Nathaniel Sherman

Brief Life History of Nathaniel

When Nathaniel Sherman was born on 4 January 1753, in Pomperaug Plantation, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Samuel Sherman II, was 30 and his mother, Sarah Benham, was 21.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Sherman II
1722–1813
Sarah Benham
1731–1802
Mary Sherman
1751–1852
Polly Sherman
1776–
Nathaniel Sherman
1753–
Ichabod Sherman
1755–1839
John Sherman
1759–1824
Eunice Sherman
1762–1812
Ester Sherman
1763–
Elisha Sherman
1766–
Betsey Sherman
1774–1869
Electa R Sherman
1777–1850
Elkanah Sherman
1780–1817
Phila Sherman
1781–
Phebe Philena Sherman
1782–1850

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  • John Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"

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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