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