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Martha Marshall Sherman 1734–1821 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1734

Birth Location: Orange, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 24 Nov 1821

Death Location: Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, USA

Father:

Mother: Lucy Marshall

Spouse(s): Capt SAR

Children(s): Capt Head, James Head, William Head, Francis Head, Mary Head, Tavenor Head, Captain Jr, John Soldier, George Head, Sarah Burton

The story of Martha Marshall Sherman began in 1734 in Orange, Virginia, United States. Martha Marshall Sherman married Capt Benjamin A Head Sr Sar, and had children including Capt Henry Oswald Head, Captain Benjamin A Head Jr, Francis Head, George Marshall Head, James W Head, John Stromatt Head Revolutionary Soldier, Mary Head, Sarah Burton, Tavenor Head, William Ayloff Head. Martha Marshall Sherman passed away in 1821 in Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Martha Marshall Sherman began in 1734 in Orange, Virginia, United States.
  • Martha Marshall Sherman married Capt Benjamin A Head Sr Sar, and had children including Capt Henry Oswald Head, Captain Benjamin A Head Jr, Francis Head, George Marshall Head, James W Head, John Stromatt Head Revolutionary Soldier, Mary Head, Sarah Burton, Tavenor Head, William Ayloff Head.
  • Martha Marshall Sherman passed away in 1821 in Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Lucy Marshall
1710–1773
Birth Location: Old Rappahannock, Virginia, British Colonial America
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Spouses(s)

Capt SAR
1731–1803
Birth Location: Lancaster, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
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Children(s)

Capt Head
1773–1852
Birth Location: Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
CH
James Head
1756–1796
Birth Location: Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
JH
William Head
1770–1812
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
WH
Francis Head
1762–1795
Birth Location: Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
FH
Mary Head
1755–1835
Birth Location: Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
MH
Tavenor Head
1776–1800
Birth Location: Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
TH
Captain Jr
1763–1827
Birth Location: Orange County, Virginia, USA
CJ
John Soldier
1763–1856
Birth Location: Culpepper, Orange County, Virginia, USA
JS
George Head
1768–1843
Birth Location: Orange, Orange, Virginia, USA
GH
Sarah Burton
1760–1829
Birth Location: United States of America
SB

Martha Sherman's Ancestors

Self
Martha Sherman
1734–1821
Birth Place: Orange, Virginia, United States
Parents
Lucy Marshall
1710–1773
Old Rappahannock, Virginia, British Colonial America
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Martha Sherman's Descendants

