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- Fr pg 212 - Ancestral Record & Portraits
In 1632, Henry Sherburne (bapt. 21 Mar 1611-Odiham Hampshire, England - died Portsmouth, NH 1680), came to Portsmouth, NH in the ship James. He was Associate Judge of the Court at Strawberry Bank, 1651-52; Town Clerk & Treasurer 1656; Commissioner 1658; and Deputy to the Massachsetts General Court in 1660. He married on Nov 13, 1637, one Rebecca, the only daughter of Ambrose Gibbons who came to Portsmouth in 1630; was Deputy Governor of NH in 1640; Selectman, Magistrate Commissioner 1641-46; Capt of Portsmouth Alarm 1643, and a factor of the Laconia Company, Piscataqua, 1657.
The son of Henry & Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne, Capt. John Sherburne, born April 3 1647, and died 1702, was King's Councillor 1699 and signer of test and association papers. He married Mary, daughter of Edward Cowell. Their son, Capt. John Sherburne II, was born Jan 19, 1676, and died in Newcastle, NH 1747. He married Hannah, daughter of Thomas & Hannah (Johnson) Jackson and grand-daughter of James Johnson and their daughter Catherine, married Capt. Ebenezer Odiorne.
Fr pg 22 - Maine Biographies
Mr Fred Sherburne was eighth in direct descent from the founder family of this name in America.... The first immigrand founder was Henry S. Sherburn, who with his wife Rebecca (Gibbons) Sherburne came from England and settled at Strawberry Banks (now Portsmouth), NH as early as 1638. The line was continued through their son, Capt. Samuel Sherburne, born at Portsmouth in 1638 and settled at Hampton, NH, where he kept the ordinary. He married Love Hutchins, at Haverhill, MA, and among their children was John, so named after an older brother who died young. John Sherburne born Feb 2 1688 at Portsmouth remove to Epping New Hampshire where he married Nov 12 1713, Jane, daughter of Abraham and Sarah (Hobbs) Drake...
Fr pg 31 - Genealogical Outline of Cram
Capt. Samuel Sherburne, b. 4 Aug 1638, (twin of Elizabeth Sherburne who married Jun 1656, Tobias Langdon), of Little Harbor, Portsmouth, and Hampton, was sole heir of his grandfather, Ambrose Gibbons. Portsmouth granted him sixty acres in 1650. His father deeded him a dwelling and large tract of land in Little Harbor in 1674. He removed to Hampton in 1675, and there bought the inn in 1678. He was killed at the head of his command fighting Indians, on Aug 4, 1691 (his 53rd birthday), at Maquoit, Casco Bay, Maine. He married, 15 Dec 1668, Love Hutchings of Haverhill, daughter of John and Frances. Among their eleven children: Elizabeth, married Capt Jonathan Sanborn of Kingston - Henry, Chief Justice of NH 1732-42 - Mary, b. 15 Feb 1678; d. 1717; m. 6 Dec 1698, Capt Joseph Tilton of Hampton - Sarah, m Joseph Fifield of Kingston - John, b 2 Feb 1688, Portsmouth
Fr: The Genealogical Dictionary of New England Settlers Before May 1692 (Orig Data: J Savage, 1862, Boston, Mass.)
SHERBURNE
GEORGE, Portsmouth 1650.
