Hi Judith, I obtained much of this information from secondary sources, so I can't vouch for its accuracy. However, it will probably be worthwhile to take a look at the Orcutt, Jacobus, and the Compendium of American Genealogy citations that I have given below, because each of them typically cite the primary sources: Lemuel Sherwood (son of Matthew and Mary FITCH), b. c1687; church deacon, farmer; d. 2 SEP 1732, Stratfield (part of present-day Bridgeport), Fairfield Co, CT (Orcutt's "History of Stratford", p. 1292). He was chosen to be Deacon of the Stratfield Church in 1722 and served until his death. He was also Town Clerk of Fairfield for many years. "The Wheeler Genealogy..." by Raymond David Wheeler, identifies Lemuel's first wife as Ann WHEELER, dau. of Sgt. John Wheeler and 2nd wife, Elizabeth ROWLAND. She was b. 1684; Lemuel and Ann had a son, Nathan, b. 1703 (William Lounsbury Sherwood collection, NYPL, reel #1, quoting from a journal kept by Nathan's grandson, Ebenezer Knapp Sherwood). Lemuel m. 2) Experience WHEELER, on 17 MAY 1711 (however, Orcutt gives the DOM as 9 MAY 1712, which would appear to contradict Orcutt's DOB for their first son, Matthew. Or maybe I just recorded the dates wrong). She was a dau. of Isaac Wheeler and Martha PARK. Experience b. c1685; d. 27 AUG 1721 (Orcutt's "History of Stratford", p. 1293). Children of Lemuel and Experience: 1. Matthew, b. 12 APR 1712 (Orcutt, p. 1293; Fairfield Historical Society, Sherwood Family Papers (1654-1912) Box V, Folder B, William Lounsbury Sherwood letterbook, p. 46, WLS letter to Lionel Sherwood (great-grandson of Deacon Lemuel Sherwood). 2. Hannah, b. 11 DEC 1713 (Orcutt, p. 1293; ibid WLS letter to Lionel Sherwood). 3. Andrew, b. 1715, bapt. 24 APR 1715 (Orcutt, p. 1293; ibid WLS letter to Lionel Sherwood). 4. Anne, b. 22 AUG 1716 (Orcutt, p. 1293; ibid WLS letter to Lionel Sherwood), m. John BROOKS. 5. Abiah, b. 26 MAR 1718 (Orcutt, p. 1293; ibid WLS letter to Lionel Sherwood), m. David MIDDLEBROOK. 6. Mehitable, b. 21 FEB 1719 (Orcutt, p. 1293; ibid WLS letter to Lionel Sherwood), m. Elnathan HUBBELL Lemuel m. 3) Joanna PHIPPEN (PHIPPENNY), on 8 MAR 1722; she d. 9 MAY 1727 (Orcutt, p. 1293; "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.) Children: Samuel. Jacobus' "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield," Vol. 2, p. 836, says that this Samuel was b. 1731, d. 1788, and sold his Fairfield property in 1759, and later resided in Bennington, VT. But that seems to contradict the DOM of Lemuel and his fourth wife, Ann SILLIMAN. It's possible that Lemuel had two sons named Samuel, one by his 3rd wife, one by his 4th. Lemuel m. 4) Ann SILLIMAN, on 7 JUN 1728 (Orcutt, p. 1293 gives the date as 27 JUN 1728). She was a dau. of Robert SILLIMAN and Sarah HULL. (See the Silliman genealogy in Schenck's "History of Fairfield," Vol. 1, p. 407). Their children: 1. Experience, b. 12 APR 1729 (Orcutt, p. 1293; ibid Notley) 2. Hannah, bapt. 21 FEB 1733; d. 26 FEB 1733 (Orcutt, p. 1293; ibid Notley) 3. Samuel, b. 9 JUL 1731, Stratfield, CT; Quartermaster in the Revolutionary War; m. Ruth Sherwood, dau. of Capt. John Sherwood and Mary W. WALKER; d. 9 FEB 1788, Bennington, VT; bur. Old Bennington, VT. (Orcutt, p. 1293; Jacobus, Vol. 2, p. 836; Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 4, p. 150; ibid WLS letter to Lionel Sherwood) Kind Regards, Geoff Geoffrey Sherwood Towaco, NJ, USA demidave@juno.com On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 16:50:55 -0500 Judith MacKinnon <judimac@cfl.rr.com> writes: > Hi I am new to the list. I am looking for source information for the > marriages of Lemuel. I have 1st Anne Wheeler m.1602, 2nd > Experience > Wheeler 1711, 3rd Joanna Phippen 1722, 4th Anne Sillman 1728. I > have > also seen dates that say Experience was his 1st wife and Joanna > married > him in 1722. As Lemuel is my direct line I need to sort the children > so > that I have the correct mother. Any help would be appeciated. Judith > > > ==== SHERWOOD Mailing List ==== > REMINDER ! ! ! Messages exceeding 20,000 bytes (20KB) will not be > processed; in otherwords, it will not be sent to the list > membership. > ======================================================= > ________________________________________________________________ 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/web/.