shermangeneology.dartmouth

APPENDIX A: 9/9/06 This section is under construction. Please refer all comments, questions and corrections to Marcus Morton Sherman

      Sherman family history and genealogy, especially on ANNIE ELMA SISSON’s side, is closely tied to the history of the Town of Dartmouth.

In 1620, the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth. Colonists landing from the “Fortune” in 1620, and the “Ann” in 1623, and several other ships of later date augmented the ranks of the pilgrims. The ' first visit of white men to the locality, now Bristol County, probably occurred in June or July, 1621, when Massasoit, at his home in Pokanoket, (now Mt. Hope, R.I.) was sought out and visited by Edward WINSLOW and STEPHEN HOPKINS, accompanied by the Indian Squanto, who acted as their interpreter. Previous to Dartmouth’s purchase from the Wampanoags in 1652, there was a long rich Native American presence in the area.

In the meantime, patents had been granted by King Charles I for the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the land called New England became widely settled. These were hard and stern times and stringent laws were made by the Plymouth colony as to the worship of God and the general conduct of the colonists. Gradually a certain group rebelling against the orthodox religion of the colony sought to break away from Plymouth. Swelled by the ranks of the members of the Society of Friends, commonly called the Quakers, our forefathers settled in the town of Dartmouth.

On Nov. 29,1652 a deed was recorded by Gov. William Bradford at Plymouth whereby the Town of Dartmouth was purchased from the Indians. It reads in part: “ I, Wesamequen (Massasoit) and Wamsutta, my son, have sold unto Mr. William Bradford, Captain (Myles) Standish, Thomas Southworth, JOHN COOK and their associates, The purchasers or old comers: all the tracts of land lying three miles eastward from a river called Cushenagg to a certain harbor called Acoaksett (Achusnett)…and from the sea upward to go so high that the English may not be annoyed by the hunting of the Indians in any sort of their cattle. In consideration hereof we the aforementioned are to pay Wesamequen (Massasoit) and Wamsutta as followeth: thirty yards of cloth, eight moose skins, fifteen axes, fifteen hoes, fifteen pair of breeches, eight blankets, two kettles, one cloak, 2 Pounds in wampum, eight pair stockings, eight pair of shoes, one iron pot and ten shillings in another commodity. Signed: John Winslow, John Cooke and Wamsutta (his mark MM).

On March 7, 1652 at a General meeting of the Plymouth Purchasers, it was agreed and ordered that all the tract of lands…(later called Dartmouth)… should be given to those (purchasers) whose names are hereunder written. The full list of thirty-six original equal shareholders of Dartmouth includes The Sherman ancestors: Mr. JOHN ALDEN, Mistress (SARAH?) WARREN, GEORGE MORTON, EDWARD DOTEY, FRANCIS COOKE Pilgrim, JOHN COOKE and GEORGE SOULE, each share comprising about 3,200 acres. Much of the land was later sold in smaller parcels to Quakers and Baptists who were seeking to escape religious persecutionof the Puritans.

Russell's Mills: Nestled at the head of the Slocum River, beside the Mill Pond, is the Historic Village of Russell's Mills, the first settlement in an area that was to become Dartmouth. See Dartmouth Map (very large file, if using a 56 k dial up connection, expect about 2.5 to 3 minutes wait )

Russells Mills 1871 showing individuqal residences- Click to enlarge

The first settlers of Dartmouth (Russells Mills) were Ralph Russell and Anthony SLOCUM . Ralph Russell went to Dartmouth soon after the purchase of land from the Indians November 29, 1651. He established an iron forge on the west bank of the Pascamanset River20, just behind the old Sherman home at 1190 Russells Mills Rd. Ralph Russel was probably an old man when he settled in Russells Mills as it is his son, John Russell, who appears in the first early records of the town as a proprieter. Miles Standish's share of Dartmouth was purchased by John Russell on March 9, 1664. In 1665 Dartmouth was represented for the first time at Plymouth General Court by John Russell. On 5 June 1667 Philip Delano of Duxbury, husbandman, sold to John Russell Sr. of Dartmouth, yeoman, one-half share of the lands at Dartmouth "granted unto the said Phillip Delano ... as a purchaser or old comer" [PCLR 3:83]. The Russells established the first eleven water-powered mills which ground grain, sawed timbers, made shingles and processed wool. This village was at that time and for many years afterward the headquarters of Dartmouth.1 They were attracted by the fact that this was an undeveloped region, and thus it was easier to practice their religious beliefs since there was no strong church control in the community. Despite the attractions of the region to some groups, by 1675, the time of King Philip’s war, only thirty-seven dwellings were in Old Dartmouth. Almost all were destroyed during the war.

