Father: Daniel Sherwood, Sr.
Mother: Mary Hopkins

Spouse: Elizabeth Rice
  m: 8/Feb/1745(1746) - Talbot Co., MD

Child-1: Daniel
          2: Hugh - b: 1751 - MD
                         d: 1829 - Rutherford Co., TN
                        m: Rebecca Hasty
          3: Mary - b: 31/Mar/1753 - St. Michael's Par., Talbot Co., MD
                        m: Richard Linthicum

Biographical Details:

Few biographical details are known regarding the life of Daniel Sherwood, Jr., namesake and younger surviving son of Daniel, Sr., and Mary Hopkins Sherwood.  He was born June 19, 1709, in Talbot County, Maryland, and was the second son of his parents to bear the given name, Daniel; the first apparently having died young at an age of just under nine years.  It is believed that in 1744, probably in Talbot County, Daniel married Elizabeth Rice, daughter of Ralph and Catherine Sherwood Rice, who, therefore, can be identified as his first cousin.  Within this context, he would have been thirty-five years old at this time, which if this was a first marriage would also have been somewhat unusual for eighteenth century English America.  Concomitantly, it is possible that he had been married previously, but this is not known.

It would seem that like his father and grandfather, Daniel Sherwood, Jr., was a prosperous tobacco planter.  Indeed, in 1738 from his father's estate he had inherited property, apparently called "Anctle", which was described as "all land down the neck", with the exception of a point called "The Change", which went to his sister, Margaret.  This location almost certainly can be identified with the narrow peninsula separating Harris and Broad Creeks lying a few miles west of the town of St. Michaels.  Indeed, Change Point lies at its southwestern extremity opposite Tilghman Island.  Moreover, their father's will stipulated a dividing line beginning between Change and Turkey Points then running between Harris Creek and a cove of the Choptank River, which on current topographical maps, probably corresponds to a location just west of the present village of Neavitt, Maryland, between Turkey Neck Point and River Cove.  Therefore, by implication Daniel's plantation must have been located immediately northward.  Accordingly, in 1747 it has been recorded that colonial authorities established a public warehouse for inspection of tobacco on Daniel Sherwood's property at Broad Creek.¹  Evidently, this warehouse continued in operation throughout the 1750's and 1760's.^2,3,4  Subsequently, it was destroyed by a wind storm in May of 1771, which was a few years after Daniel's death in 1767.⁵  In his will, Daniel Sherwood, Jr., bequeathed all of his lands to his oldest son, Daniel.⁶  To his son, Hugh, and daughter, Mary, he left each a slave.  No other children seem to have been mentioned.  Nevertheless, several researchers propose at least four additional sons for Daniel Sherwood, Jr., viz., Edward, James, Thomas, and William, and, perhaps, a daughter, Margaret, but there seems to be very little evidence for the existence of any of these individuals.  However, it is possible that at least some of them may have been children from an unknown prior marriage (as suggested previously).  Indeed, it has been reported that Daniel Sherwood, III, served under Captain Edward Sherwood during the Revolutionary War, which would seem to lend plausibility to the putative identification of Edward as his older half-brother.  Even so, this is purely speculation for which there is no objective evidence.

