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The Sherwood Forest The Sherwood Forest 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 5 Number 1 Autumn 2007 In this Issue: Phil’s Corner From the Editor’s Desk 1 A very warm welcome to all subscribers, both old and Phil’s Corner 1 new, to this latest issue of our newsletter which I hope Our Website 1 you will enjoy reading. Currently, it is sent to 47 In the Next Issue 1 members by e-mail and a further 3 members by post, Our Gathering last September 2 so please let me know if you change your e-mail From the Mail Bag 2 address or postal address. My apologies for the long New Members 2 delay since our last issue appeared in December 2005. In the News 3 This was due to a number of factors, my wife & I Research 3 moved house (only a mile) last Summer, and then our Beheading of the Earl of Desmond 5 Some Berkshire Probate Records for Editor, Mark Sherwood had to give up due to work Hungerford & Wantage pre-1858 6 commitments. We thank Mark for all his efforts, and Frequency of Surname Variants in send our best wishes for the future -Mark, we hope Census Returns for England 6 that you will send news of your family & the The American Immigrant Wall 7 marathon running! Fortunately one of our longest- Sherwood, Robert Emmet, 1896-1955 7 standing members, Bryan Sherwood who lives at From Musgrave's Obituaries 8 Leatherhead in Surrey has kindly offered to take over The Story of Sherwoods Paints of Barking 8 as Editor - thank you Bryan, we hope you will enjoy A Sherwood Awarded The Victoria Cross In 1917 9 the job! The Indian Mutiny Medal 9 A Never-ending Story 10 Last Summer I was pleased to meet our US rep, Geoff Sherwood and his family for the first time when they toured England & Scotland. Geoff had recently From the Editor’s desk discovered that his ancestor Thomas Sherwood who sailed from Ipswich in 1634 had lived in the small As Phil has pointed out, this is my inaugural issue as village of Kettlebaston near Ipswich, and was thrilled editor of this newsletter. I am still not entirely sure to visit his 'ancestral home'. There is a report & photo how it came about, but I am sure it is an important part of Geoff's visit on the News page of the website. of the group’s activities. Geoff's son, David has also been in the news recently, It is always the plea of editors to request giving a piano recital at the Carnegie Hall in NY. information for publication. The rise in interest in Our Website genealogy, brought about largely as a result of media attention in recent times, has made available an amazing volume of documents and transcripts on-line, New page added on Sherwood Family Bibles. If you and at record offices. As a result of this, we all acquire have one or are seeking yours, please send details to data that is not directly relevant to our own research. Phil. This material however, may be of great assistance to others. So please send in anything you find, as in this IN OUR NEXT ISSUE Due out March 2008 way we may all benefit. The "Witch of Pungo", Virginia. The story of Grace Sherwood I hope you all find something of interest in this issue. Diary of a Sherwood Pioneer Best wishes, in early Canada Bryan Sherwood Ruben Sherwood: Doctor of Physsick The views expressed by the contributors may not necessarily reflect the views of the Group The Sherwood Forest Autumn 2007 1 Our Gathering on 3rd September 2006 New Members We welcome: A full report and photographs of the gathering can seen on the website. Linda May Penn Sixteen members of various Sherwood familes 14 Maytree Walk, Hove, East Sussex. BN3 7JB joined 30 members of the Trott One-Name Research Group for a very enjoyable day at the new E-MAIL: [email protected] Community Centre of Prince Charles' Poundbury Development in Dorchester. INTERESTS: Robert Sherwood & Marah (Mary) Hoy – Norfolk – Approx 1761 – 1848 Sadly the weather was not as kind to us as at the Have not yet been able to find anything further going previous gathering at Guildford. The day dawned very back. wet, but the sun did come out for us after lunch at the nearby pub. Our next gathering will be organized by the Trott group in Sept 2009, probably in Reading, Paul Stott Berks. We were pleased to meet Bill Sherwood & 2129 Gordon Ave, West Vancouver, BC V7V 1W1 some of his family who originate from Kilfinnane, Co Tel/Fax: 604 921 5951 Limerick, Ireland- the first Irish Sherwoods to attend one of our gatherings. E-Mail: [email protected]. Paul is descended from the North Riding of Yorkshire line at Lastingham related to our members Arthur From the Mail Bag Sherwood & Ken Parker. He writes: Arthur and Mary Sherwood were my 2xg Catherine ? grandparents. Arthur's parents were Samuel E-mail: [email protected] like to find the Sherwood (b. abt 1753) and Isabelle Simison (b. abt parents of William Sheward born 1809 in Bel- 1754), who were married in Stonegrave Parish in broughton, near Kidderminster, Worcs. 