224 John Rrussell, son of above, m. Deborah, d. of Nathaniel Spooner, 1816, and had Mary Spooner, m. James T. Hodge; John J.; Helen, m. William Davis and William H. Whitman; and Laura. JOHN J., son of above, m. Mary A., d. of Allen Danforth, 1855, and had Helen, 1857; John, 1860; and Lydia, 1863.

Anthony Slocum b: 1590 Somersetshire, England may be the brother of PHILLIP SLOCUM b: 1597, in Somersetshire, England from whose son GILES SLOCUM, FRANK MORTON SHERMAN MD. is decended. Anthony was one of the forty-six "first and ancient purchasers" in 1637 of Taunton, Mass [ see (4) William Harvey, post] where he resided from 1638 to 1662. He was one of the initial shareholders of an ironworks established near Taunton in 1652-1656, the first successful and permanent ironworks in America. Having united with the Society of Friends, he disposed of his rights in Taunton and removed with his family to that part of New Plymouth incorporated later under the name of Dartmouth township. There he settled by the Pascamanset River, known locally as the Slocum River, on a piece of land known as Slocum Neck. In 1670 he moved to the vicinity of Edenton, Albemarle Co., NC

Farming was the principle occupation but early on fishing was important. Whales were hunted before the time of the American Revolution first for their oil which held off the darkness, for food and later for the valuable 'bone' as corsets came into vogue. Shipbuilding followed logically from whaling and began at Acushnet about 1780. By 1800, Fairhaven surpassed it as the center of shipbuilding. Hundreds of vessels sprang from the yards at Oxford and Fairhaven. The peak of the whaling craze was in the 1845-55 season. To give an idea how profitable the business was consider this; three Howland ships docked in April 1866. The gross value of the voyages $620,000, on a capital investment of less than $90,000; and remember, no income tax. It is no wonder that whales faced extinction.

Within 20 years,financial instability and one single event would spell the end of whaling in the "Old Dartmouth" area. The disastrous event destroyed a good portion of the 50-ship fleet, In September 1871, 28 whale ships, including Capt. Hezekiah Allen's "Minerva.” were ruined by crushing ice. They were found when the crews returned to the fleet in the spring. The New Bedford area never recovered its preeminence as the center of whaling.

During the 42 years after the General Meeting of Purchasers in 1652, King Phillips War disrupted the colonists and completely dispersed the inhabitants of Dartmouth and most of their houses were destroyed. One of the four that survived was owned by Peleg Sherman , born 1692 and died in 1772 in Dartmouth. He married Elizabeth Chase on 24 May 1738 in (Intention). He was the son of Thomas Sherman⁴ and Sarah Sisson (son of William³, Peleg², Phillip¹) more on Phillip

Peleg Sherman and Annie Elma Sherman have the common ancestor of JEREMIAH GIFFORD:

Peleg Sherman’s house was known as the old Ricketson House, built by WILLIAM RICKETSON, died in 1691,one of the original proprietors of Dartmouth. His widow Elizabeth appears on the 1694 list of proprietors. Elizabeth married again on Sept. 4, 1696 to MATTHEW WING, starting one of Annie Elma Sherman’s three lines of WING descent from those leading Sandwich Quakers and association with the prominent New Bedford whaling family

Or Peleg SHERMAN ⁶ born Aug. 10, 1777 in Dartmouth or his father: Peleg Sherman born in 1745 and died in 1824 in Dartmouth, married Peace (5) Potter, daughter of John Potter m 21 MAR 1740/1741 to Margaret GIFFORD born 15 April 1772, died 27 March 1773. (4), daughter of JEREMIAH GIFFORD, born 1681 in Massachusetts; died 1770 in Dartmouth. He was the son of Robert Gifford and Sarah Wing. He married Mary Wright 1703 in Massachusetts, born 1683 in Plymouth, died 12 March 1780 in Dartmouth. She was the daughter of Adam Wright and Sarah Soule. (3), ROBERT GIFFORD m SARAH WING (2) Wing, Stephen (1)).also. Check: Weeks.

Some original shareholders of Dartmouth bequeathed, transferred or divided their shares. In 1673, William Sherman the Pilgrim deeded his one full share of the lands in Dartmouth at Saconett, to his Son John, though how he received that share is unclear. On Nov. 13, 1694, the confirmatory deed of William Bradford listed fifty-six proprietors of Dartmouth among whom were our direct Sherman Ancestors: John Shearman (?JOHN SHERMAN), ELIZABETH RICKETSON and JAMES SISSON, and the descendants of his probable uncle, Philip Sherman: William Shearman, Daniel Shearman, Edmund Shearman and Samuel Sherman.

