On 25 Dec 1667 Desire first married
William Sherman (2934) , son of
William Sherman (1241) (ca 1610-Oct 1679) &
Prudence Hill (bef 1619-bef 1679), in Marshfield, MA.
60 “William Sherman and Desire Doety [worn] y^e 25 of december 1667”.
Born ca 1640/1642 in Marshfield, MA. William died in Nov 1680. Buried on 17 Nov 1680 in Marshfield, MA.61
William “served in King Phillilps war, in 1676, and sustained injuries, for which in 1678, his family received 20 pounds from the Colony. During the war (with ohters) he was made a prisoner by the Indians, and was compelled by them to witness their curil treatement of some of the prisoners in consequence of which as the record says, ‘He fell distracted.’ At one time he served as constable.”61