Individual Details
Lyman Sherwood
(27 Sep 1770 - 27 Jan 1781)
See film 599306 page 851 "History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield", Vol II by Donald Jacobus at the FHC. The Ancestral File showed birth date.
On 7 Oct 1807, he was appointed as administrator for his father's estate per FHC film 913806: NY Surrogate Court packet #480.
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 the death of his father 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.
On 7 Oct 1807, he was appointed as administrator for his father's estate per FHC film 913806: NY Surrogate Court packet #480.
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 the death of his father 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.
Events
| Birth | 27 Sep 1770 | Greenfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America | |||
| Death | 27 Jan 1781 |  |
Families
| Father | Jehiel Sherwood (1739 - 1807) |
| Mother | Sarah Squire (1747 - 1793) |
| Sibling | Squire Sherwood (1764 - ) |
| Sibling | Jehiel Sherwood Jr. (1766 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Sherwood (1768 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Charity Sherwood (1772 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Stephen Sherwood (1775 - 1835) |
| Sibling | Abigail Sherwood (1777 - 1862) |
| Sibling | Hezekiah Sherwood (1777 - 1824) |
| Sibling | Mehitabel S. "Mabel" Sherwood (1779 - 1824) |
| Sibling | Lyman Sherwood (1781 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Betsey Sherwood (1784 - ) |
| Sibling | William Sherwood (1786 - 1871) |
Endnotes
1. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the families of Old fairfield: Vol. II (New Haven, Connecticut: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., 1930-32, ), page 851; film 599306 (Salt Lake City: LDS, ), .