1. Joel Sherman was born on 15 Mar 1720 in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He died on 25 Jan 1804 in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. He was buried in Talcott Cemetery.
Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut, Town Records, Volume 2, page 135, Joel Sherman, son of Job Sherman by Sarah his wife born in Newton March ye 15th, 1720.
Joel Sherman arrived in Lanesborough about 1762.
History of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, by J B Beers & Company, 1885, - Joel Sherman was a charter member of St Luke's Episcopal Church at Lanesboro, Massachusetts [October 2, 1787]. He and William Bradley were the first wardens.
1790 census of Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, NARA M637-4, page 346, Joel Sherman, 1 male > 16, 1 female.
1800 census of Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, NARA M32-13, page 151A, Joel Sherman, 1 male > 45, 1 female > 45
The Descendants of the Honorable Samuel Sherman of Stratford, Connecticut, by Franklin Dempster Sherman, 1911, 2738.
The New England Shermans, by Roy V. Sherman, 1974, pages 190 & 192.
Bristol Genealogy, by Warren Edwin Bristol,1967.
The American Genealogist, Volum 25, page 37, The Terrill Family of Connecticut.
Joel married Ruth Terrill, daughter of George Terrill and Abigail Hine, on 18 Apr 1743 in Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Ruth was christened on 16 Dec 1722 in First Congregational Church, Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. She died on 4 Feb 1810 in Lanesborough, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. She was buried in Talcott Cemetery.
They had the following children.
+ 2 M i Abel Sherman was born before 21 Oct 1744. He died on 15 Aug 1794. + 3 M ii George Sherman was born in 1746. + 4 F iii Phebe Sherman was born about 1754. She died on 12 Dec 1830. + 5 M iv Job Sherman was born in 1756. He died on 11 Aug 1813. + 6 M v Andrew Sherman was born about 1758. He died before 12 Nov 1798. + 7 M vi Timothy Sherman was born on 7 Sep 1759. He died in 1827. + 8 F vii Parnel Sherman was born on 26 Mar 1761. She died on 25 Dec 1860.