1. Bernard Christian Steiner (ed), Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, August 5, 1745-December 23, 1747 (alt. title Archives of Maryland, Vol. 44), Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD, The Lord Baltimore Press, Baltimore, MD, 1925: pgs. 608-11. (republished by Maryland State Archives, 2000.)
     "Assembly Proceedings, May 16-July 11, 1747. ... And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That public Warehouses for the Inspection of Tobacco, pursuant to this Act, shall be kept at the several Places herein after mentioned: That is ... In Talbot County, at King's-Town, on the Land belonging to William Gale, and at Berry's Landing on King's Creek at Barker's Landing, under one Inspection; at Morris Gideon's Landing on Dividing Creek, and at Oxford on Mr. Richard Gildart's Lot, under one Inspection; at Daniel Sherwood's Landing on Broad Creek, under one Inspection; at Thomas Bruff's Landing on St. Michael's River, and at the Old Field Landing lately belonging to Harris Clayland, on the Eastern Branch of Wye River, under one Inspection. ... And there shall be paid to the several Inspectors, to be appointed to attend in Virtue of this Act at the said several Warehouses, the Sallaries herein after mentioned. ... In Talbot County, at King's-Town, on the Lot belonging to William Gale, and at Berry's Landing on King's Creek and at Barker's Landing, sixty Pounds to each Inspector; at Morris Gideon's Landing on Dividing Creek, and at Oxford on Mr. Richard Gildart's Lot, sixty Pounds to each Inspector; at Daniel Sherwood's Landing on Broad Creek, thirty Pounds to each Inspector; at Thomas Bruff's Landing on St. Michael's River, and at the Old Field Landing belonging to Harris Clayland, on the Eastern Branch of Wye River, fifty Pounds to each Inspector."  (availiable online at "Archives of Maryland Online", aomol.net/html/index.html, continuously updated.)
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2. J. Hall Pleasants (ed), Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, May 10, 1748-December 14, 1751 (alt. title Archives of Maryland, Vol. 46), Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD, The Lord Baltimore Press, Baltimore, MD, 1929: pgs. 157-8. (republished by Maryland State Archives, 2000.)
     "Assembly Proceedings, May 10-June 11, 1748. ... And be it Enacted by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and the Authority of the same, That public Warehouses for the Inspection of Tobacco, pursuant to an Act of Assembly of this Province, entituled, An Act for amending the Staple of Tobacco, for preventing Frauds in his Majesty's Customs, and for the Limitation of Officers Fees, shall be kept at the several Places herein after mentioned, (That is to say) ... In Talbot County, that the House of William Wilson, as well as that of William Gale at King's Town, may be used for storing inspected Tobacco, and that those two Warehouses have but one pair of Scales and Weights; at Parsons Landing, on the Land of Capt. James Lloyd, under one and the same Inspection with that at King's Town, (in the Room and Stead of those appointed by the Act aforesaid to be at Berry's Landing on King's Creek, at Barker's Landing, and at Morris Gideon's Landing in Dividing Creek) That the Houses at Oxford, belonging to Grundy Pemberton, may be added to Richard Gildars and used for storing inspected Tobacco, and that the Warehouse at Broad Creek, on Daniel Sherwood's Land, and those at Oxford, be under one and the same Inspection."  (availiable online at "Archives of Maryland Online", aomol.net/html/index.html, continuously updated.)
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3. J. Hall Pleasants (ed), Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, June 3, 1752-December 24, 1754 (alt. title Archives of Maryland, Vol. 50), Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD, The Lord Baltimore Press, Baltimore, MD, 1933: pgs. 317-21. (republished by Maryland State Archives, 2000.)
     "Assembly Proceedings, Oct. 2-Nov. 17, 1753. ... And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That Public Warehouses for the Inspection of Tobacco, pursuant to this Act,
shall be kept at the several Places herein after mentioned:  That is to say; ... In Talbot County, At Kings-Town, on the Lots of William Gale and William Wilson, and at Parson's Landing, on the Land of James Lloyd, under one Inspection:  At Philip Emerson's Landing, under one Inspection:  At Thomas Bruff's Landing, on Miles River, under one Inspection:  At Daniel Sherwood's Landing, on Broad Creek, under one Inspection:  At Oxford, on the Lots of Richard Gildart, and Grundy Pemberton, under one Inspection. ... And there shall be paid to the several Inspectors, to be appointed to attend in Virtue of this Act at the said several Warehouses, the Salaries herein after mentioned. ... In Talbot County, At Kings-Town, on the Lots of William Gale and William Wilson, and at Parson's Landing, on the Land of James Lloyd, Forty Pounds to each Inspector:  At Philip Emerson's Landing, Thirty Pounds to each Inspector:  At Thomas Bruff's Landing, on Miles River, Thirty Pounds to each Inspector:  At Daniel Sherwood's Landing, on Broad Creek, Twenty Pounds to each Inspector:  At Oxford, on the Lots of Richard Gildart, and Grundy Pemberton, Thirty-four Pounds to each Inspector.  Provided, That the Inspectors of the Warehouse at Daniel Sherwood's Landing, be not obliged to attend at the said Warehouse, more than Four Days in every Week."  (availiable online at "Archives of Maryland Online", aomol.net/html/index.html, continuously updated.)
