Sherman, John (1),
a Congregational minister, was born at Dedham, England, Dec 26, 1613. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He came to New England in 1634, preached a short time at Watertown, and moved to New Haven, where he was made a magistrate and lived until 1644, when he accepted an invitation to become pastor at Waertown. There he labored until his dearth, Aug. 8, 1685. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1 44.