Individual Details

Hezekiah Sherwood

(25 Apr 1777 - 2 May 1824)

Two brothers, Eleazer and Jehiel Sherwood, married two sisters, Mary and Sarah Squire. Eleazer and Mary had a son Hezekiah, born 28 April 1777, as shown on page 850 of the Jacobus study. Hezekiah is also in his father's will dated 13 Feb. 1808. This same Hezekiah is also shown incorrtectly as the son of Jehiel and Sarah Sherwood on page 851 and in the LDS film 4199, page 100 "Fairfield, Conn.,Greenfield Hill or Northwest Society and Church Records 1668-1878" Vol. I, Parts I-V.

Events

Birth25 Apr 1777Greenfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America
Baptism6 Jul 1777Greenfield Hill (Congregational) Church, Fairfield, Connecticut, British America
Marriage16 Mar 1796Living
Death2 May 1824

Families

SpouseLiving
FatherJehiel Sherwood (1739 - 1807)
MotherSarah Squire (1747 - 1793)
SiblingSquire Sherwood (1764 - )
SiblingJehiel Sherwood Jr. (1766 - )
SiblingSarah Sherwood (1768 - 1844)
SiblingLyman Sherwood (1770 - 1781)
SiblingCharity Sherwood (1772 - 1842)
SiblingStephen Sherwood (1775 - 1835)
SiblingAbigail Sherwood (1777 - 1862)
SiblingMehitabel S. "Mabel" Sherwood (1779 - 1824)
SiblingLyman Sherwood (1781 - 1877)
SiblingBetsey Sherwood (1784 - )
SiblingWilliam Sherwood (1786 - 1871)

Notes

Death

In the "Families of Old Fairfield" Vol. II by Donald Jacobus, page 851, reference is made to Miss Treadwell's book as to the death date.

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. "Church records, 1668-1881," , pages 100 & 109, LDS film 4199, SaltLake City, Vol I Parts I-V.

3. "Church records, 1668-1881," , page 100, LDS film 4199, SaltLake City, Vol I Parts I-V.

4. 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 .

5. 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 .

6. Frederic Willaim Bailey, Early Connecticut marriages as found on ancientg church records prior to 1800, ISBN-13: 978-0-8063-0007-8 (Originally published: New Haven, 1896-1906: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2008), page 165; digital images, Google Books, ( : viewed 2 March 2012.

7. 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 .