Sherman ancestors who lived in Dartmouth

Each family line and some antecdotal information about the family members is explained below:

COOKE FAMILY

JOHN COOKE was among the first English owners of the Town of Dartmouth, and one of the few proprietors to actually move to the land he had bought. He selected as his portion of Dartmouth, the section now known as Oxford in Fairhaven. At the age of 29, on March 28, 1634 in Plymouth, JOHN COOKE married SARAH WARREN, born about 1614, probably in England. Their children: SARAH COOKE born: About 1635, Elizabeth COOKE born: About 1641, Hester COOKE born: Aug. 13, 1650, MARY COOKE born: About 1652 and Mercy COOKE born: July 25, 1657 were all born in Plymouth. He was one of the owners of the first vessels built in Plymouth. They lived at Plymouth until 1659.

Sometime between 1653 and 1660, he moved to that part of Dartmouth now known as Oxford Village, Fairhaven. Sarah, Hester, Mary and Mercy all lived in Dartmouth. In 1664 he was granted 15 acres of land near Dartmouth and he had other significant land dealings in the area, owning 3/34 of the original Dartmouth grant. He was a constant trader in lands at Plymouth and Dartmouth and owned lands at Puncatest.

In July 1667, John Cooke was authorized by the Plymouth Court as His Majesties representative (Magistrate) in Dartmouth to make contracts…administer oaths…commence a suite…issue warrants…and give subpoenas. Few of the shareholders actually lived in Dartmouth. On May 29, 1670, an exact list of all the Freemen in Dartmouth showed John Cooke as one of only seven Freemen living there. In 1672, the town of Dartmouth gave him Ram (now Pope's) Island in recompense for former services. At one time he operated a ferry between Dartmouth and Rhode Island. Details?

John was a Baptist Minister who was fined 20 shillings in October 1670 for allegedly breaking the Sabbath; he was accused of traveling on the Sabbath, even though he did travel upon his circuit as a devote preacher. He converted his home at Oxford Village (Fairhaven) into a garrison house before the Indian uprising (King Phillip’s War) in 1675. This was the haven of safety of the inhabitants in the early spring of 1676; however, The Indians later burned his home. About 1680 he established a Baptist church in what is now Tiverton, near Adamsville. The Proprietors Records of 1884 indicate John Cooke and John Shearman were among the 14 Dartmouth men who took the oath of fidelity or freemen's oath. John Cooke Memorial

John Cooke was the last surviving male passenger of the Mayflower. John died 23 Nov. 23, 1695 in Dartmouth, having lived through the entire life of the Plymouth Colony. The will of John Cooke of Dartmouth, County of Bristol dated November 9, 1694, proved April 16, 1696, mentions wife Sarah; son-in-law Arthur Hathaway and his wife Sarah his daughter; son-in-law Stephen West and his wife Mercy his daughter; Jonathan Delano; grandson Thomas Taber; and granddaughter Hester Perry. On December 7, 1696 widow Sarah Cooke presented the inventory.

In Fairhaven a short distance north of the New Bedford-Fairhaven bridge, near the river, is a large boulder to which is attached a bronze tablet, on which, below a representation of the Mayflower, is an inscription. The exact location of the grave of John Cooke is, however, a matter of doubt. Somewhere in Fairhaven is about as definite as it can now be determined. The boulder with its inscription was placed 200 years after his death. That he was the "first white settler of this town" applies to Fairhaven, rather than old Dartmouth.

ANNIE ELMA SISSON is an eighth generation descendant of their first child, Sarah

John Cooks daughter SARAH COOKE was born about 1635 in Plymouth ⁵ and died after 26 Feb 1713 in Dartmouth ¹⁵. She married ARTHUR HATHAWAY II on Nov. 20, 1652 in Dartmouth ¹⁵. Arthur was born about 1625 in England ¹⁵. On Nov. 13, 1694, the confirmatory deed of William Bradford listed fifty-six proprietors of Dartmouth including Arthur Hathaway. He died on Dec. 11, 1711 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts ¹⁵.

