Individual Details
Jehiel Sherwood
(1 Mar 1739 - 21 Sep 1807)
Ancestry.com for Horace Hibbard, born 1806, shows his mother as Abigail Sherwood and her parents as Jehiel Sherwood and Sarah Squire. Abigail is not shown as a daughter of Jehiel Sherwood in "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus page 851; nor in the NEH&G Register for 1915 Vol 69 page 366 for the Greenfield Hill (Congregational) Ch Records which list the children of Jehiel Sherwood and wife Sarah; nor in "Greenfield Hill Church Records, Fairfield, CT" in LDS FHC film 4199 page 100. I think the LDS film of the Greenhield Hill Ch Records was a transcript, not the original records, which did not list four childern and included an incorrect child, Hezekiah. I think the other publications used the "Greenfield Hill Ch. Records" as their source. Ancestral File also shows Jehiel Sherwood family with Abigail born 1777 and Hezekiah born later. This needs confirmation.
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(IV) Joseph, son of Benjamin and Sarah Sherwood, was born December 1, I702. Married, February 17, I73o, Sarah Osborn, born June, 1711, daughter of Sergeant David and Dorothy Osborn. Children: Grace, Eleazer, Joseph, Jehiel, Grizel, David, Abel, Reuben.
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(V) Jehiel, son of Joseph and Sarah (Osborn) Sherwood, was born March 1, 1739. He built, in 1765, on Greenfield Hill, his comfortable house, where with his wife (a very superior woman) he reared his ten children. He served during the revolution, enlisting in Colonel Beebe's regiment; sergeant in 1775, at Fishkill; with Colonel Whiting in 1777, and ensign of Fourth Company, Fourth Regiment, January, 1780. His house was used as a hospital for the wounded after Tryon's raid. He married, October 5, 1763, Sarah Squire. of Greenfield Hill, Connecticut. Children: Squire, Jehiel, Sarah, Lyman, Charity, Stephen, Abigail, Mabel, Lyman, William. After the death of his wife, about 1796, he disposed of the home farm to his son Stephen, and with his two youngest children settled on the Oblong, now South East, Putnam county, New York, paying for the farm when the line (Oblong) was finally established. At his death it became the property of his son Lyman and it has been in the possession of his family to the present time. The family burial plot is on this farm where the families of Jehiel and Lyman are all interred. Source: Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY, USA: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, page 668 (from http://connecticut-genealogy.blogspot.com).
1812 Southeast Township, Dutchess Co., NY was transferred to Putnam Co., NY.
1810 survey of farms on Lot No. 8 of the Philipse Patent shows a Nathaniel Hebbard with 1 acre (who married Abigail Sherwood) and Elisha Hebbard with 4 acres (father of Nathaniel). See the "History of Putnam Co., NY" by William S. Pelletreau dated 1886 page 420 found at Heritage Quest Online.
1807 death date from "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus page 851 and Ancestry.com. On 24 Oct 1807 Letters of Administration were granted by the count to Lyman Sherwood of Southeast for the intestate death of his father, Jehial Sherwood of Southeast as item #462 on page 77 of "Dutchess County, NY Probate Records 1787-1865 Register of Wills and Letters Testamentary and of Adm. in the Surrogate's Office, Poughkeepsie, NY" by Arthus C.M. Kelly supplied by NEHGS. Similar info on LAFHC film 913657 "Gen Index Probate Records 1751-1934 NY Surrogate Court (Dutchess Co.)" S-Z page 696 line 16 with ref to box 480 Letrs Adm. C33.
1805, being of Southeast Township, Dutchess Co., NY, he conveyed to Sturges Sherwood of Fairfield, right in land from his father Joseph Sherwood dec'd. See film 599306 page 838 and 851 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus at the FHC.
1800 census for Southeast, Dutchess Co., NY shows Jehiel Sherwood age 45+ (he is 62) living near Nathaniel Hibbard who married Abibail Sherwood, reported to be Jehiel's daughter.
