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 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 > =======================================================