When Silvanus Sherwin was born on 2 March 1766, in Boxford, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Ebenezer Sherwin III, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Hovey, was 36. He married Eleanor Smith on 9 September 1787, in Winchendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 14 February 1858, in Newfane, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Newfane Hill Cemetery, Newfane, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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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’.
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