1797 June 2nd, Jehiel Sherwood purchased a farm from James Porter being one quarter mile south of the Sears burying ground (page 440 of W.S. Pelletreau's book) at Doansburg (page 433 of W.S. Pelletreau's book), Dutchess Co., NY (now in Putnam Co which formed in 1812) containing 31 acres. The farm is on the north side of the line between Lot 8 and 9 of the Philipse Patent. The area is also known as Town Southeast. See "History of Putnam Co., NY" by William S. Pelletreau dated 1886 pages 423 (map), 442 and 452 at Heritage Quest Online.
1793 he is still of Fairfield per film 599306 page 851 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus.
1781 March 4: from NEHGS Register 1914 Vol 68 page 177: Greenfield Hill Church Records Jehiel Sherwood & his wife were admitted.
1777 - DAR recorded and accepted application dated 2 Aug 1909 by Mrs. Ida L. Hollingworth Fitchard member #74380 shows the children of Jehiel Sherwood and Sarah Squire which includes an Abigail Sherwood born 17 Feb 1777 who married Nathaniel Hebbard (see file: DAR47380.jpg) and does not include a son Hezekiah. The LDS film 4199 page 100 "Greenfield Hill Church Records 1668-1878" shows some of the childern including a son, Hezekiah, born 25 April 1777, and does not show a daughter Abigail. Research is needed to solve this problem.
1763 marriage from NEH&G Register 1916 Vol 70 page 34; "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus, page 851; and Ancestry.com.
1739 birth date from "A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport CT" by Rev. Samuel Orcutt Part I dated 1886 page 1293 from Heritage Quest under Joseph Sherwood #48, who was his father, and shows Jehiel's birth date of 1 Mar 1739.
86. JEHIEL5 SHERWOOD (JOSEPH4, BENJAMIN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 01 Mar 1739. He married SARAH SQUIRE 05 Oct 1763. She died Abt. 1796.Notes for JEHIEL SHERWOOD:--moved to the Oblong, now South East, Putnam county, New York;Notes for SARAH SQUIRE:--of Greenfield Hill, Connecticut;Children of JEHIEL SHERWOOD and SARAH SQUIRE are:i.SQUIRE6 SHERWOOD.ii.JEHIEL SHERWOOD.iii.SARAH SHERWOOD.iv.LYMAN SHERWOOD.v.CHARITY SHERWOOD.vi.ABIGAIL SHERWOOD.vii.MABEL SHERWOOD.viii.LYMAN SHERWOOD.ix.WILLIAM SHERWOOD.127.x.STEPHEN SHERWOOD, b. 20 Apr 1775; d. 03 Jul 1835.
https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=XO8nAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&authuser=0&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA668
(IV) Joseph, son of Benjamin and Sarah Sherwood, was born December 1, I702. Married, February 17, I73o, Sarah Osborn, born June, 1711, daughter of Sergeant David and Dorothy Osborn. Children: Grace, Eleazer, Joseph, Jehiel, Grizel, David, Abel, Reuben.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/p/o/p/Sandra-Popiel/FILE/1903text.txt
(V) Jehiel, son of Joseph and Sarah (Osborn) Sherwood, was born March 1, 1739. He built, in 1765, on Greenfield Hill, his comfortable house, where with his wife (a very superior woman) he reared his ten children. He served during the revolution, enlisting in Colonel Beebe's regiment; sergeant in 1775, at Fishkill; with Colonel Whiting in 1777, and ensign of Fourth Company, Fourth Regiment, January, 1780. His house was used as a hospital for the wounded after Tryon's raid. He married, October 5, 1763, Sarah Squire. of Greenfield Hill, Connecticut. Children: Squire, Jehiel, Sarah, Lyman, Charity, Stephen, Abigail, Mabel, Lyman, William. After the death of his wife, about 1796, he disposed of the home farm to his son Stephen, and with his two youngest children settled on the Oblong, now South East, Putnam county, New York, paying for the farm when the line (Oblong) was finally established. At his death it became the property of his son Lyman and it has been in the possession of his family to the present time. The family burial plot is on this farm where the families of Jehiel and Lyman are all interred. Source: Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY, USA: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, page 668 (from http://connecticut-genealogy.blogspot.com).
