Summary of NEHEMIAH's from CT&NY
Thomas 1 SHERWOOD of Fairfield had four(4) sons-
Thomas 2-His son Benjamin of Greenfield,CT had four(4) sons named NEHEMIAH,ALL of whom ALL Definately died young.
Matthew 2-of Fairfield-Had NO descendants named NEHEMIAH.
Isaac 2-of Rye,NY and later Westport,CT.He had Thomas 3 who had NEHEMIAH 4(1729-1823) who was of Ridgefield,CT 1790.He had a son,NEHEMIAH(1761-1852) who was a Rev. War pensioner at Bath,NY in 1832.This line is well documented.
Stephen 2-of Rye,NY-Had Nathaniel 3 of Rye who m. Abigail and died in 1732 leaving issue:
Nathaniel 4 who m. possibly Mary,was of Greenwich by 1766 and died there in 1775.He had:Oliver(b1747);NEHEMIAH 5(b.1755-1819) and probably Abraham and Gilbert.This NEHEMIAH 5(1755-1819) was first of Greenwich,CT,almost certainly the one in North Castle in 1790 and definately in Bedford,NY in 1800-10.NEHEMIAH 5 and wife MARY(Shelly?)[1756-1852] had 13 children,including REVEREND NEHEMIAH 6(1796-1849),who was the younger NEHEMIAH at Greenwich in 1820,probably the one at Yorktown in 1830 and later lived in Stamford,CT.
NEHEMIAH 4(Nathaniel 3)-was b. perhaps ca 1713. Only one NEHEMIAH reached adulthood in pre-Rev Rye and it must have been this one.
Jabez 4(Nathaniel 3)-left no descendants named NEHEMIAH.
Stephen 4(Nathaniel 3)-had Stephen 5- Either he or Stephen 4 was the father of NEHEMIAH of Greenburg in 1790-1800. This NEHEMIAH m. Mary (Polly)Underhill and had Tamar,John(b.1796) and others not named.This NEHEMIAH was b. ca 1765.Then there is MY NEHEMIAH 5,a son of NEHEMIAH 4 SHERWOOD and Elizabeth LYON, who is documented in my article"Proving a New SHERWOOD Line" in the NYG&B RECORD of Apr. 1985.
who was b. 6 Apr. 1764 and d. 28 July 1844. He m. Phebe Purdy(1763-1855), a dau . of John Purdy of Rye.
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