Job
Shearman was born in 1687 at of Portsmouth, RI. He was the son of
Samson Shearman and
Isabel Tripp. Job Shearman married
Bridget Gardner on 23 December 1714. Job Shearman married
Amy Spencer on 1 June 1732 at Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI. Job Shearman died on 16 November 1747.
Job & Bridget had the following children:
1. Philip Sherman
2. Isabel Sherman
3. Mary Sherman, born on 16 Jan 1719 in Portsmouth,Newport,RI. She died before 13 Oct 1730.
4. Job Sherman, born on 2 May 1722 in Portsmouth,Newport,RI.
5. Bridget Sherman
6. Sarah Sherman
7. Alice Sherman
8. Mary Sherman
Marriage Certificate of Job Shearman and Amy Spencer, Newport, R. I., dated June 1, 1732 indicates a wedding before a Quaker meeting and was signed by Job Shearman & Amy Shearman (using her married name). The following witnesses were in attendance: John Wanton, Philip Wanton, William Corker, John Stanton, Clarke Rodman, John Casey,Sam_ll Easton, Jos. Jacob, Peleg Wood, David Richards, William Wood, Sarah Jacob, Benjamin Stanton, Naomi Marks, William Borden, Benjamin Lawton, John Proud, Anne Leach, Thomas Leach, Mary Leach, Elizabeth Shearman, Almy Buffam, Hannah Fry, Katharine Rodman, Walter Spencer, Benj. Spencer, Benjamin Shearman, Grizzil Shearman, Caleb Shearman, Abraham Shearman, Philip Shearman, Bridget Spencer.
source notes were Copied from the original, then in possession of Rowland Sherman, Esq., Newport,
R. I. per RI Historical Mag. July 1886.