TheThe SherwoodSherwood ForestForest The Newsletter of the Sherwood One-Name Study Group Official Web Site: www.sherwoodfam.plus.com Registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies in 1995 Organiser: Phil Sherwood, E-mail : [email protected]
Volume 4, Issue 5 December 2005 second and third marathons. For both of these In This Issue races I raised money for the British Heart Foundation, which I raised over £800, thank you if you sponsored me for either of these events. I 1 From the Editor’s Desk have just checked and I found that I was the first 1 Phil's Corner Sherwood out of 3 at London and 2nd Sherwood out of 3 at Dublin. 2 Our Gathering next September To add to this amount of exercise I have also 2 Our Website joined a Triathlon club (swim, cycle then run), which I have taken part in a few sprint Triathlons. 2 New Members 2 From the Mail Bag Mark Sherwood 3 Research
4 Murder in Hertford 1899 Phil’s Corner 4 Sign of the Times
4 Sherwoods in the News Without doubt, the biggest event in my FH 4 Family Bible rescued from Scrap Yard research for many years was finding our Sherwood family bible, nearly 200 years old, back in March. 5 Late-riser Sherwood wakes in time for call The extraordinary tale of its survival is told in my to National Service article on p.4. I hope it will encourage others to search for theirs, if it has been lost, by posting their 5 A Pioneer of South Africa tree on the Internet. If you don’t have a website, Herbert Sharwood then Rootsweb WorldConect is a good option. We 7 The Origins of the Purley Sherwoods of are grateful to Richard Sherwood for his article Berkshire below on his Berkshire Sherwoods. We have no new material for the next issue due about July, so 9 David H Sherwood of Marion County please send us an update on your research or 9 More Footballing Sherwoods newspaper cuttings, no matter how short. 9 An Obituary Our membership is holding steady at around 45, with 41 members receiving the free newsletter by 9 More on James Allen Sharwood e-mail. It is vital that you notify me if you change your e-mail address! Every new issue, I find at From the Editor’s Desk least one e-mail bounces- has anyone heard from Derek Sinclair in Sussex recently? We look forward
to seeing you at our third gathering next Since the last issue my Sherwood tree has grown September (see below). a bit, as I have become an uncle (and godfather) My wife and I send our best wishes to you all for a for the first time. That is all the Sherwood research very happy Christmas and peaceful New Year. I have done in the last few months!! Phil Sherwood
This year I also ran the London Marathon (4:04) and Dublin Marathon (3:55), these were my
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come to our gathering next year!) Our Gathering next September Our next International Sherwood Gathering (with the Trott Family Society) has been fixed for Sunday 3 September 2006. We had originally intended to hold it From the Mail Bag in the historic cathedral city of Salisbury, but lack of a Julie Kirk-Whitham [email protected] suitable affordable venue means it will now be at seeks the origins of Alfred REY Sherwood, born at Dorchester in Dorset in the Brownsword Hall of Prince Sittingbourne, Kent (1853 Dec qtr, Milton RD 2a.510) Charles’ model ‘village’ development at Poundbury He moved to Eccleshall Bierlow where he married in (see the Gatherings page on our website for a photo 1880 & in 1881 census he was a Grocer at Sneinton & details). This is an excellent opportunity to see this in Nottingham. unique architectural & community project. Registration forms will be sent out in January & I hope to arrange Phil has just been contacted by a distant cousin, lunch at the pub just a few yards from the hall. Nicola Sherwood who lives in Croydon, Surrey, E- I have already received 4 definite booking plus 8 mail: [email protected] Her gt-grandfather expressions of interest, including two from the USA & was Arthur Henry Sherwood son of William bn 1859 one from Australia. at Wye, Kent. In 1901 census the family were living at Dover where William was a railway engine driver.
