Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Sherwood was born about 1640, in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States as the daughter of Thomas Sherwood and Mary Mordant. She married Joseph Loomis II on 28 June 1659, in Windsor, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 22 April 1681, in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 42, and was buried in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America.
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- The English Home of Thomas Sherwood of Wethersfield, Stamford, and Fairfield, Connecticut By Leslie Mahler Pub. 2005 Pages 278-282 - Stephen's birth about 1638
- Marriage Record for Joseph Loomis II and Mary Sharwood
- Mary Sherwood Loomis, "Find A Grave Index"-Undocumented, therefore not a source
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1645
Settled 1645
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of several places called with Old English scīr + wudu ‘bright or clear (perhaps sparsely-grown) wood’. In Yorkshire the name usually refers to Sherwood (Hall) in Eggborough (Yorkshire), but some examples could alternatively derive from Sherwood (House) in Stainforth (Yorkshire) or from the Nottinghamshire forest name in 2 below. The Devon name is from Sherwood (Green) in Yarnscombe (Devon). These are well evidenced as medieval placenames, and there may be similar but unrecorded places that could account for the medieval surname in other counties such as East Yorkshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Sussex. Sherwood occurs in minor placenames in Berkshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, North Yorkshire, Sussex, and Wiltshire, but they are recorded only in modern times and in many cases will have been named from the surname or perhaps in imitation of 2 below. This name was established in Ireland in the 17th century. See also Sherrard .
English: habitational name from Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire (‘the shire wood’).
Americanized form of some Jewish name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mary Sherwood Chauncey Loomis (1638 – 22 April 1681)
Mary (Loomis) Chauncey Birth: 1638 - Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America Death: 22 April 1681 - Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America ________ …
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