Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . axley Shermans is re-corded as follows : Thomas Sherman, of Laxley; ThomasSherman, 2d, of Laxley; Thomas Sherman, 3d, gentleman,of Laxley and Stutson, and afterward of Ipswich ; JohnSherman, son of Thomas Sherman 2d; William Sherman,eldest son of John. This William Sherman was born in1588, and married Mary Lascelles, of son, John Sherman, came to America in 1634, andsettled at Watertown, Massachusetts. He took a promi-nent part in the military operations of the infant colony,and was known as Captain John Sherman ; by which titlehe is disti
Life of Wm Tecumseh Sherman .. . axley Shermans is re-corded as follows : Thomas Sherman, of Laxley; ThomasSherman, 2d, of Laxley; Thomas Sherman, 3d, gentleman,of Laxley and Stutson, and afterward of Ipswich ; JohnSherman, son of Thomas Sherman 2d; William Sherman,eldest son of John. This William Sherman was born in1588, and married Mary Lascelles, of son, John Sherman, came to America in 1634, andsettled at Watertown, Massachusetts. He took a promi-nent part in the military operations of the infant colony,and was known as Captain John Sherman ; by which titlehe is distinguished from his cousin John Sherman, whoalso lived at Watertown. This Captain John Shermanwas the grandfather of Roger Sherman, famous in Ameri-can history as one of the chief signers of the Declarationof Independence. Two brothers, cousins of Captain Sherman, came toAmerica at the same time with him in 1634. One of thesewas the Rev. John Sherman, already mentioned, who be-came famous throughout the New England colonies as the. MRS. GENERAl/SHERMAN. HISTOR Y OF ANCIENT WOODBUR Y. 21 most eloquent preacher and most accomplished mathema-tician and astronomer of the day. The other was SamuelSherman, the progenitor of the illustrious subject of thiswork. These two brothers soon removed from Watertown,Mass., to the Valley of the Connecticut, and thenceforwardfor several generations the family was conspicuously identi-fied with that colony. In Cothrens History of Ancient Woodbury, muchmention of Samuel Sherman is to be found. The Court,says Cothren, grants Mr. Samuel Sherman, LieutenantWm. Curtice, Ensign Joseph Judson, and John Minor, them-selves and associates, liberty to erect a plantation at Pom-perouge; provided it does not prejudice any former grantto any other plantation or particular person; provided anyother honest inhabitants of Stratford have liberty to joynewith them in setleing there, and that they enterteine somany inhabitants as the place will conveniently enterteine
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