Henry Sherman

Other Events and Attributes:

• Moved To: Abt 1534, Dedham, Essex, England; He moved to Dedham, Essex, England.
• Occupation: say 1564; Henry Sherman, a prominent clothier in Dedham, England.
• Legal: 11 Oct 1574; On 11 October 1574, depositions were taken in Dedham in respect of a suit in the Duchy of Lancaster between Thomas Seckford, lord of the Manor of Dedham Hall, and Robert Forthe concerning the entering and intruding upon certain lands and tenements in Dedham. One of the deponents for the plaintiff was Henry Sherman, who gave his age as “62 years or thereabouts.” He said he had lived in Dedham “for the space of 40 years,” and that he had been a copyholder of Dedham Hall for 20 years.
• Moved To: Abt 1584, Colchester, Essex, England; He moved to Colchester, Essex, England.
• Will: 20 Jan 1589/90, Colchester, Essex, England; Henry Sherman wrote his will on 20 January 1589/90 in Colchester, Essex, England. The will named son Henry Shearman and his children Henry, Samuel, Daniel, John, Ezechiell, Phebe, Nathaniel, and Anne Shearman; son Edmonde Shearman and his children Edmonde, Richard, Bezaliell, Anne, and Sara Shearman (all under age; sons under 22, daughters under 21), son-in-law William Petfield and his children Richard, Susan, and Elizabeth Petfield (all under age); wife Margerye; son Robert; Jane and Anne Shearman, underage daughters of Robert [evidently the testator’s son Robert]; daughter Judith Petfield; son-in-law Nicholas Fynce; the wives of sons Edmond, Henry, and Robert; the poor of All Hallows [i.e., All Saints, Colchester]; and the poor of Dedham and the free school of Dedham (the testator asked to be buried in Dedham). Executors were to be sons Henry and Edmond.
• Will: 26 Feb 1589/90; He added a codicil to his will on 26 February 1589/90.
• Probate/Proved: 25 Jul 1590, London, England; His will was proved 25 July 1590 in London.

Notes:

Ancestry: In New Light on Henry Sherman, Mrs. B. L. Stratton conclusively proved that Henry Sherman the elder was not the son of that name of Thomas Sherman of Yaxley, Suffolk. That Henry, who was under age 21 in 1551, had a son Thomas who in 1587 was living in Diss, Norfolk, where his children were living in the early 1600s. In contrast, Henry Sherman the Dedham clothier was born about 1512, settled in Dedham about 1534, was fathering children in the 1540s, and was not survived by a son named Thomas. Exhaustive research, by myself and others before me, has yielded no clue to the true origin of the Dedham clothier.

Henry married Agnes Perpoynt about 1539. Agnes (daughter of Robert Perpoynt) was buried on 14 Oct 1580 in Dedham, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alice Sherman was born about 1540 in Dedham, Essex, England; was buried on 20 Oct 1580 in Dedham, Essex, England.
2. Judith Sherman was born in say 1543 in Dedham, Essex, England; was buried on 1 Apr 1601 in Dedham, Essex, England.
3. Henry Sherman was born in say 1545 in Dedham, Essex, England; died in Aug 1610 in Dedham, Essex, England.
4. Edmund Sherman was born in say 1548 in Dedham, Essex, England; was buried on 22 Dec 1600 in Dedham, Essex, England.
5. John Sherman was born in say 1551 in Dedham, Essex, England; was buried on 16 Oct 1576 in Dedham, Essex, England.
6. Thomas Sherman was born in say 1555 in Dedham, Essex, England; was buried on 16 Mar 1564 in Dedham, Essex, England.
7. Robert Sherman was christened on 6 Feb 1560 in Dedham, Essex, England; was buried on 14 Jan 1602/03 in St. Stephen's Church, Coleman Street, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom.

Henry married Marion on 5 Jun 1581 in Dedham, Essex, England. Marion was buried on 4 Aug 1584 in St. James the Great, Colchester, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry married Margery in say 1585. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]