Birth: 1511 England
Lived in: 1534
Place: Dedham, Essex, England
Occupation: Clothier
Details: His business in Dedham was in a building called “Sherman’s Hall”, which is still standing. Dedham was a clothing center as far back as 1375, when Flemish weavers, fleeing religous persecution, settled there. The clothing trade was one of the largest businesses at that time in England.
1st Marriage: ABT 1539 to Agnes Perpoynt probably at St. Mary the Virgin Church in Dedham, Essex, England
Birth of Daughter: 1540
Name: Alice Sherman
Birth of Son: 1546
Name: John Sherman
Birth of Son: 1546
Name: Henry Sherman
Birth of Son: 1548
Name: Edmund Sherman
Birth of Daughter: 1550
Name: Judith Sherman
Birth of Son: 1557
Name: Thomas Sherman
Birth of Son: 06 FEB 1561
Name: Robert Sherman
2nd Marriage: 05 JUN 1581 to Marion Smythe, the widow of Edmund Wilson and Thomas Smythe
3rd Marriage: BEF 1590 to Margerye ?
Will: 20 JAN 1590
Death: 1590
Burial: in the Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin at Dedham, Essex, England
Will Probated: 25 JUL 1590
Details: He left his clothier’s trade and craft to his son Henry and set his son Edmund up in the trade too. His son Robert was to attend the university. He also left land and buildings to most of his children, along with sizeable amounts of money to his children and grandchildren. Henry treated his last wife generously in the will, but warned her not to make any claims against the estate, or she would not recieve the money he left her.
parents are Thomas Sherman and Jane Waller
Agnes Perpoynt
Birth: unknown
Death: OCT 1580 Dedham, Essex, England
Burial: 14 OCT 1580 in the Churchyard of St. Mary the Virgin at Dedham, Essex, England
parents are Robert Perpoynt and ?
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