The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Shearman

♂Jabez Shearman

Born 1740, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Jabez Shearman (born 20 July 1740) was the namesake son of the Dartmouth, Massachusetts shipwright Jabez Sherman (1700–1774) and Jedidah Hawes (1709–1764), and one of their eleven children. He was the fourth great-grand-uncle of Frederic Roger Curtis (1928–2007), the brother of Henry Shearman (1730–1805), Roger’s fourth great-grandfather.

He was born at Dartmouth, in Bristol County, then part of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, and the town’s birth register records him as the son of Jabez and Jedidah. When his father made his will on 15 June 1774, Jabez was thirty-three. The will left him twenty pounds, to be paid by his eldest brother Fortunatus, who received the dwelling house and about nine and a half acres and was named sole executor. His father died fifteen days later.

A Sherman family card file compiled in 1913 gives him two wives, Priscilla Delano and then Mary Birdsall, without dates, and a typescript of 1933 names Mary Birdsall. No marriage, residence or death of his is dated in the records.

Notes

An index of family trees gives him a death in 1790 and a marriage in 1765 at New York. Neither is supported by a record, and the tree does not adopt them.

Family time line

◉ Jabez Sherman 1700–1774
◉ Jedidah Hawes 1709–1764
Married 1726, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
○ Fortunatus Sherman 1728–1803
◉ Henry Shearman 1730–1805 ⚔
○ Deborah Shearman 1732–
○ Benjamin Shearman 1735–
○ Prince Shearman 1738–1818
○ Jabez Shearman 1740–
○ Abishai Shearman 1742–1812
○ Elihu Shearman 1746–
○ Isaac Shearman 1747–
○ Jedidah Shearman 1750–
○ Experience Shearman

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Birth 20 Jul 1740 Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America on record

Sources

  • Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 — BIRTHS, p. 225, SHEARMAN: Jabez, s. Jabez and Jedidah — Birth, about this person
  • Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 — about this person

Borders as they stood about 1763, from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

  1. Jabez Sherman 1700–1774
    1. Philip Sherman III 1675–1740
      1. John Sherman 1644–1734
        1. Philip Sherman 1611–bef 1687 ⚓
          1. Samuel Sherman 1573–bef 1616
            1. Henry Sherman abt 1547–1610
              1. Henry Sherman –bef 1590
              2. Agnes (surname unknown) –1580
            2. Susan Lawrance –1610
              1. John Lawrence
              2. not yet known
          2. Philippa Ward
            1. Lancelot Ward
            2. Joan (surname unknown)
        2. Sarah Odding bef 1612–
          1. William Odding –bef 1612
          2. Margaret (surname unknown)
      2. Sarah Spooner 1653–
        1. William Spooner –bef 1684
          1. John Spooner 1587–1628
          2. Anne Peck 1597–1650
            1. Robert Peck 1566–1598
            2. Prudence Brewster 1570–1609
        2. Hannah Pratt
          1. Joshua Pratt 1605–1656
          2. Bathsheba (surname unknown) 1610–1673
    2. Hannah Smith 1681–1744 ▦
  2. Jedidah Hawes 1709–1764
    1. Benjamin Hawes 1683–bef 1722
      1. John Hawes 1636/1640–1701
        1. Edmond Hawes 1612–1693 ⚓
          1. Edmond Hawes
          2. Jane Porter 1577–
            1. Richard Porter –1584
              1. John Porter
              2. Agnes Isted
            2. Jane Whitfield ⚭
              1. Robert Whitfield –1597
              2. Agnes Atwood –1591
        2. not yet known
      2. Desire Gorham 1644–1700
        1. John Gorham abt 1621–1676 ⚔⚖
        2. Desire Howland 1625–1683
          1. John Howland bef 1593–1673 ⚓❀
            1. Henry Howland –1635
            2. Margaret (surname unknown) –1629
          2. Elizabeth Tilley 1607–1687 ⚓❀
            1. John Tilley 1571–abt 1621 ❀⚓
              1. Robert Tilley –1613
              2. Elizabeth (surname unknown) –1614
            2. Joan Hurst 1568–abt 1621 ⚓❀
              1. William Hurst 1530–1569
              2. Rose Marshe 1534–1601
    2. Dorcas Smith 1687–1730 ⚭
      1. Benjamin Smith 1659–1720
        1. John Smith –aft 1700
        2. Susanna Hinckley 1625– ⚓
          1. Samuel Hinckley –1662 ⚔⚓⚭
            1. Robert Hinckley –1606
              1. John Hinckley –1577
              2. Johane Bills 1515–1564
            2. Katherine Leese 1555–1605
          2. Sarah Soole –1656 ⚓
            1. Thomas Soole 1567–1615
              1. John Soole 1540–1569
              2. Maria Whitfield 1544–1569
            2. Mary Iddenden 1573–
              1. John Iddenden
              2. Christian Mercer
      2. Jedidah Mayhew abt 1656–1736
        1. Thomas Mayhew abt 1621–1657 ✝
          1. Thomas Mayhew 1593–1682 ⚖
            1. Matthew Mayhew –bef 1614
              1. Thomas Mayhew 1509–1590
              2. Alice Waterman 1520–1586
            2. Alice Barter
              1. Edward Barter 1526–1574
              2. Edith (surname unknown) 1530–1576
          2. Unknown (surname unknown) 1595–1635
        2. Jane Paine abt 1628– ⚭