Our member Peter Duffey
Mary A Sherwood E-mail: [email protected] PO Box whose father was Ken Sharwood. I have been trying 126, Pleasant Hill, MO64080, USA. She is tracing her to do an ancestral tree, but am unable to fill the space husband’s Sherwoods around Stockton-on-Tees, Co. between Ken and James Allen Sharwood, who I have Durham and also Saltburn-on-sea, Yorkshire where been told is a distant relative.” Phil was able to link they were Ironmongers or Cabinetmakers. She is him to the very large tree which includes J A stuck at Robert Sherwood bn ca1784 at Easingwold Sharwood the famous provision merchant whose line nr Bedale, Yorks. He had son Joseph & grandson came from Irchester, Northants. Robert Johnson Sherwood bn 1835 in Stockton. Phil Jane Ives in OZ E-mail: [email protected] has found the family in the 1851 census, but where writes: “I am searching for SHERWOODs who were was Joseph? (Mary & her husband are hoping to military people who moved around the UK and The Sherwood Forest Page 2 December 2005
eventually settled in Scotland around 1900. My grandfather was William Ellis Charles Sherwood born 1894 Woolwich England. He came out to Sydney Research Australia in 1924. His parents were James Ambrosa Brenda Sherwood writes: “In the Southampton Echo Sherwood and Susan McWilliams. They married in newspaper 24 Feb 2005 there was an article 'In the Glasgow in 1888. Their children were Mary born Dock' which 'looks back through Daily Echo Archives Aldershot 1892, William Ellis Charles born Woolwich to find a fascinating tale from the local courthouse'. In 1894, Theresa born Shorncliffe 1897, Hilda born brief, John Siggery, former Met Police Officer Shorncliffe 1899 and Beatrice May born 1903 Ayr. 2 Hampshire Assizes 1873 for stealing. He called his of the girls went to live in Canada and married men in sister in law Sarah Sherwood who testified without the military. I would be most interested to hear from much conviction. Siggery, a relative newcomer to the anyone who thinks they may have a connection as area was censured by the Judge for calling Mrs our family have lost the threads.” Phil has found that Sherwood to give tainted evidence. Also I have the father of James Ambrose S. was James Albert or Marriage Cert of Wm Sherwood & Prudence Elize Adams SHERWOOD (1844-1881 a Ship’s Carpenter Boyland 8th Aug 1867 m Wimborne Dorset if anyone who married Amelia Maria SMITH ca1865 (where?). in UK has Wm or his father Solomon in their family Any info on them would be much appreciated. line - if they contact me I will send it to them.” One of our long-term members, Miss Cynthia
Sherwood has got back in touch & is now on E-mail at Ancestry.co.uk have now indexed the whole of the [email protected] Her Sherwoods originated from 1851 census for England & Wales, and Phil is steadily around Sledmere in Yorkshire, some later settling in downloading the Sherwoods from it (expected to be Leeds, and then her father in the Navy later settled in about 3 thousand in all!). Are there any of our Portsmouth where she now lives at 300, Laburnum members who subscribe to the US & Canadian Grove, Portsmouth, Hants, PO2 0EX. Cynthia has indexes on Ancestry & would be willing to send sent all her extracts from Yorks parish registers & is extracts to Phil? related to Angela McLellan.
Christopher Rathbone in Japan E-mail [email protected] is A Secret Weapon - By Jack Novicki in Hawthorne, tracing SHEARWOOD in Sheffield, Yorks from 1750. New Jersey, USA He writes: My ggg Grandmother was Sarah How many times have you seen a 19th-century Shearwood (bap. 17 Jun 1801 Cathedral St.Peter, newspaper notice of a marriage Sheffield) daughter of John Shearwood and Ann or death starting with, "On the 14th inst. James Bell. She married Sidney Roberts and had two sons SMITH and Mary JONES were John Shearwood Roberts and Augustus Morton married by the . . ." But what is the day? Was it last Roberts. Chris has sent me several PCC wills relating month, this to this family who were gentry & lived in Eccleshall All month, or when? What was the day great-grandfather Saints. died? What day was Sandra McLaughlin sandra.mclaughlin@one-name. Mary born? My secret weapon will answer all of the org is tracing TURGOOSE & would like to find above. ancestry of Mary Ellen Sherwood who married Robert The abbreviation "inst." stands for "instant" or "in William Turgoose 16 Mar 1898 in Hook (reg in Goole). current month." I In the 1881 census these Sherwoods were at Mount used to count back on my fingers and toes, use Pleasant Census Place: Hook, York, RG11 Piece scratch paper and hope I 4703 Folio 4 Page 1: Robert SHERWOOD M 31 got it right. The secret weapon that makes the job a M Goole, York, England Rel: Head Occ: Coal cinch is the Superintendent "World Almanac" published by World Almanac Books. Ellen SHERWOOD M 37 F Beaumaris, Anglesey, It has a "Perpetual Wales Rel: Wife Calendar" spanning the years 1821 to 2080. It even Mary E. SHERWOOD 8 F Goole, York Rel: Daur has Julian and Occ: Scholar Gregorian Calendars running from 1583 to 1802. Its Sarah M. SHERWOOD 7 F Goole, York, Rel: Daur website is: Occ: Scholar (http://www.worldalmanac.com/) Owen E. SHERWOOD 4 M Goole, York, Rel: Son By using the "Perpetual Calendar" you can, almost Occ: Scholar instantly, locate the Robert H. SHERWOOD 1 M Goole, York, Rel: Son day, month and year in question. For example, if the Can anyone link to them? newspaper was The Sherwood Forest Page 3 December 2005
published on 20 December 1852 you could determine, using the perpetual calendar, that the publication day was a Monday and the 14th inst. Was Tuesday the 14th.
