The Hendee Family Tree - Roger Sherman

Person Chart

Additional Names

Additional Names	Name
Name at Birth	Roger Honorable Sherman
Name at Birth	Roger Hon Sherman
Name at Birth	Mr Sherman
Name at Birth	Roger The Signer Sherman
Name at Birth	Hon Roger Sherman
Name at Birth	Honorable Roger Sherman
Name at Birth	Roger
Name at Birth	Roger Sherman Honorable
Name at Birth	Roger Sherman
Name at Birth	Rodger Sherman

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
William Sherman	28 Jun 1692	Mehetabel Wellington	26 Feb 1687

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Rebecca Minot Prescott	20 May 1742	Rebecca Sherman Elizabeth Sherman Roger Prescott Sherman, Jr. Mehetabel Sherman Mehitabel Sherman Oliver Sherman Martha Sherman Sarah Sherman
Elisabeth Hartwell (Sherman)	31 Aug 1726	John Sherman William Sherman Isaac Sherman Chloe Sherman Oliver Sherman Chloe Sherman Elizabeth Sherman

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	19 Apr 1721	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Marriage	31 Aug 1749	New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	17 Nov 1749	Stoughton, Massachusettes, USA
Marriage	17 Nov 1749	Stoughton, Mass
Marriage	17 Nov 1749
Marriage	17 Nov 1749	Stoughton, Massachusetts
Marriage	17 Nov 1749	Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	17 Nov 1749	Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	27 Nov 1749	Stoughton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Nov 1749	New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	12 May 1763	Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts
Marriage	12 May 1763	Danverse Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation	1784	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States	First Mayor of New Haven
Occupation			American lawyer and statesman, as well as a Founding Father of the United States
Marriage
Death	23 Jul 1793	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Burial		Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Notes


"Sherman was born in Newton, Massachusetts near Boston, but his family moved to Stoughton (a town located seventeen miles, or 27 km, south of Boston) when he was two.The part of Stoughton where Sherman grew up became part of Canton in 1797. Sherman's education did not extend beyond his father's library and grammar school, and his early career was spent as a shoe-maker. However, he was gifted with an aptitude for learning, and access to a good library owned by his father, as well as a Harvard educated parish minister, Rev. Samuel Dunbar, who took him under his wing. In 1743, due to his father's death, he moved (on foot) with his mother and siblings to New Milford, Connecticut, where in partnership with his brother, he opened the town's first store. He very quickly introduced himself in civil and religious affairs, rapidly becoming one of the town's leading citizens and eventually town clerk of New Milford. Due to his mathematical skill he became county surveyor of New Haven County in 1745, and began providing astronomical calculations for almanacs in 1788. Painter Ralph Earl's depiction of Sherman was described by Bernard Bailyn as "one of the most striking portraits of the age."[3] Legal, political career Despite the fact that he had no formal legal training, Sherman was urged to read for the bar exam by a local lawyer and was admitted to the Bar of Litchfield, Connecticut in 1754, during which he wrote A Caveat Against Injustice[4] and was chosen to represent New Milford in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1755 to 1758 and from 1760 to 1761. In 1766 he was elected to the Governor's Council of the Connecticut General Assembly, where he served until 1785. He was appointed justice of the peace in 1762, judge of the court of common pleas in 1765, and justice of the Superior Court of Connecticut from 1766 to 1789, when he left to become a member of the United States Congress. He was also appointed treasurer of Yale College, and awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree. He was a professor of religion for many years, and engaged in lengthy correspondences with some of the greatest theologians of the time. In 1790 he and Richard Law were appointed to massively revise the confused and archaic Connecticut statutes, which they accomplished with great success. In 1784 he was elected Mayor of New Haven, which office he held until his death. He is especially notable for being the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Association, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. Robert Morris, who did not sign the Articles of Association, is the only other person to sign even three of these documents. In John Trumbull's famous painting, Sherman is literally front and center– of those standing up near the desk, he is the second person from the left. The painting depicts the Committee of Five presenting its work to the congress. Constitutional Convention: During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, summoned into existence to amend the Articles of Confederation, Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth offered what came to be called the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise. In this plan, designed to be acceptable to both large and small states, the people would be represented proportionally in one branch of the legislature, called the House of Representatives (the lower legislative house). The states would be represented in another house called the Senate (the upper house). In the lower house, each state had a representative for every one delegate. On the other hand, in the upper house each state was guaranteed two senators, no matter their size. Sherman is also memorable for his stance against paper money and his authoring of Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution. Mr. Wilson & Mr. Sherman moved to insert after the words "coin money" the words "nor emit bills of credit, nor make any thing but gold & silver coin a tender in payment of debts" making these prohibitions absolute, instead of making the measures allowable(as in the XIII art) with the consent of the Legislature of the U.S. ... Mr. Sherman thought this a favorable crisis for crushing paper money. If the consent of the Legislature could authorize emissions of it, the friends of paper money would make every exertion to get into the Legislature in order to license it."