ANNIE ELMA SISSON is an eighth generation descendant of their fourth child: Mary

John Cook's daughter MARY COOKE was born about 1652 and died before Jan. 25, 1714/15. She was married to PHILLIP TABER II born: before 08 Feb. 8, 1646 died: before March 4,1692/93. Their oldest son Philip TABER III born: Feb.29, 1675 in Dartmouth was a selectman of Dartmouth who was distinguished by supporting the town's peoples refusal to pay an unjust tax imposed by the Massachusetts Bay Province authorities for support of a Presbyterian town minister sent by the Puritan authorities. The province rulers could not overlook the bold and defiant attitude taken by the town. The refusal of the selectmen to assess the tax was followed by their imprisonment in Bristol jail, where they remained about eighteen months. The persons who were imprisoned were Philip Taber and John Akin, selectmen of Dartmouth, and Joseph Anthony and John Sisson, selectmen of Tiverton, a part of whom were Baptists and a part Quakers.1

An embassy was sent to England. Thomas Richardson and Richard Partridge, who were Quakers, interceded in their behalf. Their petition, addressed to the King in Council, was an able document, and nobly did it plead for freedom of conscience and security of religion, civil liberty, and property. The petition was considered at the court of St. James on the 2d day of June 1724. Present were the King's most Excellent Majesty and all the lords of the Privy Council, and it was ordered that the obnoxious taxes be remitted, and that Philip Taber and his fellow-sufferers be immediately released from their imprisonment. The Governor and all other officers of the province of Massachusetts Bay were notified to yield obedience to these orders.

JOHN COOKE\

MARY COOKE, BETHIA TABER, PHILIP MACOMBER, CONSTANT MACOMBER, TABITHA MACOMBER, MIRIAM GIFFORD\

CHRISTOPHER GIFFORD SISSON\

SARAH WARREN/

ANNIE ELMA SISSON

CORNELL FAMILY

The early English name was written Cornewell. The lineage of the family traces up through the Barons of Burford to Richard d'Cornewell son of Richard Earl of Cornewall to son of King John, younger brother of Richard Coeur de Lion. Cornwall Coat of Arms

Annie Elma Sherman has two lines of descent from THOMAS CORNELL. One through his first child THOMAS CORNELL II born: 1618 in from Essexshire, England. and another line through his third child ELIZABETH CORNELL born: 1644 in ?Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

check: Ancestors of Ezra Cornell, founder of Cornell University, his son Govenor of NY Alonzo B. Cornell.

                                                 /JOB ALMY

                                        /JOSEPH ALMY                      /GEORGE CORNELL b:?1556

                       /MERCY ALMY      \ELIZABETH CORNELL              / RICHARD CORNELL

                    /WILLIAM ALMY                     >THOMAS CORNELL, STEPHEN CORNELL,

                 /LYDIA WING                        /THOMAS CORNELL II

                                                 /STEPHEN CORNELL
                                             /WILLIAM CORNELL

             /JOSEPH WING CORNELL        /CALEB CORNELL

       LYDIA ALMY CORNELL   /GIDEON CORNELL

Ensign THOMAS CORNELL was born about 1595 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. He was the son of George Cornell by his third wife, Susan Casse, whom George married on 23 Apr. 1593. Thomas' grandfather was Richard Cornewell citizen & Skinner of London. He died in 1585. It stands written in his will that he left a portion of the wealth he had in hides to fund and endow a free grammar school in New Woodstock, "the town where I (Thomas) was born". The school stands there yet near the handsome church of Woodstock in Oxfordshire. see: an article entitled "The English Origin of the Cornwell/Cornell Family." in "The American Genealogist," Vol. 51, pp. 115-116.

Thomas married REBECCA BRIGGS about 1620 in Essex Co., England. The Cornell family were Puritans but became Quakers. They had at least eleven and perhaps sixteen children. He came to Boston from England with Winthrop's second expedition in 1636 or 1638. Thomas purchased a house and lot #60 in Boston on the east side of Washington Street between Summer and Mill Streets. His occupation there was innkeeper. On June 4, 1639 he was fined 20 Pounds for several instances of selling wine without a liscence and selling beer at double the allowed cost.

Thomas Cornell was living in Portsmouth, Rhode Island in 1640, and admitted freeman Aug. 6 that year, having joined Ann Hutchinson and followers at their new settlement seeking religious tolerence at Portsmouth . The Compact, which served as a basis of government among the members of this settlement was signed March 7, 1638. On Feb. 4, 1641 he was granted " a piece of meadow". The same year he was made constable. He sold his Boston house in 1643.

After the death of Ann's husband in 1642, the Dutch Government at Manhattan on Oct 2, 1642 granted 35 families, among them Ann Hutchinson's and Thomas Cornell's, permission to settle "within the limits of the jurisdiction of their High Mightiness, and there to dwell in peace." On July 6, 1643, Gov. Kieft granted him and his associated a tract of land in what is now Westchester. (see map) He was one of the first patentees of Throggs Neck and lived there at Clason's Point, under Dutch control. Clausen's Point, is one of several peninsulas which protrude into the East River from the southern Bronx . Clason Point stands between the mouth of the Bronx River and, to the east, Pugsley's Creek. It was the site of a large Native American settlement, comprising more than seventy dwellings. It was known as Snapakins, "land by the two waters," when the first European settler, Thomas Cornell, established his farm there. He served there as an ensign under Governor Kieft in the Dutch-Indian War.

