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Elkanah Sherman 1674–1778 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1674

Birth Location: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 1778

Death Location: Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Father: Edmund Sherman

Mother: Dorcas Hicks

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The story of Elkanah Sherman began in 1674 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Elkanah Sherman passed away in 1778 in Kent, Rhode Island, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Elkanah Sherman began in 1674 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
  • Elkanah Sherman passed away in 1778 in Kent, Rhode Island, United States.

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Elkanah Sherman's Ancestors

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Elkanah Sherman
1674–1778
Birth Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Edmund Sherman
1641–1719
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Dorcas (Jane) Hicks
1651–1712
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Grandparents
Philip (I Sherman, Gentleman,) Judge
1610–1687
Southfields Manor, Dedham, Essex, England
Sarah Odding
1609–1681
Madron, Cornwall, England
Samuel (Edward) Hicks
1611–1677
Southwark, Surrey, England
Great-Grandparents
Samuel Gentleman
1573–1615
Phillipa Ward
1577–1610
Robert Hicks
1580–1647
Margaret Winslow
1589–1666
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Henry Clothier
1545–1610
Susan Lawrence
1551–1610

Elkanah Sherman's Timeline

2 Records

1674
1674
Birth of Elkanah Sherman in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
1778
1778
Age 104
Death of Elkanah Sherman in Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Kent, Rhode Island, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1674
    Event Place: Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1778
    Event Place: Kent, Rhode Island, United States

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