Person:Theophilus Sherman (1)

m. Est 1640
  1. Samuel Sherman1641 - 1718/19
  2. Theophilus Sherman1643 - 1711/12
  3. Matthew Sherman1645 - Bef 1698
  4. Edmund Sherman1647 - 1683
  5. Deacon John Sherman1651 - 1730
  6. Sarah Sherman1653/54 - 1713
  7. Nathaniel Sherman1656/57 - 1712
  8. Benjamin Sherman1662 -
  9. David Sherman1665 - 1753
m. Bef 1678
  1. Comfort ShermanEst 1682 - 1727
  • HTheophilus Sherman1643 - 1711/12
  • WMary _____Est 1647 - Aft 1711
m. Bef 14 Apr 1697
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Theophilus Sherman
Gender Male
Birth[1][3] 28 Oct 1643 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United StatesRecorded at Stratford.
Marriage Bef 1678 Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.
to Comfort Robbins
Marriage Bef 14 Apr 1697 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)to Mary _____
Will[5] 13 Apr 1711 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Death[1][4] 16 Feb 1711/12 Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Estate Inventory[5] 27 Feb 1711/12 £265-01-03. Taken by Jonathan Boreman, Joshua Robbins, Jr., and Philip Goff, Jr.
Probate[5] 4 Mar 1711/12 Will proved.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sherman, Thomas Townsend. Sherman genealogy, including families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England: some descendants of the immigrants Captain John Sherman, Reverend John Sherman, Edmund Sherman and Samuel Sherman, and the descendents of Honorable Roger Sherman and Honorable Charles R. Sherman. (New York, New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1920)
    p. 124.

    "Theophilus8 Sherman, b. at Stamford, Oct. 28, 1643. m. at Wethersfield, Mary Robbins, d. of John and Mary (Boreman [Welles]) Robbins; b. at Wethersfield, Oct. 12, 1646. He d. at Middletown [Wethersfield], Conn., Feb. 16, 1711/12.

  2. Theophilus Sherman, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    4:85.

    "Theophilus (Sherman), Stratford 1669, was br. of the sec. Samuel of the same, and a man of distinct. d. early in 1712; but Cothren gives him no w. or ch."

  3. Stratford Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    128.

    "Sherman, … Theophilus, s. Samuell, b. Oct. 28, 1643 [LR1:53]"

  4. Wethersfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    236.

    "Sherman, … Theophilus, d. Feb. 16, 1711/12, Æ about 67 [1:07]"

  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    2:295.

    "Probate Records. Vol. VIII, 1710 to 1715. Page 134-170.

    Sherman, Theophalus, Wethersfield. Invt. £265-01-03. Taken 27 February, 1711-12, by Jonathan Boreman, Joshua Robbins, Jr., and Philip Goff, Jr. Will dated 13 April, 1711.

    I, Theophalus Sherman, of Wethersfield, do make this my last will and testament: I give unto my son Theophalus Sherman all my land situate in the bounds of the Township of Wethersfield, that is to say, I give to my sd. son my dwelling house, with all the land it standeth on or belongeth unto it, at the place where I now dwell, as also all uplands, meadows, pastures, woodlands, etc., according to the bounds and buttments of my purchases and records. I give unto my daughter Mary, now the wife of Elijah Crane, 5 acres of land near the bounds of Stratford or Stratfield, which I value at £10. I give my daughter Mary £10 in country pay. I give to my daughter Comfort, the wife of Richard Niccols, 10 acres of land in or near the bounds of Stratford or Stratfield, which 10 acres I value at £20. I give to my wife Mary Sherman the use of 1-3 part of my lands during her natural life, vizt., my lands lying in the Town of Wethersfield, also the sum of £8 in country pay. I appoint my son Theophalus Sherman sole executor.

    THEOPHALUS SHERMAN, LS.

    Witness: Eliphalet Dickinson, Philip Goff, Jr.

    Court Record, Page 63—4 March, 1711-12: Will proven."