1812 Southeast Township, Dutchess Co., NY was transferred to Putnam Co., NY.
1810 survey of farms on Lot No. 8 of the Philipse Patent shows a Nathaniel Hebbard with 1 acre (who married Abigail Sherwood) and Elisha Hebbard with 4 acres (father of Nathaniel). See the "History of Putnam Co., NY" by William S. Pelletreau dated 1886 page 420 found at Heritage Quest Online.
1807 death date from "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus page 851 and Ancestry.com. On 24 Oct 1807 Letters of Administration were granted by the count to Lyman Sherwood of Southeast for the intestate death of his father, Jehial Sherwood of Southeast as item #462 on page 77 of "Dutchess County, NY Probate Records 1787-1865 Register of Wills and Letters Testamentary and of Adm. in the Surrogate's Office, Poughkeepsie, NY" by Arthus C.M. Kelly supplied by NEHGS. Similar info on LAFHC film 913657 "Gen Index Probate Records 1751-1934 NY Surrogate Court (Dutchess Co.)" S-Z page 696 line 16 with ref to box 480 Letrs Adm. C33.
1805, being of Southeast Township, Dutchess Co., NY, he conveyed to Sturges Sherwood of Fairfield, right in land from his father Joseph Sherwood dec'd. See film 599306 page 838 and 851 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus at the FHC.
1800 census for Southeast, Dutchess Co., NY shows Jehiel Sherwood age 45+ (he is 62) living near Nathaniel Hibbard who married Abibail Sherwood, reported to be Jehiel's daughter.
1797 June 2nd, Jehiel Sherwood purchased a farm from James Porter being one quarter mile south of the Sears burying ground (page 440 of W.S. Pelletreau's book) at Doansburg (page 433 of W.S. Pelletreau's book), Dutchess Co., NY (now in Putnam Co which formed in 1812) containing 31 acres. The farm is on the north side of the line between Lot 8 and 9 of the Philipse Patent. The area is also known as Town Southeast. See "History of Putnam Co., NY" by William S. Pelletreau dated 1886 pages 423 (map), 442 and 452 at Heritage Quest Online.
1793 he is still of Fairfield per film 599306 page 851 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus.
1781 March 4: from NEHGS Register 1914 Vol 68 page 177: Greenfield Hill Church Records Jehiel Sherwood & his wife were admitted.
1777 - DAR recorded and accepted application dated 2 Aug 1909 by Mrs. Ida L. Hollingworth Fitchard member #74380 shows the children of Jehiel Sherwood and Sarah Squire which includes an Abigail Sherwood born 17 Feb 1777 who married Nathaniel Hebbard (see file: DAR47380.jpg) and does not include a son Hezekiah. The LDS film 4199 page 100 "Greenfield Hill Church Records 1668-1878" shows some of the childern including a son, Hezekiah, born 25 April 1777, and does not show a daughter Abigail. Research is needed to solve this problem.
1763 marriage from NEH&G Register 1916 Vol 70 page 34; "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus, page 851; and Ancestry.com.
1739 birth date from "A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the City of Bridgeport CT" by Rev. Samuel Orcutt Part I dated 1886 page 1293 from Heritage Quest under Joseph Sherwood #48, who was his father, and shows Jehiel's birth date of 1 Mar 1739.
86. JEHIEL5 SHERWOOD (JOSEPH4, BENJAMIN3, THOMAS2, THOMAS1) was born 01 Mar 1739. He married SARAH SQUIRE 05 Oct 1763. She died Abt. 1796.Notes for JEHIEL SHERWOOD:--moved to the Oblong, now South East, Putnam county, New York;Notes for SARAH SQUIRE:--of Greenfield Hill, Connecticut;Children of JEHIEL SHERWOOD and SARAH SQUIRE are:i.SQUIRE6 SHERWOOD.ii.JEHIEL SHERWOOD.iii.SARAH SHERWOOD.iv.LYMAN SHERWOOD.v.CHARITY SHERWOOD.vi.ABIGAIL SHERWOOD.vii.MABEL SHERWOOD.viii.LYMAN SHERWOOD.ix.WILLIAM SHERWOOD.127.x.STEPHEN SHERWOOD, b. 20 Apr 1775; d. 03 Jul 1835.
