Brief Life History of Abijah
Abijah Sherman was born about 1647, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He married Sarah Franks on 12 July 1694, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America. He died before 1702.
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- Abijah Sherman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Abijah Sherman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Abijah Sherman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
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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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