This new settlement was soon shattered in the spring of 1643 when some Sewanoy Indians came pretending friendship, then driving the settlers' cattle and stock into the barns, setting fire to the buildings and murdering all of the settlers found in their homes. Anne Hutchinson and five of her youngest childred were killed. Thomas Cornell and his family escaped the massacre and breifly returned to Rhode Island. Thomas returned to Westchester County after the cessation of indian hostilities and on July 25, 1646 obtained a new grant of about four square miles of land on a point of land just south of Clason's point. This land since been named Cornell Point (map zoom).

After about nine years Thomas was again driven by the indians from his lands in New York. He returned to his originial home in Portsmith, R.I. where he had secured a grant of one hundred acres of land on the Narragansetts Bay side known for a long while as Cornell's Neck & afterwards Willet's Neck. (see map). In 1653 he served on a coroners jury and in 1654 was one of the commissioners of "ye four townes re-uniting ye Colonie of Providence Plaantations.. He died Feb.8, 1656 at the Cornell Homestead in Portsmouth, Rhode Island at age 61.

In 1664 the English defeated the Dutch in New York. soon thereafter, Cornell's grant on Glasons Point was confirmed as far east as Barrett's Creek. His wife Rebecca (Briggs) Cornell sold Glason's Point to Thomas' sister Sarah Cornell who married her brother John Briggs. REBECCA was killed on Feb.8, 1673 in Portsmouth, RI at 73 years of age under suspicious circumstances.

THOMAS CORNELL II, the fourth of THOMAS and REBECCA'S thirteen children was born in Essexshire, England on Oct. 21, 1627. He was married twice. First to ELIZABETH ?? about 1650. Their children, All born in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island were Thomas CORNELL b: 1653 STEPHEN CORNELL b: ABT. 1656 Samuel CORNELL b: ABT. 1657 Edward CORNELL b: 1658 John CORNELL b: ABT. 1669

Second he was married about 1662 in Rhode Island to Sarah Earle b: Abt 1640. Children: John 1662, Sarah 1668, Infant 1670, Innocent b: JUL 1673.

On 17 Mar 1655 Thomas was chosen with three others to prize land and buildings of John Wood, deceased. He had a grant of ten acres on Dec. 10, 1657. THOMAS was a farmer and also served in Rhode Island as an ensign in the British militia. On May 4, 1670 he and three others were appointed to audit the colonies' accounts. He was several times a Deputy to the General Assembly of R.I. His bill to the Rhode Island Assembly for futher encouragement of a troop of horse was referred on June 7,1671 to the next Assembly. At the same meeting it was ordered that Thomas Cornell be a messenger from the court to carry a letter to the Governor of Plymouth, and that he be supplied with 20 shillings in silver by the treasurer towards bearing his charge.

THOMAS II and his second wife Sarah Earl were living in Portsmouth, RI with his mother Rebecca (Briggs) Cornell when she was killed under suspicious circumstances at 73 years of age on Feb. 8, 1673. The widow Rebecca Cornell had planned to move and live with her son Samuel in the spring because her life had become intolerable living with Thomas II, and his wife. Under Thomas's insistance, his mother had deeded the Portsmouth property to him only weeks before her death. He was supposed to pay her 100 pounds as compensation, but he did not. He had neglected to care for her and refused to hire a maid to do so. Rebecca died of fire to her clothing and a puncture hole to the uppermost part of her stomach.

At the insistance of REBECCA'S brother John Briggs, a murder trial ensued. John Russell of Dartmouth, then aged 65 years, testified at the trial that George Soule, Constable of Dartmouth told him that Rebecca had confided to him that she feared she would be "made away with" before her planned move in the spring. THOMAS CORNELL II was found guilty of murdering his mother and at age 46 years, on May 23,1673 was hung by the neck from the gallows at the Newport jail until dead.