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4. Thomas Bacon with Jean B. Russo (ed), Laws of Maryland (alt. title Archives of Maryland, Vol. 75), Jonas Green, printer, Annapolis, MD, 1765: pgs. 594-7.  (republished by Maryland State Archives, 2000.)
     1763.  "XXXVI. And be it Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That Public Warehouses for the Inspection of Tobacco, pursuant to this Act, shall be kept at the several Places herein after mentioned:  That is to say; ... In Talbot County, At Kingston, on the Lots of William Gale and William Wilson, under one Inspection:  At Parson's Landing, on the Land of James Lloyd, under one Inspection:  At the late Philip Emerson's Landing, under one Inspection:  At Thomas Bruff's Landing, on Miles River, under one Inspection:  At Daniel Sherwood's Landing, on Broad Creek, under one Inspection:  At Oxford, on the Lots lately Richard Gildart's, under one Inspection. ...
     XXXVII.  And there shall be Paid to the several Inspectors, to be appointed to attend in virtue of this Act at the several Warehouses, the Salaries herein after mentioned: ... In Talbot County, At Kingston, on the Lots of William Gale and William Wilson, Five Thousand Six Hundred Pounds of Tobacco to the Inspector:  At Parson's Landing, on the Land of James Lloyd, Five Thousand Six Hundred Pounds of Tobacco to the Inspector:  At the late Philip Emerson's Landing, Six Thousand Four Hundred Pounds of Tobacco to each Inspector:  At Thomas Bruff's Landing, on Miles River, Four Thousand Eight Hundred Pounds of Tobacco to each Inspector:  At Daniel Sherwood's Landing, on Broad Creek, Three Thousand Two Hundred Pounds of Tobacco to each Inspector:  At Oxford, on the Lot late of Richard Gildart's, Five Thousand Four Hundred and Forty Pounds of Tobacco to each Inspector.  Provided, That the Inspectors
of the Warehouse at Daniel Sherwood's Landing, be not obliged to attend at the said Warehouse, more than Four Days in every Week." (italics original)  (availiable online at "Archives of Maryland Online", aomol.net/html/index.html, continuously updated.)
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5. Elizabeth Merritt (ed), Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly of Maryland, October 13, 1773-April 19, 1774 (alt. title Archives of Maryland, Vol. 64), Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, MD, The Lord Baltimore Press, Baltimore, MD, 1947: pgs. 151-66. (republished by Maryland State Archives, 2000.)
     November-December, 1773.  "And be it enacted that Public Warehouses for the Inspection of Tobacco pursuant to this Act shall be kept at the several Places herein after mentioned that is to say ... In Talbot County at Kingston on the Lot of William Gale.  At Parson's Landing on the Land belonging to James Lloyd  At Emersons Landing now belonging to George Maxwell  At Bruff's Landing on Miles River now the Property of Anthony Banning  At Daniel Sherwood's Landing on Broad Creek at Oxford on the Lott lately Richard Gildart's. ... And whereas it has been represented to this Assembly that the Warehouse on Broad Creek at Daniel Sherwood's Landing in Talbot County was blown down in May seventeen hundred and seventy one and was immediately rebuilt at private Expence and it is thought just and reasonable that such Expence be reimbursed  Be it therefore enacted that the Justices of Talbot County shall and they are hereby required upon Application to pay to any Person or Persons out of any Monies due to the said County in the hands of the Sheriff or levy on the taxable Inhabitants thereof for the Use of such Person or Persons such reasonable Sum or Sums of Money as shall appear to the said Justices to have been expended in rebuilding the said Warehouse"  (availiable online at "Archives of Maryland Online", aomol.net/html/index.html, continuously updated.)
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6a. Henrietta E. Bromwell, Old Maryland Families, Vol. I, privately published, Denver, CO, 1916: pg. 42.
     Daniel Sherwood, Will 1767. ( li. 36 W D 1 201) Wife: Elizabeth.  Son: Daniel, beq. of all lands, etc.  Son: Hugh, beq. Negro man, "Jerry".  Daughter: Mary, beq. Negro man, "Cub".  Also mentions "Cozzin" Marg. Rice.  Exec: wife, Elizabeth, and her brother Hugh Rice.  Wit: Dan'l Hall, Dan'l Bridges, Thos. Weyman.  (Alice Ann Fesmire, Jennifer Nodwell; databases - afesmire, jnodwell; worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com, 2002-3.)

b. Ms. Glenda Morrow identifies three children for Daniel and Elizabeth Rice Sherwood, viz., Daniel, 20 May 1749-18 Mar 1838, (m. Frances Lynthecum); Hugh (m. Rebecca Hasty);
and Mary (m. Richard Lynthecum).  The spouses of Daniel and Mary, i.e., Frances and Richard Lynthecum or Linthicum, were brother and sister.  Furthermore, there is good evidence that all three families migrated together to North Carolina in the late 1770's.  Subsequently, Hugh seems to have migrated to Rutherford County, Tennessee.  (Glenda Morrow; database - :2190398; worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com, 2003.)
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Additional Citations:

7. Andrew Sherwood, Daniel Sherwood and His Paternal Ancestors, Ryder Printing Co., Portland, OR, 1929: pg. 74.

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