Descendants of Thomas (Butler) Butter

 

Jenks Lineage

 

1.    Thomas (Butler) Butter born 1500, Dedham, Essex, England, married (1) Marion (?), born c. 1502, married (2) c. 1520, in England, Joane (?), born 1504, Dedham, Essex, England.  Thomas died Oct 15, 1555, Dedham, Essex, England.

                      Children by Joane (?):

          2.     i    (?) Butter born c. 1521/23, Dedham, Essex, England, married (?) Wulman, born c. 1520.  (?) died Aug 20, 1555.

       +3.     ii    Agnes Butter born c. 1520/24.

       +4.     iii   William Butter born 1521.

          5.     iv   John Butter born 1525, Dedham, Essex, England, married Elizabeth (?), born c. 1527.  Elizabeth: Last name could have been Wulman

          6.     v    Alice Butter born 1527, Dedham, Essex, England, married Christopher Percyvall, born c. 1525.  Alice died 1556/7.

          7.     vi   Sibell Butter born 1532, Dedham, Essex, England.

          8.     vii  Margaret Butter born 1537, Dedham, Essex, England.

          9.     viii  Gilbert Butter born 1539, Dedham, Essex, England.

          10.    ix   Alice Butter born 1540, Dedham, Essex, England.  called "The Younger"

 

Second Generation

 

3.    Agnes Butter (1.Thomas¹) born c. 1520/24, Dedham, Essex, England, married (1) c. 1541, in Dedham, Essex, England, Henry Sherman, born c. 1511/2, Dedham, Essex, England, (son of Thomas Sherman and Jane Waller) died Jul 25, 1590, Dedham, Essex, England, married (2) bf. 1550, Henry Rolfe, born c. 1519.  Agnes died Oct 1580, Dedham, Essex, England, buried: Oct 14, 1580.  Henry: One genealogy says b. date c. 1519

                      Children by Henry Sherman:

          11.    i    Alice Sherman born c. 1542, Dedham, Essex, England, married c. 1567, in Essex, England, Nicholas (Fynce) Fince.  Alice died c. 1562, Dedham, Essex, England.

       +12.    ii    Henry Sherman born c. 1545.

       +13.    iii   Edmund Sherman born c. 1548.

          14.    iv   Judith Sherman born c. 1550, Dedham, Essex, England, married Oct 27, 1566, in Dedham, Essex, England, William Pettifield.  Judith died Apr 9, 1601, Dedham, England.

          15.    v    John Sherman born c. 1555, Dedham, Essex, England, died Oct 15, 1576, Dedham, Essex, England, buried: Oct 16, 1576, Parish Church.

          16.    vi   Thomas Sherman born c. 1557, Dedham, Essex, England, married 1578, in Essex, England, (?).  Thomas died c. 1587, Dedham, Essex, England.

       +17.    vii  Robert Sherman born Feb 6, 1560/1.

 

4.    William Butter (1.Thomas¹) born 1521, Dedham, Essex, England, married (1) Ann Gurdon, born 1520, Dedham, Essex, England, (daughter of John Gurdon and Anne Coleman) died Aug 22, 1653, Dedham, Essex, England, married (2) Marion Willes, died c. 1523.  William died Nov 8, 1594, Dedham, Essex, England.

                      Children by Ann Gurdon:

       +18.    i    Pierce Butter born 1550.

          19.    ii    Thomas Butter born 1553, Dedham, Essex, England, married Sep 1585, in Dedham, Essex, England, Elizabeth Crush, born c. 1555.  Thomas died Aug 1599.

          20.    iii   Richard Butter born 1555, Dedham, Essex, England, died c. 1599.

          21.    iv   Edward Butter born 1556, Dedham, Essex, England, died Dec 11, 1568.

          22.    v    Alice Butter born c. Nov 8, 1562, Dedham, Essex, England, married c. May 30, 1893, in Dedham, Essex, England, John Morfew, born c. 1560, Dedham, Essex, England.

 

Third Generation

 

12.   Henry Sherman (3.Agnes², 1.Thomas¹) born c. 1545, Dedham, Essex, England, married (1) Jun 14, 1568, in Moze, Essex, England, Susan Renee Lawrence, born c. 1551, Moze, Essex, England, (daughter of John Lawrence and Agnes (?)) died Aug 13, 1610, Dedham, Lexden, Essex, England, married (2) Margery (?), married (3) Jun 5, 1581, in Dedham, Essex, England, Marian Smith, married (4) Margery (?).  Henry died Aug 28, 1610, Dedham, Essex, England.  

                      Children by Susan Renee Lawrence:

          23.    i    Anne Sherman baptized: Aug 7, 1575, married Anthony Whiting.  Anne died 1638.  Anne's ancestry can be traced to Thomas Sherman, the same as that of John Sherman, one of the founders of Watertown.

          24.    ii    Henry Sherman born 1571, married Mary (?).  Henry died 1645.

          25.    iii   Samuel Sherman born Jan 11, 1573, England, married 1597, in Dedham, Essex, England, Philippa Ward.  Samuel died 1615, Dedham, Essex, England, buried: Ordleigh, Essex, England.

          26.    iv   Susan Sherman born 1575.

          27.    v    Edmund Sherman born Dedham, Essex, England, married 1611, Judith Angiers.  Edmund died New Haven CT.

          28.    vi   Nathaniel Sherman born 1582, England, married Priscilla (?).  Nathaniel died 1615.

          29.    vii  John Sherman born Aug 17, 1587, Dedham, England, married (?).  Came to America  1634.  He settled in Watertown MA . died there.

          30.    viii  Elizabeth Sherman.

