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Facts and Events
| Name[3] |
Roger Sherman |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
19 Apr 1721 |
Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States |
| Marriage |
17 Nov 1749 |
Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Hartwell |
| Marriage |
12 May 1763 |
Danvers, Essex, Massachusettsto Rebecca Minot Prescott |
| Death[2] |
23 Jul 1793 |
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States |
| Reference Number |
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Q354721 (Wikidata) |
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Roger Sherman (April 19, 1721 – July 23, 1793) was an early American statesman, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States. He is the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the Continental Association, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the Constitution. He also signed the 1774 Petition to the King.
Born in Newton, Massachusetts, Sherman established a legal career in Litchfield County, Connecticut, despite a lack of formal education. After a period in the Connecticut House of Representatives, he served as a justice of the Superior Court of Connecticut from 1766 to 1789. He represented Connecticut at the Continental Congress, and he was a member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Sherman served as a delegate to the 1787 Philadelphia Convention, which produced the United States Constitution. After Benjamin Franklin, he was the second oldest delegate present at the convention. Sherman favored granting the federal government power to raise revenue and regulate commerce, but initially opposed efforts to supplant the Articles of Confederation with a new constitution. After supporting the establishment of a new constitution, Sherman became a key delegate and main opponent of James Madison's Virginia Plan by introducing the Connecticut Compromise that won the approval of both the more and less populous states.[1]
After the ratification of the Constitution, Sherman represented Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives from 1789 to 1791. He served in the United States Senate from 1791 to his death in 1793.
References
- ↑ Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905)
p. 174.
SHERMAN, Roger, ch. William and Mahitable, [born] Apr. 19, 1721. "Six other children born in Watertown, Charlestown & Stoughton. From the last named Town the[y] moved to New Mildford, Ct."
[Note: town copy with additions [meaning it was added by a committee in 1850 that included Francis Jackson, author of History of Newton. These often represent his research and are not part of the original records.] ]
- ↑ Find A Grave: Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, CT, in Find A Grave
Roger Sherman.
In Memory of
THE HON. ROGER SHERMAN ESQRr
Mayor of the City of New Have
and Senator of the United States.
He was born at Newtown in Massachusetts
April 19th 1721
and died at New-Haven July 23d A D 1793
aged LXXII
...
- ↑ 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. 142, 149-200.
From family bible of Roger Sherman: "Robert Sherman born 19, 1721 O.S. April 30 N.S. Died July 23rd 1793, 6:40 P.M."
Hon. Roger Sherman [#42], s/o William Sherman and 2nd wife Mehitable Wellington, b. eastern part of Newton 19 Apr 1721, d. "at his house on Chapel Street" 23 Jul 1793, buried 25 Jul 1793, m. (1) Stoughton 17 Nov 1749 Elizabeth Hartwell, m. (2) Danvers "now Peabody" 12 May 1763 Rebecca Prescott. Will of "Roger Sherman of the city and County of New Haven" dated 6 Aug 1792, proved 5 Aug 1793, names wife Rebekah; son John Sherman; son Isaac Sherman; son Roger Sherman; son Oliver Sherman; daughters Chloe, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Mehetabel, Martha and Sarah [all but Rebecca indicated as unmarried]; granddaughter Betsey Sherman the only child of my son William Sherman dec. Son Roger to be sole executor. Distribution of estate 25 Nov 1796 to Rebecca Sherman widow; son John Sherman; Chloe Skinner; Rebecca, Ebenezer and Roger Sherman Baldwin, children of Simeon Baldwin and his wife Rebecca deceased, daughter; daughter Elizabeth Burr; son Roger Sherman; daughter Mehetibel Barns; son Oliver Sherman; son Isaac Sherman; daughters Martha and Sarah.
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