?
Thomas
Sherwood
Family
? England or Virginia
? Thomas Sherwood
b. c1624 possibly England
d.
m. ? unknown
b.
d.
her father: unknown
her mother:unknown
his father: ?Thomas Sherwood
(1)
his mother: unknown
| Children |
| Philip Sherwood |
b. c 1642 |
d. 1749 |
m. unknown
by
1685
(d 1704 Westmoreland Co., VA) Culpepper Co., VA |
| ? Sherwood |
b. |
d. |
m. |
I have no proof that Thomas Sherwood is the father of Philip
Sherwood. This linege is laid out in some records but so far I
have not been able to find a will, probate record, or birth record that
puts Philip in this family.
The earliest record of Philip Sherwood is a notation in the Old
Rappahannock
Co., Virginia order Book 1, (1683-1686), pp. 173-174,
4 September 1685: Whereas Philip Sherwood late of this County
dyed
seized and possessed in Fee of a certain tract of Land lying and being
on the north side of [the] Rappahannock River in the freshes therof
which
said land doth now lawfully come and Vest in Mary, Martha, Sarah,
and
Ann
the four daughters & coheirs of the said Philip Sherwood and
whereas
Thomas Marshall who marryed Sarah one of the said coheirs did in right
of his wife bring this action in this Court against Francis James
who
marryed
Mary the Eldest of the said daughters and shows that the sd. James did
marry contrary to law and without the mutual consent of the said
Sisters
and coheirs make division of the Land aforesaid. But it evidently made
appear that Mary and Martha the two eldest daughters of the sd Philip
Sherwood
were of full age and did Consent to the division of the land and
seriously
weighing the matter have ordered that the division of the sd land
already
made to continue good and firme untill such time as the youngest Sister
daughter of the sd Philip Sherwood shall move for a new division
thereof.
[Old Rappahanock Co., VA , order Book 1, (1683-1686), pp. 173-174]
This will was probated in Westmoreland County on May 31, 1704.
Apparently there was a long argument among researchers that Thomas
Marshall had married a Martha Jane Pendleton. The above will
settles that argument in favor of Martha Sherwood although she may be
and could also be another marriage or a possible widow.
sources:
Mackensie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of America, in which
is given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial
Families who settled in the American Colonies from the Time of the
Settlement of Jamestown 13th of May 1607, to the Battle of Lexington
19th April 1775. published NY 1907
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