June 6, 1743- A son, Zephaniah, is born to Caleb Sherman & Elizabeth Lawton in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts.
The Surname "Sherman" is English: occupational name for a sheepshearer or someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excess nap, from Middle English shereman ‘shearer’.
June 21, 1743- A daughter, Abigail, is born to Humphrey Smith & Mary Willcox in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay, British America.
(Zehaniah Sherman is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Thomas Lawton & Elizabeth Salisbury.
Abigail Smith is my third cousin 8 times removed. Our common ancestors are Richard Sisson & Mary Atkinson. )
Ancestry & Genealogy of Alfred Leslie Worland, Rosella Johnston and Allied Colonial Families.
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