The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

Shearman

♂John Shearman

Dates not yet known.

John Shearman was one of the four sons of Henry Shearman (1730–1805) and Ruth Akin (1731–1821), and lived at Cambridge, in New York, beside his father and brothers after the Revolution. He was the third great-grand-uncle of Frederic Roger Curtis (1928–2007), the brother of Roger’s third great-grandfather Batchelder Sherman (1761–1828). He is not in Roger’s direct line; that descent runs through his brother Batchelder.

Cambridge

The census of 1790 lists four Sherman households in a row at Cambridge, then in Albany County: Henry’s, John’s, Batchelder’s and Shubal’s. John’s held one man over sixteen, two boys under sixteen and four females. The tree records no wife or children for him.

By 1801 he was no longer in the house his father had given to John’s sister Deborah Duers for her lifetime, which Henry’s will describes as the house and lot “where my said son John formerly lived”. The will does not say where John was by then.

In his parents’ wills

Henry made his will at Cambridge on 10 July 1801. It left John, Shubal and Batchelder a lot in Cambridge, “Lot number five of the second Survey of Lot number seventy seven”, and divided Henry’s wearing apparel equally among John and his three brothers. Shubal and Batchelder were the executors, and the will was proved on 18 April 1805.

John was still alive when his mother made her will on 26 June 1817. She left each of her four sons, John among them, one dollar, a token legacy to sons who had already taken land under their father’s will.

Notes

A FamilySearch family tree gives 1754 and 1831 as John’s years. The tree here carries neither date, and his death is not recorded.

Family time line

○ John Shearman
1st spouseSarah Fish 1755–
Married Feb 1780
○ Humphrey Sherman 1780–1861
○ Nathan Sherman abt 1782–1866
○ Alice Elsie Sherman 1788–1858
○ Joel Sherman
○ Dyer Sherman
○ Rebecca Sherman
○ Sally Sherman
○ Betsey Sherman
2nd spouseMary Durand 1779–1856
No marriage recorded
○ Jesse Sherman

Recorded events

No dated events are recorded yet.

Sources

  • New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 — about this person
  • Sherman, Roy V., Some of the Descendants of Philip Sherman, the First Secretary of Rhode Island (, 1968) (archive.org someofdescendant1968sher) — about this person, family with Sarah Fish, Marriage (Sarah Fish), family with Mary Durand
  • FamilySearch Family Tree - John Sherman (LH8K-N4Z) and his son Nathan Sherman (9JH4-S7G) — family with Sarah Fish, family with Mary Durand
  • Ancestry Family Trees — Marriage (Sarah Fish)

Line of descent

  1. Henry Shearman 1730–1805 ⚔
    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
              2. Susan Lawrance –1610
            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
              2. Jane Whitfield ⚭
          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 ❀⚓
              2. Joan Hurst 1568–abt 1621 ⚓❀
      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
              2. Katherine Leese 1555–1605
            2. Sarah Soole –1656 ⚓
              1. Thomas Soole 1567–1615
              2. Mary Iddenden 1573–
        2. Jedidah Mayhew abt 1656–1736
          1. Thomas Mayhew abt 1621–1657 ✝
            1. Thomas Mayhew 1593–1682 ⚖
              1. Matthew Mayhew –bef 1614
              2. Alice Barter
            2. Unknown (surname unknown) 1595–1635
          2. Jane Paine abt 1628– ⚭
  2. Ruth Akin 1731–1821
    1. James Akin 1706–1804 ⚭
      1. John Akin 1663–1746 ⚭
        1. David Akin 1640–1670
          1. David Aikine 1615–
          2. Margaret Russell 1617–1672
        2. Mary (surname unknown) 1640–1675
      2. Mary Briggs 1671–1708
    2. Amy Fish 1705–1745/1762
      1. Preserved Fish 1679–
        1. Thomas Fish abt 1649–abt 1684
          1. Thomas Fish –bef 1687
            1. Robert Fish 1593–1639
              1. Thomas Fyshe 1570–
              2. Mary Soule 1570–1639
            2. Alice Fish 1597–1658
              1. John Fyshe 1555–1623
              2. Margaret Craddock 1555–1630
          2. Mary (surname unknown) –bef 1699
        2. Grizzel Strange
          1. John Strange –bef 1707
          2. not yet known
      2. Ruth Cook –bef 1775
        1. John Cook 1656–bef 1737
          1. John Cook abt 1630–bef 1691
            1. Thomas Cook 1600–1674
              1. Thomas Cooke –1614
              2. Joan (surname unknown)
            2. not yet known
          2. Mary Borden 1633–bef 1691
            1. Richard Borden abt 1595–1671
              1. Matthew Borden abt 1563–1620
              2. Joan Glover 1570–
            2. Joan Fowle 1604–1688
              1. Richard Fowle 1569–1631
              2. Mary (surname unknown) –1627
        2. Ruth Shaw 1660–
          1. Anthony Shaw –1705
          2. Alice Stonard
            1. John Stonard 1610–1649
            2. Margaret Miller 1603–1682
              1. Thomas Miller 1586–1682
              2. Agnes Lambe 1588–1643