1.
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Martha (Marshall) Sherman (1734–24 Nov 1821) m. Capt (Benjamin A Head Sr) SAR (1731–19 Aug 1803)
  1. 1. Capt (Henry Oswald) Head 1773–1852
  2. 2. James (W) Head 1756–1796
  3. 3. William (Ayloff) Head 1770–1812 m. Margaret (Peggy) Kirtley 1765–1807 m. Susan Harrison 1769– m. Sally Oliver 1765– m. Sarah Blake 1770–1848
    1. 1. Benjamin (Simon) HEAD 1790–1854
    2. 2. Mary (Polly) Head 1792–1847
    3. 3. Nancy Head 1800–1880
    4. 4. Willis (Richard) Head 1807–1861
    5. 5. Lucinda Head 1803–1830 m. Hudson Barksdale 1786–1834
      1. 1. Wilton (Calloway) Barksdale 1826–1884 m. Araminta (Donna) Martin 1831–1907
        1. 1. Ira (Walter) Barksdale 1855–1904 m. Mildred Price 1866–1941
        2. 2. Bailey (Martin) Barksdale 1853–1927
        3. 3. William (Wallace Barksdale) Sr 1857–1922
      2. 2. George (Marshall) Barksdale 1814–1888
    6. 6. Thomas Head 1787–1836 m. Rebecca Hadaway 1793–1840
      1. 1. Lucinda Head 1822–1904 m. William (Warren) Chumbler 1825–1886
        1. 1. William (Harrison) Chumbler 1865–1935 m. Nancy Wilson 1871–1945
      2. 2. James (A) Head 1817–1870 m. Sarah Grider 1823–
        1. 1. Mary (Frances) Driggers 1857–1932
        2. 2. William (B) Head 1849–1899
    7. 7. William (Henry) Head 1809–1863
    8. 8. Elizabeth Head 1784–1808
    9. 9. William (Capel) Head 1813–1854
  4. 4. Francis Head 1762–1795
  5. 5. Mary Head 1755–1835
  6. 6. Tavenor Head 1776–1800 m. Jenny Plunkett 1778–1840
    1. 1. Benjamin Head 1799–1850 m. Nancy Denham 1814–1889
      1. 1. Benjamin (Franklin) Head 1838–1913 m. Martha (F) Hambrick 1851–
        1. 1. Mary (Jane) Head 1891–1987 m. William (Allen) Braly 1889–1962
      2. 2. William (H) Head 1841–1861
      3. 3. Virginia (Frances) Head 1851–1921
  7. 7. Captain (Benjamin A Head) Jr 1763–1827
  8. 8. John (Stromatt Head Revolutionary) Soldier 1763–1856
  9. 9. George (Marshall) Head 1768–1843 m. Mildred Rucker 1768–1826
    1. 1. George (Marshall Head) Jr 1795–1865 m. Martha Heaslip 1800–1862 m. Sarah (K) Harper 1798–1867
      1. 1. William (Henry) Head 1821–1884 m. A Head 1820–1863
        1. 1. Martha (Susan) Head 1859–1960 m. Alvin (O) Butler 1854–1955
        2. 2. William (Bradford) Head 1844–1900 m. Virginia (Delaware "Della") Templeton 1852–1930
        3. 3. Amanda (Joanna "Annie") Head 1855–1915 m. Wesley (Fletcher) Key 1848–1921
        4. 4. Catherine (Adeline Head) Goodgame 1856–1894
        5. 5. George Head 1852–1907 m. Rose Powell 1861–1903 m. Victoria (E Rose) Burk 1853–1891
        6. 6. Thos (C) Head 1853–1907
        7. 7. Henry (Elliott) Head 1841–1918
        8. 8. Mary (Frances Head) Patterson 1847–1878
        9. 9. Richard (A) Head 1842–
        10. 10. Alfred (A) Head 1846–
        11. 11. Sarah (A) Head 1850–1860
        12. 12. James (E) Head 1843–
      2. 2. Mary (E) Pryor 1828–1902 m. Phillip (Hardeman) Pryor 1826–1880
        1. 1. Mary (A) Pryor 1857–1920 m. Sidney (Alvin) Rowland 1850–1926
        2. 2. Sarah (Frances Pryor) DeLamar 1850–1875
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Lavonia Pryor) Sorrells 1848–1933
        4. 4. Blufard (Fletcher) Pryor 1864–1917
        5. 5. Edgar (Elzia) Pryor 1868–1922 m. Nancy (Lucinda Russell) Reeves 1871–1908
        6. 6. William (Burl) Pryor 1853–
        7. 7. George Pryor 1855–
        8. 8. Thomas Pryor 1862–
        9. 9. Lucinda Pryor 1859–
        10. 10. Eliza (E) Pryor 1868–
      3. 3. Minerva (Arletta) Head 1832–
      4. 4. Thomas (Curtly) Head 1834–1910 m. Mary (Jane) Franklin 1832–1908
        1. 1. William (Lee) Head 1857–1919 m. Nellie (Graham) Gillespie 1862–1935
        2. 2. Inez (Quintella) Head 1872–1947 m. George (Lawrence) Sorrells 1870–1927
      5. 5. Emily (E) Head 1836–1905 m. William Coffey 1832–1862
        1. 1. Lewis (Robert) Coffey 1861–1905
        2. 2. Stephen (Abner) Coffey 1858–1906
        3. 3. Martha (Jane) Coffey 1856–1929 m. Bartlett (David) Owen 1854–1939
      6. 6. Lavinia Head 1820–1900
    2. 2. Wilton (Alvin) Head 1803–1882 m. Frances Huckstep 1806–1868
      1. 1. Quintus (Valentine) Head 1841–1923 m. Mary (Florence) Feaganes 1848–1934
        1. 1. William (Walter) Head 1877–1952 m. Georgie (Albertha) Moss 1881–1958
      2. 2. Mary (Frances) Head 1829–1888
      3. 3. Amanda (M) Head 1826–