Borden Family connection

THOMAS ii married 2 Abt 1653 (or 1662) in Rhode Island to Sarah Earle b: Abt 1640. John 1662,Sarah 1668, Infant 1670, Innocent b: JUL 1673 in Rhode Island, wife of Richard (3) (John 2, Richard 1) BORDEN of Portsmouth. Richard was born Oct. 24, 1671, and died July 12, 1732. Sarah BORDEN, the oldest daughter of Richard and Innocent, born July 31, 1694. Richard BORDEN's mother, Mary EARLE (3) (William 2, Ralph 1), was first cousin of Innocent CORNELL, as the latter's mother was Sarah (2) EARLE (Ralph 1). An interesting conjecture is that Innocent, whose birth must have been near 1673, may have been a posthumous child, and that her name may have been her mother's indignent protest at the cruel judicial murder of the father of the babe. Certainly no man would in these days be executed on such weak circumstantial evidence as contained in the records of this case. The complete report of the trial is found in the book entitled State of Rhode Island the Providence Plantations, in the chapter "The Struggle for Judicial Supremacy". also: Newport Court of Trials 1671-1741 Film # 945811. Thomas is also reported to have married 3 Martha FREEMAN b: ABT 1630.

There was a Frank Morton Sherman Borden born Aug 3 1888, a carpenter registered for the WWI draft at the Fairhaven Draft Board.

The 1920 Census of Westport lists Frank M. S. Borden, house carpenter, age 31 and his wife Rosella age 21.

The 1930 Westport Census lists Frank M. Borden living at Division St. and Horseneck Rd., carpenter age 41 married at age 29 not a veteren, with value of house $ 3,000 with father from Rhode Island, his wife Rosella M. age 39? married at age 19, and their daughters virginia age 8 and Florence age 2 1/2.

Borden Emery 47 M . Laborer . . R.I. . . . . . Borden Charity 36 F . . . . Mass . . . . . Borden Elisa 18 F . . . . Mass . . . . . Borden Sarah 10 F . . . . Mass . . . . Borden Otis P. 5 M . . . . Mass perhaps Frank is Otis's son?

Frank Morton Sherman, M.D. and Annie Elma Sisson lived in Dartmouth after their marriage in June 1882 till Jan. 1890.

This is especially curious. I can't find any geneological reference to FMS Borden in the geneologies so I'm left to wonder why he was named after my greatgrandfather. Perhaps because of some outstanding medical service he performed for one of the Bordens? or was he an illigetimate child of my great grandfather and named out of spite? or what?

STEPHEN CORNELL born: 1656, freeman 1688; of Dartmouth, MA. was raised by his father and stepmother Sarah Earle. At age 17 he witnessed his father's execution for murdering his grandmother REBECCA.

Ezra Cornell Lithograph

In 1863 STEPHEN'S three-greats-grandson the Hon. Ezra Cornell (1807-1874), son of Elijah b. 1771, son of Elijah b . 1730, son of Stephen who m. Ruth Pierce, son of STEPHEN b. 1656, donated the original endowment including of 990,000 acres of land for establishment of Cornell University which is named after him.

Reference: Rev. John Cornell, Genealogy of the Cornell Family: Being an Account of the Descendants of Thomas Cornell of Portsmouth, R.I. (New York: T.A. Wright, 1902) - digital copy

PARDON CORNELL b: May 18, 1774 in Dartmouth, and his wife LYDIA (WING) CORNELL b: March 8, 1781 in Dartmouth, had a fine grandfathers clock (photo). (as told to Bonnie B. Sherman by Viola Heise Sherman): "An itinerant cabinet maker came around Dartmouth to the Cornell place in the winter. The Cornells took him in and gave him board and room all that winter and he made three clock cases. We have one. The other two are still in Dartmouth. It descended in the family until Emily Davis* (distant relative) had it in her possession. Annie Elma Sherman knew about it and went every once in a while to see it. G. Tabor (dear friend)_______?_________ bought the grandfather clock.". Writing inside door says " Bought for $ 300. this clock of Charles R. Sherman, New bedford. Gift from G. H. Tabor. A.E.S." (possibly George Hathaway TABER?) From the 1950's till his death in 1997, the clock was owned by Frank Morton Sherman III. It is now owned by Marcus Morton Sherman.

*quite possibly : Mary Emily DAVIS b: 1873, Somerset, youngest of 5 children; her mother Emily (Chase) Davis b: 1823, Freetown, m: William J. DAVIS Jr. b: 1799, Freetown, machinest, descendant of SARAH WARREN; or Emily Davis, or James E. Davis to Emily G. Hathaway at Globe Village, R.I., Nov 11, 1860 Fall River; or Emily Jane (Hathaway) Davis b: 1845, Fall River

George Taber #6007 married Susan Bowman, daughter of Samuel Bowman and Hannah Davis.

Signature Maker Info Instruments HANDLEY, JAMES USA, fl.1865-73, Comments: NIM partner of Charles R. Sherman in C.R. Sherman and Co. Location:49 North Water Street, New Bedford, Mass. References:Moskowitz; RSW.

