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een traced to Henry Sherman, who re-
sided in Dedham, County Essex, whither
he removed probably from Suffolk, as he
bore the Suffolk Sherman coat-of-arms.
He died in 1598, and his wife, Agnes, in
1580. Their eldest child, Henry Sherman,
was a clothier in Dedham, where he died
in 1610. His wife, Susan (Hills) Sherman,
was the mother of Edmond Sherman,
born in Dedham, who came to
America about 1632, and settled in Wa-
tertown, Massachusetts, whence he removed
to Wethersfield, Connecticut, and
finally to New Haven. He married, in
161 1, Judith Angiers. Their youngest
child, Hon. Samuel Sherman, was born
July 12, 1 61 8, in Dedham, was a prom-
inent man in colony and church affairs.
He resided successively at Watertown,
Wethersfield, Stamford and Stratford,
and died in 1684. He married Sarah Mit-
chell, of Cambridge, daughter of Jonathan
Mitchell. Their seventh son, Benjamin
Sherman, was born March 29, 1662, and
lived in Stratford. He married, June 6,
1683, Rebecca daughter of Benjamin
Phippeny of Boston. Their sixth son,
Samuel Sherman, born February 10, 1705,
in Stratford, lived in that town and mar-
ried, April 4, 1728, Martha Gold, of Fairfield.
Their second son, Elijah Sherman,
settled in Woodbury, married, May 22,
1778, Nanny Northrop, who died April 2,
1818. They were the parents of Sally
Sherman, wife of Daniel Abbott. She
married (second) after May 11, 1862,
Steven Atwood, who died in Woodbury,
February 5, 1867; she married (third)
March 9, 1869, Hiram French, whom she
survived. After his death in 1884, she
lived with her son, Smith A. Abbott, at
his home in Derby, Connecticut, where
she died October 3, 1889.
Daniel and Sally (Sherman) Abbott
had a family of six sons and two daugh-
ters, all born in Middlebury but John B.,
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who was born in Southford, as follows
1. Daniel Sherman, born March 22, 1820;
was a very energetic and enterprising
man, engaged in manufacturing at Gan-
anoque, Ontario, Canada, where he died
July 12, 1861 ; he never married. 2. Margaret
Sarah, born August 25, 1822; was
twice married and died at New Haven,
July 23, 1912, leaving two daughters. 3.
Samuel Preston, born November 21,
1824; was superintendent of a rubber
mill in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he
was killed by accident, December 15,
1857. 4. Elijah Edwards, of whom fur-
ther. 5. Nancy Maria, born June 29,
1829; was married May 16, 1854, to
Charles Warner, who died in Shelton,
May 4, 1916; she survives him. 6. Smith
Adams, born August 6, 183 1, died in
Derby, March 4, 1916; he married (first)
Julia B. Downs, and (second) Sarah
Down. 7. Charles Keyo, born Novem-
ber 7, 1836, was killed by explosion of
keg of blasting powder at Southford when
nine years of age. 8. John Bishop, born
February 10, 1842; went to Ontario,
April, 1861 ; in July, 1862, he returned to
Southford and enlisted in August of that
year in the Union Army, member of Company
H, Twentieth Connecticut Volun-
teer Infantry ;
he served until the end of
the war and is now the recipient of a pen-
sion ; lives at Gananoque, Ontario, Can-
ada ;
married, June 28, 1870, Elizabeth
Rogers, and they are the parents of
Agnes Helena, who was married August
14, 1897, to A. H. Maybie, a resident of
Gananoque.
Elijah Edwards Abbott, son of Daniel
(3) and Sally (Sherman) Abbott, was
born in Middlebury, January 26, 1827. He
was educated in the public schools of his
native town, later learned the trade of
machinist, and worked under his father in
the paper mills. When a young man he
went to Gananoque, Province of Ontario,
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