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Joseph Sherman + Elizabeth Winship

Benjamin Wellington + Elizabeth Sweetman

Benjamin Prescott + Elizabeth Higginson

Parents

William Sherman	28 JUN 1692 -- 20 MAR 1741
Mehitable Wellington	4 MAR 1688 -- 12 APR 1776

Benjamin Prescott, II	29 JAN 1716 -- 18 AUG 1778
Rebecca Minot	15 MAY 1720 -- 8 OCT 1761

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12 MAY 1763

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Roger Sherman

Birth	19 APR 1721	MA, Middlesex Co, Newton ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
Org.	1776-1785	Council of Assistants, CT 🏤 All Related 🏤 All Related in CT 🏤 Organization Index
History	4 JUL 1776	Declaration of Independence Signer
History	Summer 1777	Articles of Confederation Signer
Occup	1784-1793	New Haven Mayor
History	May-Sep 1787	Constitutional Convention, 1787 Signer
Occup	1789-1791	US Rep. from CT ♛ Show List ♛ Show Counterparts
Occup	1791-1793	US Senator from CT ♛ Show List ♛ Show Counterparts
Death	23 JUL 1793	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page
Grave		CT, New Haven Co, New Haven, Grove St Cemetery ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page

Aged: 72.3 years

Rebecca Minot Prescott

Birth	20 MAY 1742		MA, Essex Co, Danvers ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page Massachusetts Trails To The Past
Death	19 APR 1813		CT, New Haven Co, New Haven ⚑ More on this location Links FamilySearch County Page FamilySearch State Page

Aged: 70.9 years

Children	First Name	Birth Dt	Death Dt		Spouses
1+	Rebecca	22 FEB 1764	4 SEP 1795	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven	Simeon Baldwin
2+	Elizabeth	31 DEC 1765	16 JUL 1850	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven	Simeon Baldwin
3+	Roger	6 JUL 1768	5 MAR 1856	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven	Susannah Staples
4✟	Mehitable	20 FEB 1772	18 NOV 1772	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven
5+	Mehitable Prescott	28 JAN 1774	5 MAR 1851	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven	Jeremiah F. Evarts
6	Oliver	19 JAN 1777	1820	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven
7+	Martha	24 SEP 1779	4 APR 1806	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven	Jeremiah Day
8+	Sarah	11 JAN 1783	30 AUG 1866	CT, New Haven Co, New Haven	Samuel Hoar

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