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Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman 1548 – 1610 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Jun 1548

Birth Location: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

Death Date: 28 Aug 1610

Death Location: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

Father: Sir Sherman

Mother: Lady Butler

Spouse(s): Susan Lawrence

Children(s): Anne Sherman, Ezekiel Sherman

Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman II, Senator, Earl of Yaxley was born in 1548 in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England, the child of Sir Henry 'the Elder of Colchester' Sherman and Lady Agnes Butler. Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman II, Senator, Earl of Yaxley married Susan Renee Lawrence, and had children including Anne Sherman, Ezekiel Sherman. Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman II, Senator, Earl of Yaxley passed away in 1610 in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England.

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Biography

  • Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman II, Senator, Earl of Yaxley was born in 1548 in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England, the child of Sir Henry 'the Elder of Colchester' Sherman and Lady Agnes Butler.
  • Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman II, Senator, Earl of Yaxley married Susan Renee Lawrence, and had children including Anne Sherman, Ezekiel Sherman.
  • Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman II, Senator, Earl of Yaxley passed away in 1610 in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England.

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Lord Sherman's Ancestors

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Lord Sherman
1548 – 1610
Birth Place: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Parents
Sir Henry 'the Elder of Colchester' Sherman
1520 – 1590
Yaxley, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Lady (Agnes) Butler
1524 – 1581
Dedham, Essex, , England
Grandparents
Sir (Thomas) Sherman
1490 – 1551
Yaxley, Suffolk, England
Lady (Jane) Waller
1497 – 1573
Wortham, Suffolk, England
Lord (Sir Knight Thomas) Butler
1500 – 1556
Bedford Borough, Bedfordshire, England
Lady (Joane) Sutton
1509 – 1555
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Great-Grandparents
John Sherman
1465 – 1504
Agnes Hendry
1470 – 1528
Lord Butler
1464 – 1539
Lady FitzGerald
1465 – 1542
Lady Willoughby
1463 – 1539
Lord Sutton
1469 – 1536
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Willoughby
Joan Strangeways
1479 – 1515
Lord Sutton
1425 – 1533
Lady Tiptoft
1430 – 1485

Lord Sherman's Descendants

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Lord (Sir Henry Butler) Sherman (8 Jun 1548 – 28 Aug 1610) m. Susan (Renee) Lawrence (21 May 1548 – 13 September 1610)
  1. 1. Anne Sherman (7 Mar 1581 – 1638) m. Anthony Whiting (1575 – 26 August 1629)
    1. 1. Phebe Whiting (3 Sep 1606 – Aug 1662) m. Thomas Barnard (28 Sep – 24 May 1621)
      1. 1. Thomas (King) Barnard (1612 – abt 1674) m. Eleanor (Helena) Morse (1614 – 27 November 1694)
        1. 1. Martha Barnard (22 Feb 1645 – 5 June 1712) m. Thomas Haynes (1670 – 1744)
  2. 2. Ezekiel Sherman (25 January 1587 – 21 January 1654) m. Anna Stevens (1595 – 1654)
    1. 1. Ann Sherman (1630 – 1665) m. Edward Watts (1620 – 1690)
      1. 1. Francis Watts (Abt 1648 – 1711) m. Sarah Beall (1668 – 9 May 1734)
        1. 1. Sarah Watts (1679 – 13 Feb 1710) m. Stephen Warman (1676 – 14 Jul 1740)

Lord Sherman's Timeline

2 Records

1548
8 Jun 1548
Birth of Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman II, Senator, Earl of Yaxley in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
1610
28 Aug 1610
Age 62
Death of Lord Sir Henry Butler Sherman II, Senator, Earl of Yaxley in Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England
Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Jun 1548
    Event Place: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Aug 1610
    Event Place: Dedham, Colchester Borough, Essex, England

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