Edmund Sherman

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷⁰⁸
Edmund Sherman, son of Henry, of Dedham, Essex, clothier, born abt 1548. Edmund married 1st Anne Pellatte at Dedham, 25 Apr 1569 [Reg. 50, p. 414]. She was buried at Dedham 8 Jun 1584 [Ibid. 417]. Edmund married, 2nd, at Dedham 11 Sep 11 1584, Anne Clere [Ibid. 414], daughter of Nicholas Clere, of Colchester, Essex, clotheir, Alderman and elected M.P. 23 Mar 1576, and again in 1578. [Essex Review 4, p. 240].

Edmund Sherman was buried at Dedham 22 Dec 1600 [Reg. 50, p. 417]. His will was dated 1 Aug 1599, codicil 20 Dec 1600, proved 30 Apr 1601. Lands and personal property to wife Anne for life. "To son Edmund, after decease of my wife, all houses and lands before given to said wife and a house and seven acres called Ryes, where he now dwells and my sherman's occupation." To son Richard at four and twenty. Similar bequests to sons Bezaliell, Samuel, John and Benjamin. Similar bequest to daughter Sarah. To "Hanna my daughter which I had by Anne my second wife: at one and twenty. Same to daughters Susan and Mary at similar ages. To sis Judith Pettfield for life "the tenement wherein Edmond Browne the taylor now "dwelleth." Lands, including "my house at church gate" to be sold by my brother Herny Sherman and my kinsman (brother-in-law) Symon Fenne, clothier, of Dedham. "My youngest daughter Mary" under twenty. After wife's death gives to son Bezaliell tenement called Ryes, now in occupation of Edmond, on condition that he pay Richard £50. "After my sister's death, I give the field and tenement before given unto her during life, unto the Governors of the Public Grammar School in Dedham, to be improved for a dwelling house for a schoolmaster." "To Sarah, Hanna the daughters of Anne, my second wife, Susan, Samuel and John, my children, twenty shillings apiece which was bestowed upon them by their grandmother Cleere." Wife Anne, Executrix. Rev. Edmund Chapman and my brother in law Robert Lewys Supervisors. Codicil: To eldest daughter Anne Sherman and son Bezaliell and daughter Sarah, each forty shillings which their grandfather Sherman gave them to be paid them at the ages mentioned in his will. [Reg. 50, p. 283].

Sherman Genealogy, pp. 82-87

• Children. ¹⁵⁵⁸
Children with wife Anne Pellett:

Henry, baptized Sep 1570; buried 1 Jan 1585/6
Edmund, born say 1572
Richard, baptized 3 Mar, 1576/7; married (1) Alice Cage; (2) Elizabeth ____
Child, born and buried 4 Feb 1578/9
Ann, baptized as Anna 7 Mar 1580/1; married John Anger
Bezaliel, born say 1583; married (1) Mary ____; (2) Priscilla Burges

Children with wife Ann Clere:

Sarah, baptized 4 Jul 1587; married Thomas Warner
Ann, born say 1589; married (1) Richard Backler; (2) Robert Salmon
Susan, baptized 17 Feb 1590/1
Samuel, born say 1593; married Hester Burges
John, born say 1595; married (1) Margaret Sparhawke; (2) Anne ____
Benjamin, baptized 27 Mar 1597; married Margaret Freemen
Mary, baptized 20 Mar 1598/9; married Andrew Bacon

"The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and Their Wives," NEHGR, Vol 168, pp. 16-18

Edmund married Anne Pellatte, daughter of William Pellatte and Unknown, on 25 Apr 1570 in Dedham, Essex, England ^406,407.^,708 (Anne Pellatte was born in Dedham, Essex, England, died in 1584 in Dedham, Essex, England and was buried on 8 Jun 1584 in Dedham, Essex, England ⁴⁰⁶.)