2. THOMAS² SHERMAN (John¹), son of (1) John¹ and (XP-2) Mary (LANCE) SHERMAN, was born in 1422 in Yaxley^[26], and died between 1 Feb. 1493 and 4 April 1493. He married in Diss, about 1458, (RM-2) AGNES FULLER of Yaxley, daughter of (RM-1) Thomas and Margery (_____) FULLER, who was born about 1437. ^{[26, 15]}
Children:

+	4	i.	JOHN3 SHERMAN, b. about 1460 in Diss; bur. in 1504 in Yaxley; m. about 1489 in Yaxley (RL-2) AGNES FULLER of Yaxley, b. about 1470, d. in 1528, daughter of (RL-1) Thomas FULLER.
	5	ii.	THOMAS SHERMAN, b. about 1459 in Diss; d. on 12 Dec. 1504 in Diss.
	6	iii.	AGNES SHERMAN, b. about 1462 in Diss; m. JOHN CLERK, b. about 1462.

4. JOHN³ SHERMAN (Thomas², John¹), son of (2) Thomas² and (RM-2) Agnes (FULLER) SHERMAN, was born about 1460 in Diss, and was buried in 1504 in Yaxley^[14]. He married in Yaxley, about 1489, (RL-2) AGNES FULLER of Yaxley, daughter of (RL-1) Thomas FULLER, who was born about 1470, and died in 1528. ^{[26, 17, 14, 13]}
Children:

+	7	i.	THOMAS4 SHERMAN, OF YAXLEY, d. between 20 Jan. 1551 and 16 Nov. 1551 in Yaxley; m. in 1512 in Suffolk (ASG-4) JANE WALLER Of Wartham, Suffolk, b. about 1495, d. in Yaxley in 1573, daughter of (ASG-3) John and Margaret (THOROLDE) WALLER.
	8	ii.	MARGERY SHERMAN of Yaxley, b. about 1492; d. after 1558; m. ROBERT LOCKWOOD of Eye, Essex, England, b. about 1492[2].
	9	iii.	JOHN SHERMAN, b. about 1494 in Yaxley.

7. THOMAS⁴ SHERMAN, OF YAXLEY (John³, Thomas², John¹), son of (4) John³ and (RL-2) Agnes (FULLER) SHERMAN, was born between 1498 and 1528, and died about 1551 in Yaxley^[11]. He married in Suffolk, in 1512, (ASG-4) JANE WALLER Of Wartham, daughter of (ASG-3) John and Margaret (THOROLDE) WALLER, who was born about 1495, died in 1573 in Yaxley, and was buried in 1572 in Norfolk. ^{[17, 25, 11]}
Occupation: attorney at law
Source: Parish records of Yaxley, England
Children:

	10	i.	THOMAS5 SHERMAN, b. in June 1514 in Yaxley; d. on 12 Sept. 1585 in Yaxley; m. (1) about 1549 in Yaxley ELIZABETH YAXLEY, b. in Kenton, Suffolk about 1518; m. (2) in 1579 in Yaxley BARBARA WHETCRAFT, b. in Yaxley about 1560, d. in Yaxley on 18 Jan. 1621.
	11	ii.	RICHARD SHERMAN, b. in 1520 in Yaxley; d. in 1587 in Yaxley; m. (1) MARGARET LANE, b. about 1520; m. (2) MARGARET _____, b. about 1520.
	12	iii.	JOHN SHERMAN, b. about 1522 in Yaxley; d. on 10 Sept. 1587 in Yaxley; m. (1) on 8 July 1573 MARGARET WHITING, b. about 1522; m. (2) about 1552 in London, England ELIZABETH _____, b. in Bramford, Suffolk about 1532.
+	13	iv.	HENRY SHERMAN THE ELDER OF COLCHESTER, b. in 1524 in Yaxley; d. on 30 Jan. 1589 in Dedham, Essex; m. (1) in 1544 in Dedham (IQ-6) AGNES BUTLER, b. in Dedham in 1529[17], d. in Dedham on 14 Oct. 1580, daughter of (IQ-1) Thomas and Joane (_____) BUTLER; m. (2) on 5 June 1581 MARGERY _____ of Colchester, Essex, b. about 1530.
	14	v.	ROBERT SHERMAN, b. about 1525 in Yaxley.
	15	vi.	WILLIAM SHERMAN, b. about 1528 in Yaxley; d. on 1 June 1583 in Ipswich, Essex; m. about 1558 in Essex FAITH LANEY, b. in Southwork, London about 1537.
	16	vii.	ANTHONY SHERMAN, b. about 1530 in Yaxley; d. on 7 Sept. 1582 in Yaxley; m. MARY GUYDAT, b. about 1530.
	17	viii.	JAMES SHERMAN, b. about 1532 in Yaxley; d. in 1577 in Yaxley; m. on 12 Nov. 1567 in Thurston, Suffolk MARGERY GAYMORE, b. in Yaxby, Suffolk about 1546.
	18	ix.	FRANCIS SHERMAN, b. about 1533 in Yaxley; d. on 3 Oct. 1698 in Yaxley; m. about 1561 in Slatterly, England SIBBELL GREY, b. in Satterly, Suffolk about 1540.
	19	x.	BARTHOLOMEW SHERMAN, b. in 1535 in Yaxley; m. MISS _____, b. about 1537.

