Jonathan Sherwin

Brief Life History of Jonathan

When Jonathan Sherwin was born on 6 September 1729, in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Jonathan Sherwin, was 25 and his mother, Mary Lurvey, was 19. He married Mary Crumme on 14 December 1755, in Bradford, New Providence, Bahamas. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 23 February 1804, in Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Rindge, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Sherwin
1729–1804
Mary Crumme
1735–1785
Marriage: 14 December 1755
Deborah Sherwin
1756–1790
Thomas Sherwin
1759–1780
David Sherwin
1761–1827
Elizabeth Sherwin
1763–1765
William Sherwin
1768–1834
Sarah Sherwin
1770–1787
Jonathan Sherwin
1772–1773
Molley Sherwin
1773–1789
Anna Sherwin
1778–1851

Sources (65)

  • Jonathan Sherwin, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Jonathan Sherwin, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Shenim, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"

World Events (4)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776

New Hampshire is 9th state.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

Name Meaning

English (Staffordshire and Derbyshire): nickname perhaps used to denote a swift runner or a messenger, from Middle English schere(n) ‘(to) shear, cut’ + wind ‘wind’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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