Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Sherman was born in 1745, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, his father, John Sherman, was 49 and his mother, Grizell Fish, was 46. He married Mary Sherman on 16 April 1778. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island, United States in 1790.
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- Joseph Sherman in entry for James Sherman, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776 · Rhode Island Declares Independence
Rhode Island declares independence from Great Britain on May 4, 1776, making it the first colony to do so officially.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
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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