i.
Stephen Sherwood.
940 ii.
Captain Matthew Sherwood.
iii.
Mary Sherwood.
iv.
Ruth Sherwood.
v.
Abigail Sherwood.
vi.
Isaac Sherwood. 1880. Thomas Sherwood was born about 1586 in Nottinghamshire,
England. He died before Sep 7 1655 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Thomas Sherwood
was one of the seventeen original settlers of Fairfield, Connecticut, having
immigrated in 1634 aboard the ship Frances, and passed through Boston, Weatherfield,
and Stamford.
He served as a seputy in the General Court and as a committeeman. He fought in
the Pequot War.
His name appears in several suits for slander as the plaintiff, two against Henry
Graye and one against Jehue Burr, all of which he won. In the last he was awarded
the sum of forty pounds, a very large sum for that time. He was married to Mary
---------- after 1639.
1881. Mary ----------
(274). Mary Fitch was an open partisan of
Gooddame Knapp, and her husband appeared as a witness at her witchcraft trial.
She accompanied her to the gallows and after she was hanged, prevented the desecration
of her body by the mob. Children were:
i.
Stephen Sherwood.
940 ii.
Captain Matthew Sherwood.
iii.
Mary Sherwood.
iv.
Ruth Sherwood.
v.
Abigail Sherwood.
vi.
Isaac Sherwood.
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