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Jehiel Sherwood

Jehiel Sherwood

Male 1739 - 1807  (68 years)

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  • Name Jehiel Sherwood  [1] 
    Birth 1 Mar 1738/39  Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Sep 1807  South East, Dutchess Co, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I141  Cooley Miller Sears Barnhouse
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2019 

    Father Joseph Sherwood,   b. 21 Nov 1702, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1793 (Age 90 years) 
    Mother Sarah Osborn,   c. Abt Jun 1711, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1793 (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Marriage 17 Feb 1730/31  Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F40  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Squire,   b. 23 Jan 1746/47, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1793, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Marriage 5 Oct 1763  Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Children 
     1. Squire Sherwood,   b. 23 Oct 1764, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Jehiel Sherwood,   b. 23 Jun 1766, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Sarah Sherwood,   b. 4 Aug 1768, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1844, Easton, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. Lyman Sherwood,   b. 27 Sep 1770, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1781, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 10 years)
     5. Charity Sherwood,   b. 21 Oct 1772, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jan 1842, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
     6. Stephen Sherwood,   b. 20 Apr 1775, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jul 1835, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     7. Hezekiah Sherwood,   b. Abt Apr 1777, Fairfield County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 May 1824 (Age ~ 47 years)
     8. Abigail Sherwood,   b. Abt Feb 1779, Probably Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Mehitable Sherwood,   b. Abt Nov 1780, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1826, Wayne County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years)
     10. Lyman Sherwood,   c. 23 Dec 1781, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     11. Betsey Sherwood,   b. 17 Feb 1784, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1784, Probably Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location
     12. William Sherwood,   b. 27 Feb 1786, Fairfield, Fairfield Co, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1871, Great Barrington, Berkshire Co, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    Family ID F37  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jan 2019 

  • Photos
    sherwood-coat-of-arms-1.jpg    		Sherwood Coat of Arms

  • Notes 
    • DAR Patriot: Connecticut, Ensign, 9th Co, 4th Regt, Jan 1780
      Letter of Administration, Dutchess County, New York from Surrogate Office's Records Liber C p33. Summary: Lyman Sherwood appointed executor of Jehiel Sherwood's estate; officially recorded at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York on 24 Oct 1807 The People of the State of New-York by the Grace of God, Free and Independent. To Lymen Sherwood of the town of South East in this County of Dutchess son of Jehial Sherwood deceased. Whereas Jehial Sherwood of the Town of South East in said County as is alledged, lately died intestate, having whilst living, and at the time of his Death, Goods, Chattels, or Credits within this state...do grant unto you the said Lymen Sherwood full power by these presents, to administer, and faithfully dispose of all and singular the said Goods...And we do by these presents, depute, constitute and appoint you the said Lymen Sherwood Administrator of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits which were of the said Jehial Sherwood. IN TESTIMONY whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness James Talimadge(?)...Esquire, Surrogate of the said county, at Poughkeepsie, the twenty fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seven and of our Independence the thirty second...James ______ Dutchess County...Recorded the preceding Letter of Administration to Lyman Sherwood this twenty fourth day of October 1807
      "James Sears was present in the probate of Jehiel Sherwood's estate" - taken from a letter to Hubert Andrew Arnold from a professional genealogist identified as "Box 480, Salt Point" [Salt Point is a hamlet in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It lies northeast of Poughkeepsie following New York Route 115, the Salt Point Turnpike]. This statement is very important with respect to establishing circumstantial evidence that Mehitible Sherwood, James Sears' wife, was the daughter of Jehiel Sherwood.

      South East, New York The first settler arrived around 1730. The area first exploited was called "The Oblong," and was outside of the land claimed by the Philipse Patent. Due to a border dispute between New York and Connecticut the area between the undisputed border of NY and the undisputed border of CT was an approximately 4-mile-wide area which ran the full north-south dimension of Dutchess County. This was called the Oblong. Land was sold in this area both by the governor of NY and the King of England for Connecticut, with conflicting deeds. The boundary was settled in New York's favor by the 1731 Treaty of Dover. A southern portion of the Oblong was alternately known as Southeast as it was the southeasternmost town in Dutchess County. It consisted of the eastern half of the current Town of Patterson, and the eastern half of the current town of Southeast. The western half of the current town of Southeast was part of the large Phillipse Patent which had not yet been divided into towns. The most heavily-settled area of the Oblong at this point was the "city" of Frederickstown, now the hamlet of Patterson. The town of Southeast, then still including its portion of the Oblong, was founded in 1788, and formed the southeast corner of Dutchess County. In 1795, the town that had been Southeast's neighbor, Frederickstown was divided into the present Carmel, Kent, and Patterson, the latter two known at first as "Frederick" and "Franklin." At that time, Southeast lost its northern half to Patterson, and expanded to the west to become the shape it is now. Putnam County split from Dutchess in 1812. The most densely populated area in the town is the village of Brewster. [6]

  • Sources 
    1. [S29] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., Bulkeley **main, (New Haven, Connecticut, 1933), pp342-3 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S635] Ancestry.com, Conn birth records, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006), Vol 1, p 213 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S30] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., Jacobus - Fairfield main, (For The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter/Daughters of the American Revolution, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1932 ), p851 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S30] Donald Lines Jacobus, M.A., Jacobus - Fairfield main, (For The Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter/Daughters of the American Revolution, Fairfield, Connecticut, 1932 ), p900 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S645] Bailey, Frederic W., Conn marriages, Page 36 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S478] Gravestone, Little Rock Township (aka Plano) Cemetery (Reliability: 3).
      Little Rock Township Cemetery, Plano, Illinois      		 Little Rock Township Cemetery, Plano, Illinois



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