Fellows of The Royal College of Physicians listed on the RCP Munks Roll: Vol & Page on Roll Photograph of David
Sherwood. Sherard, James 1666 - 1728 II 127 Sherewood, Reuben ? - 1598 I 98
Research The November 1996 Family Tree Magazine had a front cover picture of Mary Young, daughter of Thomas Young and Jane nee Sherwood. Mary was Family Bible rescued from Scrap born Catton (between Thisk & Ripon) NRY Yorkshire Yard – by Phil Sherwood 4 Sep 1811, married her uncle Samuel in 1834 at St Rarely do we get one of those ‘tingle moments’ in FH Peter's Leeds and emigrated to Canada where she when by great luck we have a major discovery. Well died in 1905. this happened to me earlier this year when, out of the blue, I received an e-mail entitled “Great News of Biblical Proportions!” from a lady in Norwich. At first I Murder in Hertford 1899 thought it was a Spam or a Hoax! It seems the father The book 'Hertfordshire Murders' by Connell & of this lady had been searching for a spare part in a Stratton, publ. Sutton, describes the case of Police car scrap yard at Rainhill, Merseyside over 30 years Constable Robert SHERWOOD who, together with a ago, when he had come across an old bible in the colleague, was blamed for the murder by stabbing of boot of a car (trunk for our US readers!). Seeing that it a young woman in Hertford. (Can anyone identify this contained family records going back to 1820 for Robert? - Phil) places in Kent, he had kept it, hoping he might eventually find the family that it belonged to. Eventually his daughter got on the Internet, put the surnames and place names into Google, and found a Sign of the Times unique match with the Sherwood tree on my website! A sign saying "Jesus loves all the little children" has How about that for the power of the internet? This had to be removed from a prison crèche because the very kind lady has now sent it to me (she did not want Governor thought it provocative. David Sherwood, any money for it, unlike those advertised on E-bay!) Governor of Highpoint Prison, Suffolk, ordered the and I am overjoyed to have a 200-year-old family sign to be taken down, saying that it might offend the bible. prison's ethnic minorities. Mrs Logan of Chatteris, The bible records that it belonged to my 3x great- Cambs - a Christian who started the crèche four years grandmother Elizabeth Sherwood 1793-1878 who ago for the children of visitors - put up the sign after lived in the small village of Crundale near Wye, and waiting eleven months for approval for it from the that she gave it in 1876 to Celia Sherwood, the sister prison authorities. Two weeks later it was removed. of my great-grandfather John T Sherwood. Celia (DT May 3rd 1996) married a lay preacher, Henry Morgan who later settled in Sheffield – and so the bible came to leave the Sherwood family. How it ended up in a scrap yard Sherwoods in the News we shall probably never know! Henry was obviously 21/02/05 David Sherwood, 24 of Yorkshire, a red- very attached to his bible as he wrote the following headed lad, was selected to represent Great Britain in dire warning on the flyleaf: the Davis Cup Tennis against Israel & played in the Steal not this Book my honest friend doubles. for fear the gallows should be thy end, and when you die the Lord will say As at 05/12/2005 he is ranked 13th for British male ‘where is that book you stole away’. players and 321st in the ATP world ranking. (signed) H. Morgan
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Perhaps that warning had helped it to survive! 'I realised the only person who could help me was me,' Sherwood said last week, and a move back to Yorkshire, where he works out in the gym with his Late-riser Sherwood wakes in time father and is coached by Gary Henderson at the Hallamshire club in Sheffield, seems to have worked. for call to national service
Son of Olympic medallist has finally cast off his A Pioneer of South Africa – wayward image, says Jon Henderson (Sunday Herbert Sharwood 1850-1934 February 27, 2005 The Observer )
(note by Phil Sherwood: I found this fascinating John Sherwood, a medal winner at the 1968 account of Herbert Sharwood’s own life among the Olympics, and his tennis-playing son, David, know a notes of the late Harold Booty who was distantly thing or two about being cast into the shadows of related to Herbert. They were part of the large family oblivion. that originated from Irchester in Northants, chief At those Games in Mexico City 37 years ago, among whom was James Allen Sharwood founder of Sherwood senior suffered from an early outbreak of the well known grocery company of that name. Colemanballs when the BBC commentator David Herbert was the son of Thomas Sharwood, died 1856 Coleman, in a lather of excitement as David Hemery and Ellen nee KENNEDY) broke the world record while winning gold for Britain in the 400 metres hurdles, correctly called Hemery as the winner and the German Gerhard Hennige as runner-up. 