Individual Details
William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill
(CA, 1666 - CA, 1747)
Events
| Birth | CA, 1666 | England |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | MARCH 8, 1702 | Land Purchase - Cecil County, Maryland |  | | |
| Miscellaneous | APRIL 28, 1715 | Land Purchase - Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1718 - 1724 | Tax Rolls - Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania | | | |
| Miscellaneous | DECEMBER 13, 1725 | Land Purchase - Cecil County, Maryland | | | |
| Death | CA, 1747 | Augusta County, Virginia | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 2019 | DNA Test | | | |
| Marriage | Margarette Rudisil | |
Families
| Spouse | Margarette Rudisil (1675 - 1746) |
| Child | Adam "The Pioneer" Sherrill (1697 - 1774) |
| Child | Samuel Sherrill ( - ) |
| Child | Rudil Sherrill ( - ) |
| Child | William Sherrill Jr. ( - ) |
Notes
Miscellaneous
On 3-8-1702, William Sherwell [Sherrill] of Cecil County, Maryland, purchased a tract of land in Cecil Co., MD, located east of the Elk River and known as Price Forest, from William Price and his wife Margaret for 3000 pounds of tobacco. The sale was witnessed by Edward Bonwicks, Thomas Coe, and Robert Moxey and filed on 3-19-1702.The volume and page numbers for this Cecil County, MD record are not given.
Miscellaneous
On the 28th day of the fourth month, AD 1715, William Sherrerd [Sherrill] requested the use of 200 acres of land on Pequea Creek [in Chester County, later named Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.] He agreed to pay the Proprietor 20 £ and the normal one shilling quitrent yearly for each 100 acres forever, to be paid within three months or the transaction becomes void. This request was approved on the above date.Miscellaneous
William Sherrill [various spellings] appears on the tax assessment lists of Conestoga Township, Lancaster County (Previously Chester County), Pennsylvania, in the years 1718, 1719, 1720, 1721, and 1724 (the 1723 records are missing,) along with some of his sons in various of these years. The records extend to 1727, but 1724 is the last year there is a listing of the Sherrill surname (or other spellings.)1718:
William Sherrel - 16 pounds valuation
The tax rate for this year was 3 pence per pound.
1719:
Wm. Sherell - 20 pounds valuation
Rudil Sherrell - 30 pounds valuation
The tax rate for this year was 4 pence per pound.
1720:
William Sherrel - 15 pounds valuation
Adam Sherrel - 10 pounds valuation
The tax rate for this year was 3 pence per pound.
1721:
William Sherrell - 15 pounds
Samuel Sherrell - 12 pounds
The tax rate for this year was 3 pence per pound.
Note: the Sherrills appear on the list for English citizens as apposed to other lists for Dutch, etc.
1724:
William Sherrill - no valuation is given on this list.
Miscellaneous
William Sherwill [Sherrill] bought 200 acres of a tract of land in Cecil County, Maryland, known as Three Partners, on 12-13-1725, from Thomas Jacobs. He later gave 100 acres of this purchase to his son Adam.The source of the land record is not given, but the transcript is written in the old English wording consistent with the 1700s period of time.
Death
A record of Margaret Sherrill as a witness in a court case in Augusta County, Virginia, on 8-22-1746, suggests that her husband William Sherrill may not be living at the time. The nature of the law suit is not clear, but seldom would a woman be called as a witness unless she is a widow.Documentation is from Chalkley, Lymon. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. 1, p. 21-22. Augusta County, Virginia, Court Records, Order Book No. 1, p. 88-89. Digital. www.archive.org.
This record is also transcribed at www.usgenweb.org, Virginia Archives [Sherrill search.]
Miscellaneous
DNA Segment Matches and overlap on several chromosomes exist for Sherry Lawrence, Larry Lawrence, and Max Meyerhardt (Engert) with at least three other groups of individuals who have In Common DNA Matches with each other, but test results comparing these individuals to each other are not available except for Sherry and Larry Lawrence, thus there is no common ancestor couple according to DNA Segment Triangulation.DNA Segment Matches on Chromosome 8, 10, and 12 are particularly indicative of William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill and Margarette Rudisil being the common ancestral couple for Sherry Lawrence, Larry Lawrence, Max Meyerhardt, WSJ, Bonnie Mastro, J. McKee, Grady Wilson, Becka Sheehan, Samuael Shearer, and Kenneth Shearer by In Common DNA Matches. All of these individuals do not have In Common DNA Matches with each other, but each family group shares In Common DNA Matches with each of the other family groups.
