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Male John Sherman Click to view John Sherman in the family tree

John was born on December 26th, 1613.1   John's father was Edmund Sherman and his mother was Joan Makin.  His paternal grandparents were Edmund Shearman and Anne Pellatte; his maternal grandparents were Tobias Makin and Katherine Bell. He had four brothers and five sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Edmund, Richard, Bezaleel, Samuel, Ann, Joan, Hester, Grace, Unknown and Infant.  He was the fifth youngest of the eleven children.1 

1 phelps.FTW @ Tree #1353
Further sources/citations:
World Family Tree Vol. 4, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0574, 0574.ftw