Descendants of Nicholas Clere
Jenks Lineage
1. Nicholas Clere married Anne (?).
Children:
+2. i Anne Clere Pallette born c. 1542.
Second Generation
2. Anne Clere Pallette (1.Nicholas1) born c. 1542, Dedham, Essex, England, married Apr 25, 1570, in Colchester, Essex, England, Edmund Sherman, born c. 1548, Dedham, Essex, England, (son of Henry Sherman and Agnes Butter) died c. 1600, Dedham, England, buried: Dec 22, 1600. Anne died c. 1609. Spelled Pellet in Sherman
Children:
3. i Henry Sherman born Sep 1, 1570, Dedham, Essex, England, died Jan 1, 1585/86, Dedham, Essex, England.
4. ii Samuel Sherman born c. 1574, England, died c. 1643. Sherman says died 1644
5. 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.
6. iv Mary Sherman born c. 1576, England. Sherman says born 1598.
+7. v Richard Sherman born Sep 4, 1577.
8. vi Anna Sherman born c. 1581, Dedham, Essex, England, married May 3, 1610, Richard Backler. Anna died c. 1625.
9. vii (?) Sherman born Feb 4, 1578/9, Dedham, Essex, England, died Feb 4, 1578/9, Dedham, Essex, England.
+10. viii Bezaleel Sherman born Jun 23, 1585.
11. ix Sarah Sherman born Jul 4, 1587, Dedham, Essex, England. Piles.GED says she married Richard Backler also (husband of sister Anna).
12. x John Sherman born c. 1588, Dedham, Essex, England, married c. 1623, in Dedham, Essex, England, Anne Sparhawke. John died bf Nov 165(?).
13. xi Samuel Sherman born c. 1593, Dedham, Essex, England. Listed only in Piles
14. xii Susan Sherman born Feb 17, 1590/1, Dedham, Essex, England.
15. xiii Hannah Sherman born c. 1594, Dedham, Essex, England.
+16. xiv Edmund Sherman.
17. xv Benjamin Sherman born Mar 27, 1597, Dedham, Essex, England, died Oct 26, 1647, Dedham, Essex, England.
18. 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
Third Generation
7. Richard Sherman (2.Anne2, 1.Nicholas1) 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 (?).
Children:
19. i Elizabeth Sherman born 1597.
20. ii Anne Sherman.
21. iii Priscilla Sherman married Martin Garrett.
22. iv Martha Sherman married (?) Brown.
23. v Abigail Sherman married (?) Dame.
24. vi William Sherman born 1616.
10. Bezaleel Sherman (2.Anne2, 1.Nicholas1) 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.
Children:
25. i John Sherman.
16. Edmund Sherman (2.Anne2, 1.Nicholas1) 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.
Children:
26. i (?) Sherman born c. 1597, Dedham, Essex, England.
27. ii Martha Sherman. Piles.GED does not have this child
28. iii Edmund Sherman born Jun, 23, 1599, married Mary Freeman. Edmund died 1641. Brith date Smith. Piles says will probated May 28, 167(?).
29. iv Ann Sherman born Sep 15, 1601, Dedham, Essex, England.
30. v Joan Sherman born Dec 13, 1603, Dedham, Essex, England.
31. vi John Sherman born 1604, baptized: Sept 3, 1612, Gt. Horkesley, Essex Co, England, occupation Surveyor,town clerk, married c.1638, Martha Palmer, born 1618, (daughter of William Palmer and Frances (?)) died Feb 7, 1700/1, Watertown, MA. John died Jan 25, 1690/1, Watertown, MA. Ensign in 1654, Captain in 1680/1. Came to New England in 1634 . The English pedigree of this family has been traced to Thomas Shearmen who was born about 1443 in Yaxley, Suffolk Co., England. They were of German origin many centuries ago. This American line includes Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Gen. William T. Sherman, Civil War.
32. vii Hester Sherman born Apr 1, 1606, Dedham, Essex, England, married Feb 1/1618/9, in England, Andrew Ward. Hester died Dec 27, 1665, Fairfield (CT?).
33. viii Richard Sherman born Oct 16, 1608, Dedham, Essex, England, married Alice Day. Richard died Oct 27, 1647, Dedham, Essex, England.
34. ix Bezaleel Sherman born Sep 17, 1611, Dedham, Essex, England, died c. 1618. Might be duplicate
35. x John Sherman born Dec 26, 1613, Dedham, Essex, England, married Abigail Gibbs. John died Aug 8, 1685, Watertown, Suffolk, MA.
36. xi Grace Sherman born Jun 18, 1615, Dedham, Essex, England, married c. 1635, in Dedham, Essex, England, John Livermore, born Sep 30, 1604, Suffolk, England, (son of Peter Livermore and Marabella Wysbych) died Apr 15, 1684, Watertown, Middlesex, MA. Grace died 1690, Watertown, Middlesex, MA, buried: Chelmsford, Middlesex, MA. John: came to Am in the FRANCIS OF IPSWICH Apr 30, 1634, age 28. Another genealogy indicates that he might be the son of Daniel Liverpore and Elizabeth Hammond.
37. xii Samuel Sherman born Jul 12, 1618, married Sarah Mitchell, born Oct 14, 1621. Samuel died Apr 5, 1700. Sarah: Sherman has her as Mary Mitchell, daughter of the president of Harvard College.
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