'Who cares who comes third?' Coleman A Short sketch of my life by request - then roared. 'It doesn't matter!' Coleman had failed to HERBERT SHARWOOD of register it was a British vest in third place, the one MURRAYSBURG, Cape. worn by John Sherwood. Britain had won two medals. I was born in LONDON, England, under the shadow At least Sherwood senior's achievement gained due of 'St Pauls" on the 25th November 1850. I was the recognition in a matter of moments as Coleman 5th in a family of seven - six boys and a girl. I was rectified his oversight. David Sherwood's recognition between 4 and 5 when my parents died. I remember has taken rather longer, the Yorkshireman having to little of them. We were taken care of by our wait until the age of 24 - close to a tennis player's grandparents Kennedy - our mother's parents. They prime - before being picked for the first time to lived at SURBITON - Kingston- on- Thames. Our represent Britain in the Davis Cup, against Israel in a grandfather was a member of the London Stock Euro-African zone one match in Tel Aviv starting on Exchange. Our grandfather SHARWOOD, whose wife Friday. died years before lived at RAMSGATE, where I was Sherwood, whose mother, Sheila, won a long-jump put to school, with some of my elder brothers, when I silver medal in Mexico, is described by the Davis Cup was between 5 & 6 years old. Later most of us were captain, Jeremy Bates, as 'one of the best movers distributed all over the world. Two went to Australia, you'll ever see on a tennis court. I've seen plenty of one to British Columbia and I was sent to the Cape people make it with less skill than he's got.' and adopted by my uncle Albert Kennedy, my So why has his selection, almost certainly to play the mother's brother - a land surveyor, who lived in doubles on Saturday, taken so long? Two reasons: Swellendam and was married to a Miss Hopley, a with Tim Henman and Greg Rusedski automatic picks sister to the late Judge Hopley's father. I came under for nearly a decade, selection opportunities have the care of a Mrs King, wife of an attorney in Cape been limited, a situation that has changed with Town. The Kings were friends of my uncle. Henman's retirement from Davis Cup; and, secondly, We sailed from England in a sailing ship on the 5th Sherwood's reputation for burning the candle at top August, 1858, arriving in Table Bay towards the end and bottom put him at odds with the Lawn Tennis of October of that year. After a short stay in Cape Association. Town I was fetched by Mr Willie van der Byl, who was 'Something's obviously changed with him in the past also married to a Miss Hopley, and taken to 12 months, but I can't put my finger on what it is,' says Tygerberg to the farm "Grendell" which now belongs Bates, who admits he has no first-hand experience of to Sir David Graaff. Here I stayed for about 6 months waywardness on Sherwood's part, but: 'What I do when I was taken to my Aunt Sarah (Mrs Kennedy) in know is that Dave found it difficult to turn up to an ox wagon. We arrived at Swellendam about the practise before about one o'clock in the afternoon.' The Sherwood Forest Page 5 December 2005
end of April, 1859. There I was put to school etc. He and his family were often from home - sometimes About the terrible treatment at the hands of this for weeks on end and I was often left alone with the woman I draw a veil. If it were not for the intervals servants. This induced me to marry which I did on the when she joined her husband, who was often away 27th January, 1873. As Mr Burger's father-in-law, land surveying for long periods at a time, I would owner of the farm "Loskop" was selling his farm certainly have succumbed. I left school when I was 'Tygerkloof' and intended trekking with all his stock to 15. After short time I tried to strike out and earn my Loskop and as my parents-in-law wished me to stay living. I got a billet with a farmer (times were bad) with them after my marriage - I left Loskop working for my food; treatment was bad and I for"Allemansfontein". I bought the 70 ewes from returned home. In 1867/8 I was practically indentured Burger and with the increase plus about 40 sheep, to a farmer to learn farming. I already had a fair which belonged to my wife, started life with my knowledge of farm work for on my uncle's little estate, parents-in -law where I stayed for about 18 months. called Surbiton, we had horses, cattle, pigs, poultry Before I left Loskop I was offered a clerkship in this etc. and large gardens. Anyhow to Mr Fullard I went. I very business - more than once. I always refused as I had to work very