. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . death, he was pastor of the. Congregational churchin Watertown, Mass. He was a fellow of Harvard,delivered lectures there for many years, and was apopular preacher and an eminent 1682 he delivered a discourse before the conven-tion of Congregational ministers in Massachusetts,the first sermon on that occasion that is now uponrecord. He published several almanacs, to whichhe appended pious reflections. SHERMAN, Roger, signer of the Declarationof Independence, b. in Newton. Mass., 19 ; d. in New Haven, Conn., 23 July, 1
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . death, he was pastor of the. Congregational churchin Watertown, Mass. He was a fellow of Harvard,delivered lectures there for many years, and was apopular preacher and an eminent 1682 he delivered a discourse before the conven-tion of Congregational ministers in Massachusetts,the first sermon on that occasion that is now uponrecord. He published several almanacs, to whichhe appended pious reflections. SHERMAN, Roger, signer of the Declarationof Independence, b. in Newton. Mass., 19 ; d. in New Haven, Conn., 23 July, 1793. His great-grandfather, Capt. John Sherman, came fromngland to Watertown, Mass., about 1635. Hisgrandfather and father were farmers in moderate circumstances. In1723 the family re-moved to Stoning-ton, Mass., wherehe spent his boy-hood and had no formaleducation exceptthat which wasobtained in theordinary countryschools, but by hisown unaided exer-tions he acquiredrespectable attain-ments in variousbranches of learn-ing, especially. was early appren-ticed to a shoemaker, and continued in that occu-pation until he was twenty-two years of age. It issaid that while at work on his bench he was accus-tomed to have before him an open book, so thathe could devote every spare minute to study. Atthe age of nineteen he lost his father, and theprincipal care and support of a large family thusdevolved upon him, with the charge of a smallfarm. In 1743 he removed with his family to NewMilford, Conn., performing the journey on foot,and taking his shoemakers tools with him. Here,in partnership with his brother, he engaged in mercantile business. In 1745 he was appointedsurveyor of binds for the county in which he re-sided, a post for which his early attention to math-ematics qualified him. Not long afterward he fur-nished the astronomical calculations for an al-manac that was published in New York, and hecontinued this service for several years. Mean-while, encouraged to this step
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