13. HENRY⁵ SHERMAN THE ELDER OF COLCHESTER (Thomas⁴, John³, Thomas², John¹), son of (7) Thomas⁴, of Yaxley and (ASG-4) Jane (WALLER), was born in 1524 in Yaxley, and died on 30 Jan. 1589 in Dedham. He married (1st) in Dedham, in 1544, (IQ-6) AGNES BUTLER, daughter of (IQ-1) Thomas and Joane (_____) BUTLER, who was born in 1529 in Dedham^[17], died on 14 Oct. 1580 in Dedham, and was buried on 14 Oct. 1580 in Dedham^[17]. He married (2nd) on 5 June 1581, MARGERY _____ of Colchester, who was born about 1530. ^{[5, 26, 17, 21, 25]}
Occupation: attorney at law
Source: Parish records of Yaxley, England
B) abt 1543 Dedham
D) Aug 1610 Dedham
Children of: Henry⁵ SHERMAN the elder of Colchester and Agnes BUTLER:

	20	i.	ALICE6 SHERMAN, b. about 1540 in Dedham; bur. on 20 Oct. 1580 in Dedham.
+	21	ii.	HENRY SHERMAN, OF DEDHAM, b. in 1545 in Dedham; bur. on 28 Aug. 1610 in Dedham; m. on 14 June 1568 in Moze, Essex (YI-4) SUSAN LAWRENCE, b. in Wisset, Suffolk about 1550, d. in Dedham, Lexden, Essex on 13 Aug. 1610, daughter of (YI-1) _____ LAWRENCE.
+	22	iii.	EDMUND SHERMAN, OF DEDHAM, b. in 1548 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 22 Dec. 1600; m. (1) on 25 April 1569 in Dedham, Essex ANNE PELLATTE; m. (2) on 11 Sept. 1584 ANNE CLERE, d. in 1609[4].
	23	iv.	THOMAS SHERMAN, b. about 1549 in England.
	24	v.	JUDITH SHERMAN, b. about 1550 in Dedham, Essex; bur. on 9 April 1601 in Dedham, Essex.
	25	vi.	JOHN SHERMAN, b. about 1555 in Dedham, Essex; bur. on 16 Oct. 1576 in Parish Church, Dedham, Essex.
	26	vii.	THOMAS SHERMAN, b. in 1557 in Dedham, Essex; d. in 1587.
	27	viii.	ROBERT SHERMAN, b. on 6 Feb. 1561 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 10 Jan. 1602 in Dedham, Essex.
	28	ix.	RICHARD SHERMAN, b. on 4 Sept. 1577 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 20 May 1660 in Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, United States.

