Sherman, Roger (1721-1793)
- Name:
- Sherman, Roger (1721-1793)
- Title:
- U.S. Senator from CT, 1791-93
U.S. Representative from CT, 1789-91
First mayor of New Haven, CT.
Committee of Five-Helped draft the Declaration of Independence
Only person to sign all four of great state papers: Continental Association, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederacy, Constitution.
Town Clerk of New Milford
Admitted to bar of Litchfield, CT, 1754.
Connecticut House of Representatives: 1755-1758, 1760-1761.
Justice of the Superior Court of Connecticut, 1766-1789. - Born:
- 04/19/1721
- Birthplace:
- Newton, MA
- Died:
- 07/23/1793
- Death Location:
- New Haven, CT
- Residence:
- New Haven, CT
Stoughton, MA
Canton, MA
New Milford, CT
Newton, MA - Nationality:
- American
- Occupation:
- Lawyer
Politician - Relations:
- Baldwin, Roger Sherman (1793-1863) grandson
Hoar, George Frisbie (1826-1904) grandson
Evarts William Maxwell (1818-1901) grandson. - Spouse:
- Hartwell, Elizabeth (?-1760); m. 1749
Prescott, Rebecca (1742-1813); m. 1763 - Children:
- Children with Elizabeth Hartwell: John, William, Isaac, Chloe, Oliver, Chloe, and Elizabeth. (The first Chloe and Oliver died in infancy)
Children with Rebecca Prescott: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Roger, Mehitable, Oliver, Martha, Sarah - Notes:
- Wikipedia, "Roger Sherman", 07/22/2011
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