1Rev. David Sherman, The Sherman Family, NEHGR Vol. 24, p. 68 (Jan 1870).
"23. JOHN5 (Philip,4 Samuel,3 Henry,2 Henry1) was born in Portsmouth, R. I., in 1644. He married Sarah, daughter of William Spooner, and settled in So. Dartmouth, Mass., where he died in 1734. In the absence of records of births we ascertain, in regard to their children, from wills and deeds, as follows:--
56. i. PHILIP was a farmer of Dartmouth.
57. ii. JOHN, farmer of Dartmouth.--iii. ABIGAIL, m. Chase.
58. iv. JOSHUA.
59. v. ISAAC.
60. vi. EPHRAIM.
61. vii. TIMOTHY. ---viii. HANNAH, m. Aiken.".