After John F. Emerson had taught there several years he purchased the house, removed it to William Street, New Bedford and remodeled it into a dwelling-house, which, with its additions, is now occupied by Charles R. Sherman.Birth: 9 APR 1833 in Dartmouth, Mass Father: Charles SHERMAN b: ABT. JAN 1800 in Dartmouth, Mass, questionable Mother: Edith PICKENS b: JAN 1800 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Mass

SISSON FAMILY

Annie Elma Sherman has two lines of descent from the RICHARD SISSON family. The SISSON GENEALOGY Site

RICHARD SISSON born: About 1608 in Yorkshire, England. "The Sisson Family is one of the oldest families in Rhode Island. They have been continuous residents of Newport County and adjacent parts of Mass. for over 250 years and have played a prominent part in the development of that section. Married: SARAH LAWTON born: APR 1645 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. James and George were their sons. In 1653: Freeman of the Colony in May 165?: Bought of William Hall 11/300 of the island of Qononoquett (Conanicut) and 1/300 of Dutch Island. 1656: Sold the above to Peleg Sanford, together with 1/300 bought of Thomas Manchester and 1/300 he had in his own right. 1667: Removed to Dartmouth, Mass where he purchased a large homestead and farm on the West bank of the Coakset River, at the head, in what became Westport in 1787. Their residence at the corner near the bridge became the site of a noted tavern. The location was known as 'Sisson's,' and James Sisson, his son, kept a tavern in the old homestead. His home site (still standing in 2000) is/was called Mintwater Brook Farm on 1236 East Main Rd. on Aquidneck Island in Portsmouth RI. This house was in the Sisson family until about 1996.This part of Dartmouth became a part of the town of Westport in 1787.

He was a Grand Juror in 1667. In politics, he was reported as Huguenot [which is a term used of French Protestants, not a political term - DAS]. He was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers). We have never found any indication of a formal occupation. Some have called Richard a surveyor, but he held that title as an appointee of the town of Dartmouth, and it is unlikely that he did much actual surveying as a profession.1671: Was Town Surveyor. Richard and Mary returned to Portsmouth, probably before King Philip's War in the mid-1680's, and Richard died there26 FEB 1683/84, though later Mary returned to Dartmouth and died there He left a detailed will and inventory of his property.

      /CHRISTOPHER GIFFORD SISSON b: 12 JUL 1835

     |        \ISAAC SISSON b: 08 OCT 1807

     |                 \DAVID SISSON b: 04 APR 1774

     |                         \JONATHAN SISSON II b: 04 JAN 1724/25

     |                                    \JONATHAN SISSON b: 1689

     |                                         \JAMES SISSON b: 20 NOV 1656

     |                                              \RICHARD SISSON b: ABT 1608 d: 26 FEB 1683/84

ANNIE ELMA SISSON b: 06 SEP 1861                    /MARY b: 20 ___ 1612

     |                                         /GEORGE SISSON b: 1644 d: 07 SEP 1718

     |                                    /JOHN SISSON b: 26 JUN 1688 d: 1784

     |                         /ABIGAIL SISSON b: 29 JUL 1731 d: AFT 1790

Our first Sisson line is through: JAMES SISSON born: 20 NOV 1656 in Dartmouth. Occupation: Yeoman, married LYDIA HATHAWAY born: 1662/63 in Dartmouth.
He inherited the homestead in Dartmouth. He kept a tavern in the old homestead; it was used as a tavern for almost two centuries. He was admitted a freeman in Westport, Plymouth Colony (later MA Bay Colony) in 1684. On May 24, 1686 he was among 42 of the Townsmen of Dartmouth who took the oath of fidelity or freemen's oath and on the same day at the town meeting , John Cook chose James Sisson and four others as Grand jury men.
He was the constable in 1686, surveyor of highways in 1685, and a selectman in 1689. He was (according to a biography of a descendant, Albert Elverton Sisson "a collector of taxes for the MA town in which he lived [Westport], and suffered imprisonment because he would not collect the Church of England tax." He died After 15 JUN 1734 in and before 02 Dec 1734, in Dartmouth.

JONATHAN SISSON born: 1689 in Dartmouth, JONATHAN SISSON II born: Jan. 4, 1724/25 in Dartmouth married HANNAH HOWLAND born: Feb.27, 1728/29 in Dartmouth, DAVID SISSON born: April 4, 1774 in Westport, was a tanner. He married NANCY HOWLAND born: July 12, 1771 in Westport. They had eight children including Isaac. She died July 11, 1818, one day before her 48th birthday and one week after the birth of her eighth child. He married again on June 13, 1819 probably in Westport to Nancy's youngest sister, Penelope HOWLAND age 33, born: March 26, 1786 in Westport, and had seven more children. His homestead was on Pine Hill Rd, Westport.

