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Edmund Sherman was buried at Dedham 22 Dec 1600.
Edmund's will was dated 1 Aug 1599, codicil 20 Dec 1600, and proved 30 Apr 1601.
He left land and personal property to wife Anne for life. He named sons Edmund, Richard, Bezaleel, Samuel, John, and Benjamin, and daughters Anne [eldest daughter], Sarah Warner [married to Thomas Warner], Hanna, Susan and Mary [youngest daughter] - six of these were still under age. He named his sister Judith Pettfield and brother Henry Sherman and kinsman [brother-in-law] Symon Fenne. The will states that Sarah, Hanna [Anne], Samuel and John had received a bequest from their grandmother Cleere. Anne, Bezeliell, and Sarah had received a bequest from their grandfather Sherman. Executors to be brother Nicholas Claere and son-in-law Thomas Warner.

His will, dated August 1, 1599, codicil Dec. 20, 1600, proved Apr. 30, 1601.
Lands and personal property to wife Anne for life. "To son Edmund, after decease of my wife, all the houses and lands before given to said wife and a house and seven acres called Ryes, where he now dwells and my sherman's occupation." To son Richard at four and twenty. Similar bequests to sons Bezaliell, Samuel, John and Benjamin. To eldest daughter Anne Sherman at one and twenty. Similar bequest to daughter Sarah. To "Hanna my daughter which I had by Anne my second wife" at one and twenty. Same to daughters Susan and Mary at similar ages. To sister Judith Pettfield for life "the tenement wherein Edmond Browne the taylor now dwelleth." lands, including "my house at the church gate" to be sold by my brother Henry Sherman and my kinsman (brother in law) Symon Fenne, clothier, of Dedham. "My youngest daughter Mary" under twenty. After wife's death gives to son Bezaliell tenement called Ryes, now in occupation of Edmond, on condition that he pay Richard £50. "After my sister's death, I give the field and tenement before given unto her during life, unto the Governors of the Public Grammar School in Dedham, to be improved for a dwelling house for a schoolmaster." "To Sarah, Hanna the daughter of Anne my second wife, Susan, Samuel and John, my children, twenty shillings apiece which was bestowed upon them by their grandmother Cleere." Wife Anne, Executrix. Rev. Dr. (Edmund) Chapman and my brother in law Robert Lewys Supervisors. Codicil: To eldest daughter Anne Sherman and son Bezaliell and daughter Sarah, each forty shillings which their grandfather Sherman gave them to be paid them at the ages mentioned in his will.

Birth	Abt 1548
Marriage	25 Apr 1569	Dedham, Essex, England - ANNE Pellett
Marriage	11 Sep 1584	Dedham, Essex, England - Anne Clere
Death	Dec 1600	Dedham, Essex, England

Spouse	ANNE Pellett (1549 - 1584)
Child	Henry SHERMAN (1570 - )
Child	EDMUND SHERMAN (1572 - 1641)
Child	Ann SHERMAN (1575 - )
Child	Richard SHERMAN (1577 - 1660)
Child	[Child] SHERMAN (1579 - 1579)
Child	Anne SHERMAN (1581 - 1625)
Child	Bezaliel SHERMAN (1582 - 1618)

Spouse	Anne Clere (1566 - 1610)
Child	Sarah SHERMAN (1587 - )
Child	Anne SHERMAN (1589 - )
Child	Susan SHERMAN (1590 - 1600)
Child	Samuel SHERMAN (1593 - )
Child	John SHERMAN (1595 - )
Child	Benjamin SHERMAN (1597 - 1647)
Child	Mary SHERMAN (1598 - )

Father	HENRY SHERMAN the Elder (1512 - 1590)
Mother	AGNES ?Perpoynt ( - 1580)
Sibling	Alice SHERMAN (1540 - 1580)
Sibling	Judith SHERMAN (1543 - 1601)
Sibling	Henry SHERMAN the Younger (1545 - 1610)
Sibling	John SHERMAN (1551 - 1576)
Sibling	Thomas SHERMAN (1555 - )
Sibling	Dr. Robert SHERMAN (1559 - )