21. HENRY⁶ SHERMAN, OF DEDHAM (Henry⁵, Thomas⁴, John³, Thomas², John¹), son of (13) Henry⁵ the elder of Colchester and (IQ-6) Agnes (BUTLER), was born in 1545 in Dedham, Essex, and was buried on 28 Aug. 1610 in Dedham, Essex^[16]. He married in Moze, on 14 June 1568, (YI-4) SUSAN LAWRENCE^[12], daughter of (YI-1) _____ LAWRENCE, who was born about 1550 in Wisset, died on 13 Aug. 1610 in Dedham, Lexden, and was buried on 13 Sept. 1610 in Dedham, Essex^[16]. ^{[7, 12, 16]}
Children:

	29	i.	HENRY7 SHERMAN, b. in 1571 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 7 Feb. 1643 in Dedham, Essex; m. about 1602 in Dedham, Essex MARY _____, b. in Dedham, Essex about 1573.
	30	ii.	DANIEL SHERMAN, b. between 1568 and 1588 in Dedham, Essex; d. in 1634 in Dedham, Essex; m. (1) on 23 April 1622 in Dedham, Essex SARAH MITCHELL, b. in Dedham, Essex about 1582; m. (2) on 18 Aug. 1601 in Dedham, Essex CHRISTIAN CHAPMAN, b. in Dedham, Essex about 1568.
	31	iii.	NATHANIEL SHERMAN, b. about 1580 in Dedham, Essex; d. in 1580 in Dedham, Essex.
	32	iv.	NATHANIEL SHERMAN, b. in 1582 in Dedham, Essex; d. in 1615 in Dedham, Essex; m. about 1607 in England PRISCILLA ANGER, b. in England about 1585.
	33	v.	JOHN SHERMAN, b. on 17 Aug. 1585 in Dedham, Essex; d. in 1615/6; m. in 1610 in Essex GRACE MAKIN, b. in Fingeringhoe, Essex about 1592, d. in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts on 3 June 1662.
	34	vi.	EZEKIEL SHERMAN, b. on 25 July 1580 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 21 Jan. 1654 in Dedham, Essex; m. (1) RACHEL ALEFOUNDER, b. about 1589; m. (2) ANNA STEPHENS, b. about 1580.
	35	vii.	SAMUEL SHERMAN.
	36	viii.	EDMUND SHERMAN, OF COLCHESTER, b. in 1577; m. on 15 May 1611 .
	37	ix.	ANNE SHERMAN, b. on 9 Oct. 1575 in Dedham, Essex; d. in 1638 in Dedham, Essex; m. (1) on 8 Jan. 1594/5 in Dedham, Essex ANTHONY WHITING, b. about 1568, d. in Dedham, Essex in 1629; m. (2) THOMAS WILSON, b. about 1568.
	38	x.	PHEBE SHERMAN, bp. on 1 May 1570 in Dedham, Essex; d. after 1610; m. in 1591 SIMON FENN, b. about 1570.
	39	xi.	MARY SHERMAN, b. on 27 July 1592 in Dedham, Essex.
	40	xii.	ELIZABETH SHERMAN, b. about 1587 in Dedham, Essex.
	41	xiii.	CHILD SHERMAN, b. on 4 Feb. 1579 in Dedham, Essex.

22. EDMUND⁶ SHERMAN, OF DEDHAM (Henry⁵, Thomas⁴, John³, Thomas², John¹), son of (13) Henry⁵ the elder of Colchester and (IQ-6) Agnes (BUTLER), was born in 1548 in Dedham, Essex, died on 22 Dec. 1600 and was buried on 22 Dec. 1600. He married (1st) in Dedham, Essex, on 25 April 1569, ANNE PELLATTE^[16], who was buried on 8 June 1584^[5]. He married (2nd) on 11 Sept. 1584, ANNE CLERE, who died in 1609^[4]. ^{[5, 26, 17, 23]}
Children of: Edmund⁶ SHERMAN, of Dedham and Anne PELLATTE:

+	42	i.	EDMUND7 SHERMAN, b. on 23 June 1595 in Dedham, Essex; d. in 1641 in New Haven, New Haven Co., Connecticut, United States; m. in 1598 in England (AAZ-2) JOAN MAKIN of Fingringhoe, Essex, b. about 1575, d. in Dedham, Essex in 1611, daughter of (AAZ-1) Tobias and Katherine (_____) MAKIN.
	43	ii.	RICHARD SHERMAN, b. on 3 March 1577 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 30 May 1660 in Boston; m. about 1612 in Dedham, Essex MRS ELIZABETH SHERMAN, b. in Dedham, Essex about 1580, d. in Boston, Suffolk on 26 Oct. 1667.
	44	iii.	a child SHERMAN, b. on 4 Feb. 1579 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 4 Feb. 1579 in Dedham, Essex.
	45	iv.	BEZALEEL SHERMAN, b. about 1582 in Dedham, Essex; bur. on 9 Oct. 1618 in Essex; m. about 1614 in Ipswich, Suffolk PRISCILLA BURGES, b. in Ipswich, Suffolk about 1586.
	46	v.	ANN SHERMAN, b. on 7 March 1581 in Essex; d. in 1625 in England; m. JOHN ANGER, d. in 1623[4].

