William Fisk Sherwin

1826 - 1888  (62 years)

• Name	William Fisk Sherwin
  	He was a famous composer of church music and served as a professor in the Cincinnati and Boston Conservatories of Music. Among his compositions ais: "Break Thou the Bread of Life Day is Dying in the West Sound the Battle Cry Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness God of our Fathers, Whose Almighty Hand Here at Thy Table, Lord Grander than Ocean's Story Hark, Hark, the Merry Christmas Bells Lo, the Day of God is Breaking Wake the Song of Joy and Gladness and Why is Thy Faith, O Child of God so Small." [1, 2]
  Birth	14 Mar 1826	Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Married	29 Sep 1847 (21 years)	Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 5, 6, 7]
  Mary Ann Howes, the daughter of Jonathan and Clarissa (Noyes) Howes. She was born on 11 June 1828 in Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Charles Harrington Sherwin (1849-1849) 2. Ella L. Sherwin (1854-____) 3. The Rev. Edwin Howes Sherwin (1859-1916) 4. Clara Noyes Sherwin (1863-____)
  History	12 Apr 1861 (35 years)	Civil War Begins
  Death	14 Apr 1888	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 5]
  Burial	Aft 14 Apr 1888	Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Siblings	6 brothers and 3 sisters
  1. Elias Carter Sherwin,   b. 8 Apr 1811, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 21 Apr 1838, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 27 years)   2. Sylvester Noble Sherwin,   b. 5 Apr 1813, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 12 Oct 1836, Clarenden, Orleans County, New York, U.S.A.  (Age 23 years) + 3. Orville Sherwin,   b. 29 Jan 1816, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 11 Nov 1898, Stockton, Cedar County, Missouri, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years) ▻ Phebe Fellows,  m. 03 Jun 1839 ;   Betsey Ware,  m. 26 Dec 1843 ;   Jennie Deborah Legg,  m. 22 Jul 1869 > 4. Elvira Sherwin,   b. 5 Apr 1819, Pitcher, Chenango County, New York, U.S.A. d. 18 Mar 1852, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 32 years) ▻ Baxter R. Fellows,  m. 1844   5. Marshall B. Sherwin,   b. 1 Sep 1821, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Jun 1880, Cedar Vale, Chautauqua County, Kansas, U.S.A.  (Age 58 years)   6. William Fisk Sherwin,   b. 14 Mar 1826, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Apr 1888, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 62 years)   7. Henry M. Sherwin,   b. Abt Jun 1828, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Dec 1828, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 0 years)   8. Ellen Abigail Sherwin,   b. 13 Dec 1829, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Dec 1870, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 40 years)   9. Henry Martin Sherwin,   b. 19 Mar 1831, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Nov 1898, Flandereau, Moody County, South Dakota, U.S.A.  (Age 67 years)   10. Lucy W. Sherwin,   b. 19 Sep 1833, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	John Sherwin,   b. 1644   d. 15 Oct 1726, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 82 years)  (3 x Great Grandfather)  Ruth Wilder  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I12894
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	William Sherwin,   b. 26 Oct 1787, Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 19 May 1866, New York City, New York, U.S.A. (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Marcia Carter,   b. 05 Nov 1792, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 07 Jun 1852, Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F1005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1William Fisk Sherwin(1826 – 1888) 2William Sherwin(1787 – 1866) 4Deacon Nathaniel Sherwin(1760 – 1834) 8Joshua Sherwin(1737 – 1819) 16Jacob Sherwin(1699 – 1792) 17Hannah Phelps 9Esther Badger(1742 – 1815) 18Enoch Badger(Abt 1714 – 1793) 19Mary Rood 5Mary Bement(1763 – 1845) 10Deacon John Bement(1734 – 1810) 20John Bement(23 Mar 1701/02 – 1756) 21Mary Severance(1703 – 1756) 11Mary Wait( – 1823) 22Nathan Wait 23Hannah Billings 3Marcia Carter(1792 – 1852) 6Elias Carter(1765 – 1849) 12Elias Carter(1737 – 1821) 24Nathaniel Carter(1706 – 1787) 25Thankful Sawyer(1715 – 1755) 13Deborah White(1739 – 1810) 26Josiah White(03 Jan 1713/14 – 1806) 27Deborah House( – 1768) 7Abigail Bullard(1764 – 1841) 14Capt. Benjamin Bullard 28 29 15Ruth Wilder 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 14 Mar 1826 - Buckland, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 29 Sep 1847 - Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 14 Apr 1888 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Burial - Aft 14 Apr 1888 - Ashfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S234] Carter, Clara A and Sarah A. Carter. Carter - A Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, sons of Rev. Samuel Carter, (Clinton, Massachusetts: W. J. Coulter, Courant Office, 1887). [S227] Burrell, Alyce Adams. A Genealogy of Sherwin-Shedd and Allied Families in America , (Baltimore: Gateway Press, Inc., 1990). [S233] Kendrick, Fannie Shaw. The History of Buckland 1779-1935, (Buckland, Massachusetts: The Town of Buckland, 1937). [s234] Carter, Clara A and Sarah A. Carter. Carter - A Genealogy of the Descendants of Samuel and Thomas, sons of Rev. Samuel Carter, (Clinton, Massachusetts: W. J. Coulter, Courant Office, 1887). [S690] White, Almira Larkin. Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts, (Haverhill, Massachusetts: Chase Brothers, 1900). [S689] Eddy Fund. Vital Records of Ashfield Massachusetts, to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1942). [S228] Essex Institute. Vital Records of Buckland, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1934).