hard, but I was well-treated pot luck was brought up on a farm and preferred the outdoor with his own sons. When the two years had expired (I life. When our first son was born I found it very hard to had been working only for my food) I had to get pay, make ends meet. Times were bad - wool and stock but times were bad and the man could not afford to prices low. I was again asked by Mr Sissison, owner pay me, so home again I went. Now I was getting to of this business, to manage a small shop on the road be a man. During 1869 I was at home. In 1870 between Murraysburg and Richmond on the farm a"togryer", whom I knew and whom my people also "Lapfontein". After a lot of persuasion I accepted the knew, was leaving for the onderveld. I asked him for a post at a salary of £150 per annum. I had the free use job in order that I may get away and try my luck of the house but I had to use my own cart and horses elsewhere. He had already engaged all his assistants. to drive about selling the goods and buying skins. I I took him to see my uncle and asked my uncle to had some difficulty in getting into this work, but I soon help me to get away as I was getting to be a man and picked it up and in this way I started my business at Swellendam there was absolutely no hope for me. career at the bottom of the ladder. I stuck to this for He agreed to pay Rothman, (the togryer) for my food two years from July 1874 to June 1876 when the while I was with him. Rothman promised that he lease of the place expired and the business closed would do his best to get me settled and if he was not down. I was then requested to take a clerkship in successful that he would bring me back. We left in Murraysburg, but somehow I did not like the idea and March and arrived at Loskop in the MURRAYSBURG I refused. I was then asked by old Mr Burger of district in April, 1870. I started there as an overseer Loskop (father-in-law to the one I stayed with on the lst May, 1870 without a penny. All my previously) to return as overseer offering me 150 possessions were in a small carpet bag and I had two ewes on the free increase, free house and my bread rolls of Swellendam tobacco. My pay was 70 ewes on free. This offer I accepted. I had saved a little money the "free increase", that meant that as long as I with which I bought sheep. We had a good season stayed I had the wool and the increase of those sheep and I had over 600 merino sheep. When the 1877 but on leaving I had to return 70 ewes of more or less drought struck us our losses were cruel. When the the same age, also free board and lodging and my drought broke in December - geilsiekte took off working clothes. Here I was absolutely treated well in hundreds of those left which naturally were the cream all things - a comfortable room, good food, share and of the flocks. Now in January 1878, as if Providence share alike. I worked hard and did my very best to had always willed that I should come here I was please. In January 1872 I got a month's leave and asked by Mr Sissison to come and manage this rode on horseback to Swellendam to visit my people. business for three months as he wished to take a Mr Burger of Loskop allowed me to keep one horse troop to the Gaika Galeka campaign. He offered me a with his, any others to run in the veld. Horses were salary of £200 per annum. I applied to Mr Burger for cheap in those days - £6 to £9 for a really first class leave - pointing to my heavy losses and chance to horse. On arrival in Swellendam I found that my uncle earn something. This was granted. I took charge here was dead and had been buried a few days before my in January, 1878. On 7th October of that year arrival. I started with £7.10/- in my pocket and spent Sissison assigned his estate and I was appointed by the last shilling of it at the last stage for forage for my the Port Elizabeth firm of Blaine & Co as liquidator. horses, arriving at Loskop up to time, without a penny I made a success of this and the firm restarted the and as happy as a King and as strong and fit as steel. business on 1st March 1879 as H. Sharwood & Co - Mr Burger (like all Burgers) was fond of driving about. starting me with a salary of £250 per annum and a
