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An American Family History

Sarah Daggett Sherman
Weymouth is the second oldest town in the Commonwealth, behind Plymouth, and the site of the first town meeting. Established in 1622 and incorporated in 1635, the town was a fishing and agricultural community. 

Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts was established in 1620 by Edward Winslow. The area was originally referred to as "Green's Harbor." When it was set off as a town from Plymouth Plantation in 1640, it was named "Rexhame" and later renamed "Marshfield."

Sarah Daggett (Doggett) Sherman was born in 1650 in Weymouth,, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Her parents were Thomas and Elizabeth Daggett.

She married Samuel Sherman  in 1673. Samuel born about 1645 in Plymouth Colony. He was the son of William Sherman and Prudence Hill.

Sarah died in Marshfield in 1680. After her death, Samuel married a woman named Hannah.

Samuel died in 1718.
Lady Day Before 1752 the year began on March 25th. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year, not the beginning.
Children of Elizabeth Fry Daggett
and William Fry
 

(from New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial edited by William Richard Cutter)

Samuel Sherman, son of William Sherman, was born 1640-50, in Plymouth colony, now Massachusetts. As already mentioned, he received from his father a part of the homestead and in the deed his father calls Samuel "my noble son." He married (first) Hannah Daggett, (second) Hannah.

Children, born at Marshfield:
Sarah, married Josiah Foster;
Prudence, "maiden turned of seventy," married Robert Cushman, aged eighty years;
Susanna;
Hannah, born February 20, 1688;
Samuel, November 1, 1690;
Mary, October 1, 1691;
Joshua, January 1, 1693;
Desire, October 1, 1695;
Patience, March 1, 1698;
William, June 1, 1699;
Gershom, 1700;
Caleb. . .April 1, 1703. He married Rebecca.

Plymouth (Plimouth or Plimoth) is in Plymouth County, Massachusetts and was the site of the colony founded in 1620 by the Mayflower passengers.

Plymouth

 

     

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