ISAAC SISSON Isaac was born Oct. 8, 1807 on the old homestead on Pine Hill Road in Westport. He was a carpenter ¹ in Dartmouth. He married Oct.22, 1829 in Westport to MIRIAM GIFFORD born: about Feb. 1808 probably in Westport. The 1856 H.F. Walling map of Dartmouth shows ISAAC SISSON residence at beginning of the lane on Russells Mills Rd., more recently the home of the Sheehan and Sylvia families (1190 Russells Mills Rd.) Both he and his wife are buried at Apponegansett Meetinghouse Burial Ground, in Russells Mills. MSW has a picture of him…taken when his hair was white and he has a short shaggy beard. He is the grandfather of Annie Elma Sisson my great grandmother. The picture was taken by "Wolfenstein" New Bedford, MA and Betty says Dartmouth on the back. Maybe that is where he lived when it was taken. He died Nov. 23, 1885 in Dartmouth, Immediate cause of death: Strangulated Hernia. The fourth of their nine children was :

CHRISTOPHER GIFFORD SISSON born: July 12, 1835 in Dartmouth, Married LYDIA ALMY CORNELL born: Dec. 16, 1836 in Dartmouth, on May 18, 1858 in Dartmouth and resided in New Bedford, MA after about 1880. MSW has a picture of him where he appears to be about 30 years old. He was a "carpenter" per Annie's birth certificate of which MSW has a copy. He died of Enteritis May 12, 1886 in New Bedford and buried in Rural Cemetery, 149 Dartmouth St. New Bedford (508) 991-6191. Lot 3, Section D. He is the first person buried in this lot that was purchased by his wife. Their only child was ANNIE ELMA SISSON

Our second Sisson line is through GEORGE SISSON born: 1644 in Dartmouth was a prosperous Farmer. On 01 AUG 1667 in Portsmouth, He married SARAH LAWTON b: APR 1645 in Portsmouth. On June 5, 1671 was appointed to the Grand jury. At same date he and others were appointed to view the damage done to the Indians by horses and hogs. April 7, 1677: He sold Peleg Tripp 32 acres in Portsmouth with houses, orchards, fencing, & c., for 3/8 of a share in Dartmouth. May 19, 1683: He sold Isaac Lawton, £100, a quarter share in some Dartmouth property. Aug. 16, 1684: He was on jury whose verdict was that an Indian "murdered himself." 1687: Constable 1688: Grand Jury 1690-1702/5/7, Deputy 1703: Justice of the Peace. He died 07 SEP 1718 in Portsmouth, age 74. The tenth of their eleven children was John.

His son JOHN SISSON born June 26, 1688 in Portsmouth, inherited land and a house at Tiverton, R. I. and was a selectman & tax assessor.His first wife Jane PEABODY died May 1, 1714 in Middletown, R.I. soon after the birth of their third child. He remarried About 1721 in Tiverton, to REBECCA LAWTON born: about 1699 . He was one of the tax assessors who refused to collect the tax imposed by the General Court. In 1722 he was imprisoned in Bristol for protesting taxes. He died 1784 in Dartmouth. The sixth of their seven children was:

HOWLAND FAMILY

The Howland coat-of-arms, granted 1584, has two black bars below three black rampant lions on a silvershield. The Coat of Arms used by the New England Howland family is the same as the one granted in 1584 by Queen Elizabeth I (daughter of Anne Bolen, Henry the VIII 's second wife and Mary's sister) to the Rt. Rev. Richard Howland, who later became Bishop of Petersborough and who performed the burial rites for Mary Queen of Scots. The Howlands used this Coat of Arms as early as 1737 when it appeared on the gravestone of Yetmercy Howland in Bristol, R. I. The use of this Coat of Arms seems to point to the family of this Bishop Howland as the progenitor of Henry and his sons, John, the Mayflower Pilgrim and Arthur and Henry II who came over on the "Anne". Bishop Howland was the eldest son of John Howland, a salter in London, who was born in Newport Pond, co. Essex.

Annie Elma Sisson’s connections to The Howlands of Dartmouth are interesting. She is descended three times from Henry Howland II through her grandfather: ISAAC SISSON:

JOHN COOK\
SARAH COOKE\
SARAH WARREN/	LYDIA HATHAWAY, JONATHON SISSON, JONATHAN SISSON II, DAVID SISSON, ISAAC SISSON, \ CHRISTOPHER SISSON, GIFFORD SISSON\
ARTHUR HATHAWAYII/	ANNIE ELMA SISSON