Tuesday, June 28, 2011

October 1737, Rhode Island

October 3, 1737- William Lawton is born to Isaac Lawton & Sarah Howland in Bristol, Rhode Island.

October 15, 1737- Silas Sherman is born to Peleg Sherman & Innocent Wodell in Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island.

October 19, 1737- Thomas Sherman takes Mary Sanford as his second wife in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. She is his second cousin.
His first wife, Sarah Sisson, had died in February of that year.

(William Lawton and Silas Sherman are my third cousins 8 times removed. Thomas Sherman is my second cousin 9 times removed.  Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.
Mary Sanford is my first cousin 9 times removed. Our common ancestors are George Sisson & Sarah Lawton. )
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