Family of Henry + SHERBURNE and Rebecca + GIBBONS

Husband:	Henry + SHERBURNE (1611-1680)
Wife:	Rebecca + GIBBONS (c. 1615-1667)
Children:	Samuel + SHERBURNE (1638-1691)
	Elizabeth SHERBURNE (1638- )
	Mary SHERBURNE (1640- )
	Henry SHERBURNE (1642- )
	John SHERBURNE (1647- )
	Ambrose SHERBURNE (1649- )
	Sarah SHERBURNE (1651- )
	Rebecca SHERBURNE (1654- )
	Rachel SHERBURNE (1656-1656)
	Martha SHERBURNE (1657-1658)
	Ruth SHERBURNE (1660- )
Marriage	13 Nov 1637

Husband: Henry + SHERBURNE

Name:	Henry + SHERBURNE
Sex:	Male
Father:	Joseph + SHERBURNE ( -1621)
Mother:	-
Birth	28 Mar 1611	Odeham, Hampshire, England
Immigration	1632 (age 20-21)1
	arrived on the vessel: James
Occupation		tavern keeper and ferryman
Death	1680 (age 68-69)	Strawberry Bank, Portsmouth, NH, US

Wife: Rebecca + GIBBONS

Name:	Rebecca + GIBBONS
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1615 (est)
Death	3 Jun 1667 (age 51-52)	Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH, US

Child 1: Samuel + SHERBURNE

Name:	Samuel + SHERBURNE
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Love + HUTCHINGS (1647- )
Birth	4 Aug 1638	Strawberry Bank, Portsmouth, NH, US
Death	4 Aug 1691 (age 53)	Casco, Cumberland, ME, US

Child 2: Elizabeth SHERBURNE

Name:	Elizabeth SHERBURNE
Sex:	Female
Birth	4 Aug 1638

Child 3: Mary SHERBURNE

Name:	Mary SHERBURNE
Sex:	Female
Birth	20 Nov 1640

Child 4: Henry SHERBURNE

Name:	Henry SHERBURNE
Sex:	Male
Birth	21 Jan 1642

Child 5: John SHERBURNE

Name:	John SHERBURNE
Sex:	Male
Birth	3 Apr 1647

Child 6: Ambrose SHERBURNE

Name:	Ambrose SHERBURNE
Sex:	Male
Birth	3 Aug 1649

Child 7: Sarah SHERBURNE

Name:	Sarah SHERBURNE
Sex:	Female
Birth	10 Jan 1651

Child 8: Rebecca SHERBURNE

Name:	Rebecca SHERBURNE
Sex:	Female
Birth	26 Apr 1654

Child 9: Rachel SHERBURNE

Name:	Rachel SHERBURNE
Sex:	Female
Birth	4 Apr 1656
Death	28 Dec 1656 (age 0)

Child 10: Martha SHERBURNE

Name:	Martha SHERBURNE
Sex:	Female
Birth	4 Dec 1657
Death	11 Nov 1658 (age 0)

Child 11: Ruth SHERBURNE

Name:	Ruth SHERBURNE
Sex:	Female
Birth	3 Jun 1660

Note on Husband: Henry + SHERBURNE

yeoman, Portsmouth; it was ordered by Piscataqua Court in 1642 that he keep a ferry from the great house to the great island, one to the province, one to Strawberry Bank, one to "Rowes" and "other ferryes" with specified fares for each route; and that he "keep an ordinary at 8d a meale". He was appointed commissioner and clerk of the writs in 1649. Signed petition of inhabitants to Gen. Court 20 Oct 1651. Took oath of fidelity July 2, 1657. Deputy to Gen. Court in 1658. Sold houses and land at Isles of Shoals in 1660, his wife Rebecca signing with him. He conveyed land 29 Sept 1659 to Richard Slooper in consideration of his marriage to his daughter. He deposed 25 June 1662, ae about 48 years.

He married Rebecca, daughter of Mr. Ambrose Gibbons, bequeathed in 1657 to their children Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Heny, John, Ambrose Sarah and Rebecca, the boys to receive their portions at 21 and the girls at 18 years of age. He m. (2) Sarah, widow of Walter Abbott.

He died before Sept 8, 1681 whent he inventory of his estate was presented in court by his sons Samuel and John. The daughter Elizabeth married Tobias Langdon about 1662.²

Sources

1	Robert Charles Andeson, "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1632" (New England History Genealogical Society, 200).

2	Charles Henry Pope, "The Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623-1660".