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free house. I put my best into the work. I had strong but then it would be a book. I send you this on competition but I got on slowly and built up quite a condition that you do not publish it during my lifetime. good connection. By degrees my salary was increased. I also received a bonus. Afterwards I was ANOTHER COPY 5TH AUGUST 1927 offered a third share in the business and later a half Sixty nine years ago I sailed from England in a sailing share. vessel. I was then 7 years 8 months and some days About 1894 I gave over the management to my eldest old. I can clearly remember the voyage of nearly three son TOM who was nearly 21 years old. My youngest months (We arrived in Table Bay late in October), 6 son Andrew helped him as his clerk. I bought the farm months stay with the Van der Byls at Tygerberg (Sir "Ringfontein" where my second son William and I David Graaffs place, now called "Grendell"), trip to farmed. We were all happy when trouble started. I Swellendam by oxwagon, where we arrived end of was taken ill and it took me three years to recover. I April, 1859. I often think back of the cruel life I led as was still very shaky when my son Tom died on the a boy, enough to break the hearts and souls of a 10th May, 1898. I had to go back to business. dozen boys. My growth to youth and manhood (19 Later I bought out the firm of Blaine & Co's share. The years), when I struck out helpless and alone, my early property I purchased years before. I then carried on struggles and hard work. the business by myself and was doing quite well, "Grendell" now belongs to Sir De Villiers Graaff (son). when in 1899 the Anglo Boer war started and after But no more misery and how I got on and fell back, much loss on the farm and in the business the Boers ups and downs, -but eventually blessed and helped burnt me out. I then lived in Graaff Reinet for a year. by Almighty God and today in my old age, though I Peace was declared on the 31st May, 1902. I have passed through much trouble and heartbreaking returned to Murraysburg on the 6th July, 1902 - grief, I have much to thank God for and I feel that I am exactly a year after being burnt out. On my return I blessed above many others. brought along two loads of goods and opened a shop Here today we see white men, no worse than I am, in my back yard in an outside room and did quite a working on the streets and roads etc., for 3/- per day fair amount of business. I ordered the material for the to keep body and soul together. erection of the main building which was completed in 1903. Then my son Andrew died. Having suffered heavy loss I decided to give up either the farm or the business. Finally I decided to stick to the business. The Origins of the Purley My son Willie sold his livestock, bought a dwelling in Sherwoods town and joined me as a clerk, later partner and now sole proprietor. My wife died in February, 1903. I A number of people over the last 80 years have married again in 1904 and my second wife died in attempted to trace the origins of Edward Sherwood, February, 1920. who lived in Purley, Berkshire, in the early 18th I retired from business in July, 1929. The business Century. Probably the first serious attempt was under my son is still going on and in spite of the undertaken by Cholmondeley Sherwood James, great depression the flag still flies. I have had many ups x 3 grandson of Edward, in the 1920s. He donated a and downs, great disappointments, heartbreaking large part of his time to researching his ancestors, griefs, but I have much to be thankful for. I have made and not just this particular line. In 1925 the Shropshire money, but I spent it as I have gone along and have Archaeological and Natural History Society published never had a longing to hoard money. I am out of debt his work on the Family of James of Maidstone and he and owe no one anything but very sincere heartfelt also traced a line back to Edward III. We know he gratitude for many kindnesses. communicated regularly with George F T Sherwood, I now lay down my pen at MURRAYSBURG this 17th the genealogist and I believe some of his research day of May, 1932 in the 82nd year of my life. appears in the “Collections Relating to the surname signed HERBERT SHARWOOD Sherwood” produced by George Sherwood.
However, despite his detailed work he was unable to PART OF A COPY OF A LETTER TO establish where Edward originated from but he did ELLA - 20TH MAY, 1932 suggest a couple of options. His work has been I now enclose the sketch you asked for. I have written visited by a number of descendants over the years it in pencil as pen and ink would be too tiresome. Of and I took up this search 12 months ago. My attempts course between these lines much could be written, have been limited to, but helped by, access to the internet and I have added more descendants to the The Sherwood Forest Page 7 December 2005
family tree and established dates of births, marriages from a Wiltshire family but this has never been and deaths more accurately through this research. corroborated. Indeed research into this possibility has However, like Cholmondeley, I cannot establish been done recently by another Sherwood researcher clearly Edward’s ancestors, and this remains a and he has found no evidence to support this theory mystery. (Bryan Sherwood).