Events
| Birth | 1 Mar 1739 | Fairfield, Connecticut, British America |  | ||
| Marriage | 5 Oct 1763 | Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America - Sarah Squire | | ||
| Residence (family) | 1765 | and built a comfortable house - Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America - Sarah Squire | | ||
| Military | 1775 - 1780 |  | | ||
| Residence | 1796 | on the Oblong, after the death of his wife, - South East, Dutchess, New York, United States | | | |
| Fact 1 | 2 Jun 1797 | land purchase - Southeast, Dutchess, New York, United States | | ||
| Census | 1800 | Southeast, Dutchess, New York, United States | | ||
| Death | 21 Sep 1807 | Southeast Township, Dutchess, New York, United States | | | |
| Burial | Aft 21 Sep 1807 | the family farm, Southeast Township, Dutchess, New York, United States | | ||
| Probate | 7 Oct 1807 | Southeast Township, Dutchess, New York, United States | | ||
| LDS Family Tree ID | LC3X-V9J | ||||
| WikiTree | Sherwood-2271 |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Squire (1747 - 1793) |
| Child | Squire Sherwood (1764 - ) |
| Child | Jehiel Sherwood Jr. (1766 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Sherwood (1768 - 1844) |
| Child | Lyman Sherwood (1770 - 1781) |
| Child | Charity Sherwood (1772 - 1842) |
| Child | Stephen Sherwood (1775 - 1835) |
| Child | Abigail Sherwood (1777 - 1862) |
| Child | Hezekiah Sherwood (1777 - 1824) |
| Child | Mehitabel S. "Mabel" Sherwood (1779 - 1824) |
| Child | Lyman Sherwood (1781 - 1877) |
| Child | Betsey Sherwood (1784 - ) |
| Child | William Sherwood (1786 - 1871) |
| Father | Joseph Sherwood (1702 - 1791) |
| Mother | Sarah Osborn ( - 1793) |
| Sibling | Grace Sherwood (1731 - 1805) |
| Sibling | Eleazer Sherwood (1733 - 1808) |
| Sibling | Joseph Sherwood Jr. (1735 - 1813) |
| Sibling | Grizzel Sherwood (1743 - 1820) |
| Sibling | David Sherwood (1745 - 1817) |
| Sibling | Abel Sherwood (1750 - 1837) |
| Sibling | Reuben Sherwood (1753 - ) |
Notes
Military
He served during the revolution, enlisting in Colonel Beebe's regiment; sergeant in 1775, at Fishkill; with Colonel Whiting in 1777, and ensign of Fourth Company, Fourth Regiment, January, 1780. His house was used as a hospital for the wounded after Tryon's raid.Residence
After the death of his wife, about 1796, he disposed of the home farm to his son Stephen, and with his two youngest children settled on the Oblong, now South East, Putnam county*, New York, paying for the farm when the line was finally established. At his death it became the property of his son Lyman and it has been in the possession of his family to the present time.*Putnam county was not created until 1812. This was Dutchess county at the time.
Fact 1
History of Putnam County, New Yorkbooks.google.com William Smith Pelletreau - 1975 - 785 pages - Snippet view
It was sold to Jehiel Sherwood, by James Porter, June 2d, 1797. The deed states that he " is seized of fee simple of the tract " and conveys " All that certain parcel of land lying in Southeast town and a part of the farm formerly in possession of ...
1797 June 2nd, Jehiel Sherwood purchased a farm from James Porter being one quarter mile south of the Sears burying ground at Doansburg, Dutchess Co., NY (now in Putnam Co which formed in 1812) containing 31 acres. The farm is on the north side of the line between Lot 8 and 9 of the Philipse Patent. The area is also known as Town Southeast. See "History of Putnam Co., NY" by William S. Pelletreau dated 1886 pages 442 and 452 at Heritage Quest Online.
