5872.Hester Sherman. Born on 1 Apr 1606 in Dedham, Essex. Hester died in Fairfield, CT between 27 Dec 1665 and 30 Jan 1665/6.
Ca 1628 Hester married Andrew Ward. Born ca 1603. Andrew died in Watertown, MA in 1659.16
ANDREW, Watertown, freem. 14 May 1634, rem. to Wethersfield next yr. and with Ludlow, and others, ahd commissn. from Mass. to gov. the people at Conn,. 1635, for one yr. yet in the docum. in our Col. Rec. I. 171, his name, on the repetit. is Warner; was rep. 1636 and 7, rem. to Stamford 1641, and Trumbull, Hist. thinks he was of Hempstead, L. I. 1643, yet in 1653, I find him again rep. no doubt, for Fairfield; but went at last to the Dutch, and is ment. in Bolton's West Chester I. 161, as founder of gr. reput. Yet Goodwin gives no countenance to such a rem. but says he d. at F. 1659, and by w. Esther, wh. d. not, as he says, in 1667, but early in 1665, he suplies him these ch. Edmund, William, Mary, Andrew, Samuel, Abigail, Ann, John, and Sarah, of not one of wh. is the date of b. kn. exc. Andrew's, 1647. Mary m. the sec. John Burr; Ann m. prob. Caleb Nichols; and Sarah m. Nathaniel Burr.25
5873.Rev. John Sherman. Born on 26 Dec 1613 in Dedham, Essex.64 John was baptized in Dedham, Essex, 4 Jan 1613/4. John died in Watertown, MA, on 8 Aug 1685; he was 71.30 Education: Trinity College, Cambridge, 1629.
Children of John Sherman:
i. Mary Sherman, m. 1st 27 Nov 1656 Henry Freeman, m. 2nd Lewis Allen;
ii. Bezaleel Sherman, b. 1640, d. 1685 in Madras, India;
iii. Daniel Sherman, b. 16 Mar 1642;
iv. Samuel Sherman, b. 14 Apr 1644;
v. Abiah Sherman, d. before 1702;
vi. James Sherman, b. 1645, d. 3 May 1718, Rev., m. 13 May 1680 Mary Walker;
vii. Abigail Sherman, b. 1 Feb 1648, d. ca 1685, m. 8 Aug 1664 Samuel Willard;
viii. Elisabeth Sherman, m. 20 Jul 1687 Samuel Gaskill;
ix. Joanna Sherman, b. 3 Sep 1652;
x. Mary Sherman, b. 5 Mar 1657, m. 27 May 1679 Ellis Barron Jr;
xi. Grace Sherman, b. 10 Mar 1659, d. after 1712;
xii. John Sherman, b. 17 Mar 1660;
xiii. Hester Sherman, d. 25 Aug 1688; and
xiv. Mercy Sherman, m. 4 Apr 1700 Samuel Barnard.30
John first married Mary Gibbs. Mary died in Milford, CT on 8 Sep 1644.65
John second married Mary Launce, daughter of John Launce (27 Dec 1597-bef 18 Jan 1638/9) & Isabel Darcy. Born ca 1620/1625. Mary died in Watertown, MA on 9 Mar 1710.64
According to Mather, Mary was a granddaughter of Thomas Darcy, Earl of Rivers.30
5874.Grace Sherman. Born in 1615 in Dedham, Essex. Grace died in Chelmsford, MA on 14 Jan 1690.
Grace married John Livermore, son of Daniel Livermore & Elizabeth Hammond. Born ca 1606 in Wethersfield, Essex. John died in Watertown, MA on 14 Apr 1684.14 Occupation: Potter.
“John Lyuermore” was 28 when he left for New England in April 1634 from Ipswich abord the Francis. He settled at Watertown, but moved about 1639 to New Haven, returning to Watertown about 1653.
There’s an article on John Livermore in The Great Migration.14