Descendants

  1. Humphrey Sherman 1780–1861
  2. Nathan Sherman abt 1782–1866
    1. Cynthia S. Sherman 1813–1846
    2. Dyer Sherman 1815–1886
    3. Harvey Sherman 1817–1891 ⚭
      1. Sylvia Ann Sherman 1843–1849 ✧
      2. Phoeba Ann Sherman 1844–1931
      3. Nathan Alonzo Sherman 1846–1849 ✧
      4. John Henry Sherman 1851–1874
      5. Ellen Melissa Sherman 1854–
      6. Elizabeth Matilda Sherman 1856–
      7. Martha Amanda Sherman 1858–1946
        1. Anna Cowen 1883–1970
        2. Amanda Marie Cowen 1884–1964 ⚭
        3. John Henry Cowen 1886–1985
        4. Robert Cowen 1889–1918
        5. Thomas Walter Cowen 1890–1973
        6. Edith Fern Cowen 1900–1973
        7. Kathryn Bernice Cowen 1903–1965
      8. George Harvey Sherman 1866–
      9. Elmore Ellsworth Sherman 1867–1941
    4. Almina Sherman 1819–1912
    5. Lucinda Sherman 1822–
    6. Sampson Miles Sherman 1823–1904
      1. George Lorenz Sherman 1845–
      2. John Johnson Sherman 1847–
      3. Mindful Viola Sherman 1849–1914
      4. Martha S. Sherman 1851–
      5. Benjamin Frank Sherman 1853–1874
      6. Carolyn Adele Sherman 1857–1905
        1. Leo Lambert Pritchett 1879–1924
        2. Lydia Adele Pritchett 1879–1921
        3. Dora Agnes Pritchett 1880–1963
        4. Clara Elizabeth Pritchett 1882–1972
        5. Isaac Tucker Pritchett 1883–1952 ⚭
        6. Laura May Pritchett 1884–1951
        7. Ida Bell Pritchett 1886–1967 ⚭
        8. Charles Christopher Pritchett 1887–1959
        9. Frank Sherman Pritchett 1888–1914
        10. Margaret Adelade Pritchett 1891–1978
        11. Georgianna Christina Pritchett 1893–1951
        12. Minnie Rosella Pritchett 1895–1993
        13. Jessie Hobson Pritchett 1899–1974
      7. Melinda Estell Sherman 1858–
    7. Lorenzo D Sherman 1826–1889
    8. Alanson Sherman 1829–1914
    9. Alonzo Sherman 1830–1889
    10. Julia M Sherman 1832–1850
  3. Alice Elsie Sherman 1788–1858
  4. Joel Sherman
  5. Dyer Sherman
  6. Rebecca Sherman
  7. Sally Sherman
  8. Betsey Sherman
  9. Jesse Sherman