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Rebecca Prescott Sherman was born 20 May 1742 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States to Benjamin Prescott (1716-1778) and Rebecca Minot (1709-1761) and died 13 April 1813 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of unspecified causes. She married Roger Sherman (1721-1793) 12 May 1763 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.

Biography

Rebecca Minot Prescott (1742–1813)[1] was the second wife of Roger Sherman.

She was the daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca Minot Prescott from Salem, Massachusetts; the niece of Roger Sherman’s brother Rev. Josiah Sherman and the second cousin once removed of Colonel William Prescott.

Rebecca married Roger Sherman on May 12, 1763. She was his second wife. His first wife, Elizabeth Hartwell, died during childbirth.

US flag designer Betsy Ross allowed Rebecca Sherman the privilege of sewing on three of the flag’s stars. Rebecca then requested, and was chosen to make the first official flag of the State of Connecticut.

Rebecca Sherman became the mother of eight of Roger's fifteen children: Rebecca, Elizabeth, Roger, Mehitabel, Mehitabel, Oliver, Martha, and Sarah. Of those eight children:

  • Rebecca (Sherman) Baldwin became the mother of Roger Sherman Baldwin, a Governor of Connecticut and a United States Senator.
  • Mehitabel (Sherman) Barnes Evarts became the mother of William Maxwell Evarts, a United States Attorney General, Secretary of State and Senator for New York
  • Martha (Sherman) Day became the mother of California State Senator and University of California founding trustee Sherman Day.
  • Sarah (Sherman) Hoar was the mother of George Frisbie Hoar a United States Senator for Massachusetts, and Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar also a United States Attorney General and Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice.




Children


Offspring of Roger Sherman (1721-1793) and Rebecca Prescott Sherman
Name Birth Death Joined with
Rebecca Sherman (1764-1795) 22 February 1764 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 4 September 1795 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851)
Elizabeth Sherman (1765-1850) 31 December 1765 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 16 July 1850 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Sturgis Burr (1760-1795)
Simeon Baldwin (1761-1851)
Martha Sherman (1767-) 1767 New Milford, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Roger Sherman (1768-1856) 16 July 1768 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 5 March 1856 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Susanna Staples (1778-1855)
Sarah Sherman (1773-) 1773 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Mehetabel Sherman (1772-1772) 20 February 1772 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 18 November 1772 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Mehitabel Sherman (1774-1851) 23 January 1774 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 5 March 1851 New York City, New York Daniel Barnes (1772-1799)
Jeremiah Evarts (1781-1831)
Oliver Sherman (1777-1820) 19 January 1777 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 30 July 1821 Havana, Cuba
Martha Sherman (1779-1806) 24 September 1779 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 4 April 1806 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut Jeremiah Day (1773-1867)
Sarah Sherman (1783-1866) 11 January 1783 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut 30 August 1866 Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Samuel Hoar (1778-1856)



Siblings


Offspring of Benjamin Prescott (1716-1778) and Rebecca Minot (1709-1761)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Rebecca Prescott (1742-1813) 20 May 1742 Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States 13 April 1813 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States Roger Sherman (1721-1793)
James Prescott (1744-1842)
Martha Prescott (1744-1825)
Benjamin Prescott (1746-1750)
Benjamin Prescott (1751-1829)
Mercy Prescott (1755-1809)
Mary Prescott (1760-1846)


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