Charles Henry SHERMAN & Lydia CROFUT

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Charles Henry SHERMAN
Lydia CROFUT

Husband: Charles Henry⁹ SHERMAN
Birth: 26 Aug 1808, Stratford [now Bridgeport], Fairfield Co., CT
Death: 17 Mar 1880, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT
Father: Nathan⁸ SHERMAN — Capt. Nathan⁷, Nathaniel⁶, Benjamin⁵, Samuel⁴, Edmond³, Henry², Henry¹
Mother: Phebe Selene BROOKS

Marriage: 12 Mar 1835

Wife: Lydia CROFUT
Birth: 21 Aug 1798, Danbury, Fairfield Co., CT
Death: 25 Jan 1877, Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT
Father: Matthew CROFUT
Mother: Hannah CORBIN

Children — born in Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT:

1. Mary S. SHERMAN, b. 22 Mar 1836; d. 26 Feb 1863
2. (Rev.) Henry Martin SHERMAN, b. 26 Jun 1838; m1. 30 Apr 1868, Bridgeport, Louisa Benson BAKER; m2. 2 Dec 1899, Bridgeport, Mary Eliza PERRY

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Sources (n.b., Bridgeport was created in 1821 from Stratford and Fairfield):

1. Marriage Record:

2. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #248-249 of 374; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 CT Fairfield Co. City of Bridgeport Roll 22 pp. 328B-329A/656-657 Ln. 23 Charles H Sherman 100 001 - 101 001 100 0001000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Henry (b. 1838)

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Charles (b. 1808)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Mary (b. 1836)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = ?

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = ?

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Lydia (b. 1798)

1 person employed in manufactures and trades

3. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): can't find.

4. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #306 of 333): Bridgeport P.O., Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT, Roll M653_75, p. 470, PN 306, 2102/2377, enumerated 2 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Chas H Sherman 53 M Cabinet Maker 500 Conn

Lydia C   " 60 F "

Mary S    " 24 F "

Henry M   " 22 M Wood Turner 200 "

5. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #98 of 498): Bridgeport P.O., Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT, Roll M593_96, p. 78B, PN 98, enumerated 22 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

615 790 Sherman Charles H 63 M W Mechanic $4000 $500 Conn

_______ Liddie 67 F W Domestic Duties Conn

791 Weed Louisa 33 F W Seamstress Conn

6. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, as expected.

7. Descendants of Hon. Samuel Sherman (online at the SHERMANs of Yaxley web site [link died]).

8. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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