"Sherman was born in Newton, Massachusetts near Boston, but his family moved to Stoughton (a town located seventeen miles, or 27 km, south of Boston) when he was two.The part of Stoughton where Sherman grew up became part of Canton in 1797. Sherman's education did not extend beyond his father's library and grammar school, and his early career was spent as a shoe-maker. However, he was gifted with an aptitude for learning, and access to a good library owned by his father, as well as a Harvard educated parish minister, Rev. Samuel Dunbar, who took him under his wing.

In 1743, due to his father's death, he moved (on foot) with his mother and siblings to New Milford, Connecticut, where in partnership with his brother, he opened the town's first store. He very quickly introduced himself in civil and religious affairs, rapidly becoming one of the town's leading citizens and eventually town clerk of New Milford. Due to his mathematical skill he became county surveyor of New Haven County in 1745, and began providing astronomical calculations for almanacs in 1788. Painter Ralph Earl's depiction of Sherman was described by Bernard Bailyn as "one of the most striking portraits of the age."[3] Legal, political career

Despite the fact that he had no formal legal training, Sherman was urged to read for the bar exam by a local lawyer and was admitted to the Bar of Litchfield, Connecticut in 1754, during which he wrote A Caveat Against Injustice[4] and was chosen to represent New Milford in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1755 to 1758 and from 1760 to 1761. In 1766 he was elected to the Governor's Council of the Connecticut General Assembly, where he served until 1785.

He was appointed justice of the peace in 1762, judge of the court of common pleas in 1765, and justice of the Superior Court of Connecticut from 1766 to 1789, when he left to become a member of the United States Congress. He was also appointed treasurer of Yale College, and awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree. He was a professor of religion for many years, and engaged in lengthy correspondences with some of the greatest theologians of the time.

In 1790 he and Richard Law were appointed to massively revise the confused and archaic Connecticut statutes, which they accomplished with great success. In 1784 he was elected Mayor of New Haven, which office he held until his death. He is especially notable for being the only person to sign all four great state papers of the United States: the United States Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Association, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution. Robert Morris, who did not sign the Articles of Association, is the only other person to sign even three of these documents.

In John Trumbull's famous painting, Sherman is literally front and center– of those standing up near the desk, he is the second person from the left. The painting depicts the Committee of Five presenting its work to the congress.

Constitutional Convention: During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, summoned into existence to amend the Articles of Confederation, Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth offered what came to be called the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise.

In this plan, designed to be acceptable to both large and small states, the people would be represented proportionally in one branch of the legislature, called the House of Representatives (the lower legislative house). The states would be represented in another house called the Senate (the upper house). In the lower house, each state had a representative for every one delegate. On the other hand, in the upper house each state was guaranteed two senators, no matter their size.

Sherman is also memorable for his stance against paper money and his authoring of Article I, Section 10 of the United States Constitution.

Mr. Wilson & Mr. Sherman moved to insert after the words "coin money" the words "nor emit bills of credit, nor make any thing but gold & silver coin a tender in payment of debts" making these prohibitions absolute, instead of making the measures allowable(as in the XIII art) with the consent of the Legislature of the U.S. ... Mr. Sherman thought this a favorable crisis for crushing paper money. If the consent of the Legislature could authorize emissions of it, the friends of paper money would make every exertion to get into the Legislature in order to license it."

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Connecticut State Register, 1924 Government & Military records	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Family Data Collection - Births	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Handy Book of American Authors, 1907	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Legacy NFS Source: Roger Sherman -	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Millennium File	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Chloe Sherman, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Chloe Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Chloe Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Elisabeth Sherman or Atwater, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Elisabeth Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Isaac Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Mehetabel Sherman, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Mehetabel Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Mehetabel Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Oliver Sherman, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Oliver Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Rebecca Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Roger Sherman, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for Roger Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger in entry for William Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Chloe Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Chloe Skinner, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Daniel Barnes, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Elisabeth Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Elisabeth Sherman, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Isaac Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for John Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Martha Day, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Martha Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Mehetabel Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Mehetabel Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Oliver Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Oliver Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Rebecca Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Rebecca Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Rebeckah Prescott, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Roger Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Sarah Hoar, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Sarah Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for Sarah Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman in entry for William Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman Or Atwater in entry for Elisabeth Sherman, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "BillionGraves Index"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
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Roger Sherman, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Find A Grave Index"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Roger Sherman, "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know

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