Brief Life History of Lydia
When Lydia Sherman was born on 31 January 1756, in Rochester, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Anthony Sherman, was 33 and her mother, Silance Ford, was 33. She married Thomas Whitman on 22 November 1781, in Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 14 October 1828, in Tamworth, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 72.
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- Lydia Sherman, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Lydia Sherman, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Lydia Sherman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New Hampshire is 9th state.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
Name Meaning
English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.
Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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