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