John S. SHERWOOD

1775 - 1862  (86 years)

• Birth	11 Nov 1775	Stamford Township, Fairfield, CT   [1, 2]
  Census	7 Aug 1820	Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA   [3]
  	Name: John Sherwood Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2 : William, John Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Stephen Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 18: 1 : Solomon Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 : John Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 3 : Matilda, Phebe, Eleanor Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 2 : Margaret, Polly Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 : Elizabeth
  Census	1830	Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA   [4]
  	Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 : Unknown Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2 : Solomon, 26; Stephen, 19 Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 : John, 55 Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 : Elizabeth, 6; Harriet, 8 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 2 : Eleanor, 12; Unknown Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 : Matilda, 17; Phebe, 15 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 : Elizabeth, 49
  Census	1840	Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA   [5]
  	This listing for John Sherwood is all wrong, age wise and yet doesn't fit his son John either. Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 ?? John is 65 in 1840 Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 : 1 Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
  Census	22 Oct 1850	Clinton Township, Wayne, PA   [6]
  	1850 census shows John Sherwood, 73, farmer, b. CT; Betsey, 69, b. NY.
  Death	25 Jul 1862	Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA   [1]
  Burial	Wayne Co., PA   [7]
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  Father	John SHERWOOD,   b. 2 Dec 1746, Fairfield Co., CT d. Aug 1820, Sullivan Co., NY (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Lovisa BURTONS   bur. Chester A Stanton Memorial Cemetery, Wurtsboro, Sullivan, NY
  Family ID	F6043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HOOSIER,   b. 22 Jun 1781, Mamakating, Ulster, NY d. 30 Sep 1867 (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1803	Ulster Co., NY   [1]
  Children	1. Solomon H. SHERWOOD,   b. 2 Jan 1804, Warwarsing, Ulster, NY d. Aft 1870 (Age > 67 years)   2. Margaret SHERWOOD,   b. 11 Oct 1805, Mamakating, Ulster, NY d. 20 Mar 1881, Seelyville, Warren, NY (Age 75 years)   3. Polly SHERWOOD,   b. 1807   d. 1879 (Age 72 years)   4. Stephen SHERWOOD,   b. 4 Oct 1811, Sullivan Co., PA d. 24 Jun 1894, Coeur, Trinity, CA (Age 82 years)   5. Matilda SHERWOOD,   b. 1813   d. 1831 (Age 18 years)   6. William SHERWOOD,   b. Abt 1814, NY   7. Phebe SHERWOOD,   b. 1 Aug 1815   d. 29 Apr 1877 (Age 61 years)   8. John Bennett SHERWOOD,   b. 6 Jul 1817   d. 7 Nov 1891 (Age 74 years)   9. Eleanor SHERWOOD,   b. 1818   d. 1839 (Age 21 years)   10. Harriet SHERWOOD,   b. 1822   d. 1922 (Age 100 years)   11. Elizabeth Jane SHERWOOD,   b. 1824   d. 1840 (Age 16 years)
  Family ID	F6038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 11 Nov 1775 - Stamford Township, Fairfield, CT Marriage - Abt 1803 - Ulster Co., NY Census - 7 Aug 1820 - Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA Census - 1830 - Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA Census - 1840 - Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA Death - 25 Jul 1862 - Mount Pleasant, Wayne, PA Burial - - Wayne Co., PA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1176] William H. Sherwood Tree, 1176. [S535] White, Lorraine Cook, Connecticut Town Birth Records, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1994), 535. [S1820] 1820 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1820), 1820. [S1830] 1830 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1830), 1830. [S1840] 1840 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1840), 1840. [S1850] 1850 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1850), 1850. [S500] Find A Grave, 500.