1774 and settled in nearby Lastingham Parish. I have not yet been able to find birth records for either Samuel or Isabelle but in the family records there seem to be links with Cleveland and perhaps with Delia Wickham Ingleby Greenhow. The Samuels I have traced in IG E-mail: [email protected] writes: however were born in 1701, 1734 and 1762. I “In your next newsletter would you please ask if wondered if the latter, who seems to have disappeared anyone has the following relatives in their tree - (or been banished) from the IG Sherwood family records, might have been the connection. Leah Alice Louise Sherwood birth registered Dec. qrtr 1881 Kings Norton 6c 467 Their parents were William Sherwood & Sarah Lucy Nora Jane Sherwood Smith and other siblings were William James born 24 birth registered Mar. qrtr 1886 Kings Norton 6c 494 February 1884 (married Ann Read), Harriettborn 1888 (married Edwin P. Noble), Albert Charles born 1891- Sue Day in Kinson, Bournemouth 1893. I have traced the Sherwood side back to John born E-mail: [email protected] 1750 in Wiltshire but have hit a brick wall with Sarah Sue is descended from Mary Sherwood born 1827 at Lucy Smith's parents James Manfield Smith (Gas Boldre, Lymington, Hants. who married (where?) fitter) & Susan Pugh who were both born in Glouces- James Barnes b. 1829 Fareham. (in 1891 he said ter. I have found families in the 1841 census which Hampreston?) By 1871 he is in Hampreston or Long- could be the right ones, but have not been able to prove ham with wife Mary who was a Sherwood b 1827 this as no marriage between James Manfield Smith & Lymington its possible her father was a James Sher- Susan Pugh can be found between 1851 & 1871 any- wood and mother Jane? (see IGI). I know she was a where.” Sherwood as her son John Barnes b. 1853 wed Louisa Willet 16 Dec 1886 and their children used the name Barnes and Sherwood . On some baptisms its Sher- wood and on others Barnes which is where I connect through this marriage. She is related to Gary Chaffey & Brenda Sherwood. The Sherwood Forest Autumn 2007 2 From the Mail Bag Continued a film about the horrors of war for the BBC! You can see it online at http://www6.thdo. bbc.co.uk/Cumbria/ videonation/archive/s/phil_sherwood_horror.shtml. Ann Simcox Phil talks about the horror of war and the inhuman- E-mail: [email protected] is tracing the follow- ity of it all. He remembers back to when he was in the ing family in Hull, Yorkshire: gulf - although he got to see a lot of the country he also Mark Sherwood, b about 1810, married to Ann Boyn- got to see many horrific images that will remain with ton. living in Sculcoates, Hull. Tobacco Pipe maker. him forever. Phil is a Gulf War veteran – he joined the Also his son John,b 1831. In the 1851 census. mar- army in the 1970s. He currently lives at Cleator Moor ried, age 44, pipe maker employing ??men, born with his two dogs and works at Sellafield. Hull. Living 39 Wincomlee,Hull with: Sign of the Times John Sherwood, son, unmarried, 20, oil miller, born A sign saying "Jesus loves all the little children" has Hull had to be removed from a prison crèche because the James Sherwood, son, unmarried,16, pipemaker, born Governor thought it provocative. David Sherwood, Hull Governor of Highpoint Prison, Suffolk, ordered the Selena Sherwood, daughter, unmarried, 7, scholar born sign to be taken down, saying that it might offend the Hull. prison's ethnic minorities. Mrs Logan of Chatteris, Cambs - a Christian who started the crèche four years His wife Ann was not listed at this address. In Hull ago for the children of visitors - put up the sign directory 1851, and 1841 census Mark is listed as afterwaiting eleven months for approval for it from Pipemaker at 4 Trafalgar Square, Wincomlee, Hull. the prison authorities. Two weeks later it was re- John Sherwood married Sarah Ann Archer m 13 Oct moved. (DT May 3rd 1996) 1851.
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