John Sherwin

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1666, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts
• History: 13 Jan 1667, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; He was granted trees to make 300 rails for fencing by the town of Ipswich.
• Religion: 12 Apr 1674, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; John and Frances Sherwin joined the Ipswich Church in full communion.
• History: 1692; On 30 June 1692, he served as both juror and witness in the witchcrThere came in Testimony, that one Good-wife Sherwin, upon some difference with How, was bewitched, and that she dyed, charging this How with having an Hand in her Death. And that other People had their Barrels of Drink unaccountably mischieved, spoil'd and spilt, upon their displeasing of her." Elizabeth was found guilty and hanged 19 July 1692.
• History: Mar 1719/20; He was assigned reserved seating for the aged and infirm, his age being given as 76 years.
• Inventory: 29 May 1727, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; An inventory of his estate was taken and valued at £44.

Notes:

Birth:
His age was given as 76 in the church records of March 1720.

John married Mary Chandler on 30 Sep 1691 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of William Chandler and Mary Dane) was born on 5 Jul 1659 in Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Jan 1745 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Sherwin was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jan 1706 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
2. Alice Sherwin was born on 2 Feb 1693/94 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1719 in England.
3. Abigail Sherwin was born in May 1695 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
4. Eleanor Sherwin was born on 28 Jun 1696 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Aug 1757 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
5. William Sherwin was born on 27 Jul 1698 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Feb 1741 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
6. Jacob Sherwin was born on 17 Oct 1699 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; died before 1792 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

John married Frances Loomis on 25 Nov 1667 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Sherwin was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
2. Elizabeth Sherwin was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
3. Hannah Sherwin was born in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
4. Ebenezer Sherwin was born about 1675 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1712.
5. Mary Sherwin was born in Aug 1679 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
6. Frances Sherwin was born on 27 Jan 1681 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Mar 1770.
7. Sarah Sherwin was born on 7 Oct 1683 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.