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Henry Sherman Sr. The Elder 1511–1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1511

Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 25 July 1590

Death Location: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Attorney

Mother: Lady Yaxley

Spouse(s): Agnes Butter

Children(s): Henry Butler

The story of Henry Sherman Sr. The Elder began in 1511 in Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom. Henry Sherman Sr. The Elder married Agnes Butter, and had children including Henry Sherman Butler. Henry Sherman Sr. The Elder passed away in 1590 in Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Henry Sherman Sr. The Elder began in 1511 in Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom.
  • Henry Sherman Sr. The Elder married Agnes Butter, and had children including Henry Sherman Butler.
  • Henry Sherman Sr. The Elder passed away in 1590 in Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Attorney
1490–1551
Birth Location: Yaxley, Suffolk, England
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Lady Yaxley
1497–1573
Birth Location: Wortham, Suffolk, England,
LY

Spouses(s)

Agnes Butter
1521–1580
Birth Location: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Henry Butler
1546–1610
Birth Location: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England, United Kingdom
HB

Henry Elder's Ancestors

Self
Henry Elder
1511–1590
Birth Place: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Thomas Sherman, Earl of Yaxley, Attorney
1490–1551
Yaxley, Suffolk, England
Lady (Jane Code Waller Sherman Countess of) Yaxley
1497–1573
Wortham, Suffolk, England,
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Elder's Descendants

1.
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Henry (Sherman Sr. The) Elder (1511–25 July 1590) m. Agnes Butter (1521–14 October 1580)
  1. 1. Henry (Sherman) Butler 1546–1610 m. Ann (Pelette Pelatt) Pellatte 1549–1584 m. Susan (Lawrence Hills, Lawrance,) Shearman 1545–1610
    1. 1. Edmund (Edward) Sherman 1572–1643 m. Joan Makin 1575–1611
      1. 1. Hester Sherman 1606–1665 m. Gov. (Andrew) Ward 1597–1659
        1. 1. Samuel (Nichols) Ward 1644–1693 m. Hannah (Hawkins) Hester 1661–1698 m. Hannah Ogden 1648–1691
        2. 2. Esther ((Hester)) Ward 1614–1679
    2. 2. Anne Wilson 1575–1638
    3. 3. John Sherman 1585–1616

Henry Elder's Timeline

2 Records

1511
1511
Birth of Henry Sherman Sr. The Elder in Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
1590
25 July 1590
Age 79
Death of Henry Sherman Sr. The Elder in Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1511
    Event Place: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 July 1590
    Event Place: Dedham, Essex, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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