P_10433_0548 – Sherman Godfrey
Born: 1669
Died: Unknown
Sherman Godfrey (c. 1669-1725), distiller of London and co-owner of a slaving voyage from London by the Anne to Gambia and Montserrat in 1716. He left a portfolio of London property to his family. His son, also Sherman or Shearman, continued his business together with the older man’s widow Mary.
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First name: Sherman
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Last name: Godfrey
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Primary cohort: London
Sex: Male
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Relations
Margaret Worth
Spouse (married 15/04/1693)
This was the first marriage of Sherman Godfrey. He remarried to a woman named Mary: no record has been found of that second marriage.
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Sources: PROB 11/602/317 Sutherland, London Merchant p. 154. Will of John Gordon mariner of St Mary Whitechapel proved 10/12/1728, PROB 11/626/286. He left six houses at Ratcliffe to his wife; his executors were Humphry Morice and John Greaves, shipwright of Limehouse (his brother-in-law). D. Morris and K. Cozens, London's Sailortown 1600-1800, pp. 14 and 107.
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Crossings (1)
15220 - Anne Gally (1716 - 1717)
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Birth
Date: 1669
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Date: 25/03/1725
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Walthamstow (Middlesex)
Learn moreOccupation: Distiller (Craft)
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Was slave trading profitable: Don't know
Will
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Will of Sherman Godfrey of Walthamstow made 21/09/1724 with an addition of 21/10/1724. He left his house at Walthamstow to his wife Mary, and £200. He gave £100 each to six of his children [later in the will described as by his first wife Margaret]. He left his house at Limehouse to his daughter Martha together with £800 (and land in use as a ropewalk), but not the stock in trade, which he left to his wife given that she intended to continue in partnership with their son Sherman. He gave his 1/16th share in the ship Montague to his son [presumably son-in-law] John Gordon, and to his daughter Gordon his two houses at Cock Hill, two houses at Broad Street and houses in the occupation of Mr Brazier, all in Ratcliffe. He gave his son[-in-law] John Greaves his 1/16th share in the ship Craggs [?sp] and his daughter Greaves his ground rents in Shadwell. He left his sons William and Edward his east at Stepney Town, failing whom it was to go to his daughter [Mrs] Woodford.
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Building Category: Urban
Type: Modified
Town/City: London (London)
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Year: 1722
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Whitechapel to Shenfield Turnpike. Sherman Godfrey senior and junior were parties to the 1722 Act creating a turnpike trust.
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