Brief Life History of Sherman
When Sherman Leland was born on 29 March 1783, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Eleaser Leland, was 28 and his mother, Elisabeth Sherman, was 21. He married Betsey Adams on 13 October 1811, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. He died on 19 November 1853, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Sherman Leland, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sherman Leland, in birth of dau Julia "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Sherman, in marriage of son William "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
Name Meaning
Perhaps a shortened form of Scottish or Irish McClellan or McLelland , but geographical distribution in England suggests it may have an unexplained English origin.
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, especially in Agder, a compound of le ‘barway, gate’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Americanized form of Norwegian Liland: compound of li ‘hillside, mountainside’ and land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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