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Pedigree
Grace Ravens, daughter of Richard Ravens and Elizabeth Hedge, was born at East Bergholt, Suffolk, England, about 1591.1 She died at Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, 3 June 1662.2,1

Grace married (1) John Sherman, son of Henry Sherman and Susan Lawrence, at Wattisfield, Suffolk, England, 26 September 1611;3 she married (2) Thomas Rogers, whose ancestry is unknown (or not traced here), before 1617;3 she married (3), as his 2nd wife, Roger Porter, son of Robert Porter and Anne Chapman, between 1638 and 1644.4

Family 1

John Sherman b. 17 Aug 1585, d. bef. 24 Jan 1615/16
Children
  • John Sherman5 b. 3 Sep 1612, d. 25 Jan 1690/91
  • Richard Sherman5 b. 7 Aug 1614

Family 2

Thomas Rogers b. abt. 1580, d. 12 Nov 1638
Child
  • Elizabeth Rogers5 b. 16 Nov 1617

Family 3

Roger Porter b. 31 Mar 1583, d. 3 Apr 1654
This person was last edited on15 Aug 2025

Citations

  1. [S12] Michael J. Wood, "The English Origin of Grace (Ravens) (Sherman) (Rogers) Porter and Mary (Ravens) Coolidge of Watertown, Mass.," The American Genealogist 62 (Apr - Jul 1987): 65-77, 161-170, at 65-77, further cited as Wood, "English Origin of Grace Porter and Mary Coolidge."
  2. [S1974] Historical Society, Watertown Records, Four vols. (subtitle varies) (Boston, Massachusetts: David Clapp & Son, 1894-1906), 1:3:24, further cited as Historical Society, Watertown Records. as "Grace porter widow. . . aged abought 70 ys."
  3. [S12] Wood, "English Origin of Grace Porter and Mary Coolidge," 76.
  4. [S2733] Janelle Robinson and Robert Battle, "The Identities and Ancestry of Four Early Seventeenth–Century New England Women: Joan (Wife of Thomas1 Chillingworth of Sandwich and Marshfield, Mass., and Thomas1 Doggett of Concord, Weymouth, and Marshfield, Mass.), Susan (Wife of Nathan1 Fiske of Watertown, Mass.), Mary (Wife of John2 Dunham of Plymouth, Mass.), and Rose (Wife of John2 Waterbury and Joseph1 Garnsey of Stamford, Conn.)," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 179 (Summer 2025): 236–257, at 248, further cited as Robinson and Battle, "Four Early Seventeenth–Century New England Women."
  5. [S12] Wood, "English Origin of Grace Porter and Mary Coolidge," 77.