Henry Sherrill

6th great-grandparent – 1 of 256 254 in this generation

(1710-1760)

Henry was born in 1710 in East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, to Recompence Sherrill, 38, and Sarah Parsons, 34.

When Henry was just 2 years old, his mother died on 25 November 1712, in East Hampton at the age of 36. The following year, his father married Margaret Cady when Henry was 3.

At the age of 26, on 1 November 1726, Henry married Jane Conkling at the Presbyterian Church in East Hampton. This marriage produced eight children:

1. John, b. about 1736 in East Hampton, NY
2. Lucy, b. about 1739
3. Sarah, b. about 1741
4. Mary, b. about 1747
5. Samuel, b. about 1748
6. Keziah, b. about 1750
7. Henry, b.29 Sep 1753
8. Jane, born in January 1759 in Westbrook, Middlesex, Connecticut

Just a year after his youngest child was born, Henry died in East Hampton, New York, at the age of 50.