Joseph Ely Sherwood

15 January 1810–1850 (Age 39)
Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States

The Life Summary of Joseph Ely

When Joseph Ely Sherwood was born on 15 January 1810, in Fishkill, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Joseph Sherwood, was 56 and his mother, Hannah Gregory, was 53. He married Abigail Juliana Strong on 1 December 1831. He lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1850. He died in 1850, at the age of 40.

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Joseph Ely Sherwood
1810–1850
Abigail Juliana Strong
1810–
Marriage: 1 December 1831

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 December 1831

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (7)

    1812
    Age 2
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1812 · War of 1812
    Age 2
    Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
    1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
    Age 11
    A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of several places called with Old English scīr + wudu ‘bright or clear (perhaps sparsely-grown) wood’. In Yorkshire the name usually refers to Sherwood (Hall) in Eggborough (Yorkshire), but some examples could alternatively derive from Sherwood (House) in Stainforth (Yorkshire) or from the Nottinghamshire forest name in 2 below. The Devon name is from Sherwood (Green) in Yarnscombe (Devon). These are well evidenced as medieval placenames, and there may be similar but unrecorded places that could account for the medieval surname in other counties such as East Yorkshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, and Sussex. Sherwood occurs in minor placenames in Berkshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, North Yorkshire, Sussex, and Wiltshire, but they are recorded only in modern times and in many cases will have been named from the surname or perhaps in imitation of 2 below. This name was established in Ireland in the 17th century. See also Sherrard .English: habitational name from Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire (‘the shire wood’).Americanized form of some Jewish name.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Sherrard

    Sources (2)

    • Ely Sherwood in household of Catharine Potter, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Joseph Sherwood in the 10,000 Vital Records of Central New York, 1813

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