So what I have established as fact, compared to However there are records of other Sherwoods with fiction? these Christian names born in Berkshire at this time (IGI) and they include: 1 In the first place we know Edward was church warden at St Mary’s Purley from 1732 to 1762/3 with A) Mary Sherwood, baptised 16th October 1709 at the exception of 1740 – 1742 and he married Ann Didcot, parents Edward and Mary Mary Green at Frilsham on 7th August 1730 or 1731. Martha Sherwood, baptised 9th December 1711 at They had two children, Ann and John baptised in Didcot, parents Edward and Mary 1733 and 1735 and he died on 23 February 1778 and Richard Sherwood, baptised 10th March 1716 at was apparently buried at St Clement, Ashampstead Didcot, parents Edward and Mary on 1 March 1778. The register also states Mr Edward Sherwood Snrs wife died 13 January 1778 and was However, this couple also had at least two other buried 1 March 1778. children; Elizabeth, baptised 14th April 1714 and Millicent, baptised 10th March 1716. 2 Edward’s will establishes that he had two brothers, Richard and Francis and two sisters, Mary, B) Mary Sherwood, baptised 9th August 1719 at married to Edward Keene and Martha, married to Compton, parents John and Mary William Hanwood. Unfortunately I have been unable Martha Sherwood, baptised 26th January 1725 at to trace anything about his siblings, including whether Compton, parents John and Mary they had any children. His marriage refers to him as being of Tidmarsh, whilst his wife was from However, I have now established that these parents Pangbourne. were John Sherwood and Mary Lewington and John’s father was Paul who married Ann Spicer. They also However, there has been no record of him or his had the following children; Paul, baptised 4th April brother Richard or 2 sisters being baptised at 1714, Thomasine, 16th April 1721, Elizabeth, 28th Tidmarsh but there is a record of a Francis Sherwood February 1723, John, 23rd June 1717, Anne, 2nd being baptised there on 8 October 1722, with his September 1726 and Barbara 18th December 1715 parents being Edward and Ann. (all on IGI). It is believed that John was the brother of Edward who married Mary Pottinger. Possible Ascendants There are references to Francis, Richard, Mary and 1 If the Francis baptised at Tidmarsh was Martha Sherwood on the Family Search site under the Edward’s brother then it appears his parents were heading “Other” 1769 Purley, Berkshire but there is Edward and Ann. Alternatively Ann could be a second no indication as to what these refer to. The entry for wife for Edward thus resulting in Edward’s mother Mary gives spouse as Edward Keene and for Martha, being unknown. William Warwood. I can only assume that this information has been added by a researcher, who 2 A popular explanation for Edward’s origins is knew the names Edward’s siblings but had no further that he was the son of Edward Sherwood and Mary information. Pottinger who lived in Compton. This couple did have a son, Edward, baptised on 18 April 1703 in Compton It is still possible that Edward is the son of Edward but there is no record of them having children with the and Mary Pottinger but only if the following events names of Richard, Francis, Mary and Martha. They occurred: 1) Between 1706 and 1709 the family did have two other children; Job, baptised on 6 June moved to Didcot, 2) Job, Elizabeth and Millicent all 1704 and John, baptised on 14 June 1706 who died died young or before Edward wrote his will, 3) Mary on 22 August 1719 (Information from the IGI). Pottinger died soon after birth of the twins Richard and Millicent, 4) Edward remarried someone called 3 The third option which was believed by Anne and they lived in Tidmarsh. Edward’s descendants in the 1920s is that he came Whilst the above is feasible, how likely is it? Any
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views or evidence to support or refute this hypothesis Henry William, known as Jack, b Reading 3 Sep will be warmly welcomed. 1913 died 1985. Signed for Reading from Islington Corinthians in 1938 and made 9 first team Richard Sherwood appearances scoring 1 goal from wing half. 1947-8 he was with Aldershot (47 appearances 5 goals) and in [email protected] 1949 2 appearances for Crystal Palace.
Source: Football League Players' Records 1888- David H Sherwood of Marion Co , 1939, Michael Joyce, Soccer Data Publications 2002.
