Brief Life History of Abijah
When Abijah Sherman was born about 1647, in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Rev. John Sherman, was 35 and his mother, Mary Launce, was 28. 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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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- 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"
Spouse and Children
1647–1702 Male
1673– Female
Parents and Siblings
1613–1685 Male
1620–1710 Female
Siblings (13)
1646– Male
1647–1702 Male
1648–1680 Female
1651–1717 Male
1651–1736 Female
+8 More Children
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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