Family:Matthew Sherwood and Mary Fitch (1)

Parents: Thomas Sherwood and Mary Unknown Captain Matthew Sherwood b. Cal 1644 d. 26 Oct 1715 Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	Parents: Thomas Fitch and Anna Stacy Mary Fitch b. Cal 1644 d. 25 Dec 1730 Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

m. Bef 1671

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Marriage^[1]

Bef 1671

Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child.

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	John Sherwood	Est 1671	Bef 7 Oct 1696
2.	Mary Sherwood	Est 1673	16 Sep 1752 Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States
3.	Sarah Sherwood	Est 1676	25 May 1743 Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
4.	Deacon Lemuel Sherwood	Abt 1679	2 Sep 1732 Stratfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
5.	Capt. Samuel Sherwood	1680 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States	10 Nov 1732 Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
6.	Anne Sherwood	Est 1683 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)	6 Apr 1777 Whippany, Morris, New Jersey, United States

References

↑ Thomas Sherwood, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
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Matthew Sherwood … m. (2) by about 1672 Mary Fitch, daughter of Thomas Fitch of Norwalk [FOOF 1:204-5].
Estimated date of marriage pushed back a year; eldest child, son John, had to have been married by April 1696 since his only child was born January 1696/97.