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Elkanah Sherman 1780–1817 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1780

Birth Location: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Death Date: 1817

Death Location: Kirkland, Lake, Ohio, United States

Father: Samuel SHERMAN

Mother: Sarah Benham

Spouse(s): Senea Hurlbut

Children(s): Martin Sherman, Orilla Sherman, George Sherman, Electra Sherman, Lyman Sherman, Cornelia Sherman, Almon Sherman, Child Sherman

The story of Elkanah Sherman began in 1780 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. Elkanah Sherman married Senea Asenath Hurlbut, and had children including Almon Worthy Sherman, Child Sherman, Cornelia Jane Sherman, Electra Eleanor Sherman, George Sherman, Lyman Royal Sherman, Martin Joshua Sherman, Orilla Janes Sherman. Elkanah Sherman passed away in 1817 in Kirkland, Lake, Ohio, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Elkanah Sherman began in 1780 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
  • Elkanah Sherman married Senea Asenath Hurlbut, and had children including Almon Worthy Sherman, Child Sherman, Cornelia Jane Sherman, Electra Eleanor Sherman, George Sherman, Lyman Royal Sherman, Martin Joshua Sherman, Orilla Janes Sherman.
  • Elkanah Sherman passed away in 1817 in Kirkland, Lake, Ohio, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel SHERMAN
1722–1803
Birth Location: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
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Sarah Benham
1721–1803
Birth Location: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
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Spouses(s)

Senea Hurlbut
1783–1860
Birth Location: Norwich County, Massachusetts
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Children(s)

Martin Sherman
1807–1889
Birth Location: Essex County, New York NY, USA
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Orilla Sherman
1808–1895
Birth Location: ?, Monkton, Addison County, Vermont, U.S.A.
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George Sherman
1806–
Birth Location: Vermont, United States
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Electra Sherman
1816–1894
Birth Location: Kirtland, Lake County, OH
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Lyman Sherman
1804–1839
Birth Location: Monkton, Addison County, Vermont
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Cornelia Sherman
1812–1882
Birth Location: ?, Monkton, Addison County, Vermont VT, U.S.A.
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Almon Sherman
1803–1869
Birth Location: Monkton, Addison County, CT
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Child Sherman
1809–1809
Birth Location: Monkton, Addison, Vermont, United States
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Elkanah Sherman's Ancestors

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Elkanah Sherman
1780–1817
Birth Place: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Parents
Samuel SHERMAN
1722–1803
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Sarah Benham
1721–1803
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Grandparents
Japhet Benham
1697–1778
New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Great-Grandparents
John Benham
1664–1751
Comfort Mansfield
1668–1744
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Joseph Mansfield
1637–1692
MARY Potter
1641–1701

Elkanah Sherman's Descendants

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Elkanah Sherman (1780–1817) m. Senea (Asenath) Hurlbut (26 Sep 1783–Aft. 1860)
  1. 1. Martin (Joshua) Sherman 1807–1889
  2. 2. Orilla (Janes) Sherman 1808–1895 m. Samuel (Darling) Rockwell 1810–1888
    1. 1. John (William) Rockwell 1838–1913 m. Phoebe (Boyce) Waring 1841–1895
      1. 1. Samuel (Darling) Rockwell 1866–1907
      2. 2. Grace (W) Rockwell 1864–
      3. 3. Jarvis (Waring) Rockwell 1867–1931 m. Anne (Mary Nancy) Hill 1875–1953
        1. 1. Jarvis (Waring Rockwell) Jr 1892–1973
        2. 2. Norman (Perceval) Rockwell 1894–1978 m. Mary (Rhodes) Barstow 1907–1959 m. Mary (Leet "Molly") Punderson 1896–1985 m. Irene O'Connor 1892–1934
  3. 3. George Sherman 1806–
  4. 4. Electra (Eleanor) Sherman 1816–1894
  5. 5. Lyman (Royal) Sherman 1804–1839
  6. 6. Cornelia (Jane) Sherman 1812–1882
  7. 7. Almon (Worthy) Sherman 1803–1869
  8. 8. Child Sherman 1809–1809

Elkanah Sherman's Timeline

2 Records

1780
1780
Birth of Elkanah Sherman in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
1817
1817
Age 37
Death of Elkanah Sherman in Kirkland, Lake, Ohio, United States
Kirkland, Lake, Ohio, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1817
    Event Place: Kirkland, Lake, Ohio, United States
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