Abijah Sherman

Maleabout 1647–before 1702

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

Abijah Sherman
1647–1702
Sarah Franks
1673–
Marriage: 12 July 1694

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

  • Marriage
    12 July 1694Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (13)

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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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