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Abigail Sherman 1586 – 1645 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: May 01 1586

Birth Location: Essex, England

Death Date: 1645

Death Location: Henrico, Virginia, USA

Father: Robert Sherman

Mother: Margarete Read

Spouse(s): George Kennon

Children(s): Col "Cannon", Elizabeth Kennon

Abigail Sherman was born in 1586 in Essex, England, the child of Robert Jacob Sherman and Margarete Abagail Read. Abigail Sherman married George Washington Kennon, and had children including Col Richard Kennen "Cannon", Elizabeth Kennon. Abigail Sherman passed away in 1645 in Henrico, Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Abigail Sherman was born in 1586 in Essex, England, the child of Robert Jacob Sherman and Margarete Abagail Read.
  • Abigail Sherman married George Washington Kennon, and had children including Col Richard Kennen "Cannon", Elizabeth Kennon.
  • Abigail Sherman passed away in 1645 in Henrico, Virginia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Sherman
1559 – 1602
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England
RS
Margarete Read
1555 – 1610
Birth Location: Essex
MR

Spouses(s)

George Kennon
1580 – 1645
Birth Location: Brough, Caithness, Scotland
GK

Children(s)

Col "Cannon"
1600 – 1696
Birth Location: Brough, Caithness, Scotland
C"
Elizabeth Kennon
1600 – 1678
Birth Location: Oxfordshire, England
EK

Abigail Sherman's Ancestors

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Abigail Sherman
1586 – 1645
Birth Place: Essex, England
Parents
Robert Jacob Sherman
1559 – 1602
Dedham, Essex, England
Margarete (Abagail) Read
1555 – 1610
Essex
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Abigail Sherman's Descendants

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Abigail Sherman (May 01 1586 – 1645) m. George (Washington) Kennon (1580 – 1645)
  1. 1. Col (Richard Kennen) "Cannon" (1600 – 20 Aug 1696) m. Jonet Boyse (1600 – 1650)
    1. 1. John (Samuel Kennon) (Cannon) (12 May 1620 – 1654) m. Elizabeth (Blair) Bolling (26 Dec 1626 – 1705)
      1. 1. John Kennon (1646 – 1 Feb 1695)
      2. 2. Col (Richard) Kennon (1 Jan 1650 – 20 Aug 1696) m. Elizabeth Worsham (1651 – 4 May 1743) m. Esther Pledge (1644 – 1704)
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Rhodes) Kannon (1679 – 17 Apr 1751)
        2. 2. Mary (Elizabeth) Kennon (29 Jun 1679 – 29 Jun 1727) m. Maj (John Fairfax) Bolling, (27 Jan 1676 – 20 April 1729)
        3. 3. Col (William B) Kennon (05 Dec 1684 – 19 Aug 1735) m. Ann Eppes (1691 – 1 Nov 1765)
        4. 4. Richard Kennon (5 Dec 1684 – 8 Mar 1688)
        5. 5. William Cannon (1673 – Aug 1747)
      3. 3. William Kennon (2 Sep 1824 – 7 Aug 1877)
  2. 2. Elizabeth Kennon (1600 – 23 Sep 1678)

Abigail Sherman's Timeline

2 Records

1586
May 01 1586
Birth of Abigail Sherman in Essex, England
Essex, England
1645
1645
Age 59
Death of Abigail Sherman in Henrico, Virginia, USA
Henrico, Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: May 01 1586
    Event Place: Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1639
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1639; Page Number: 191

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1645
    Event Place: Henrico, Virginia, USA
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