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John Sherwood 1709 – 1783 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 AUG 1709

Birth Location: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

Death Date: 25 SEP 1783

Death Location: Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Father: Thomas Sherwood

Mother: Abigail Darling

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John Sherwood was born in 1709 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, the child of Thomas Sherwood and Abigail Darling. John Sherwood passed away in 1783 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Biography

  • John Sherwood was born in 1709 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, the child of Thomas Sherwood and Abigail Darling.
  • John Sherwood passed away in 1783 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

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John Sherwood's Ancestors

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John Sherwood
1709 – 1783
Birth Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Parents
Thomas Sherwood
1686 – 1727
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Abigail Darling
1688 – 1753
Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, United States
Grandparents
John Sherwood
1653 – 1689
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, Colonial America
Sarah Hurd
1665 – 1720
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Samuel Darling
1667 – 1711
Jamaica, Queens, New York, British Colonial America
Mary (Priscilla) Burroughs
1670 – 1727
Jamaica, Queens, New York, British Colonial America
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2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Sherwood's Timeline

4 Records

1709
18 AUG 1709
Birth of John Sherwood in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
1709
6 NOV 1709
John Sherwood was christened
None
1783
1783
Age 74
Burial of John Sherwood in Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1783
25 SEP 1783
Age 74
Death of John Sherwood in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 AUG 1709
    Event Place: Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 6 NOV 1709

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1783
    Event Place: Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 SEP 1783
    Event Place: Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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