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From: "Avis Olds" <>
Subject: Re: [Q-R] Society of Friends, Dartmouth, MA
Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2002 17:13:40 -0600


Hi I have info on the Sherman--Ash families.Glad to share...Avis
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From: Leslie Hope <>
To: <>
Date: Saturday, April 06, 2002 9:58 AM
Subject: RE: [Q-R] Society of Friends, Dartmouth, MA


>Linda,
>I am also a descendant of the Shermans and the Tripps as well as many other
>early MA Quaker families. The problem is that prior to 1700 Monthly Meeting
>records are pretty much non-existant or sparse. In many cases the only way
I
>know that my early MA forebears were Quaker is because they were prosecuted
>and/or I find their descendants in migration in Monthly Meeting records.
The
>early Shermans and Tripps can be found in Rhode Island which was a more
>tolerant environment than the MA colonies.
>Leslie Hope
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Linda Dufek [mailto:]
>Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:01 PM
>To:
>Subject: [Q-R] Society of Friends, Dartmouth, MA
>
>
>Does anyone have access to the early records of the Monthly Meetings of the
>Society of Friends in Dartmouth, MA?
>
>I am trying to find the parents of Leah Hatch, who was born in the early
>1700s in Dartmouth. She married first Joseph Merrihew (his 2nd wife). The
>Vital Records of Dartmouth, MA to 1850 lists:
>Joseph (Merihoo) [int. Merihew], s. Josiah of D., and Eady
> [int. Edeth] Whitely, d. John of D., 12th, 10 mo., "called
> December," 1734, C.R.3.
>
>Joseph and Leah Hatch, both of D., Apr. 21, 1754.
>
>Leah and Jonathan Shearm[a]n, both of D., Mar. 5, 1769.
>
>In one source, though not shown here, it said that the marriage record for
>Joseph Merrihew and Leah Hatch came from a monthly meeting of the Society
of
>Friends in Dartmouth. I am hoping that it would show something on the Hatch
>family, if she followed the steps of her parents in the faith.
>
>I have checked the microfilm of the Town Clerk records from Dartmouth but
>could not find anything. I also checked the microfilm of the Congregational
>church records. The microfilm available from the LDS library on the
Friends
>meetings is too late to be useful. I also tried the Rochester VR for the
>name Hatch but did not find a Leah. The record quoted in the Dartmouth
vital
>records book to 1850, however, says she is of Dartmouth.
>
>I did find the marriage between James Hatch and Anna Spooner in the
>Dartmouth records - Spooner,Anna of D. and James Hatch of Scituate, Jan. 5,
>1724-5 - but have found no children for them so I do not know if they are
>related.
>
>Here's what I had in my family file for Jonathan Sherman. I am his
>descendent through his son Charles.
>
>JONATHAN7 SHERMAN (JOSHUA6, JOHN5, PHILIP4, SAMUEL3, HENRY "THE ELDER"2,
>HENRY (SR.)1)was born June 20, 1711 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA and died
>1793 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA.
> He married (1) SUSANNA BUTLER March 31, 1737 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co.,
>MA. He married (2) LEAH HATCH March 05, 1769 in Dartmouth, Bristol Co.,
>MA. I am a descendent of his son, Charles.
>
>I am related to many other families that lived in Dartmouth, Freetown, and
>Rochester including the Hammond, Hathaway, Cooke, Tabor, West, Winslow,
>Mosher, Kirby, Harlow, Fish, and Tripp families besides the Shermans and
the
>Hatches and I believe many of them were part of the Society of Friends.
>
>Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Linda Dufek
>
>
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