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Joseph was born in 1733 in Baptised Second Church of Christ, Marshfield, Massachusetts.1   Joseph's father was William Sherman and his mother was Elizabeth Lapham.  His paternal grandparents were Ebenezer Sherman and Margaret Decrow; his maternal grandparents were Samuel Lapham and Hannah Rogers. He had eight sisters named Betsey, Lydia, Eleazer, Hannah, Margaret, Martha, Abigail and Desire.  He was the oldest of the nine children.1 

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Further source/citation:
World Family Tree Vol. 22, Ed. 1 @ Tree #0938