----- From: <demidave@juno.com> To: <SHERWOOD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 29 July 2001 04:26 Subject: [SHERWOOD] Rebecca Sherwood bapt. c1625 Balcombe, Sussex, ENG > Dear Kith and Kin, > Does anyone have further information on Rebecca Sherwood, bapt. 14 APR > 1625, Balcombe, Sussex, England? Can anyone verify the baptism date, or > identify her parents? I have conflicting dates. One source says 1625, the > other gives the same month and day, but gives the year as 1633 (I think > Phil kindly provided the latter date from an IGI extract). If 1625 is the > correct date, that would jibe well with the Rebecca (dau. of Thomas the > Immigrant), listed as "age 9" on the 1634 ship's register of the > "Francis", which sailed from Ipswich, England to Massachusetts (Public > Record Office, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, England:CO1/8/pp.99-101). > > I also have it that there was a Rebecca Sherwood bapt. 1624, Somerset, > ENGLAND. Is Somerset anywhere near Balcombe? > > I don't know how much regarding Rebecca is proven, but let me give you > what I have: > The Rebecca Sherwood who came to America in 1634 is said to have married > either (or both) Angel HUSTED or Robert ROSE. Angel was b. 1625 in either > Boston, Massachusetts or Somerset, ENGLAND, and died 5 APR 1706, > Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT (Source: "Sherwood Family Group Sheets: > Descendants to the 8th Generation of Thomas Sherwood of Fairfield > (1586-1655) and Thomas Sherwood of Stratford" compiled by Donald F. > Notley, 5311 S. Delaware Ave., Tulsa, OK, 13 DEC 1985. Apparently, > Notley's data is completely based on the William Lounsbury Sherwood > collection.). Angel was a son of Robert HUSTED, b. 1596, Somerset, ENG; > d. 1652, Stamford, Fairfield Co, CT, and Elizabeth MILLER. Robert and > Elizabeth m. 1619, Frome, Dorset, ENG. Robert ROSE came to America as a > young man "age 15" (ship's register) on the same ship - the "Francis" - > as Rebecca and her Sherwood family. Robert ROSE (1619-1683) was a son of > Robert ROSE, Sr., (b. 1594, "age 40" on the ship's register) and Margery > EVERED. But another source says that Robert, Jr., married Elizabeth WOOD, > not Rebecca SHERWOOD. Elizabeth WOOD b. 14 APR 1626, Chesham, Bucks, > ENG; d. 28 JUL 1677 New Hampshire (or perhaps New Haven, CT). > > I thought I'd check with all of you first before I follow Phil's good > suggestion that I check with the East or West Sussex County Record > Offices for the baptismal records. > > Was Balcombe ever known for its mills or grain-growing? Since a number of > Thomas' descendants built and operated grist mills, I figure there may be > some connection to the same livelihood in England, so whenever I look > into a possible English home for Thomas I always keep this in mind. > > Kind Regards, > Geoff > > Geoffrey Sherwood > Towaco, NJ, USA > demidave@juno.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/tagj. > > ______________________________