42. EDMUND⁷ SHERMAN (Edmund⁶, Henry⁵, Thomas⁴, John³, Thomas², John¹), son of (22) Edmund⁶, of Dedham and Anne (PELLATTE), was born on 23 June 1595 in Dedham, Essex^[25], and died in 1641 in New Haven^{[9, 1]}. He married in England, in 1598, (AAZ-2) JOAN MAKIN of Fingringhoe, daughter of (AAZ-1) Tobias and Katherine (_____) MAKIN, who was born about 1575, and died in 1611 in Dedham, Essex. ^{[8, 19, 21, 25, 1, 9]}
"Topograph. Dict...":
Came from Dedham, Essex, England to Watertown
Some sources (e.g., the Ancestral File) incorrectly list Edmund's wife as Judith Angier or Angiers or Anger. However, as shown in "Ancestry of Rev. John Sherman and Capt. John Sherman", the Edmund who married her was his cousin Edmund of Colchester and there is no evidence that he came to New England.^[10]
Children:

	47	i.	EDMUND8 SHERMAN, bp. in 1599 in Dedham, Essex.
	48	ii.	ANN SHERMAN, bp. on 15 Sept. 1601 in Dedham, Essex.
	49	iii.	JOAN SHERMAN, bp. on 13 Dec. 1603 in Dedham, Essex.
+	50	iv.	HESTER SHERMAN, bp. on 1 April 1606 in Dedham, Essex; d. in 1665 in Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; m. (ASI-1) ANDREW WARD, b. in England about 1597[19], d. in Fairfield in 1659[19], son of (ASJ-2) Andrew WARD.
	51	v.	RICHARD SHERMAN, bp. on 16 Oct. 1608 in Dedham, Essex; bur. on 27 Oct. 1647 in Dedham, Essex; m. LIVING.
	52	vi.	BEZALEEL SHERMAN, bp. on 17 Sept. 1611 in Dedham, Essex.
	53	vii.	REV. JOHN SHERMAN, b. on 26 Dec. 1613 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 8 Aug. 1685 in Watertown; m. (1) MARY GIBBS, d. in Milford, New Haven Co. on 8 Sept. 1644[1]; m. (2) (YG-2) MARY LAUNCE, b. before 1625, d. in Watertown on 9 Nov. 1710, daughter of (YG-1) John and (NS-11) Isabella (DARCY) LAUNCE.
	54	viii.	SAMUEL SHERMAN, bp. on 12 July 1618 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 5 April 1700 in Stratfield, Fairfield Co.; m. about 1640 SARAH MITCHELL, chr. on 14 Oct. 1621.
	55	ix.	GRACE SHERMAN, b. about 1610 in Dedham, Essex; d. on 14 Jan. 1690 in Chelmsford, Middlesex Co.
	56	x.	GIRL SHERMAN, b. about 1620 in Dedham, Essex.

50. HESTER⁸ SHERMAN (Edmund⁷, Edmund⁶, Henry⁵, Thomas⁴, John³, Thomas², John¹), daughter of (42) Edmund⁷ and (AAZ-2) Joan (MAKIN) SHERMAN, was christened on 1 April 1606 in Dedham, Essex^[1], and died between 27 Dec. 1665 and 31 Dec. 1665 in Fairfield^[1]. She married in England, (ASI-1) ANDREW WARD^[2], son of (ASJ-2) Andrew WARD, who was born about 1597 in England^[19], and died in 1659 in Fairfield^[19]. ^{[6, 18, 20, 24, 1, 3, 19, 22]}
Children: See (ASI-1) Andrew WARD