Indiana killed in South Pacific Colin
Message Board Post from Ancestry.com: An Obituary David H. Sherwood of Marion Co Indiana was killed
March 22, 1945, while serving in the South Pacific Daniel D'Amico who died in Casselbury, Florida on during World War II. He is buried in the Manila 19th January this year, shortly before his 82nd American Cemetery in the Philippines. birthday. He was the widower of a Sherwood Aunt of
mine - Norah Kathleen Sherwood of the John We are seeking information regarding his military and Sherwood—Ann Maskell line of Reading Sherwoods. civilian life and especially locate any family members One of his daughters, Kathleen D'Amico Wright will be still living so we can send them the free photographs visiting the UK shortly and intends to look up a few of of his grave site and the beautiful memorial in the her Sherwood related cousins here. Philippines.
Bob Folley I am a retired Hoosier from Madison County Indiana residing in the Philippines with my Filipino wife. We are seeking family and military information of nearly a thousand servicemen from Indiana killed in the South More on James Allen Sharwood Pacific during World War II. There are 17,206 Americans buried here and thousands more that are Dear Dr. Sherwood missing or buried at sea and are honored on the “Tablets of the Missing”. Please visit our website to I am approaching you on behalf other Irchester Parish see the beautiful memorial located in Manila, Historical Society after having looked at the website - Philippines. 'Sherwood One-Name Study'. I was particularly interested to read the following on http://fizkid.tripod.com/ the website James Allen Sharwood (1859-1941), founder of J A Sharwood & Co. Ltd. The well known Dave and Apple Dwiggins Grocery & Provision Merchants, who brought Chutney San Pablo City, Philippines & Curry to the English. Born in the City of London and died in South Africa, his Sharwoods came from Irchester in Northants where they were recorded More Footballing Sherwoods firstly as Sherwoods in the 17C. The ship bringing his ashes back to England was torpedoed. Three more footballing Sherwoods. Whilst I am aware of Sherwood/Sharwoods being in Charles H b Wolverhampton 1914, Joined Wolves Irchester, I must admit I have done very little research 1937but didn't make the first team. Made 4 on them and new nothing about J A Sharwood & Co. appearances for Hull City the following year. An Ltd connections with Irchester. outside right. I do not know if you are interested but their is actually a Sharwood Terrace (sometimes spelt and George William birth date and place unknown. On pronounced Sherwood Terrace) in the village. It Huddersfield's books 1937 and in 1938 played 39 consists of around 11 houses. At the bottom of the times for Stcokport County scoring 10 goals from the row their are two small cottages at the rear of another inside left position. house. This is where one of the Sharwood/Sherwood family lived in the first half of the 19th Century, The Sherwood Forest Page 9 December 2005
Hence I imagine the name of the row. The row was actually built in the late 1880s (between 1884-1891) and was orignally called Parsons Row in 1891 but by The late 1890s had acquired the name Sharwood/ Sherwood Terrace. On another note their is a charity in Irchester which is still going called the Sharwood Charity. There is a large plaque in the church with information on it. The basics however is that Samuel Sharwood (or Sherwood) of Upper Clapton, Middlesex, whose father was born in Irchester left in trust by indenture dated 17th June 1858 to the church in Irchester some monies. These monies were invested in railway stock and the interest used to support the village national school by £2.00 a year and the rest of the interest to be given to the deserving poor of the parish. I am therefore wondering if you can help at all with any details on the Sharwood family and their connections with Irchester. I would be very interested to see the relationship to J A Sharwood and if their is any relationship to the Trust which was left.
Perhaps you could help? I may even be able to find some other information on the Sharwood family in Irchester, a family that I know the name died out In the latter part of the 19th century in the village.
Jon-Paul Carr (Chairman, Irchester Parish Historical Society)
WHO'S WHO IN OUR GROUP: Chairman/Secretary & Group Organiser: Dr Philip J Sherwood, 20 Belfield Park Avenue, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9RE, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
Newsletter Editor: Mark Sherwood, E-mail: [email protected] Any contributions to the Newsletter may be e- mailed to Mark.
North American Representative: Mr Geoffrey Sherwood, 20 Heritage Court, Towaco, New Jersey NJ 07082, USA. E-mail [email protected]
Canadian Representative: Mr Ken Parker, 2520 First Ave N. E., Salmon Arm, BC, V1E 2A7, Canada E-mail: [email protected]
Australian Representative: Mrs Margaret Love, 30 Brockman Avenue, Dalkeith, PERTH WA6009 Australia E-mail: [email protected] NZ Representative: Vacancy (presently covered by Margaret Love)
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