      4. 4. Eliza (Carter) Head 1836–1873
      5. 5. Algretus (William) Head 1838–1880
      6. 6. Raymond (G) Head 1825–1880
      7. 7. Marcena (Watts) Head 1831–1878
      8. 8. John Head 1846–1850
      9. 9. Lucetta Head 1842–1850
      10. 10. Montgomery (Wilton) Head 1830–1893
    3. 3. Henry Head 1794–1802
    4. 4. Benjamin Head 1793–1802
    5. 5. John Head 1793–
    6. 6. Sarah Head 1790–1860 m. Thomas (Gillum) Watts 1787–1860
      1. 1. George (Marshall) Watts 1815–1904 m. Judith (Ballou) Shelton 1828–1919
        1. 1. John (Shelton) Watts 1847–1918 m. Martha Pickett 1846–1887 m. Eliza (Augusta) Rash 1867–1964
        2. 2. Mary (Ann) Watts 1849–1880 m. Edmond (Wilson) Allmond 1845–1912
        3. 3. Jesse (H) Watts 1864–1927
        4. 4. William (Oscar) Watts 1859–1911
        5. 5. Charles (Henry) Watts 1872–1959
        6. 6. Sarah (Frances Watts) Klingler 1853–1942
        7. 7. Mattie (Elizabeth) Perry 1851–1947
        8. 8. Thomas (Malcolm) Watts 1868–1939
        9. 9. Georgia (Ann Watts) Faires 1856–1948
        10. 10. Geneva Watts 1894–1974
        11. 11. Laura Watts 1876–
      2. 2. Mary (Catherine) Watts 1825–1887 m. James (Madison) Padgett 1819–1856 m. Benjamin (Berry) Boggess 1826–1880
        1. 1. William (Woodruff) Padgett 1847–1887 m. Rachel (Agnes) Heck 1847–1919
        2. 2. John (A) Padgett 1848–1926
        3. 3. Henry (Franklin) Padgett 1850–1920
        4. 4. Martha (Ann) Padgett 1854–1928
        5. 5. Rachel (Clementine) Padgett 1861–1940
        6. 6. Joel (Michael) Padgett 1856–1937
        7. 7. James (Ambrose) Padgett 1859–1922
        8. 8. Ida (Ellen) Padgett 1862–1937
        9. 9. Mary (Elizabeth) Padgett 1857–1926
      3. 3. Oscar (H) Watts 1814–1875
      4. 4. Arimenta (Dorma) Watts 1810–1832
      5. 5. Charles (Grandison) Watts 1818–1879
      6. 6. Henry (Wilton) Watts 1822–1894
      7. 7. Narcissa Watts 1822–1854
      8. 8. Martha (A) Watts 1832–1874
      9. 9. Johnson (Dalton) Watts 1816–1880 m. Eliza (B) Slaughter 1831–1863 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Billingsley 1831–1863
        1. 1. Emma (J) Watts 1857–1920 m. Walter (M) Cornell 1847–1930
        2. 2. Sarah (Amanda) Watts 1845–1923 m. Spiller (Harris) Dickinson 1838–1914
    7. 7. Holland Head 1785–1860 m. John Stewart 1760–1845
      1. 1. Mary Stewart 1814–
      2. 2. Elizabeth Stewart 1820–
      3. 3. John (Stewart) Jr 1824–
      4. 4. Rebecca Stewart 1826–
      5. 5. Samuel (Henry) Stewart 1816–1910 m. Susan Overby 1819–1909
        1. 1. Charles (T) Stewart 1842–
        2. 2. Ann (G) Stewart 1843–
        3. 3. Sarah (J) Stewart 1844–
        4. 4. Mary (Catherine) Stewart 1846–1909 m. John (C) Smith 1847–1902
        5. 5. Margaret (A) Stewart 1847–
        6. 6. Julia (T) Stewart 1849–
        7. 7. Rosetta Stewart 1850–
    8. 8. Valentine Head 1791–1852 m. Eliza ((Elizabeth) M) Huckstep 1794–1838
      1. 1. Ardenia (Mildred) Head 1828–1879
      2. 2. Willis Head 1835–
      3. 3. Henry (Elbert) Head 1822–1904
      4. 4. Valentine Head 1817–
      5. 5. Newton Head 1833–1852
      6. 6. Selma (M) Head 1826–1894 m. Francis (E) Douglas 1822–
        1. 1. Adaline (E) Douglas 1855–1920 m. Albert Dofflemoyer 1846–1910
        2. 2. E (M) Douglas 1858–
        3. 3. Edmonia (J) Douglas 1852–
        4. 4. Eugenia Douglas 1848–
        5. 5. Henry (E) Douglas 1850–
        6. 6. Earset Douglas 1858–
      7. 7. Geo (Edgar) Head 1847–1918
      8. 8. William (Spotswood) Head 1839–1919
    9. 9. Lucinda Head 1796– m. Hudson Barksdale 1786–1834
  10. 10. Sarah Burton 1760–1829

Martha Sherman's Timeline

2 Records

1734
1734
Birth of Martha Marshall Sherman in Orange, Virginia, United States
Orange, Virginia, United States
1821
24 Nov 1821
Age 87
Death of Martha Marshall Sherman in Orange, Virginia, United States
Orange, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1734
    Event Place: Orange, Virginia, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Source number: 734.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: CJF
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 24 Nov 1821
    Event Place: Orange, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Elberton, Elbert, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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