*HENRY, Portsmouth 1632, came in the James, arr. 12 June in 8 wks. from London, m. 13 Nov. 1637, as fam. rec. tells, Rebecca, only d. of Ambrose Gibbons, had Samuel and. Eliz. tw. b. 4 Aug. 1638; Mary, 20 Nov. 1640 (and fam. tradit. says these two ds. were bapt. by Rev. Mr. Gibson); Henry, 11 [p.78] Jan. 1642; John, 3 Apr. 1647; Ambrose, 3 Aug. 1649; Sarah, 10 Jan. 1652; Rebecca, 21 Apr. 1654; Rachel, 4 Apr. 1656, wh. d. Dec. foll.; Martha, 4 Dec. 1657, d. Nov. fll.; and Ruth, 3 June 1660; was rep. 1660, and his w. d. 3 June 1667. For sec. w. he had Sarah, wid. of Walter Abbot, and d. 1680. No account of any of the ch. exc. Samuel, John, Mary, and Eliz. can be obtain. Eliz. m. 10 June 1656, Tobias Langdon, and next, 11 Apr. 1667, Tobias Lear, had Eliz. b. 11 Feb. 1669; Mary m. 21 Oct. 1658 Richard Sloper. HENRY, a counsell. of N. H. appoint. 1728, wh. d. 1757, aged 83, may have been neph. or more prob. gr.s. of the preced. JOHN, Portsmouth 1643, perhaps a bro. of the first Henry, of the gr. jury 1650, m. Eliz. d. of Robert Tuck of Hampton, had Henry, John, Mary, and Eliz. pray. for jurisdict. of Mass. 1653, and sw. alleg. 1656. JOHN, Portsmouth 1683, perhaps s. of the first Henry, sign. addr. to the k. against his Gov. Cranfield. SAMUEL, Hampton, prob. s. of the first Henry, m. 15 Dec. 1668, Love, d. of John Hutchins of Haverhill, had John, and, perhaps, other ch. beside d. Love; sw. alleg. 1678, and join. the petitn. against Cranfield in 1683; rem. to Portsmouth, and in 1691 was a capt. and k. 4 Aug. that yr. by the Ind. at Maquoit, near Brunswick. His wid. Love d. at Kingston 1739, aged 94. WILLIAM, Portsmouth 1644.
Fr: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-33, Vol 1-3, pg 881-Original data: Robert Charles Anderson
Henry Sherburne successfully sued Thomas Wedge at court 8 October 1649 for slandering his wife, Rebecca, but we are not told what Wedge said [NHPP 40:57]. On 26 June 1660 "Mr. Henry Sherburne" sued Stephen Ford and Peter Wallis for keeping his boat on Sherburne's mooring and staving in Sherburne's boat [NHPP 40:148]. "Hen: Sherb" of Portsmouth was ordered to lay out a way and mend it before next court 27 June 1661 [NHPP 40:158, 164].
At court 28 June 1664 Henry Sherburne sued the town of Portsmouth over several grants of land and arbiters were appointed [NHPP 40:195, 204].
On 30 June 1668 Henry Sherburne was presented for beating his wife "several times" to which he confessed and was fined. At the same court "the wife of Henry Sherburne" (Rebecca) was presented for "beating her husband & breaking his head". She also confessed and was fined and both were ordered to post bonds [NHPP 40:242]. At court 29 March 1670 "Mr. Henry Shurband" and John Kenniston were presented for fighting, and "Mr. Henry Shurband & his wife (2nd w. Sarah)" were presented for "disorderly living and fighting" [NHPP 40:253]. Aaron Ferris was presented for abusing "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" at the same court and was fined [NHPP 40:258]. At court 28 June 1671 "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" and John Keneston were presented for fighting, and were admonished. The same court, "Mr. Henry Sherburne & his wife" were presented for disorderly living and fighting. He confessed that they lived "disorderly" and they were both to be fined 50s. or whipped ten stripes. They paid their fees [NHPP 40:271].
At court 27 June 1673 "Mr. Henry Sherburne and John Sherburne his son" were tried for opposing the whipping of David Cambell which had like to have made an insurrection among the people." The Sherburnes were fined and after humbly admitting their fault, the fines were partially remitted [NHPP 40:299].
At court 7 December 1680 "Henry Sherburne" sued Edward Bickford for damage done by Bickford's hogs, cattle and horses, but the court found for Bickford [NHPP 40:370]. At the same court, "Mr. Hen: Sherburne" complained against Edward Bickford's children "stealing of pears" & being legally called & not appearing to prosecute, said Bickford" was discharged [NHPP 40:370]. Edward Bickford with his wife and children were summoned to appear before the court and "answer sundry objections about Mr. Sherburne's death" but no evidence of foul play was found and they were set at liberty 9 June 1681 [NHPP 40:378].
BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE: In 1949 Walter Goodwin Davis produced an excellent account of Henry Sherborn, including information on his parents and two of his brothers [Waterhouse Anc 93-103].
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