Anna6 (or Ann) Sherman, bap. at Dedham, Mar. 7, 1581. (Reg. 50, p. 415.) m. at Dedham, May 15, 1601, John Anger, of Dedham, clothier (Reg. 50, p. 414.) He was son of William Anger, of Dedham, clothier, whose will dated Oct. 24, 1620, was proved at Colchester, Aug. 2, 1622. (Commissary Court of London for Essex and Herts; File for 1622-1623 No. 186.) Mentions wife Josan, sons John, Edmond and William and daughters Elizabeth and Bridget at 20 or marriage. (Reg. 50, p. 400.) The will of Josan or Joysen Anger, widow of William, dated Aug. 27, 1627, was proved at Colchester, May 23, 1628 (Com. of London for Essex and Herts. File for 1627-28 No. 18). Mentions son Edmond, daughters Sara Gilson, Susan Crosse, Elizabeth Gleeson and Bridget Anger. Son-in-law William Anger. (Reg. 50, p. 404.) John Anger d. in 1624. His will dated Jan. 19, 1624, proved Feb. 18, 1624. (P. C. C. Byrde 19.) Mentions cousin John Ward, wife Anna, sons John, Bezalleell, Samuel and Edmund, daughters Mary Sparhawke, wife of Nathaniel Sparhawke and Ann; brothers William and Edmund Ainger and sisters Elizabeth and Bridget Ainger. Also mentions Judith Sherman and Ann Sherman Genealogy 85 Sherman, daughters of Edmund Sherman, of Colchester; my sister Judith Sherman, wife of Edmund Sherman, of Colchester; godchild Robert Sherman; "my brother Nathaniel Sherman on his deathbed/'his son, Nathaniel; my cousin Henry Sherman; my brother Richard Sherman; Annah Sparhawke, my grandchild; brother-in-law Richard Backler. (Reg. 50, p. 401.) Ann6 Anger died 1625, Her will, dated Sept. 2, 1625, proved at Colchester, Dec. 16, 1625. (Com. of London for Essex and Herts. File for 1625-1626 No. 177.) Mentions sons John, Bezaliell, Samuel and Edmund; daughters Mary Sparhawke and Ann Anger; brothers Richard Sherman, Richard Backler, Samuel Sherman and Edmund Sherman; Samuel Sherman, John Sherman, Sarah Warner, Anna Backler and Mary Bacon my brothers and sisters; brother Benjamin Sherman; William Anger, Judith Sherman and Anna Smith, my husband's brother and sisters; Ann Sherman and Jone Sherman daughters of my brother Edmund; Ann Sherman daughter of my uncle Sherman, doctor, departed; William Petfield, son of Richard Petfield; Anna Sherman daughter of my brother Richard Sherman; "I give to the two children of the wife of Thomas Rogers, John Sherman and Richard Sherman, my kinsmen, ten shillings apiece at their ages of one and twenty." Also mentions "my brother Bezaliell's two children John Sherman and Ursalye Sherman." Thomas Makin a witness. (Reg. 50, p. 402.) The wife of Thomas Rogers mentioned was Grace Makin, daughter of Tobias Makin of Fingringhoe, Essex, yeoman, whose will dated May 14, 1610, was proved Sept. 10, 1610. (Consistory Court of London Book Hamer, Leaves 45-48.) In it he mentions "Grace Sherman my daughter." (Reg. 50, p. 286.) She married first, John6 Sherman, son of Henry5 Sherman, of Dedham. He was buried at Great Horkesley, Essex, Jan. 24, 1616 (Reg. 66, p. 323). She soon afterwards m. Thomas Rogers, as Elizabeth Rogers, their daughter, was bap. at Dedham, Nov. 6, 1617 (Reg. 66, p. 325). Elizabeth Rogers afterwards m. Daniel Smith, at Watertown, Mass. (Reg. 51, p. 310.) John7 Sherman, her son, mentioned, above, was Captain John Sherman, of Watertown, Mass., whose father was first cousin of the testatrix Ann Anger. (Reg. 51, p. 310.)