In some cases the amount of matching DNA is less than 5 centimorgans, although this might be expected with 6 generation relatives.
These matches also conform to the DNA standards of the Board for Certification of Genealogists in that all individuals have genealogically established direct lines of descendancy from William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill and his wife Margarette Rudisil. The matches do not have any known common ancestors.
These DNA Segment Matches are from descendants of two sons, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren of William and Margarette.
Genealogy:
SLL, LDL, Max Meyerhardt: William - son Adam - son William - daughter Agnes
Samuael Shearer, Kenneth Shearer: William - son Adam - son William - daughter Sarah
Grady Wilson, Becka Sheehan: William - son William - son David
BM, WSJ,: William - son Adam- son Uriah
JM: William - son Adam - son William - Son Jacob
Endnotes
1. Curtis Loftin, "Sherrill Genealogy," Descendancy Report with Sources ,associated history, and document transcripts, Curtis Loftin, The Loftin Family Genealogy Website (https://history.loftinnc.com/index.htm : Accessed 19 August 2019), Descendacy Chart of William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill; Contributions from multiple researcher of the related families: Lofton, Sherrill, Johnson, and others
2. Curtis Loftin, "Sherrill Genealogy," Descendancy Report with Sources ,associated history, and document transcripts, Curtis Loftin, The Loftin Family Genealogy Website (https://history.loftinnc.com/index.htm : Accessed 23 August 2019), William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill; 1702 land puchase, Cecil Co., MD. Digital image.; Contributions from multiple researcher of the related families: Lofton, Sherrill, Johnson, and others
3. Curtis Loftin, "Sherrill Genealogy," Descendancy Report with Sources ,associated history, and document transcripts, Curtis Loftin, The Loftin Family Genealogy Website (https://history.loftinnc.com/index.htm : Accessed 23 August 2019), William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill; Photocopy of original land grant record D-82-1147 from Dept. of Community Affairs, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.; Contributions from multiple researcher of the related families: Lofton, Sherrill, Johnson, and others
4. H. Frank Eshleman, Compiler, Papers read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society: Assessment Lists and Other Manuscripts and Documents of Lancaster County Prior to 1729 (Lancaster, Pennsylvania: Lancaster Historical Society, 1916), 160-194; digital reproduction, Archives.org, Archives.org (https://archives.org : Accessed 21 August 2019; Transcript of original Tax Assessments of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Previously Chester County.) These records have been in the hands of Gilbert Cope since being discarded by the Chester County officials in 1879. Mr. Cope allowed a transcript to be made by Mr. Eshleman..
5. Curtis Loftin, "Sherrill Genealogy," Descendancy Report with Sources ,associated history, and document transcripts, Curtis Loftin, The Loftin Family Genealogy Website (https://history.loftinnc.com/index.htm : Accessed 23 August 2019), William Sherrill and Adam Sherrill; Transcript of land transaction in Cecil Co., MD, in 1736; Contributions from multiple researcher of the related families: Lofton, Sherrill, Johnson, and others
6. Curtis Loftin, "Sherrill Genealogy," Descendancy Report with Sources ,associated history, and document transcripts, Curtis Loftin, The Loftin Family Genealogy Website (https://history.loftinnc.com/index.htm : Accessed 19 August 2019), Descendacy Chart of William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill; Contributions from multiple researcher of the related families: Lofton, Sherrill, Johnson, and others
7. The US GenWeb Project, Url: www.usgenweb.org, Margaret Sherrill; Virginia Archives, Augusta County, Order Book 1, p. 88-89..
8. Blaine T. Bettinger, The Family Tree Guide to DNA Testing and Genetic Genealogy (Cincinnati, Ohio: Family Tree Books, April 2016).
9. Family Tree DNA and My Heritage DNA, "Autosomal DNA Matches," Downloadable Online Report prepared for Sherry L. Lawrence , 2019, privately held by Sherry L. Lawrence, Present.
10. Curtis Loftin, "Sherrill Genealogy," Descendancy Report with Sources ,associated history, and document transcripts, Curtis Loftin, The Loftin Family Genealogy Website (https://history.loftinnc.com/index.htm : Accessed 19 August 2019), Descendacy Chart of William "Conestoga Trader" Sherrill; Contributions from multiple researcher of the related families: Lofton, Sherrill, Johnson, and others