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X. Mercy Whitney, b. in Norwalk, Conn., 4 Ap. 1771; died in Norwalk, 1 Ap. 1855, unmarried, and was buried in St. Paul's Churchyard, Norwalk.
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Chil. of Daniel and Jerusha (Whitney) Sherwood.
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I. Daniel Sherwood, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 21 Jan 1736-7. He lived in Ridgebury Society, and joined his brother Ebenezer in buying land, 31 Marcy 1769, and again 22 Feb. 1773, which last was the homestead of Jacob and Henry Elias, near the church in Ridgebury. He was there, 23 May 1775. He was loyal in the Revolutionary War, and his estate was confiscated. Being the eldest son, he probably received two portions of his father's estate, which was divided into elevenths, though there were only ten children.
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II. Ebenezer Sherwood, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 15 Hab 1738-39; married Sarah -----, who died in Ridgebury, 21 Sept. 1818, aged 78 years. He died in Ridgebury Society, 17 Nov. 1818, in his 80th year.
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III. Henry Sherwood, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 18 Nov. 1741. He was living in the State of New York, 25 Feb. 1785, at which date his part, one eleventh, of his father's homestead was taken on execution and set off to the creditor, William Forrester, who was put in possession "by turf and twigg." He was of Catskill, N. Y., 29 March 1787, and was of Coxsackie, "in ye County of Albany," N. Y., 15 Ap. 1791, when he and Lois Sherwood sold to John Lee, of Ridgefield, five and a half acres of land, "being part of Wiliam Lee's Home Lott, late of Ridgefield, Decd." We infer that his wife was Lois Lee.
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IV. Elizabeth Sherwood, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 5 Nat 1744.
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V. Ruth Sherwood, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 11 June 1746. She seems to have been afflicted with mental incapacity, as Daniel Coley, "conservator of Ruth Sherwood of Ridgefield," sold her land, 24 June 1789. Perhaps she was the Ruth Sherwood of whose death, in Ridgefield, we find a record, under date of 7 Aug. 1792.
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VI. Mary Sherwood, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 8 Nov. 1747. She sold her part of her father's estate to her brother Daniel, 10 Ap. 1770.
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VII. John Sherwood, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., 4 Dec. 1749; married, 17 Ap. 1776, at Ridgebury, in Ridgefield, by Rev. Samuel Camp, pastor of the Congregational Church in Ridgebury, to Ann Rockwell, of Ridgebury. His part, one eleventh, of his father's homestead was taken on
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