Thomas Sherwood. Deputy (Stratford) to Conn. Leg., Sept. 1645, Sept. 1649, May 1650, Oct. 1653, Oct. 1654; war committee for Stratford, Oct. 1654. Winthrop in 1657 mentioned the wife of Thomas Sherwood of Stratford, ae. 34, with an unweaned child, and son John ae. 4. Mentioned 1 Jan. 1657[1657/8] as "having departed this life" [Stratford rec.]. Will 4 June 1657; wife Sarah; sons John and Thomas (under 18); dau. Mary, a fourth of all my lands; my daus.; overseers, Mr. Blackman, Isaac Nichols, John Birdsey, Henry Wakelee, and John Welles. Inv. 4 June 1658. John Wheeler conveyed, 8 Feb. 1672 [1672/3], to Jehiel Preston right in land given to his wife by her Grandfather Seabrook; and Samuel Stiles conveyed in similar terms, 24 May 1673.