William SHERWOOD & Lydia Ann KELLOGG

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William SHERWOOD
Lydia Ann KELLOGG

Husband: William SHERWOOD
Birth: 27 Feb 1786, Greenfield, Fairfield Co., CT
Death: 22 Oct 1871, City & County of San Francisco, CA
Occupation: merchant
Father: Jehiel SHERWOOD
Mother: Sarah SQUIRE

Marriage: 16 Aug 1816, Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA

Wife: Lydia Ann KELLOGG
Birth: 10 Oct 1793, Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Lieut. Ezra KELLOGG
Mother: Mary WHITING

Children with Lydia KELLOGG — born in New York City, NY:

1. Mary Frances SHERWOOD, b. 8 Mar 1818
? Harriet SHERWOOD, b. 1820/1
2. William Kellogg SHERWOOD, b. 1822
3. Eliza R. SHERWOOD, b. ca. 1825
4. Sarah SHERWOOD, b. 1826
5. Ezra Kellogg SHERWOOD, b. 1830; d. CA
6. Lydia SHERWOOD, b. 1832/3

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York

Sources:

1. Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633-1850 (Broderbund CD-231):

Sherwood, William Kellogg, Lydia Ann Aug 21, 1816 Great Barrinton Berkshire Co.

2a. 1820 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #106 of 166; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 NY New York New York (Ward 10) Roll M33_78 p. 172A/1059 Ln. 9 Wm Sherwood 100010-10011-0-010

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = Son A

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = William (b. 1786)

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Mary Frances (b. 1818)

1 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Lydia (b. 1793)

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = mother? mother-in-law?

1 person engaged in commerce

Our subjects could be this household or the household in the next source, but this one appears more correct.

2b. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #85 of 107; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1820 NY New York Co. New York (Ward 5) Roll M33_77 p. 208A/415 Ln. 13 W Sherwood 000010-10100-0-000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 26-44 1775-1794 = William (b. 1786)

1 female 9 or under 1810-1820 = Mary Frances (b. 1818)

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 =

0 female 26-44 1775-1794 = Lydia (b. 1793)

Either the enumerator erred or Lydia was fibbing about her age or these are not our subjects.

. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1830 (Broderbund CD-315):

1830 Sherwood, William NY New York Co. Nyc 5th Ward p. 290

1830 Sherwood, William NY New York Co. Nyc 9th Ward p. 366

1830 Sherwood, William NY New York Co. Nyc 10th Ward p. 94

1830 Sherwood, William NY New York Co. Nyc 14th Ward p. 481

1830 Sherwood, W. NY New York Co. New York 13th Ward p. 380

1830 Sherwood, William NY Niagara Co. Somerset p. 343

3. 1830 Census Index and Digital Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #X of X; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 - - - - - - -

These data indicate:

. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1840 (Broderbund CD-316):

1840 Sherwood, William NY New York Co. New York Cty 10th p. 232

1840 Sherwood, William NY New York Co. New York Cty 13th p. 290

1840 Sherwood, William NY Niagara Co. Lockport Village p. 70

Checking the images at Ancestry.com… The one in Lockport is still there in 1850 (æ 43, b. England, wife Rhoda). The ones in Wards 13, 15, and 17 are in their 20s; the one in Ward 10 is in his 30s.

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #X of X; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1840 - - Co. - Twp. Roll - pp. - Ln. - - - - - -

These data indicate:

5a. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #162 of 545): New York City (Ward 15), New York Co., NY, p. 81A, 683/1112, enumerated 24 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

William Sherwood 60 M Merchant New York

Sarah 52 F "

Harriet 29 F "

L S Crittenden 20 M "

Moses Hopkins 26 M "

Martha Gilber 12 F "

Mary Keley 35 F Ireland

Ellen 23 F "

Bridget 20 F "

"L.S. CRITTENDEN" is Lydia (SHERWOOD) CRITTENDEN, our subject's recently married daughter, whose husband, Hiram CRITTENDEN, is living in a hotel in St. Louis, apparently away on business (by 1860, Hiram & Lydia are living together in St. Louis). Moses HOPKINS is the brother of Mark HOPKINS, future husband of William's daughter, Mary Frances (SHERWOOD) HOPKINS, but where is Mary Frances?

5b. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #101 of 232): Yuba Co., CA, p. 250A, 406/406, enumerated 3 Nov 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

S J Field 32 M Lawyer 54350 NY

W K Sherwood 26 M Merchant "

William traveled to California on the same ship with Mark HOPKINS in 1849.

6. 1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #81 of 99): Great Barrington P.O., Town of Great Barrington, Berkshire Co., MA, p. 426, PN 116, 932/952, enumerated 25 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Sarah Kellogge 58 F Lady 12000 10000 Mass

Mary 58 F "

Nancy 48 F "

Maria Varness 50 F B Domestic "

Thomas Burghardt 70 M B "

Lama? 13 F B "

Wm Sherwood 70 M Retired Merchant(?) 4000 Ct

Lydia A 60 F Wife Mass

The enumerator noted that Sarah and Mary are twins; they and Nancy are Lydia's sisters.

7. Timothy Hopkins. 1932. John Hopkins of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1634, and Some of His Descendants. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, CA.

8. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

9. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

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