Census
1800 census for Southeast, Dutchess Co., NY shows Jehiel Sherwood age 45+ (he is 62) living near Nathaniel Hibbard who married Abibail Sherwood, reported to be Jehiel's daughter.Death
1807 death date from "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus page 851 and Ancestry.com. On 24 Oct 1807 Letters of Administration were granted by the count to Lyman Sherwood of Southeast for the intestate death of his father, Jehial Sherwood of Southeast as item #462 on page 77 of "Dutchess County, NY Probate Records 1787-1865 Register of Wills and Letters Testamentary and of Adm. in the Surrogate's Office, Poughkeepsie, NY" by Arthus C.M. Kelly supplied by NEHGS. Similar info on LAFHC film 913657 "Gen Index Probate Records 1751-1934 NY Surrogate Court (Dutchess Co.)" S-Z page 696 line 16 with ref to box 480 Letrs Adm. C33.Burial
1797 June 2nd, Jehiel Sherwood purchased a farm from James Porter being one quarter mile south of the Sears burying ground at Doansburg, Dutchess Co., NY (now in Putnam Co which formed in 1812) containing 31 acres. The farm is on the north side of the line between Lot 8 and 9 of the Philipse Patent. The area is also known as Town Southeast. See "History of Putnam Co., NY" by William S. Pelletreau dated 1886 pages 442 and 452 at Heritage Quest Online.At his death it became the property of his son Lyman and it has been in the possession of his family to the present time.
The family burial plot is on this farm where the families of Jehiel and Lyman are all interred. Source: Cutter, William Richard. Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation. New York, NY, USA: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911, page 668 (from http://connecticut-genealogy.blogspot.com).
Putnam county was not created until 1812. This was Dutchess county at the time.
Probate
On 7 Oct 1807, his son, Lyman, was appointed as administrator (given Letters of Administration) of the estate for the intestate death of his father per FHC film 913806: NY Surrogate Court (Dutchess County) probate packet #480 (original records in the Dutchess County Courthouse, Poughkeepsie, New York).This estate should include the 31 acre farm that Jehiel Sherwood purchased on 2 June 1797 in Town Southeast, Dutchess Co. (now Putnam Co.) NY and which Lyman now owns. Need to review probate records as to who in the family got payments for their interest in this farm.
Endnotes
1. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), page 851; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .
2. William Richard Cutter, A.M., Historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol II (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), page 668; digital images, Google Books and Famliy Search, ( : downloaded 14 September 2012.
3. Gene Chamberlain (chamberg925@gmail.com), "Fourth Generation Joseph (1) Sherwood of Greenfield (1702-1791," , Second Edition: Januray 5, 2016 (my efile Sherwood): page 3.
4. Rev Samuel Orcutt, A History of the Old Town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport Connecticut: Part I (Published under the auspices of the Fairfield County Historical Society, 1886), Rev Sampage 1293; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, ( : accessed .
5. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Register, 1916 Vol 70 page 34.
6. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), page 900; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .
7. William Richard Cutter, A.M., Historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol II (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), page 668; digital images, Google Books and Famliy Search, ( : downloaded 14 September 2012.
8. Gene Chamberlain (chamberg925@gmail.com), "Fourth Generation Joseph (1) Sherwood of Greenfield (1702-1791," , Second Edition: Januray 5, 2016 (my efile Sherwood): page 3.
9. William Richard Cutter, A.M., Historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol II (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), page 668; digital images, Google Books and Famliy Search, ( : downloaded 14 September 2012.
10. William Richard Cutter, A.M., Historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol II (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), page 668; digital images, Google Books and Famliy Search, ( : downloaded 14 September 2012.
11. William Richard Cutter, A.M., Historian of the New England Historic Genealogical Society, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol II (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911), page 668; digital images, Google Books and Famliy Search, ( : accessed .
12. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of old Fairfield (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1932), Vol. II, page 851; digital images, Heritage Quest Online, My E-Books: Old Fairfield by Jacobus 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3 ( : accessed .