          31.    ix   Ezekiel Sherman born Jul 25, 1589, Dedham, England, married (?).

          32.    x    Mary Sherman born Jul 27, 1592.

          33.    xi   Daniel Sherman married Christiana Chapman, (daughter of Edmund Chapman and (?)). Daniel died 1634.

 

13.   Edmund Sherman (3.Agnes², 1.Thomas¹) born c. 1548, Dedham, Essex, England, married (1) Apr 25, 1570, in Colchester, Essex, England, Anne Clere Pallette, born c. 1542, Dedham, Essex, England, (daughter of Nicholas Clere and Anne (?)) died c. 1609, married (2) 1609, Anna Clarke.  Edmund died c. 1600, Dedham, England, buried: Dec 22, 1600.  Anne: Spelled Pellet in Sherman

                      Children by Anne Clere Pallette:

          34.    i    Henry Sherman born Sep 1, 1570, Dedham, Essex, England, died Jan 1, 1585/86, Dedham, Essex, England.

          35.    ii    Samuel Sherman born c. 1574, England, died c. 1643.  Sherman says died 1644

          36.    iii   Ann Sherman born c. 1575, Dedham, Essex, England, died young.  Sherman says born Mar 3, 1577, and calls her Anna.  Next Anna in family born 1581, in Sherman.

          37.    iv   Mary Sherman born c. 1576, England.  Sherman says born 1598.

          38.    v    Richard Sherman born Sep 4, 1577, Dedham, Essex, England, married in Dedham, Essex, England, Alice Day.  Richard died May 20, 1660, Boston, Suffolk, MA.  Sherman says born Oct 9, 1575. Alice: Piles.GED calls her Elizabeth (?).

          39.    vi   Anna Sherman born c. 1581, Dedham, Essex, England, married May 3, 1610, Richard Backler.  Anna died c. 1625.

          40.    vii  (?) Sherman born Feb 4, 1578/9, Dedham, Essex, England, died Feb 4, 1578/9, Dedham, Essex, England.

          41.    viii  Bezaleel Sherman born Jun 23, 1585, Dedham, Essex, England, married in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, Priscilla (Burges) Burgess.  Bezaleel died c. 1618, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, buried: Oct 9, 1618.

          42.    ix   Sarah Sherman born Jul 4, 1587, Dedham, Essex, England.  Piles.GED says she married Richard Backler also (husband of sister Anna).

          43.    x    John Sherman born c. 1588, Dedham, Essex, England, married c. 1623, in Dedham, Essex, England, Anne Sparhawke.  John died bf Nov 165(?).

          44.    xi   Samuel Sherman born c. 1593, Dedham, Essex, England.  Listed only in Piles

          45.    xii  Susan Sherman born Feb 17, 1590/1, Dedham, Essex, England.

          46.    xiii  Hannah Sherman born c. 1594, Dedham, Essex, England.

          47.    xiv  Edmund Sherman born Dedham, Essex, England, married c. 1598, in England, Joan Makin, born c. 1575, Fingringhoe, England, (daughter of Tobias Makin and Katherine Bell) died May 15, 1611, Dedham, Essex, England.  Edmund died 1641, New Haven CT.

          48.    xv   Benjamin Sherman born Mar 27, 1597, Dedham, Essex, England, died Oct 26, 1647, Dedham, Essex, England.

          49.    xvi  Mary Sherman born c. 1598, married 1619, Andrew Bacon, born Oct 21, 1596, Bramford, England, (son of Thomas Bacon and Lore (?)). listed only in Piles

 

17.   Robert Sherman (3.Agnes², 1.Thomas¹) born Feb 6, 1560/1, Dedham, Essex, England, married (1) Dec 9, 1583, in Dedham, Essex, England, Barbara Browne, married (2) Jul 4, 1595, in Dedham, Essex, England, Bridget Jenny.  Robert died Jan 10, 1601/2, Dedham, Essex, England.

                      Children by Barbara Browne:

          50.    i    Anna Sherman.

 

18.   Pierce Butter (4.William², 1.Thomas¹) born 1550, Dedham, Essex, England, married (1) Elizabeth (?), born 1557, Dedham, Essex, England, died Mar 19, 1590/1, Dedham, Essex, England, married (2) Feb 21, 1574/5, in Dedham, Essex, England, Edith Skinner, born c. 1550, England, married (3) Nov 19, 1591, Tomasine Tomson, born bf 1570, England.  Pierce died Aug 27, 1599, Dedham, Essex, England.

                      Children by Elizabeth (?):

          51.    i    William Butter born Jul 21, 1579, Dedham, Essex, England, married Dec 20, 1610, in Dedham, Essex, England, Judith Upcher, born c. 1590.  William died Jul 11, 1612, Dedham, Essex, England.

          52.    ii    Pierce Butter born Oct 17, 1581, Dedham, Essex, England.

          53.    iii   Daniel Butter born Nov 20, 1582, Dedham, Essex, England, died 1608, Dedham, Essex, England.

          54.    iv   Anne Butter born c. 1583, Dedham, Essex, England, married 1600, in England, John Coggeshall, born Jul 24, 1576, Halstead, Essex, England, (son of John Coggeshall and Katherine Wangford) died Aug 4, 1615, Halstead, Essex, England.  Anne died Nov 10, 1648, Castle, Hedingham, Essex, England.

          55.    v    John Butter born May 11, 1585, Dedham, Essex, England, married Margaret (?), born c. 1585.  John died Jan 26, 1623/4.

          56.    vi   James Butter born 1587, Dedham, Essex, England, died aft 1625.

 

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