Sherman, Hester

Abt 1602 - Bef 1665  (63 years)

• Name	Sherman, Hester
  Born	Abt 1602	Dedham, Essex. England
  Christened	01 Apr 1606	Dedham, Essex, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	Bef 28 Feb 1665	Fairfield, Connecticut
  WILL	27 Dec 1665
  Person ID	I2195	Taylor
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2004

  
  

  Family	Ward, Andrew,   b. Abt 1602, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 1659, Fairfield, Connecticut  (Age 57 years)
  Married	1 Feb 1618/1619	Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
  Children	1. Ward, Anne,   b. 1620, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 23 Jul 1718, Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut  (Age 98 years)  [Birth]   2. Ward, Edmund,   b. Abt 1623, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 1666  (Age 43 years)  [Birth]   3. Ward, Esther,   b. 1623, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut  [Birth]   4. Ward, Isabelle,   b. Abt 1630, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 1676, Hadley, , Massachusetts  (Age 46 years)  [Birth]   5. Ward, Hester,   b. Abt 1633, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut  [Birth]   6. Ward, William,   b. Abt 1635, Watertown, Litchfield, Connecticut ,   d. 1675  (Age 40 years)  [Birth]   7. Ward, Mary,   b. Abt 1637, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut  [Birth]   8. Ward, John,   b. Abt 1639, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut ,   d. 1683  (Age 44 years)  [Birth]   9. Ward, Sarah,   b. Abt 1641, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut  [Birth]   10. Ward, Abigail,   b. 1643, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut  [Birth] + 11. Ward, Andrew,   b. Abt 1644, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut ,   d. 1690, Killingworth, Middlesex, Connecticut  (Age 46 years)  [Birth]   12. Ward, Samuel,   b. 1647, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut ,   d. 08 Jan 1692/1693, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut  (Age 46 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Andrew WARD married: by 1628 Hester SHERMAN (Dau of Edmund SHERMAN; her will dated 27 Dec 1665; her estate inventory dated 30 Jan 1665/6); will made 8 Jun 1659, estate inventory dated 18 October 1659; May be son of Richard of Gorleston, Co. Suffolk England Hester's will of 27 Dec 1665 (proved 28 Feb 1665/6) leaves £ 5 "to my son William", 40 shillings "to my daughter Mary Burr". "Sons Andrew and Samuell" received £ 8 each, "daughter Abigail" £ 10 and "the children of my daughter Anna Nichols nine pounds to be equally divided among them"; "my grandchild Hester Ward" received £ 9 and "son John's children" received the same amount. "My grandchildren Sarah Burr and Nathaniell Burr the children of my daughter Sarah nine pounds to be equally divided among them". Her wearing apparel was to be divided between daughters Ann, Mary, Sarah and Abigail. She appointed sons William Ward and Andrew Ward as "executors and residuary legatees and also gives "Daniell Bur and Hester Burr ten shillings apiece". And finally, "to my son William .. my great Bible and if Andrew outlive him then Andrew shall have it." The inventory of her estate, was taken 30 Jan 1665/6 and amounted to £ 139. Sources: The Great Migration Begins by Robert Charles Anderson - 1995; Pioneers of Massachusetts by Charles Henry Pope - 1900; Families of Early Guilford CT by Alvan Talcott - 1984; History of Guilford and Madison Connecticut by Steiner - 1897; Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford CT by Frank Farnsworth Starr - 1915 (Family of James Boosey); Commemerative Record of New Haven County Connecticut - 1902