Sally Sherman

Brief Life History of Sally

When Sally Sherman was born on 4 November 1792, in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Nathaniel Sherman II, was 33 and her mother, Rachel Osborne, was 31.

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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Sherman II
1759–1838
Rachel Osborne
1761–1837
Hannah Sherman
1783–1783
Isabel Sherman
1785–1862
Lucy Sherman
1787–1840
Phoebe Ann Sherman
1789–1854
Levi Sherman
1792–1793
Sally Sherman
1792–
Hannah Sherman
1794–1868
Abigail Sherman
1795–1841
Nathan Sherman
1797–
Lovina Sherman
1799–1840
John Fletcher Sherman
1803–1879
Isaac G. Sherman
1805–

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    World Events (3)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    1802 · Brass is Discovered

    "In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."

    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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