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 Sarah Odding ShermanBorn 5 Feb 1609 Madron, Cornwall, England, died Mar 1681 Kings Towne, King's Province, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, age 72 years References to Phillip Shearman and his wife Sarah Odding (Oddyn) being Quakers: • "After Phillip Shearman went to Rhode Island he left the Congregational Church and united with the Society of Friends." (Representive of Men and Old Families of Rhode Island, Volume 1, publisher Jeff Beers & Co, Chicago c1908, page 210). • "In the meantime, Phillip Shearman, became a member of another religious order, the Society of Friends (Quakers)." (Going to Palmyra: Sherman Deeds, by Margaret Sherman Lutzvick, 1997, page 38). • "Philip and Sarah Sherman joined the Society of Friends as did their children and their children's children for two hundred years." (A New England Heritage, by Frederick Barreda Sherman, c1969, page 64). • "After he removed to Rhode-Island he left the Congregational Church and united with the Society of Friends." (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol 24 Jan 1870 page 66: Article titled The Sherman Family, By Rev David Sherman). Married/ Related to:  Philip Sherman, son of N.N. and Philippa Ward Sherman.Born 5 Feb 1610 Dedham, Essex, England, died 22 Mar 1686 Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, age 76 years From "Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth" it is learned what positions Philip Sherman held including being the first Secretary of the Colony of Rhode Island, or Recorder of the Colony 1648, and a representative in 1656. He was also a member of Court of Commoners and Council and King Philip's War. In addition he was: 1644-1657 Town Clerk 1650 & 1651 - Town Recorder 1651-1684 - Tax Assessor 1656 - Town Magistrate 1656 - 1673 Member of Town Council 1656 - 1657 Deputy to General Court Assembly of the Colony 1660 - General Courts of Trials Child: 1. Eber ShermanBorn 5 Feb 1635 Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, died 13 Nov 1706 Kings Towne, Providence, Rhode Island, British Colonial America, age 71 years | |||